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SEC Network announces College Football Playoff semifinal coverage plans
By SDS Staff
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On Dec. 31, each of the two College Football Playoff semifinal games will feature an SEC team. No. 1 Alabama will face No. 4 Cincinnati at the Cotton Bowl in Arlington, Texas at AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys. No. 3 Georgia will face No. 2 Michigan in the Orange Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, home of the Miami Dolphins. The SEC Network will be represented at both sides.
On Tuesday, ESPN PR announced the SEC Network’s coverage plans for the semifinal games, with analysts and hosts on-site for both games:
Kicking off on Monday, Dec. 27, SEC Network will carry the press conferences and media opportunities from both Dallas and Miami throughout the week, including a full four hours of live on-site insight from Media Days at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic and Capital One Orange Bowl. Laura Rutledge hosts Wednesday’s SEC Now from Arlington, with Tim Tebow, Roman Harper and Jordan Rodgers on set from AT&T Stadium, joined by Dari Nowkhah hosting in Miami with Gene Chizik and Chris Doering.
On Thursday, Dec. 30, SEC Now will feature live coverage from the head coaches press conferences at both semifinals, followed in the afternoon by The Paul Finebaum Show Presented by Johnsonville live from Arlington at 3 p.m. ET.
Friday’s full day of coverage begins with Marty & McGee Presented by Old Trapper at 9 a.m., as Marty Smith does the show from Miami and Ryan McGee is live on site in Arlington. SEC Nation Presented by Dr Pepper has its first episode of the day at 10 a.m., with Rutledge, Tebow, Harper, Rodgers and Paul Finebaum prepping fans for the games of the day. In addition to Alabama and Georgia in the CFP semifinals, the SEC will have five teams in action over the coming days to preview Friday morning.
SEC Nation Presented by Dr Pepper returns at 2 p.m. ahead of kickoff from the Cotton Bowl, and then will wrap up action from Arlington and prime viewers for the primetime matchup in Miami. Post-game from Hard Rock Stadium will be SEC Football Final Presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors with Nowkhah, Chizik, Doering and Benjamin Watson recapping the day.
The day of the CFP semifinals, the SEC Network will have 15 hours of live programming, including a Kentucky basketball game.
The hometown radio broadcasts are part of ESPN’s MegaCast for the CFP games.
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