Like already mentioned, the SEC network has very little in common with PAC Network, It has more in common with the Big Ten Network. The biggest reasons that the Pac Network is struggling and the SEC network will have a much better shot at being successful is because.

1)the SEC has much less of a content problem because you're looking at 1 network versus 7 along with the fact that the SEC network has more football inventory

2)the sec doesn't have the Pac 12 lack of exposure in most of the country's population centers problem because of geography mainly timezones

and here's the big one

3)the sec won't have the same distribution problems because the SEC has the big bad Disney/ESPN empire forcing the SEC network on all carriers

I think that the minor sports will be just as popular on the SEC network which as you have mentioned isn't very popular on the Pac Network, but that really doesn't matter because the SEC network has enough content and it will be carried nation wide at times people will watch.

The ownership model is great to maximize profit and I actually think that out of all the conferences the SEC had the best chance to make that model successful because SEC, SEC, SEC fans are FANatical. I don't think that fans of SEC schools would accept not having the SEC network like Pac fans. Hell, the Gulfport, Mississippi city council has already actually passed a resolution to try to ensure that the channel is available in the area. In the end ESPN had most of the SEC's media rights already, and they are definitely the best distribution partner. Who knows how things will look in a few years.

This post was edited on 5/26/14 at 3:29 am