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November 11, 2024
Nashville, Tennessee – An ambitious Vanderbilt student named Matthew Chalmers took on the monumental task of wrapping his mind around all the possible permutations of SEC championship match ups when he delivered his final dissertation on the subject before his dissertation committee this week.
“This is high-level math we’re talking about here,” said Chalmers’ dissertation advisor Belinda Montreal in a telephone interview this morning. “With sixteen teams, no divisions, and South Carolina playing like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, really at this stage, anything is possible.”
“There’s the potential for an eight-way tie, there’s the possibility that the top-ranked teams both miss out on the championship game. There’s a non-zero chance the Texas students protest when they learn they’ve been left out. Who knows where this thing is headed.”
Chalmers’ dissertation concluded that Vanderbilt had the best chances of making the SEC championship game, appearing in the finale in an astounding 81% of scenarios. When asked how this was possible, Montreal responded, “It would take too long to explain. But you can trust us, the math works out.”
