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Posted on 4/22/14 at 5:50 pm
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April 21, 2014
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Glenn McGraw
Are you ready for some football, SEC fans? How does a little Sunday night action sound? According to commissioner Mike Slive, SEC Sunday Funday could be a very real thing this season.
The SEC Network is set to launch on Aug. 14, and it appears that the conference and ESPN are taking aim at NBC’s Sunday night NFL broadcast. On Monday, Slive told reporters that the conference would host a Sunday night game early in the season.
Whether or not this becomes a regular fixture remains to be seen. However, considering Sunday evenings are dominated by the NFL, it isn’t a bad marketing idea to throw a game from college football’s biggest conference into the mix. It would be very interesting to see how a marquee SEC matchup would fair while up against the NFL’s primetime game of the week.
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Posted on 4/22/14 at 5:51 pm to Mizz-SEC
Iron Bowl Sunday
Posted on 4/22/14 at 5:54 pm to Mizz-SEC
Wouldn't even remotely compare to NFL. There was a link posted several years ago with the top rated/viewed sporting events throughout that particular year (2010). The top SIXTEEN spots were all NFL games, playoffs at the top, with the AU/oregon championship coming in at 17. I believe that is accurate, could be wrong but I think I remember that.
Even if my numbers are slightly off, I remember being absolutely floored that the NFL had that much of a gap over NCAA.
ETA: LINK
Granted, most of those were playoff games, but obviously the first NCAA game was the title game as well.
Even if my numbers are slightly off, I remember being absolutely floored that the NFL had that much of a gap over NCAA.
ETA: LINK
Granted, most of those were playoff games, but obviously the first NCAA game was the title game as well.
This post was edited on 4/22/14 at 5:56 pm
Posted on 4/22/14 at 5:55 pm to Mizz-SEC
NFL sunday, college football saturday.
I DON'T LIKE CHANGE
I DON'T LIKE CHANGE
Posted on 4/22/14 at 5:55 pm to Mizz-SEC
Awful idea, it would get crushed by the NFL.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 6:00 pm to Mizz-SEC
I am quickly getting Mike Slive fatigue.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 6:01 pm to Mizz-SEC
Probably be better off going head to head against Monday night football than Sunday but I wouldn't do either. Saturday IS College Football!
Posted on 4/22/14 at 6:01 pm to Mizz-SEC
Kentucky vs. Louisville 
Posted on 4/22/14 at 6:02 pm to constant cough
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Probably be better off going head to head against Monday night football
no way, it'd be worse.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 6:03 pm to constant cough
Seriously. I hope the attempt this year fails. I don't like the idea of Sunday games in Athens.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 6:07 pm to WG_Dawg
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no way, it'd be worse.
You think? Last few years it seems Sunday night has had the better games and better broadcast than Monday night.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 6:07 pm to Roger Klarvin
I don't mind, but I am a college fan first.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 6:13 pm to Diamondawg
Terrible idea.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 6:14 pm to Mizz-SEC
Sounds like a terrible idea, but Slive is smarter than the majority of us on here, so let's just see how it plays out.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 6:14 pm to Mizz-SEC
Sunday is for fantasy football. This would be an awful idea.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 6:15 pm to Mizz-SEC
Would never work on a regular basis. Maybe the Sunday of Labor Day weekend, but that's it. College and NFL crowds are very different. Most fans and ticket holders of NFL teams are within an easy drive or in the very city where the team is. Many college ticket holders are not in the town where the university is. With work the next day for most, not a smart move for colleges...especially the SEC.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 6:15 pm to constant cough
Somebody call Dan Borne for a rewrite. LSU's higher ups might be dumb enough to take the bait
Posted on 4/22/14 at 6:15 pm to Roger Klarvin
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Awful idea, it would get crushed by the NFL.
Agree. Since there are no sacred cows anymore, they'd be better off going for Friday night.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 6:22 pm to Damn Good Dawg
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NFL sunday, college football saturday.
I DON'T LIKE CHANGE
This. I love college football, but damn, its on 5 nights a week most of the season. Give the NFL Sunday and Monday.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 6:26 pm to Mizz-SEC
I wish they'd do it, just to see it crash, burn, and fail miserably.
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