After several incredibly trying months amid this COVID-19 pandemic, Southeastern Conference football returns Saturday with seven head-to-head matchups that will start the league’s 10-game schedule consisting solely of conference contests.
SEC football is back, but will quality SEC football return?
If you’ve witnessed any games in other leagues to this point – Georgia Tech won at Florida State 16-13 on Sept. 12 despite throwing two interceptions and having three kicks blocked – then you know it’s been quite wretched. SEC coaches are aware of the shoddy play and hope they can avoid it as much as possible.
“We’ve missed so much football,” Florida’s Dan Mullen said Wednesday. “You ended up with limited practices in training camp. They changed how we dictate training camp and basically eliminated a lot of your time when you teach a lot of things with the rules that were made. You eliminate spring ball, and I think what you’ve seen is a massive amount of football teaching taken away from these guys.
“It has shown with the performances you have seen on the field.”