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Birmingham: The greatest college football city in America

SEC College Football
SEC College Football

Hold onto your seat.

I’m about to give you some numbers that will confound and amuse you.

On October 1st, Justin Connolly, Senior VP of ESPN Programming over College Networks, spoke to the Rotary Club of Birmingham about the new SEC Network.  He said the SEC Network has been the most successful launch of a cable network in the history of television. (Oprah, eat your heart out)

Then he gave some numbers that made the audience break into spontaneous applause. Continue reading Birmingham: The greatest college football city in America