SEC Delays 2020 Football Season

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The SEC released its notional football schedule. Here is how the schedule will look for the Florida Gators, assuming coronavirus outbreaks do not impact the season.

1. 9/26 Florida at Ole Miss
2. 10/3 South Carolina at Florida
3. 10/10 Florida at Texas A&M
4. 10/17 LSU at Florida
5. 10/24 Missouri at Florida
6. 10/31 Bye
7. 11/7 Florida vs Georgia (World's Largest Outdoor COVID-19 Party, WLOCP)
8. 11/14 Arkansas at Florida
9. 11/21 Florida at Vanderbilt
10. 11/28 Kentucky at Florida
11. 12/5 Florida at Tennessee
12. 12/12 Bye
13. 12/19 SEC Championship (Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia)

Compare this to the original schedule:

1. 9/5. Eastern Washington at Florida
2. 9/12. Kentucky at Florida.
3. 9/19. South Alabama at Florida
   
4. 9/26. Florida at Tennessee
   
5. 10/3. South Carolina at Florida
   
6. 10/10. LSU at Florida
   
7. 10/17. Florida at Ole Miss
   
8. 10/24. Bye
   
9. 10/31. Florida vs Georgia (WLOCP)
   
10. 11/7. Vanderbilt at Florida
    
11. 11/14. Missouri at Florida
    
12. 11/21. New Mexico State at Florida
    
13. 11/28. Florida at FSU
    
14. 12/5. SEC Championship (Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia)

The major changes:

• SEC games only
  
• Florida now has 5 home games instead of 7
• Florida starts the season on the road in Oxford
  
• Florida ends the season in Knoxville (note that the historical temperate is a high of 53F, low of 34F. Last year it was 61F and 38F).
• World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party is moved back one week as the World's Largest Outdoor COVID-19 Party
• Vanderbilt flips from home game to away game