Someone asked me the other day if I will miss going to SEC media days. And the truth is that I will, but not all of it.
I will miss seeing so many friends, both in the media and the SEC. I will miss sitting around at dinner with the hacks finding out what is really going on at the 14 SEC schools. I will miss the social hours and the buzz of the main room.
I won’t miss the long days, overpriced hotel beers and fans disguised as media members.
There is this myth that SEC media days are the unofficial start of college football season. It certainly gets us fired up, but when [autotag]Billy Napier[/autotag] gets on that University Athletic Association plane Wednesday afternoon to come home, it will still be 44 days until the opener.
Media days is still talking season, but I also refer to it as the SEC clambake because it is like a reunion of sorts for people who pay the most attention to America’s League.
I hope everyone has a blast. I’ll be watching. And for this Dooley’s Dozen, we’ll talk about the 12 storylines that I will be paying the most attention to.