SportsPulse" College football insider Paul Myerberg on the coaches that are so beloved that they could go winless this season and still keep their jobs. USA TODAY
ATLANTA — The Southeastern Conference decided this year that its self-indulgent Media Days marathon, which exists primarily to provide four days of content for its ESPN-affiliated network, needed a change of scenery.
So instead of a television set inside a hotel in suburban Birmingham, we now get a television set inside a hotel in downtown Atlanta.
But given how mundane this event actually is, the move qualifies as major news, as the 1,000-plus reporters who cover SEC football will have to figure out a new set of elevators and escalators, different routes to the buffet lines and new places to drink beer until 1 a.