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Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey (above) introduced every football coach, including Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin, prior to their opening remarks at SEC Media Days at The Omni in Dallas recently. We at The Football Beat so enjoyed covering the event that we decided you guys might like to see a photo gallery, and provide more details. So, here it is. (Photos largely by VIRGINIA HAGLER-LUCAS - THE FOOTBALL BEAT)
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SEC MEDIA DAYS IN PICTURES

A look back at SEC Media Days at The Omni Hotel in Dallas, July 15-18, mostly through the lens of TFB photographer Virgina Hagler-Lucas (with a few photos by Mitch Lucas thrown in for good measure). Enjoy.

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University of Texas coach Steve Sarkisian spoke to the media Wednesday afternoon at The Omni in Dallas, as a part of SEC Media Days. The Longhorns and Oklahoma both enter the SEC this season. (Photo by MITCH LUCAS - THE FOOTBALL BEAT)
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Sark: “5-7 in Austin, Texas sucks.”

DALLAS – A College Football Playoff appearance, a Big 12 Conference championship in his team’s last season in that league, and a multi-talented team coming back, not much could dampen the spirits of University of Texas head football coach Steve

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The Southeastern Conference has invaded the Dallas Metroplex area. SEC coaches address the media this morning, beginning with Commissioner Greg Sankey shortly. (Photo by MITCH LUCAS - THE FOOTBALL BEAT)
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SEC Media Days under way in Dallas

College football season is still more than a month away. But the unofficial start of college football season feels like this week a little bit, doesn’t it? There won’t be actual games, but for the first time in over a

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Texas second-string quarterback Arch Manning negotiated with EA Sports and is now in the new College Football 25 game that's released on Tuesday. He also has an unbelievably-high (for a backup) 87 overall rating. Unfair? (Photo courtesy of LARRYBROWNSPORTS.COM)
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Arch Manning an 87 rating in the new game?

So, we know Arch Manning did some last-minute negotiating and just got into the new EA Sports College Football 2025 game. Did part of that negotiating include his in-game rating? Awful Annoucing’s Ben Axelrod has a story (Arch Manning rating

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Texas and Alabama meet in Austin here in this footage from the new EA Sports College Football 25, released this coming Tuesday on several platforms. (Photo courtesy of GAMEINFORMER.COM)
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EA Sports’ CFB 25 release is Tuesday

Here’s the question: are you more excited about the lead-in to college football season this week, hearing all the talk about the season getting closer, the previews for the games, as the SEC Media Days takes place in Dallas, for

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