An altercation between LSU and Texas A&M staffers ensued after the teams’ seven-overtime game last Saturday, leading both schools to point fingers at each other and call for league punishment in the days since.

SEC commissioner Greg Sankey finally addressed the situation during a press conference Friday in Atlanta ahead of this weekend’s conference title game.

“Obviously, very disappointed in what transpired after the game, and I have been in conversation with the athletics director subsequent to that game, and I’ve made clear that that type of behavior is unacceptable,” Sankey said.

“I’m also confident from my conversations and my expectations about how the individuals involved be managed, that both will take the appropriate disciplinary actions regarding each individual’s participation, and that’s my statement on that issue.”

So Sankey is essentially leaving it up to the Tigers and Aggies to reprimand those involved in the fight, which is a different stance than he took on the Egg Bowl brawl last Thursday.

Sankey released a statement earlier this week chiding both Ole Miss and Mississippi State’s athletic directors and requiring them to meet at the league office during the offseason. Granted, that rivalry series has featured several altercations in recent years, prompting a stronger response from the SEC.

Given that Rivalry Week was a particularly bitter one, Sankey was also asked Friday if he considered staging an SEC-wide meeting to address such incidents.

“I already have,” Sankey said. “Our athletics director meeting in January, where, as I said, we talk with a very specific focus on football, will include that type of conversation. And that expectation was set actually from the right kind of dialogue by individual athletic directors through the year well before rivalry week about, hey, with all the transition we’ve had in coaches and athletics director’s role, how do we provide the proper leadership at the athletics director’s level so everything is not to the conference office, but also a discussion about where should the conference office engage and engage in an intentional manner?

“I wouldn’t foreclose even future conversations about that issue in broader categories, so you can understand reporting forward from athletic directors’ meetings with discussions and actions.”