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SEC Nation

SEC Nation is a pre-game show broadcast by SEC Network as part of its coverage of college football.

Modeled after ESPN's College GameDay, it broadcasts on Saturday mornings during the regular season from the campus of a Southeastern Conference (SEC) school, and features news and analysis of the day's upcoming games in the SEC.

History

The series premiered in 2014 as part of SEC Network's launch slate of studio programming; for its inaugural season, the program would be hosted by ESPN college football commentator Joe Tessitore, joined by NFL players and SEC alumni Tim Tebow and Marcus Spears, radio host Paul Finebaum, and reporter Kaylee Hartung.

Its format was modelled after ESPN's long-running College GameDay, albeit with changes to account for the "pageantry" and "flavor" of SEC football, such as an "intimate" stage constructed near a location on the hosting campus where fans are naturally gathering (aiming to be "among" an existing crowd, rather than creating a crowd), and a tour bus that would be used for feature segments highlighting the local culture. SEC Nation visited all 14 SEC schools throughout its inaugural season.

Personalities

Current

Former

Locations

2014 season

2015 season

2016 season

2017 season

2018 season

2019 season

2021 season

2022 season

2023 season

2024 season

2025 season

Winners are listed in bold.<br /> Home team listed in italics for neutral-site or off-campus games.<br /> All rankings displayed for FBS teams are from the AP Poll at the time of the game.

Appearances and results by school

SEC

Non-SEC

Other conference records

Off campus locations

Regular season

Postseason

Tebow's Freak of the Week

2014

2015

2016

October 8: There was no Freak of the Week due to SEC Nation not being at a specific location because of Hurricane Matthew moving SEC Nation to their Charlotte studios. The Freak of the Week would have been someone from Florida or LSU. October 29: There was no Freak of the Week due to the game being at a neutral site with no exact team location. Instead, in the spirit of Halloween, Tebow and Spears "created" their own scariest player based on how good different players were from the SEC.

2017

October 28: There was no Freak of the Week due to the game being at a neutral site with no exact team location. Instead, in the spirit of Halloween, Tebow and Spears "created" their own scariest player based on how good different players were from the SEC.

2018

October 27: This week there were two throwback Freaks of the Week, for Georgia, Herschel Walker and for Florida, Jevon Kearse.

2019

References

  • http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2014/05/sec-networks-sept-sites/

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