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SEC Meetings Recap: League To Announce 6-1-1 Plan For 12 Years By Friday (Maybe)

Get ready for some dueling reports out of Destin this morning. According to Brett McMurphy of CBSSports.com, the SEC will adopt the 6-1-1 (fast rotation) plan that many expected pre-SEC Meetings by the...

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UF’s Machen Says SEC Having “Digestion Issues” With New Additions

Southeastern Conference officials aren’t on the market to add any new teams to the league anytime soon.  But with the current landscape teetering, they can’t completely rule out being forced to move in...

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The SEC Isn’t Interested In Adding More Teams Anytime Soon

Eyes are rolling. Readers are scoffing. And fingers are preparing to fill up our comment boxes with, “Don’t you remember when the SEC said it wasn’t going to expand… and then added Missouri and Texas...

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CBS Announces Part Of SEC Broadcast Schedule (SEC Releases Week By Week...

CBS Sports has announced part of its SEC broadcast schedule for 2012 with three games locked in and two doubleheaders — as usual — on the docket as well. CBS will air 15 games over the course of the...

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ESPN Announces Broadcast Times For 3 SEC Football Games

Earlier this week, CBS Sports announced the dates and times for three SEC football games this fall.  Yesterday, ESPN — which has to wait for CBS to pick its game of the week before making its own...

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Was The SEC, Missouri, And Texas A&M Union A Smart Move?

On Sunday morning, the Southeastern Conference put two new logos up on its official website.  In just a couple of weeks, SEC Media Days will feature Missouri and Texas A&M coaches and players for...

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Slive To Be SEC Commish For “At Least A Couple More Years” (Which Is Great...

In an interview with the Associated Press, SEC commissioner Mike Slive has stated that he has “agreed with the league that I will stay at least a couple of more years, and then we’ll sit down and...

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Coaches’ Take: Calipari Underrated, Noel Coveted

The basketball writers at CBS spent the month of June polling about 100 college basketball coaches for their views on which coaches are underrated and which players are the most coveted.  If you’re...

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CBS Pays For Lack Of Faith In UF And UT

The suits at CBS gambled this offseason.  And they’ve lost. For the first time since 1995, CBS chose not to air this year’s Florida-Tennessee matchup in Knoxville.  Instead, back in July, the network...

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Media Darlings, Trendy Picks For Week 3 SEC Action

Three games involving SEC teams are capturing the majority of media attention this weekend.  Two of the games – Alabama at Arkansas and Florida at Tennessee – feature conference openers for three of...

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Thought Of The Day – 10/2/12

Happy Tuesday, everyone.  We start with a little lyrical inspiration for you.  Soon we’ll have news, views, headlines, our SEC Power Rankings, and a brand new feature that breaks down the SEC’s game of...

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Miranda Writes: A By-The-Numbers Breakdown Of UGA-UT

We’re introducing a new feature here on MrSEC.com today.  On most weeks this fall — when he’s not in California watching his own son play college football, guest analyst Ralph Miranda will provide us...

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UT’s Dooley Downplays CBS’ Danielson’s Play-Call Pick-Up

During Saturday’s game against Georgia, CBS analyst Gary Danielson — who is as good as film-breaker-downer as anybody in college football — announced during the second half of Tennessee’s game that...

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CBS’ Danielson Backs Saban’s Comments About Hurry-Up Offenses “100%”

Last week, Nick Saban caused an uproar among coaches who run up-tempo, no-huddle schemes.  Alabama’s coach — fresh off a game with Hugh Freeze’s fast-paced Ole Miss offense — suggested that defensive...

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Miranda Writes: A By-The-Numbers Breakdown Of LSU-USC

This week we bring you our second numbers-centric breakdown of the SEC’s biggest game of the week.  On most weeks this fall — when he’s not in California watching his own son play college football —...

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SEC Schools Will Have More Cash Rolling In If They Want To Fire Coaches

Today, The Knoxville News Sentinel reported that Tennessee would have to pay between $5.6 and $9.3 million to eject Derek Dooley and his staff from their jobs in Knoxville this season.  If Auburn chose...

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SEC Game Preview – 11/23/12 (Arkansas-LSU Edition)

In a short while we’ll post our full game previews for the weekend, but first, here’s the skinny on today’s traditional rivalry game between the Razorbacks and Tigers…   LSU at Arkansas 2:30pmET on CBS...

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New Deals: SEC Schools Projected To Make $30-35 Million (As We’ve Been Saying...

Last fall, we quoted an industry source with in-depth knowledge of media rights contracts who predicted  SEC teams would receive between $30 and $35 million dollars once the league renegotiated [...]

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Ex-SEC Coach, A.D. Newton Still In Favor Of Starting Basketball Later

CM Newton knows a thing or two about college basketball and college athletics.  The 83-year-old coached at Alabama from 1968 to 1980, coached at Vanderbilt from 1981 to 1989, and [...]

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NCAA Tournament: The Money Behind The Madness

Did you know?  CBS paid $16 million for the rights to the NCAA Tournament back in 1982.  The latest contract, signed in 2010,  was in the billions of dollars. Read [...]

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Since January Of 2007 SEC Football Has Gone Up, SEC Basketball Has Come Down

You have to wonder if the SEC’s football and basketball fortunes passed one another on some great lucky escalator in the sky.  With the league mired in mediocrity at the [...]

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Is Third Time Charm For The Florida Gators?

For the third straight year, the Florida Gators are playing in the Elite Eight round of the NCAA Tournament.  The last two years, this is where the Gators’ season ended. [...]

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Thought Of The Day – 4/3/13

About a decade ago, yours truly was in attendance for a CBS convention in New Orleans.  The first mixer/get-together of the week featured a live performance by NOLA legend Buckwheat [...]

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The Final Four Could Move To Cable Next Year

In case you needed more proof that the television habits of Americans are changing, the NCAA Tournament’s Final Four could follow in the footsteps of college football’s BCS bowls and [...]

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Oklahoma State Coach Mike Gundy Still Getting Questions About Tennessee,...

A report surfaced at the end of March indicating Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy nearly took the job at Tennessee in December.  Gundy even told Jeremy Fowler of CBSSports.com, “At some [...]

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How ESPN Sets The SEC Network Apart (Even From The Net’s Texas Project)

There has never been a league- or school-specific network like the soon-to-be-announced SEC Network.  In terms of immediate appeal, it will be unmatched. The Big Ten Network doesn’t have what [...]

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SEC Network Unveiled: Our Quick Takes, Our Rapid Responses

Today in Atlanta, the Southeastern Conference and ESPN took the lid off of their new joint venture, the SEC Network.  Below are our quick takes and rapid responses to what was learned today:   *  The...

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Turner Sports Will Start Getting Final Four, NCAA Basketball Title Games As...

Out with the old and in with the new. Once there was a day when the over-air broadcast networks dominated.  Now, cable and satellite networks are turning those over-air broadcasters into “just another...

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SEC And CBS Adjust Their Contract

After the SEC and ESPN unveiled the new SEC Network and some of their programming plans for it, Mike Slive referenced the fact that the SEC and CBS had also [...]

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Finebaum The First “Voice” Of The SEC Network, But How Much Voice Will His...

The return of Paul Finebaum is underway.  The former syndicated radio host will be introduced on various ESPN radio properties throughout the day.  The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this [...]

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SEC Headlines 5/23/2013

SEC Football 1. Georgia tight end Ty Flourney-Smith is transferring.  Played eight games last year without a catch. Could he return to the team? 2. Indoor practice facility not a priority right [...]

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Bama’s Saban Talks Up A&M’s Johnny Football

Johnny Manziel led Texas A&M to an upset win at eventual BCS champ Alabama last season.  He also won over Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban with his play in that [...]

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CBS War With Time Warner Shows The SEC Network Won’t Be A Lay-Up

Having spent two decades in the television industry and also having experienced one very nasty battle over retransmission agreements up close, I freely admit to being “the negative guy” when [...]

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SEC Releases 2013-14 Hoops Schedule

The SEC has released the basketball schedule for the 2013-14 season today and each of the 126 league games “will be available to be seen from anywhere in the nation.”  [...]

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Missouri Vs Arkansas 2014: A Friday Or Saturday Affair?

Well, here’s an interesting little twist to today’s 2014 SEC schedule release — Arkansas and Missouri don’t seem to agree on when their season-ending game will actually be played. On [...]

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WOW Headlines – 10/10/12

Tennessee coach Derek Dooley will coach Saturday from the press box after having hip surgery on Tuesday… The Vols will face Mississippi State in Starkville on Saturday night CBS analyst [...]The post...

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Wow Evening Headlines 10/10/2012

The Southeastern Conference and Big 12 met Wednesday in Nashville  to work out the details of their joint bowl game, including a host city. Tennessee coach Derek Dooley, recovering from [...]The post...

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WOW Headlines – 5/15/13

A MrSEC.com analysis shows that teams winning the turnover margin have won 71.8% of SEC conference games since 2007 The SEC and Big XII will launch a new basketball challenge [...]The post WOW...

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Wow Headlines 5/17/2013

Vanderbilt coach James Franklin opposes potential move to nine-game schedule.. …”If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Tennessee A.D. Dave Hart on coach Butch Jones:  ”I think he’s off to a [...]The post...

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WOW Headlines – 5/23/13

Georgia TE Ty Flourney-Smith will likely transfer to a junior college with a return to Athens a possibility Alabama coach Nick Saban: “We don’t think football’s a dangerous game, so [...]The post WOW...

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A&M’s Manziel To Maintain Silence… And He’s Right To Do So

It’s the game of the college football season.  Texas A&M versus Alabama.  Heisman Trophy-winner Johnny Manziel against BCS championship-collector Nick Saban.  And still the whole wide world is...

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SEC Headlines 9/13/2013

Alabama vs Texas A&M 1. Status of Texas A&M defensive tackle Isaiah Golden uncertain.  His two-month old daughter died suddenly this week. 2. Was Alabama’s bye week before this game by design?...

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SEC Odds And Television Listings – 9/23/13

The SEC has released the television listings for this Saturday and the Saturday that follows.  We’ve also included the early betting lines from Las Vegas (or an offshore book) for [...]The post SEC...

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Schools’ Greed Damaging The Future Of College Football

If a college football game were played and there was no one on hand to see it, would it actually be played?  That’s the somewhat discouraging outlook for college football [...]The post Schools’ Greed...

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Report: Arkansas A.D. Jeff Long Expected On Football Playoff Committee

When the College Football Playoff starts in 2014, the selection committee will have 12-18 members.  One of them is expected to be Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long. The Associated Press [...]The...

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SEC Odds And Television Listings – 10/7/13

The SEC has released the television listings for this Saturday and the Saturday that follows.  We’ve got both schedules below and we’ve also included the early betting lines from Las [...]The post SEC...

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SEC Odds And Television Listings – 10/28/13

The SEC has released the television listing for this Saturday and the next.  We bring you both schedules below plus the opening and updated betting lines for this week’s games. [...]The post SEC Odds...

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NBC’s Coverage Of Kubiak Collapse Should Cause SEC Broadcasters To Ask, “What...

Last night, Houston head coach Gary Kubiak collapsed on the field as his team’s game with Indianapolis hit halftime.  Those close to Kubiak have said he is “feeling good” as [...]The post NBC’s...

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SEC Odds And Television Listings – 11/4/13

The SEC has released its television schedule for November 16th today.  You’ll find it below along with this week’s TV listings.  We’ve also including betting information for all of this [...]The post...

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SEC Odds And Television Listings – 11/11/13

The has released the schedule for the weekend of November 23rd today.  Below, you’ll find that schedule along with this week’s lineup of games.  We’ve including the early betting lines [...]The post...

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