SEC should take advantage of next year's schedule

[zjcvols]

Looking at the schedule, I realized that the week 1 isn't till September 5th, 2026. With how the schedule breaks, there is only one BYE scheduled for most FBS teams. There are only 2 confirmed scheduled Week 0 games on 8/29, Hawai'i @ Stanford, plus North Carolina vs. TCU in Dublin.

If you're the SEC, wouldn't it be a great opportunity to play an all-SEC week 1 on 8/29? You could have games like Texas A&M @ Alabama, LSU @ Tennessee, Mississippi @ Texas...and you give yourself an extra BYE week built in, which is advantageous for the 16 team playoff that is incoming.

PLUS, you own that weekend. No NBA/NHL. No NFL for another two weeks. No other P4 games besides the Dublin game.

I don't know what the rules would be, but this would a prime opportunity for the SEC.

 

[stolitonic]

You have to get NCAA approval to have a week 0 game.

Granted, they have about as much power as a dog catcher these days

 

[stolitonic]

You have to get NCAA approval to have a week 0 game.

Unless you are playing in Hawaii or Ireland-pretty hard to get

Granted, they have about as much power as