Getting through the COVID-19 pandemic and completing a football season has brought high marks to commissioner Greg Sankey and the Southeastern Conference.
Even if you are not a college football fan, surely you concede that getting the season in was good for the morale of our communities and campuses; and good for our country, too. There were some postponements and cancellations but little negative fallout as it related to the coronavirus.
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