SEC TV
SEC TV was a syndicated package featuring live broadcasts of college football and basketball events from the Southeastern Conference. It was owned and operated by ESPN Regional Television and shown in more than 50 percent of households in the United States, mostly Southeastern United States markets. SEC TV's football games typically aired in the noon eastern slot that was former home to the Jefferson-Pilot/Raycom Sports SEC game of the week. Games were shown locally on broadcast stations, regional sports networks, as well as on ESPN GamePlan, ESPN Full Court, and WatchESPN.
SEC TV was replaced with a 24-hour cable network devoted to the conference, also named SEC Network, after the 2013–14 college sports season. The new SEC Network would assume the duty of broadcasting football games in the "early" window used by SEC TV.
History
In 2008, ESPN reached a 15-year deal to become the Southeastern Conference's main media rightsholder, assuming the majority of football and basketball rights, including the syndicated package produced by Raycom Sports and its predecessors. Besides games on its cable networks, ESPN chose to retain the syndicated package, moving it under its competing ESPN Regional Television unit under the on-air brand SEC Network.The first SEC Network game was the Tennessee Volunteers football team's 63-7 blowout win over the Kentucky Hilltoppers on September 5, 2009. Dave Neal and Andre Ware were the play-by-play commentators, and Cara Capuano was the sideline reporter. Unlike Jefferson-Pilot/Raycom Sports, SEC TV also carried some regular season Women's basketball games in syndication on Sunday afternoons during basketball season.
In 2013, with the announcement that ESPN would be launching an SEC cable network under the same name in 2014, SEC Network was re-branded as SEC TV on September 7, 2013. SEC TV folded following the 2013 football season and the 2013-2014 basketball season. The last live sports program to air on SEC TV was the quarterfinals of the 2014 men's conference basketball tournament. The standalone SEC Network cable outlet launched August 14 of that year.
SEC TV was available through 102 over-the-air television stations in the now-11-state SEC footprint, as well as other stations outside SEC markets, regional sports networks, and ESPN platforms such as ESPN3 and ESPN GamePlan/Full Court.
On-air personalities
Play-by-play commentator
- Dave Neal
- Carter Blackburn
- Dave Baker
Color analysts
Sideline reporters
- Cara Capuano
- Kara Lawson
- Barry Booker
- Kyle Macy
- Joe Dean, Jr.
Game schedules
2009 SEC Network football schedule
- September 5 – Western Kentucky at [2009 2010 Tennessee Volunteers football team|Tennessee Volunteers football team|Tennessee]
- September 12 – Troy at #1 [2009 2011 Florida Gators football team|Florida Gators football team|Florida]
- September 19 – North Texas at #4 [2009 2012 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]
- September 26 – #7 LSU at [2009 2009 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team|Mississippi State Bulldogs football team|Mississippi State]
- October 3 – #3 Alabama at Kentucky
- October 10 – [2009 2013 Georgia Bulldogs football team|Georgia Bulldogs football team|Georgia] at Tennessee
- October 17 – Georgia at [2009 2013 Vanderbilt Commodores football team|Vanderbilt Commodores football team|Vanderbilt]
- October 24 – [2009 2010 Arkansas Razorbacks football team|Arkansas Razorbacks football team|Arkansas] at Ole Miss
- October 31 – #25 Ole Miss at Auburn
- November 7 – [2009 2013 South Carolina Gamecocks football team|South Carolina Gamecocks football team|South Carolina] at Arkansas
- November 14 – Kentucky at Vanderbilt
- November 21 – Tennessee-Chattanooga at #2 Alabama OR Mississippi State at Arkansas
- November 28 – #20 Ole Miss at Mississippi State
2010 SEC Network football schedule
- September 4 – Louisiana-Lafayette at #23 Georgia
- September 11 – South Florida at #8 Florida
- September 18 – Vanderbilt at Ole Miss
- September 25 – Alabama-Birmingham at Tennessee
- October 2 – Kentucky at Ole Miss
- October 9 – Tennessee at Georgia
- October 16 – Vanderbilt at Georgia
- October 23 – Ole Miss at #21 Arkansas
- October 30 – Tennessee at #17 South Carolina
- November 6 – Florida at Vanderbilt
- November 13 – Vanderbilt at Kentucky
- November 20 – Troy at #17 South Carolina
- November 27 – Kentucky at Tennessee
2011 SEC Network football schedule
- September 3 – Kent State at #2 Alabama
- September 10 – #16 Mississippi State at Auburn
- September 17 – Ole Miss at Vanderbilt
- September 24 – Georgia at Ole Miss
- October 1 – Kentucky at #1 LSU
- October 8 – Kentucky at #18 South Carolina
- October 15 – #15 South Carolina at Mississippi State
- October 22 – #10 Arkansas at Ole Miss
- October 29 – #8 Arkansas at Vanderbilt
- November 5 – Vanderbilt at Florida
- November 12 – Kentucky at Vanderbilt
- November 19 – Kentucky at #13 Georgia
- November 26 – Tennessee at Kentucky
2012 SEC Network football schedule
All times listed are ET- September 1 – Noon – Buffalo at #6 Georgia
- September 8 – Noon – East Carolina at #9 South Carolina
- September 8 – 3:30pm – Western Kentucky at #1 Alabama
- September 15 – Noon – Louisiana-Monroe at Auburn
- September 22 – Noon – Kentucky at #14 Florida
- September 29 – Noon – Arkansas at Texas A&M
- October 6 – Noon – #20 Mississippi State at Kentucky
- October 13 – Noon – Auburn at Ole Miss
- October 20 – Noon – Auburn at Vanderbilt
- October 27 – Noon – Ole Miss at Arkansas
- November 3 – Noon – Tulsa at Arkansas
- November 10 – Noon – Louisiana-Lafayette at #6 Florida OR Missouri at Tennessee
- November 17 – Noon – Western Carolina at #4 Alabama OR Arkansas at Mississippi State
- November 24 – Noon – Kentucky at Tennessee
2013 SEC TV football schedule
All times listed are ET- August 31 – 12:21pm – Toledo at #10 Florida
- September 7 – 12:21pm – Western Kentucky at Tennessee
- September 14 – 12:21pm – Southern Miss at Arkansas
- September 21 – 12:21pm – North Texas at #9 Georgia
- September 28 – 12:21pm – South Alabama at Tennessee
- October 5 – 12:21pm – Georgia State at #1 Alabama
- October 12 – 12:21pm – South Carolina at Arkansas
- October 19 – 12:21pm – #22 Florida at #14 Missouri
- October 26 – 12:21pm – Vanderbilt at #14 Texas A&M
- November 2– 12:21pm – Mississippi State at #14 South Carolina
- November 9 – 12:21pm – Arkansas at Ole Miss
- November 16 – 12:21pm – Kentucky at Vanderbilt
- November 23 – 12:21pm – Mississippi State at Arkansas
- November 30 – 12:21pm – Wake Forest at Vanderbilt