Commissioner Sankey gets SEC media days off and running:
Sankey gives his point of view at Football Media Days Monday:
GDW Analysis:
ATLANTA: Southeastern Conference commissioner Greg Sankey put the 2025 edition of football media days Monday morning into a certain perspective.
"Since we're here to talk about football, let me first express appreciation for what's done around the game of college football and the city of Atlanta. First, we're pleased to be back here with a football field in front of us at the College Football Hall of Fame. It's always fun to see goal posts when you're talking.
The 2025 season will kick off a few blocks from here at Mercedes Benz Stadium when on Saturday, August 30th, Tennessee plays Syracuse, and Sunday, August 31st, South Carolina plays Virginia Tech. Plenty going on that weekend, but noteworthy we'll be back here to kick off the season with those football games.
"What's the future of the SEC football schedule? Is it going to be eight or nine games? What do we do about our future bowl relationships? How do we implement terms of the House settlement, and what's the impact of that settlement upon non-revenue sports, on participation opportunities across all Division I and the sponsorship decisions in the area of expansion.
"I felt the first year of the 12-year College Football Playoff was a success. That doesn't mean everything was perfect, and there are certainly opportunities to improve.
"But what happened through the 12-team College Football Playoff is we brought teams into the conversation at a time when they would have been talking about their bowl game. We brought teams into the National Championship conversation so the young people on those teams had that National Championship competition access point and sports offered on each campus."
Sankey awaits the opening weekend of SEC football:
The commissioner is beaming with pride as the conference has an entertaining list of games to open the 2025 season on Labor Day weekend.
Missouri kicks off the schedule with a Thursday night game at home vs. UCA August 28.
Auburn will be in the spotlight on Friday the 29th when the Tigers head to Waco and play the Baylor Bears.
The first Saturday will put Texas at Ohio State in the spotlight that morning.
Other feature games on August 30 will have Alabama at Florida State, Tennessee vs. Syracuse in Atlanta, Marshall visiting Georgia, LIU at Florida, UTSA playing at Texas A&M, Charleston Southern going to Vanderbilt.
In prime time, the SEC tangles with the ACC as LSU visits Clemson.
On Sunday the 31st, South Carolina vs. Virginia Tech will be the 2nd game played that weekend from Mercedes Benz Stadium, the home of the Atlanta Falcons and SEC championship.
Photo of SEC commissioner Greg Sankey at the 2025 football media days Monday in Atlanta.
Photo courtesy of the SEC.
