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SEC Network's future goals are bold; booming Big Ten Network’s journey is a cautionary tale

Georgias Mark Richt, left, answers a question from a member of the media following Thursdays announcement of the formation of the SEC Network.

Other conferences have realized moderate success (Pac-12) or abrupt shutdown (Mountain West), but the clearest example of a blockbuster is the Big Ten Network, off the ground in August 2007 and now in 52 million homes.

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BRENNER: SEC, ESPN has room to boast

ATLANTA -- There’s public relations, and then there’s a parade of champions strutting across the stage in an expansive ballroom at a ritzy downtown hotel in Atlanta just to illustrate how good the Southeastern Conference has it.
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LIVE BLOG: SEC, ESPN Network created

ATLANTA -- If you can't watch on television, catch your live updates from the SEC and ESPN joint announcement of a newly-created network. We have dozens of SEC, ESPN and school officials, coaches and athletic directors on hand at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta this afternoon.
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SEC Notes: Slive no-comments Auburn allegation reports, demands better basketball

NCAA cracks down on illegal hits; Slive defends SEC's partnership with TV networks
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Slive, SEC ready for College Football Playoff

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The fans, finally, got what they begged for.
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Harvey Updyke pleads guilty to poisoning Toomer's Oaks, gets 3 years in prison

OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama fan who poisoned the iconic Toomer's Corner oak trees at rival Auburn has been sentenced to three years in prison.
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Update: Four Bama football players suspended after being arrested on felony charges

Four University of Alabama football players were booked on felony charges Monday by the Tuscaloosa County Sherriff's office, according to multiple published reports and Jailbase.com, a website dedicated to compiling jail records.
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SEC CHAMPIONSHIP: Alabama survives epic 32-28 shootout over Georgia

ATLANTA – What a game. What an event. What a show.
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Video: SEC Championship preview analysis
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Auburn-Alabama: Nov. 24, 2:30 p.m CT, CBS

AUBURN, Ala. — It took until the very end of the season, but Auburn will finally play on the SEC’s prime network platform in 2012.
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Georgia's Jarvis Jones headlines Bulldogs' representatives for SEC Media Days

Coming off of a breakout season in Athens, Carver product Jarvis Jones will headline Georgia’s contingent at SEC Media Days on July 19 at the Wynfrey Hotel in Hoover, Ala.