This ^^^
Yes, it’s back in Birmingham next year. I think the year after that is still open, but I’m not sureIt will not be in Atlanta next year. I like the idea of moving it around as many have said, including most of the cities involved. It would be good to go to every SEC state, including Missouri. At least give them a chance to see if they would support it. It might give the U of Missouri a bump. But Atlanta, Bham, Orlando or Jax, Nashville, N.O., Jackson, Lex, St. Louis, Houston, LR., Charleston or Greenville. Give Bham, Jackson, Tenn 2 trips since they represent the only multi-program states
I don't care where media days takes place, but one of the reasons B'ham lost the SECCG is because of potential bad weather in open air stadiums.
I see what you did there....:cool2:....I feel the same way about media days now, but it does make me chuckle when I hear fans of other schools complain about it being in Birmingham. As for the SECCG, I am pretty happy and content with the Atlanta venue, but I might feel differently if I was in the habit of traveling to watch the game rather than watching at home. If they rotate it, it should stay within the SEC footprint in my opinion. I never have warmed to the idea of the SECN being headquartered in Charlotte, but I'm sure it is in the SEC's long-term plan to expand into North Carolina and probably Virginia. Maybe the SEC and ACC can make a trade, *u for Wake Forest.This ^^^
The location of Media days is totally irrelevant to me. They could have it in Seattle for all I care - I'd still get the same highlights on the news.
BUT - I've said for years that the SEC was leaving a LOT of money "on the table" by not bidding out the SECC Game to a different city, if not EVERY year, then at least every Other year - rotate two years at a time.
Now, MAYBE Atlanta would always be the high bidder, but the stakes would be higher than the current system of simply selecting ATL (basically) automatically for 10 year extensions.
I mean, the big "Beef" with Birmingham was that it supposedly gave UA a big advantage, right? SO how is it NOT just as big an advantage for the two GA teams (aub and UGa) to have the game in ATL every year????
I haven't heard anything either, hence the qualifier "long-term". I would hazard to guess that the placement of the SECN headquarters had at least a little bit to do with establishing a beachhead in the region with an eye to the future. It could be a decade or multiple decades down the road, but expanding to include the states of North Carolina and Virginia is a huge money making bonanza assuming the health of college football remains strong.
Shoot - I'd take wake for the boogs, any day. It would raise the average SEC IQ by about 50 points. :biggrin:
At least Virginia and North Carolina can claim to be part of the SouthEAST, with a straight face - but I digress.
LOL...having lived in Texas now for a while, I'd say Dallas/Austin/San Antonio/Houston are the crooked dividing line between an east Texas that is much more like the southeast (geographically and culturally speaking) and west Texas which reminds me much more of the southwest. Down the middle in the urban hubs you've got a little bit of everything.At least Virginia and North Carolina can claim to be part of the SouthEAST, with a straight face - but I digress.
Downtown Collie Station, TX:
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Brett McMurphy
@Brett_McMurphyAbsolutely, the local talking heads on radio commented it wasn’t the same , it got lost in the Julio, Braves, even Atlanta United talk here locally. I said in another thread, maybe the star power lost last year in the HC ranks contributed, but something was definitely missing. Hell the ACC media days got as much or more local coverage because of some of the controversial things said. I’m not against rotating, just not in Atlanta. Maybe another college town, where , like Hoover, media days are a really big deal.
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