First, let me state that I'm very very grateful to the SEC and ESPN for bringing us 95-100% of SEC games each week. As a fan of the league and a commissioner of an 8 year old SEC fantasy football league, each and every game means something to me.
If you're like me, you too have been smacked in the face with SEC overload each Saturday night around 6pm CST. During that hour, 3-5 SEC games are being televised by most of the ESPN channels. Just announced, there are going to be FIVE SEC games on at the same time a week from Saturday. FIVE...two of which are conference games.
Why? Because CBS has some sort of non-compete clause in their afternoon SEC game of the week. Yes, even the 2 hours of commercials they show each game are safe from other televised SEC action. Even Gary Danielson's hard-on for Nick Saban doesn't need to worry about viewers switching to another SEC game.
Yes, I'm thankful to have the opportunity to watch practically any SEC team each and every week, but it's hard to imagine that ESPN is getting their money's worth out of the deal when their viewers must choose between so many games coming on at the same time. Frankly, they need to consider switching the ESPN2 game (or ESPNU or ESPN Classic or ESPN, or even the Fox Sports South game) to 8pm or so. Makes sense to me.
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