Junction

I'll see what I can find out on the media guide front.

We're about 25 minutes away from Slive time. I'm here in the main press room so I'll be posting notes here on the board as we go along. Who knows what Slive may or may not say so this should be interesting.

Also, apparently the Aggies players are wearing cowboy boots. I like it.

Enjoy it Aubrey and welcome to the premiere league in college football.

Love it

weird - this is listed on SEC digital network media days site - wonder which ones accurate lol

Tuesday, July 17
1:00 p.m. – Steve Spurrier, South Carolina
1:10 p.m. – Ace Sanders, South Carolina
1:20 p.m. – Sean Porter, Texas A&M
1:40 p.m. – D.J. Swearinger, South Carolina
2:10 p.m. – Luke Joeckel, Texas A&M
2:20 p.m. – Ryan Swope, Texas A&M
2:30 p.m. – Kevin Sumlin, Texas A&M
3:00 p.m. – Commissioner Mike Slive
3:20 p.m. – James Franklin, Vanderbilt
3:30 p.m. – Connor Shaw, South Carolina
4:00 p.m. – Trey Wilson, Vanderbilt
4:20 p.m. – Jordan Rodgers, Vanderbilt
4:30 p.m. – Elvis Fisher, Missouri
4:40 p.m. – T.J. Moe, Missouri
4:50 p.m. – Gary Pinkel, Missouri
5:40 p.m. – E.J. Gaines, Missouri
5:50 p.m. – Zac Stacy, Vanderbilt

- From 2002 to today, SEC has tripled annual revenue.

- Must continue to be innovative.

- Last year talked about the proposed national agenda for change.

- SEC continues to advocate for change that benefits athletes. Majority of the SEC supports multi-year scholarships, want to increase amount of full scholarship to provide financial resources that meet full cost of attendance. Want to make it easier for former athletes to come back and finish degrees if they choose to.

haha Slive quoting Shakespeare.

- The "Champions Bowl" - great partner in the Big 12, working to finalize plans for the inaugural game on January 1st in primetime 2015. Two most succesful leagues in the BCS.

- Will continue to find ways to move forward.

Who's next? Wonder how many of the speakers ESPNU will show? I guess the King Cobra will be live....say he's up next.

Kevin Sumlin is up next. I'm going to make his free also and then stuff from the internet room I'm going to keep VIP.

Sorry, my ipad has the wrong time because of the internet and I was over adjusting.

Kevin Sumlin

- Getting started on time so they can't blame it on the new guy. Like the other 13 guys who will talk, the word excited is going to come out. A lot of reasons. First season in the SEC, fans and former students and current students are ready to get going. It's a special year and they're excited to get started. A&M is as excited as anybody to be part of the SEC and for the season to start. It's going to be a special time for the fans.

Looking at things, they asked if they realize they play all six last national champions, said yes, they knew it when they took the job. From a coaches and players standpoints, they have a lot of thigns to point to and work hard to get to. Players have gone through summer in a great way, and the players they brought are going to be big leaders. They worked out with the 5:45 AM group today so they didn't miss a workout to get on the plane for the trip here.

- Is it real? It makes it real, but what made it real to him was the first head coaching meeting in the spring with the coaches and Slive and they close the door behind you. That's when you know it's real.

- Quarterback situation at a new school? People forget that when he got to Houston it was a two quarterback system splitting time the year before. They went through spring football and most of fall camp before naming Keenum. Having been through it as a coach and a coordinator makes it a bit easier. Will say that you have to start somewhere, veteran quarterbacks all started somewhere. Have guys competing and feels good about their athletic ability and talent level at quarterback.

- Adjusting the offense? Need to be bigger and faster (joking), I don't know. Been able to adapt and do things at Houston and other places to utilize personnel. People say they throw the ball all the time and he's okay with people thinking that. Run game percentages and stats have been pretty effective. Being called "pass happy" is fine with them as long as people want to defend the pass all the time. Will have a lot better feel in February than right now, watching video doesn't do them justice. Have respect for the talent level, but comfortable with how they do things.

- Game with Florida? Most important game is Louisiana Tech. Have their plate full in the first game, but no doubt that the fans are excited about the home opener against Florida. Going to be a big game, to have your home opener at A&M be an SEC game is a big deal.

Moving kickoffs up? Been talk about concerns about injuries on kickoffs, not a fan of eliminating it. Something the fans like, the players enjoy, there's an art to it. For him he likes it because Houston tied a record for kickoff returns for touchdowns, it's the first offensive play and it's part of football.

- QBs experience? Sometimes with young quarterbacks it's easier when you're bringing in a new system compared to a fourth or fifth year guy who's been in the same system and starting. Those guys didn't come to play for you. Even more difficult if they've had succes. But they've had a good comfort level with the young quarterbacks.

- OOS recruiting? No doubt that they have an emphasis in the state of Texas. Numbers show that right now. No doubt that being in the SEC has increased footpring nationall and moving east. Moving into Louisiana and Mississippi, just looking recruiting over last 5 or 6 months they've gotten more visits and returned phone calls outside the state that may not have paid attention before the SEC.