SEC Nation announces two pregame locations for the opening weekend of 2018 season
College GameDay recently announced it would be on location at Notre Dame Week 1 for the school’s season opener against Michigan and now SEC Nation has revealed where the SEC Network’s pregame show will originate from to start the 2018 season.
SEC Nation plans to be on location in College Station for the first game of the Jimbo Fisher era at Texas A&M for the Aggies opener against Northwestern State on Thursday, Aug. 30. The show will then hit the road for Tennessee’s Saturday, Sept. 1 season opener against West Virginia in Charlotte.
The College Station edition of SEC Nation is set to air at 7 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. CT on the SEC Network. The Charlotte edition of the pregame show will begin at 10 a.m. ET / 9 a.m. CT on the SEC Network.
The show’s host for this season remains the same with Laura Rutledge, analysts Paul Finebaum, Marcus Spears and Tim Tebow serving the roles of the program’s on-camera talent with Lauren Sisler also returning in her role on the SEC Nation desk.
The announced of these visits was made official on Tuesday morning:
August 30th: College Station
September 1st: Rocky Top in Charlotte #SECNation is BACK! https://t.co/XZNnQWiFYI pic.twitter.com/pPn4fjh4fU
— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) August 7, 2018
A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Michael Wayne Bratton oversees the news coverage for Saturday Down South. Michael previously worked for FOX Sports and NFL.com