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Less than five months ago, the SEC trumpeted two new permanent cross-divisional games. Border states Arkansas and Missouri were going to play annually starting in 2013, and South Carolina and Texas A&M would do the same. So much for that.
Today's release of the 2013 SEC schedule shows those new "permanent" games aren't happening next season. And it's not clear if Arkansas-Missouri and South Carolina-Texas A&M will become permanent starting in 2014 or if that will ever happen.
"That's possible they'll be permanent, but not definite," SEC Executive Associate Commissioner Mark Womack said. "We'll continue to look at that and see what issues that may create going forward."
Womack said the change occurred due to the difficulty of finding a quality game for Texas A&M and Missouri on the final weekend. Instead, they'll play each other Nov. 30, 2013, meaning South Carolina and Arkansas resume their annual cross-divisional game they've played since 1992.
"We're trying not to have a team stuck out there without someone to play on that last weekend," Womack said. "It's harder to schedule nonconference games at the end of the schedule."
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Today's release of the 2013 SEC schedule shows those new "permanent" games aren't happening next season. And it's not clear if Arkansas-Missouri and South Carolina-Texas A&M will become permanent starting in 2014 or if that will ever happen.
"That's possible they'll be permanent, but not definite," SEC Executive Associate Commissioner Mark Womack said. "We'll continue to look at that and see what issues that may create going forward."
Womack said the change occurred due to the difficulty of finding a quality game for Texas A&M and Missouri on the final weekend. Instead, they'll play each other Nov. 30, 2013, meaning South Carolina and Arkansas resume their annual cross-divisional game they've played since 1992.
"We're trying not to have a team stuck out there without someone to play on that last weekend," Womack said. "It's harder to schedule nonconference games at the end of the schedule."
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