SEC Football on TV in 2009: CBS speaks....

David Paschall of the Chattanooga Times-Free Press interviewed CBS executive vice president Mike Aresco about the network's plans for televising SEC football games in 2009.

The article mentions that CBS will televise every UGA vs. Florida game for the next 15 years. The SEC and the schools agreed to this in order to avoid playing the Cocktail Party at night.

Also interesting:

CBS has two doubleheaders and will use them Oct. 10 and Nov. 14. The network gets the first two picks Oct. 10 — Aresco labels the Florida-LSU game a “99 percenter” for prime time — and has the first and third or fourth pick Nov. 14.

Based on that info and the projections included in the article, I'd put our estimated TV schedule for 2009 as:

Date	Opponent	TV Network	Kickoff Time	Confirmed?
Sept. 5	at Oklahoma St.	ESPN/ABC	Night	Estimated
Sept. 12	vs. South Carolina	ESPN2/ESPNU	Twilight	Estimated
Sept. 19	at Arkansas	ESPN2/ESPNU	Night	Estimated
Sept. 26	vs. Arizona State*	CBS	3:30	Estimated
Oct. 3	vs. LSU	CBS	3:30	Estimated
Oct. 10	at Tennessee**	ESPN2/ESPNU	Night	Estimated
Oct. 17	at Vanderbilt	ESPN Regional	Noonish	Estimated
Oct. 24	BYE WEEK
Oct. 31	vs. Florida (Jax)	CBS	3:30	Yes
Nov. 7	vs. Tenn. Tech	PPV	1:00	Estimated
Nov. 14	vs. Auburn***	ESPN	Night	Estimated
Nov. 21	vs. Kentucky	ESPN2/ESPNU	Twilight	Estimated
Nov. 28	at Georgia Tech	ABC	3:30	Estimated

When the games get confirmed, I'll update this chart.

* ASU at UGA - Could be a night game if ESPN prefers Ole Miss at South Carolina; however, I'd wager that CBS would like a cross regional game.

** UGA at UT - I agree with Paschall. Bama vs. Ole Miss and LSU vs. UF will be bigger CBS games.

*** AU at UGA - If ESPN were to take Tennessee at Ole Miss with the second pick of the day (after UF vs. SC), we would fall to CBS's noon slot for this double header.

See Also:
-- JimFromDuluth's TV projections from Feb
-- PWD's TV projections from Feb

PWD