Author: Amaranth Sportline

The Room Where It Happened The air in Dallas felt heavy. Inside a hotel ballroom dressed with SEC banners, the most powerful figures in college football sat around polished tables, guarded by PR teams and lawyers. Coffee cups went cold as debates stretched past midnight. Protected rivalries. Playoff access. Television contracts. Every word mattered. Every vote felt like history. And then, it happened. On the morning of August 22, 2025, after years of whispers and months of knife-edged debate, the SEC officially approved a permanent 9-game conference schedule starting in 2026. A single sentence in a press…