MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. — A common line that SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey used throughout spring meetings this week was, “We’ll see.”
He met with reporters on three different days over the course of the week at the Hilton Sandestin and was usually asked for updates about the future of SEC football scheduling.
‘We’ll see,” was his answer then, and it was his answer on Friday after the meetings had come to a close.
Plenty of discussion was had among SEC football coaches, athletics directors, presidents and chancellors, but no decision was made about the future of SEC football scheduling.
One must be made at some point to adjust scheduling with Oklahoma and Texas set to join the conference in 2025, but the time for a decision was not this week.
“Narrowed it down really to a couple options,” Sankey said. “You never know what could emerge as we dig deeper.”
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The focus right now remains on either an eight- or nine conference-game schedule with a single-division structure. That would be a change from the current structure of two divisions with eight conference games.
Sankey said the next step is work on answering some questions that were raised and seeking clarity on matters over the summer.
“Look toward late-summer, maybe mid-fall for outcomes,” Sankey said.
But the commissioner noted the timeline is not his. Instead, it’s up to the institutions and their needs for future scheduling. Texas and Oklahoma have been included in the conversation, but they are not voting members right now.
“So we will continue that research and that analysis and that discussion,” Sankey said.
As the groups had the discussion early in the week, waiting on a decision became clear as the right move on Wednesday, he said.
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Sankey, however, said at the start of the week that the conference was…