Furthermore, just who in the heck can an SEC school schedule on a late November open date anyway? Most FBS conferences have scheduled dates for their teams this late in the season. The only way the SEC can avoid this is by avoiding scheduled dates early in the season. I don't think the SEC wants to do that because the early season matchups when everyone else is playing nobodies is a net positive for the conference's visibility. Furthermore, I can bet you that ESPN wants those TAMU v. SCAR and UGA v. SCAR type games too.