Yesterday, the SEC released the full schedule through 2029, including the staples each team will play without any changes.
Many analysts have noted that Georgia will travel to Texas A&M for the first time in history, as both teams are now part of the SEC. This is an exciting development! Oklahoma and Texas A&M will continue to face the Texas Longhorns annually, while we can also enjoy classic SEC matchups like Auburn vs. Alabama and Tennessee vs. Alabama. Since Texas A&M joined the SEC in 2012, the two teams have only played against each other once, with Georgia winning that game in Athens in 2019.
Lane Kiffin speaks on the Oklahoma Sooners.
Lane Kiffin is weighing in on the newcomer to the block, and it’s not Texas. He flat out called Oklahoma “dissapointing.” “Oklahoma is really disappointing,” Kiffin said on the Wednesday SEC teleconference. “We don’t have anything in common with them or our fans. So that doesn’t make any sense at all. And so that’s unfortunate with so many great teams that we’ve played for a long time here, especially from our SEC West years. So that’s unfortunate but it is what it is.”
This is the second season that the SEC includes Texas and Oklahoma, who left the Big 12 and triggered a major conference realignment. Texas had a successful first season in the SEC, reaching the College Football Playoff semifinals and the SEC Championship, only to be defeated by Georgia. Oklahoma, on the other hand, is experiencing growing pains as it adapts to the top-tier SEC. The arrangements made on Tuesday specify that Oklahoma and Ole Miss will be annual “rivals.” The SEC has stated that it will re-evaluate the annual matchups after the 2029 season, but until then, Lane Kiffin will have to deal with the Sooners, just like Texas does every year.
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