It's no secret that the SEC has inked a deal with ESPN & CBS over the next 15 years that will put the SEC at the forefront of media exposure in the college sports market across the nation. The landmark deal with the two media outlets will add $3.05 BILLION to the coffers of the SEC schools. That's $17 million/year for each and every SEC school. Think about it, a member school could go winless every year and still pull down the equivalent of winning the BCS Championship Game for the next decade and a half.
You Know the Numbers
- $2.25 billion over 15 years with ESPN.
- $825 million over 15 years with CBS.
- $17 million to each school starting in 2009.
- Comcast will add ESPNU to its base package to join ESPN/ESPN2.
- 5,500 SEC sporting events will be on CBS, ESPN, ESPN on ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN Regional Television, ESPN360.com, ESPN Mobile TV, ESPN ...more
 | by Streyeder -- August 7, 2009 8:43 AM
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SEC Media Days: Day 3
Oh boy, the final day of SEC Media Days has come and gone. Here's a bit of what went down today with the final four coaches taking the stand.
Gene Chizik -- AuburnWelcome back Tubbs, as we've got yet another young Auburn squad. Chizik explained fall practice will be lighter thanks to depth issues and his want to start a 'fresh' team. He also spoke a bit on the pressures of coaching and being low-key, but really there wasn't much of note coming out of his mouth. The highlight was defending having only 12 verbals, and not many of the highly touted sort. Now, outside of the podium we did find out that Chizik has hired a new agent, Russ Campbell, a change from the notorious Jimmy Sexton.
Steve Spurrier -- South CarolinaOk, Spurrier didn't read his SEC ballot and his assistant voted for Jevan Snead. WHO CARES. This was the most annoying part of SECMD, grilling every single coach to find the one that voted against Tebow. Spurrier has since "corrected" his vote, so Tebow is now the unanimous first team QB.
...more | by Streyeder -- July 24, 2009 9:10 PM
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SEC Media Days: Day 1
Ahhh, you know the best time of year is right round the corner when the coaches of the greatest schools in the nation descend upon Birmingham, AL. The SEC Media Days is the yearly event that fills the papers with juicy tidbits and stories that attempt to discern how the upcoming season will play out. Here, and for the rest of Media Days, I'll be providing a nice summary of the juicy bits that flow out of Birmingham for all of you to see.
Mike Slive -- SEC CommissionerAccording to Slive, the SEC is in a "Golden Age". We won 5 national titles and had 6 runners-up in the past year. We were able to fill our football stadiums to an average of 97% capacity and averaged 30k+ at the spring games! In the Summer Olympics we brought home 51 medals with 159 current athletes competing. As Slive said, "If the SEC was a nation, it would have finished fourth in the world in medal count."
Of course, there was the inevitable talk about secondary violations and the such. Basically taking one from Smokey the Bear's book, he reiterated that only the SEC can prevent the SEC
...more | by Streyeder -- July 23, 2009 9:53 AM
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Mythical Playoffs (Round 2) 92 Alabama vs 03 LSU
* Click the links in the stories for a bit of video nostalgia (they aren't ads, we promise).Game Ten: 1992 Alabama Crimson Tide (13-0) vs 2003 LSU Tigers (13-1)
Tournament to Date:
92 Alabama:
Defeated 2005 Georgia 24-13
(Players of the Game: David Palmer,
Antonio Langham)
03 LSU:
Defeated 1993 Florida 21-10
(Players of the Game: Matt Mauck, Randall Gay)
Argument for Alabama:
The 92 Bama defense looked really strong against the 05 Georgia squad. Unlike the 93 Florida defense that Matt Mauck and the LSU offense faced in the 1st round, this one imposes a real threat to the passing game. Mauck will have to minimize his mistakes, because this Tide defense will feast upon offensive miscues. Jay Barker will probably have to throw the ball more, and Gene
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Mythical Playoffs Series 95 Florida vs 07 LSU
* Click the links in the stories for a bit of video nostalgia (they aren't ads, we promise).
Game Eight: 1995 Florida Gators (12-1) vs 2007 LSU Tigers (12-2)
Tale of the tape:
'95 Florida Gators:
Points Per Game: 43
Points Allowed Per Game: 20
Avg. Margin of Victory: 28
Key wins: #3 Tennessee, #22 Auburn, #4 Florida State,
Losses: #1 Nebraska
'07 LSU Tigers:
Points Per Game: 39
Points Allowed Per Game: 20
Avg. Margin of Victory: 23
Key wins: #16 Florida, #14 Auburn, #4 Ohio State
Losses: UR Kentucky, UR Tennessee
Argument for Florida:
I know, I know, Nebraska. Let's get it out of the way: Florida got crushed by Nebraska in the title game 62-24. But this Gator team flat out walked the SEC in 1995. Their toughest league game was beating LSU by 18 points in Baton Rouge. They hung 62 on UT, ...more
| by SECFans -- June 30, 2009 11:50 PM
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Mythical Former SEC Champion Playoffs
Mythical playoffs are all the rage these days. Everyone loves speculating over 8 or 16 team end-of-year playoffs to determine the NCAA football champion. At SECFans.com, we like playoffs too. What better way to fill the downtime of the off-season than to speculate over a dream backyard brawl of former SEC Championship game winners? That's right, over the next few days we are going to see what could happen if these SEC champs went toe-to-toe.
Here's some details. We seeded from #1-4, giving preference to final record, ranking, and strength of schedule. The 4 undefeated champions naturally got the four available #1 seeds. Next, we seeded the #4's. Before the #4's were seeded, however, we had to bring the field down to 16 (there have been 17 SEC winners of SEC Championship games). Sorry LSU fans, the '01 squad just didn’t make the cut. There have been multiple 3 loss SEC Champions since 1992, and one had to go. Unfortunately for '01 LSU, their strength of schedule ranking was 23rd that year. '99 Alabama and '00 Florida both had the #1 ranked SOS in their respective ...more
| by SECFans -- June 23, 2009 7:25 PM
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Mythical Playoffs Series 03 LSU vs 93 Florida
Game One: 2003 LSU Tigers (13-1) vs 1993 Florida Gators (11-2)
Tale of the tape:
'03 LSU:
Points Per Game: 34
Points Allowed Per Game: 11
Avg. Margin of Victory: 26
Key wins: #3 Oklahoma, #7 Georgia (twice)
Losses: #24 Florida
'93 Florida Gators:
Points Per Game: 40
Points Allowed Per Game: 19
Avg. Margin of Victory: 26
Key wins: #12 Tennessee, #14 Alabama
Losses: #1 Florida St, #4 Auburn
Argument for LSU:
First things first: the LSU squad had one of the most impressive defenses to ever grace the league. Allowing a paltry 11 points per contest, the Tigers didn't have to score that many points to win a game. Still, they managed to put up 34 points a game with a talented offense. Loaded at RB with guys like Justin Vincent and Joseph Addai, the LSU running attack would put some ...more
| by SECFans -- June 22, 2009 9:35 PM
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