CBS releases 2013 SEC Game of the Week schedule, opens with Alabama vs. Texas A&M

Gary Danielson and Verne Lundquist return for another year of college football on CBS. Photo: CBS Sports

CBS is entering its 13th season broadcasting SEC football and this one is going to start with what could be the game of the year. The CBS SEC Game of the Week coverage begins Saturday, September 14 with the much-anticipated match-up of SEC West powers, Alabama and Texas A&M. The Aggies, of course, stunned the eventual BCS champions last year in Tuscaloosa so Nick Saban and his Tide will be looking for revenge. And you never want to face Saban under those circumstances, right? The game between potential BCS championship contenders (dare we say BCS Championship Preview?) kicks off at 3:30 pm Eastern in College Station, Texas.

In addition to 16 SEC games during the regular season, which includes a pair of double headers and the SEC Championship Game, CBS will also air the annual Army-Navy Game, Navy’s home game against Air Force, and the Sun Bowl. Each CBS broadcast will be led in to by a half hour edition of College Football Today to get caught up on the early action and preview the games still to be played. Here is the full CBS schedule at the moment, as provided by CBS Sports in a press release today:

• September 14: Alabama at Texas A&M (3:30 PM)
• September 21: SEC Game of the Week (Teams TBA, 3:30 PM)
• September 28: SEC Game of the Week (Teams TBA, 3:30 PM)
• October 5: Air Force at Navy (11:30 AM), SEC Game of the Week (Teams TBA, 3:30 PM)
• October 12: SEC Game of the Week (Teams TBA, 3:30 PM)
• October 19: SEC Doubleheader (Teams TBA, 12 PM, 3:30 PM)
• October 26: SEC Game of the Week (Teams TBA, 3:30 PM)
• November 2: SEC Game of the Week (Teams TBA, 3:30 PM)
• November 9: SEC Doubleheader (Teams TBA, 3:30 PM, 8 PM)
• November 16: SEC Game of the Week (Teams TBA, 3:30 PM)
• November 23: SEC Game of the Week (Teams TBA, 3:30 PM)
• November 29 (Friday): Arkansas at LSU (2:30 PM)
• November 30: SEC Game of the Week (Teams TBA, 3:30 PM)
• December 7: SEC Championship Game (4 PM)
• December 14: Army-Navy Game (3 PM)
• December 31: Sun Bowl (2 PM)

The future of CBS Sports and their place in SEC broadcast emphasis should be interesting to watch in the coming years. When ESPN debuts the SEC Network in August 2014 the network has a chance to become the true voice of the conference. It appears as though CBS is keeping a hold on their place covering games of the week, but long will that last as ESPN and the SEC Network move forward?

College Football Notebook – May 21, 2013

I decided on Monday that I was going to start keeping a blog post open all day long on my end so that I can add quick links and thoughts in a running diary sort of format. Unfortunately I got side tracked on Monday so I’m starting this idea today. There will be some days when I skip this but I think this will serve as a good way to keep updated with fresh content on the site more consistently, as well as a nice way to link to some other links I have to share through some other outlets.

This post will be updated throughout the day as I see fit, so feel free to check back as often as you like during the day or just check in in the evening to see what you may have missed. Or, check in in the morning as you are checking to see the overnight scores and fantasy team results and more for a good round-up of college football tidbits from the previous day. We’ll see how this goes, and it begins now…

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— Johnny Manziel (@JManziel2) May 21, 2013

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Don Draper missed out on a great Cotton Bowl

Don Draper missed one heck of a moment in college football history.

I’m a big fan of the show Mad Men, which aired the latest season premiere Sunday night. In the episode we see our favorite ad man Don Draper share an elevator ride with someone who works in his office that he barely recognizes. It turns out this employee of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, Bob Benson in accounts, is able to get tickets to the 1968 Cotton Bowl between Alabama and Texas A&M. Benson appears to admire Don’s work and wants to try and emulate his success. This will surely be a story that develops throughout the season now that Peggy Olsen has moved on to bigger and better things after years as Don’s upcoming apprentice of sorts.

Don appears to have little time to waste on sports throughout the series. It just doesn’t seem like his thing. Don would rather be smoking a cigarette, sipping on an Old Fashion (neat) and either coming up with new ad campaigns on a napkin or scoping out his latest woman to fancy, when his eye somehow wanders away from his lovely wife and aspiring actress Megan.

So, what game did Don miss out on? One of the greats.

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2013 Hype Video: Texas A&M Aggies

Texas A&M fans will probably flood YouTube with a number of hype videos and 2013 promo videos for the upcoming college football season, and why not? The Aggies have Johnny Manziel and Kevin Sumlin breathing new life in to the program after a rousing SEC debut season in 2012. Now Texas A&M is looking to be built for a potential national championship run, a long time coming for The 12th Man.

Here we have the first hype video to make its way to my laptop screen. Enjoy.

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Every Johnny Manziel touchdown? Every Johnny Manziel touchdown!

The legend of Johnny Manziel may just be starting. Let’s admit it, the kid has swagger. And why wouldn’t he? Johnny Football took the college football world by storm this season, running through and around the SEC in Texas A&M’s first season in the conference. He wins a Heisman as a freshman, sits court side at Mavs games, gets access to NBA locker rooms and flashes big cash stacks in casinos.

It’s good to be Johnny Football.

And now, a look at every touchdown scored by Manziel this season. Enjoy.

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