2012 SEC BaSEB all M Edia Guid E - Southeastern Conference
2012 SEC BaSEB all M Edia Guid E - Southeastern Conference
2012 SEC BaSEB all M Edia Guid E - Southeastern Conference
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December 8-9, 1932 – At the annual Southern <strong>Conference</strong><br />
meeting in Knoxville, Tenn., the 13 members<br />
west and south of the Appalachian Mountains<br />
reorganized as the <strong>Southeastern</strong> <strong>Conference</strong>.<br />
1933 – Win a 8-1 record, Georgia wins the first<br />
ever <strong>SEC</strong> Baseb<strong>all</strong> Championship.<br />
November 30, 1933 – Alabama defeats Vanderbilt<br />
7-0 to finish 5-0-1 in the conference and capture<br />
the <strong>SEC</strong>’s first footb<strong>all</strong> title.<br />
August 21, 1940 – Martin S. Conner, former governor<br />
of Mississippi, takes office as the first commissioner<br />
of the <strong>SEC</strong> in Jackson, Miss.<br />
February 21, 1948 – Former LSU coach Bernie H.<br />
Moore appointed the <strong>SEC</strong>’s second commissioner<br />
and conference office moves to Birmingham, Ala.<br />
March 23, 1948 – Two years removed from winning<br />
the NIT title, Kentucky wins its first national<br />
championship with a 58-42 victory over Baylor.<br />
1950 – Alabama becomes the first <strong>SEC</strong> team to<br />
advance to the College World Series.<br />
October 20, 1951 – The Alabama-Tennessee footb<strong>all</strong><br />
game, played at Birmingham’s Legion Field,<br />
becomes the first televised event in <strong>SEC</strong> history.<br />
1959 – <strong>SEC</strong> Baseb<strong>all</strong> expands to include the<br />
Eastern and Western divisions.<br />
April 1, 1966 – A.M. (Tonto) Coleman succeeds<br />
Moore as the conference’s third commissioner.<br />
August 1, 1972 – Dr. H. Boyd McWhorter becomes<br />
the league’s fourth commissioner.<br />
January 1, 1977 – The <strong>SEC</strong> begins its long-standing<br />
agreement with the Sugar Bowl to send its champion<br />
to New Orleans as Georgia faced Pittsburgh.<br />
<strong>SEC</strong> Milestones<br />
1977 – In Oxford, Miss., Ole Miss wins the first<br />
ever <strong>SEC</strong> Tournament.<br />
July, 1983 – The <strong>SEC</strong> signs agreement with the<br />
Turner Broadcasting System to begin airing a<br />
“Game of the Week” beginning in the f<strong>all</strong> of 1984.<br />
1983 – Alabama’s Dave Magadan sets the<br />
single season batting average record with<br />
a .525 on the year. Magadan would become<br />
the <strong>SEC</strong>’s first national player of the year that<br />
season.<br />
March 26, 1986 – The <strong>SEC</strong> and Jefferson-Pilot<br />
Teleproductions signed a contract to televise basketb<strong>all</strong><br />
games on a syndicated basis throughout<br />
the region. In February, 1992, the <strong>SEC</strong> continued<br />
its relationship with JP sports announcing a fouryear<br />
agreement to televise an <strong>SEC</strong> footb<strong>all</strong> game<br />
of the week.<br />
September 15, 1986 – Dr. Harvey W. Schiller succeeds<br />
McWhorter as <strong>SEC</strong> Commissioner.<br />
January 10, 1990 – Roy F. Kramer becomes the<br />
conference’s sixth commissioner.<br />
May 31, 1990 – <strong>SEC</strong> presidents unanimously recommend<br />
that the commissioner be authorized to<br />
enter discussions with interested institutions for<br />
the purpose of expansion.<br />
1990 – The first ever neutral site <strong>SEC</strong> Tournament<br />
is held in Hoover, Ala., where Mississippi<br />
State and LSU were declared co-champions<br />
due to lighting during the championship<br />
game.<br />
1990 – Georgia wins the <strong>SEC</strong>’s first national<br />
championship in baseb<strong>all</strong>.<br />
August 1, 1990 – Arkansas accepts invitation to become<br />
the <strong>SEC</strong>’s 11th member.<br />
September 25, 1990 – South Carolina accepts invitation<br />
to become 12th member of the <strong>SEC</strong>.<br />
November 29, 1990 – <strong>SEC</strong> presidents announce<br />
divisions and vote to adopt an eight-game footb<strong>all</strong><br />
schedule to begin in 1992.<br />
May 30, 1991 – <strong>SEC</strong> presidents award the inaugural<br />
<strong>SEC</strong> Footb<strong>all</strong> Championship Game to the city<br />
of Birmingham.<br />
February 27, 1992 – <strong>SEC</strong> signs agreement with Jefferson<br />
Pilot Sports to televise <strong>SEC</strong> games annu<strong>all</strong>y<br />
through the 1995 season. On November 7, 1994,<br />
the League extended its agreement with JP Sports<br />
through the 2000 season.<br />
April 15, 1992 – ABC Sports announces a four-year<br />
contract to nation<strong>all</strong>y televise the <strong>SEC</strong> Footb<strong>all</strong><br />
Championship Game. On October 13, 1994, ABC<br />
extended its agreement with the conference to televise<br />
the Championship Game through 2000.<br />
December 5, 1992 – <strong>SEC</strong> hosts the nation’s first Division<br />
IA conference footb<strong>all</strong> championship game<br />
at Legion Field. Alabama defeats Florida 28-21 to<br />
win the 1992 <strong>SEC</strong> crown and the league’s USF&G<br />
Sugar Bowl berth.<br />
February 11, 1994 – <strong>SEC</strong> announces multi-sport<br />
television agreement with CBS Sports to televise<br />
<strong>SEC</strong> footb<strong>all</strong> (1996-2001), men’s basketb<strong>all</strong> and<br />
women’s basketb<strong>all</strong> (1994-95 through 2000-2001).<br />
February 25, 1994 – <strong>SEC</strong> announces that the membership<br />
has voted to play the 1994 and 1995 Footb<strong>all</strong><br />
Championship Games in Atlanta’s Georgia<br />
Dome. On June 1, 1995, the conference extended<br />
the agreement with the Georgia Dome through<br />
1998 and on May 29, 1997, the <strong>SEC</strong> further extended<br />
the agreement through 2001.<br />
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