SEC Network Football is a live game presentation ofSEC football on theSEC Network. These telecasts have many different presenting sponsors, but some includeDr. Pepper,Allstate, andRegions Bank. There are typically 3 telecasts every Saturday during thecollege football regular season, though beginning in 2015, the SEC Network Alternate channel gets one game, usually during the 4:00 PM time slot. The Noon game is preceded bySEC Nation and succeeded bySEC Now which will also serve as a pregame and postgame show for the 4:00 game. The 7:30 game will be succeeded bySEC Scoreboard.
TheSEC had won seven straight college football national championships when theSEC Network was announced in May 2013. On March 12, 2014, the SEC Network namedBrent Musburger as the leadplay-by-play announcer andJesse Palmer as the leadanalyst. It was later announced thatMaria Taylor would join them as thesideline reporter. In July 2014, the SEC Network named the rest of their football announcers.Tom Hart would be a play-by-play announcer, paired up withMatt Stinchcomb as the analyst, andHeather Mitts as the sideline reporter. Also,Dave Neal would do play-by-play announcing withAndre Ware as the analyst, both moving fromSEC TV. They would be joined by Laura Rutledge as the sideline reporter. The first football game broadcast on the SEC Network was on Thursday, August 28, 2014, whenTexas A&M defeatedSouth Carolina 52-28.CBS gets the exclusive first pick of the day's SEC games before ESPN and SEC Network can choose.
