Does anyone miss the SEC being on CBS?

[PrisonMike]

Big 10 on CBS doesn’t sound right. 

[BubbaJacques]

I miss watching College GameDay without some wannabe pro wrestler taking off his shirt.

[LonghornFan4Ever]

SEC on CBS was never the same after Verne Lundquist retired, despite Brad Nessler being a good announcer.  SEC on CBS peaked for me when it was Verne Lundquist and Todd Blackledge.  Verne was still in his prime and Todd was so much better than Gary at breaking down the game.  Verne’s last 5 or 6 years were rough to listen to as he had lost his fastball at that point.

[Joe Zura]

I for one do the afternoon game on CBS with Vern just hit different 

[PrisonMike]

5 hours ago, BubbaJacques said:

I miss watching College GameDay without some wannabe pro wrestler taking off his shirt.

Amen

[PrisonMike]

5 hours ago, LonghornFan4Ever said:

SEC on CBS was never the same after Verne Lundquist retired, despite Brad Nessler being a good announcer.  SEC on CBS peaked for me when it was Verne Lundquist and Todd Blackledge.  Verne was still in his prime and Todd was so much better than Gary at breaking down the game.  Verne’s last 5 or 6 years were rough to listen to as he had lost his fastball at that point.

100%

[Burnt Orange Horn]

No!  Next .....

[MBHORNSFAN]

Not really

[General Grant]

The off-season is aids 

[Rocky P]

IDC what network they are on as long as i can watch the games i need to watch.  

[Gerry Hamilton]

4 hours ago, General Grant said:

The off-season is aids 

Another 

Incident 

Dianna

RuSsini

[Alex Butler]

16 hours ago, Joe Zura said:

I for one do the afternoon game on CBS with Vern just hit different 

Agree! They had the best HD too so it was the best games and the best picture/sound. 

[Alex Butler]

9 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

Another 

Incident 

Dianna

RuSsini

Incident or indecent haha

[TexasTrack]

7 hours ago, Alex Butler said:

Agree! They had the best HD too so it was the best games and the best picture/sound. 

Agreed, better production and camera angles

[Jc Dobbs]

On 4/23/2026 at 6:18 PM, LonghornFan4Ever said:

SEC on CBS was never the same after Verne Lundquist retired, despite Brad Nessler being a good announcer.  SEC on CBS peaked for me when it was Verne Lundquist and Todd Blackledge.  Verne was still in his prime and Todd was so much better than Gary at breaking down the game.  Verne’s last 5 or 6 years were rough to listen to as he had lost his fastball at that point.

I'm so old... when I was a little kid, I remember Verne Lundquist was the sports director for WFAA-TV Ch 8 ABC in Dallas.

SEC was better on CBS before ESPN got it and applied the Disney treatment.

[THookem]

I miss one thing.  
 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4iXhs9x-7yk&ra=m

[whereiend]

I always felt like CBS did the best job of capturing the crowd and atmosphere in their production. I think a some of the SEC hype and mystique came from that. Not sure why it is so hard for ESPN to do the same.

[Atticus]

I agree with this. Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson epitomized SEC ball for me, even with all the Urban/Saban butt kissing

[horns96]

There's something about exclusivity. Those 2:30 SEC games on CBS were always special.

[Quinncent McManning, Jr.]

4 hours ago, THookem said:

I miss one thing.  
 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4iXhs9x-7yk&ra=m

This. Always got me pumped up for football. 

[Gil Phipps]

On 4/23/2026 at 7:14 PM, BubbaJacques said:

I miss watching College GameDay without some wannabe pro wrestler taking off his shirt.

He makes it basically unwatchable.