Is the SEC Championship Game in peril? 'Its days are numbered'

It was an hour before kickoff of last year’s SEC Championship Game, and the atmosphere was already charged inside Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The stands were filling up, two of the nation’s marquee teams were getting ready to collide and ABC cameras were setting up to broadcast what is annually one of college football’s most-viewed games.And you would give all this up, an official at an SEC school was asked?“Its days are numbered,” replied the official, given anonymity to speak candidly.Advertisement