Texas A&M at South Carolina was chosen for the night game slot back in June. This game was always going to air at night on ABC, ESPN, or SEC Network.
Ole Miss/Arkansas was chosen for the early window of games back in June, as was Vanderbilt at Auburn.
Georgia/Florida was chosen for the 3:30 ABC window back in June.
Tennessee and Kentucky was chosen for another night slot back in June, so the two options ABC, ESPN, and SEC Network had for night games was between us and UT/UK.
Obviously first place A&M at South Carolina is a more interesting national matchup than Tennessee vs Kentucky.
Following the May 30th announcement of all start times for the first three weeks, ESPN has released the approximate start times for the rem..
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