Slive: SEC will discuss going to nine games
semerson@macon.comMay 2, 2013    Georgia football coach Mark
Richt, left, greets Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike
Slive after a news conference announcing the launching of the
SEC Network in partnership with ESPN, held Thursday, May 2,
2013, in Atlanta.   ATLANTA - This much is clear: SEC football
coaches by and large oppose going to a nine-game conference
schedule. This much is also clear: They're not the end-all, be-
all. If commissioner Mike Slive decides they need to go to nine
games, they likely will go to nine games.  "The league will make
a decision," Slive said. "In light of the playoff, in light of
changes, we oughta be discussing how we schedule. Whether we
change it or not is another matter. This league didn't get to be
where it is without opening the door and looking at everything
and making sure that we're doing everything we need to do to be
as good as we can be."  The creation of an SEC Network has led
to yet more discussion of the conference