SEC Media Days: SEC Network unveils coverage plans for Nashville event
By Keith Farner
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The SEC Network announced on Wednesday that it would have extensive coverage of SEC Media Days next week as the annual event is held for the first time in Nashville.
SEC This Morning, SEC Now and The Paul Finebaum Show will broadcast from Nashville, and there will be a special edition of SEC Nation on Tuesday night.
Familiar faces to SEC fans will also weigh in on the league, and storylines from the week, as all 14 head coaches will speak from the main podium.
The analysts and commentators will include Jordan Rodgers, Greg McElroy, Roman Harper, Paul Finebaum, Takeo Spikes, Benjamin Watson and Chris Doering. Studio hosts for the four-day event will include Joe Tessitore, Dari Nowkhah, Peter Burns, Alyssa Lang, Marty Smith and Finebaum.
Planned in-person guests for the SEC Nation primetime show include comedian Nate Bargatze, SEC head coaches Josh Heupel (Tennessee) and Clark Lea (Vanderbilt), and SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey. Georgia coach Kirby Smart is also expected to join remotely.
There will also be addition shows and programs, including “Marty & McGee: Talkin’ Season” as Marty Smith and Ryan McGee chat with all 14 head coaches. The conversations will be produced into 2 specials, which will air at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 14 and Tuesday, Aug. 15.
There’s also a show called “Roy Kramer: A Vision for the SEC” which is a retrospective of the life and career of the visionary former SEC commissioner. An hour-long documentary about Georgia’s latest national championship will air, and it’s called, “Them Dawgs.”
Country music stars Kane Brown and Darius Rucker will offer their perspective to SEC Network’s coverage of SEC Kickoff through a series of vignettes about Nashville and the cultural cross-section between SEC football and music.
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
