November 7, 2009

It's Always Something in the SEC

Tim Brando, Shreveport Times

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Those of you old enough to remember the wacky commentator from Chevy Chase's Weekend Update skits on the original "Saturday Night Live" remember her catch phrase, "It's always something."

That has to be how SEC commissioner Mike Slive feels about the last month of this incredible football season. In many ways, each new week's drama has been a byproduct of the original officiating controversy in the Georgia-LSU game.

I applaud the most recent actions of the conference office, but the league's role in this firestorm has been impossible to escape. A wise man told me once long ago that doing the right thing is not easy. As a communicator let me add that saying what needs to be said is never easy and always...

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TAGGED: ncaa football, Urban Meyer, florida gators, sec football

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