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On today's show - ESPN has released the approximate start times for the remainder of the 2024 SEC football season, with the first season of all SEC games exclusively on ABC and ESPN channels. All SEC games have been designated either morning kickoffs, afternoon, night, or "Flex" which will be decided between afternoon or night.

Who got the best draw for game times and who drew the short end of the stick? Well Ole Miss coming off an 11-win season gets FOUR early morning games next season - not exactly a reward for a preseason Top 10 team. And LSU lucks out with just one early game, on the road - could the Tigers get all night games in Death Valley this season?

Also, we hit on some SEC recruiting news as Alabama adds OL Mal Waldrep and OL Michael Carroll, Mizzou adds safety Dyllon Williams, Texas picks up CB Caleb Chester, and Auburn scoops up athlete Bruce Deas.

And we are locked in with four SEC teams headed to Omaha for the College World Series, with the schedule set for Florida, Texas A&M, Kentucky and Tennessee. Also, the Vols lose a pitcher to Tommy John, South Carolina makes it official hiring Paul Mainieri, and a few portal moves in SEC baseball.

As we count down the days to the start of the 2024 SEC football season, some teams lost a ton to the Transfer Portal, while others added a ton. But who added better talent than they lost? Who lost more than they brought in? 24/7 Sports lists the SEC's biggest winners and losers of the portal using the average rating of all of the players, and they found that Texas, Mizzou & Tennessee were among the top WINNERS of the portal, while schools like Alabama were LOSERS of the portal.

Also, it's been a busy time for recruiting when it comes to the 2025 class, and we catch you up on the latest commitments as Alabama adds 4-star CB Chuck McDonald, while Georgia adds 4-star DL Christian Garrett. And we give you the latest buzz regarding several other high profile recruits and the SEC schools targeting them.

And it was a busy weekend of Super Regional action around the SEC. Florida and Tennessee were the first SEC schools to punch their tickets to Omaha, with Texas A&M, Kentucky, Florida all making runs as well.

On today's show, we run through the news that OIe Miss transfer RB commit Jacory Croskey-Merritt has flipped his commitment from the Rebels back to Arizona. The former New Mexico running back was expected to join a group that could go RB-by-committee, after losing Quinshon Judkins to the portal this offseason. Instead, the Rebels will need to lean on returnee Ulysses Bentley and transfers Henry Parrish from Miami, Rashas Amos from Miami of Ohio, and Clemson RB Domonique Thomas. Former LSU RB Logan Diggs underwent offseason surgery and is expected to out a while.

Also, we run through the dates and times released by ESPN for the 12-Team College Football Playoff in 2024-25. Georgia picks up a big time linebacker commit, while Auburn adds a cornerback recruit.

And we get the latest update on Auburn RB Brian Battie, and could Bruce Pearl leave Auburn for UConn if Dan Hurley does indeed leave for the Los Angeles Lakers?

ESPN has released its annual FPI (Football Power Index) Ratings for the 2024 season - we run through the SEC teams and where they rank, with 15 of 16 SEC teams rating in their Top 50, and 11 SEC teams in the Top 20 of the FPI. Some of the ESPN writers discuss which teams they think are undervalued and overvalued, with a few teams that could surprise by the end of the season.

Also, ESPN's David Hale ranked all 134 FBS QB Situations into Tiers, and we list the SEC QBs and where they rank, with a group headlined by Alabama's Jalen Milroe, Georgia's Carson Beck and Texas' Quinn Ewers in Tier 1.

In addition, we go Around The Conference as Kalen DeBoer and Alabama add a big time QB commit in 2025 QB Keelon Russell, Texas A&M votes no on bringing back the bonfire for the Texas-Texas A&M Rivalry game, and 24/7 Sports lists the college football teams with the longest active home winning streaks.

On today's show, we discuss the 24/7 Sports piece on the Highest Rated Football Transfers Coming into 2024, as we touch on several of the names coming to the SEC, or simply shifting SEC schools. Making the list include Texas WR Isaiah Bond and TE Amari Niblack, Mizzou OL Cayden Green, Florida G Jason Zandamela, A&M DE Nic Scourton, Ole Miss DL Walter Nolen, Tennessee OL Lance Heard & many more!

We also go Around The Conference as Ole Miss adds another weapon in the Transfer Portal, this time in Southern Illinois WR Izaiah Hartrup, the Rebels also add a 4-star safety for 2025, Alabama is on the verge of flipping QB Keelon Russell away from SMU, and Mizzou might be grabbing transfer DL Simeon Barrow away from Miami.

Lastly, we recap the weekend of Regional play in SEC Baseball, as teams like Arkansas and Vanderbilt disappoint and are headed home, while Tennessee, Kentucky, Texas A&M, and Georgia take care of business. Meanwhile, LSU and Florida live to fight another day. And shoutout to Florida softball who took down Alabama, as they battle to the WCWS Semifinals.

On today's show, we run through the SEC football TV schedule for the early part of the season as ESPN, ABC & the SEC Network announced their broadcast times and channels for the full first three weeks of the 2024 college football season! Some teams lucked out with several night games at home, while others are getting some early road games, and some getting brutally hot middle-of-the-day environments. We run through all 16 SEC teams and their times and networks.

Also, Jordan Kaye of The State in Colombia joins us to recap the week of SEC Meetings in Destin as he was there all week covering all the big stories for the SEC including fallout from the House vs NCAA settlement, potential injury reports, no punishments for transfers, potential roster reductions & elimination of walk-ons, and much more!

In addition, the SEC has an agreement with Netflix on an upcoming documentary series focused on the upcoming SEC college football season, and they have ESPN's full blessing.