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July 20, 2008

Conference Media Days Schedule


The ACC media days started today, and the SEC's start on Wednesday.

At the SEC event, each team takes its coach and two players to their press conference. Richt will bring Massaquoi and Jeff Owens to represent the Dawgs on Thursday morning at 8:40 am. I think it's a classy move by Richt to stick with seniors instead of the flashy pick of taking Stafford (Jr.) or Moreno (So.).

The most interesting attendee to me is Michael Oher from Ole Miss. After the hype surrounding the book The Blind Side, it'll be interesting to see how he handles the spotlight and media questions on stage.

Here's a look at the full national conference by conference schedule sorted by start date.

BCS Conferences
    Atlantic Coast - July 20-22, Ritz Carlton Lodge, Greensboro, Ga.
    Big XII - July 21-23, Downtown Marriott, Kansas City
    Southeastern - July 23-25, The Wynfrey Hotel, Hoover, Ala.
    Big Ten - July 24-25, Hyatt Regency, Chicago
    Pac-10 - July 24, Los Angeles Airport Hilton, Los Angeles
    Big East - July 28-29, Hotel Viking, Newport, R.I.
Mid-Majors
    Conference USA - July 20, Peabody Hotel, Memphis
    Mountain West - July 21-22, Green Valley Ranch Resort, Las Vegas
    Sun Belt - July 21-22, Hilton St. Charles, New Orleans
    Western Athletic - July 22-24, Hilton Airport, Salt Lake City
    Mid-American - July 28-29, Ford Field, Detroit
One thing that jumps off the page at me...the Pac-10 has so little media interest that they only devote one day to the event, and they host it at the LA Airport Hilton. They want people to be able to get in, and get the hell out of there.

PWD

(ht - NCAAFootball.com)

6 comments:

JasonC said...

You put the ACC in "Greensboro, GA", but I think you meant "NC". No biggie.

Anonymous said...

No, that is correct. Greensboro, GA.

ChiliDawg said...

The Ritz is down with Reynolds Plantation on Lake Oconee in Greene County. Very nice place. I believe they just had a coaches golf outing down there a while back.

Anonymous said...

Elite 11 QB Camp starts Monday (7/21).

Here's a list of the invitees from 1999-2008.

JasonC said...

My bad. I thought they were talking about that big golf resort on the NC Triad.

dean said...

With the Pac-10 being a 1 team conference they don't need 2 or 3 days. They probably don't need but a couple hours.

 
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