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October 29, 2008

How the Southeastern Conference got rich

How the Southeastern Conference got rich Roy Kramer remembers when taking home $200,000 from the Southeastern Conference in the late 1970s was a boon for his school. “Man, I thought that was great,” said Kramer, then Vanderbilt’s athletics director. “Today, schools would think it’s pocket change.” SEC schools received on average $10.2 million from the…
Culture  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
October 29, 2008

Big 12 surpasses the SEC

Big 12 surpasses the SEC The Big 12 Conference is making a strong statement that it, not the SEC, is the best football league in the country this season. It’s hard to see it otherwise. Here’s the argument: the No. 1-ranked team in the country in the latest BCS rankings is Big 12 member Texas.…