SEC Media Days got underway Monday in Nashville with commissioner Greg Sankey taking the podium alongwith coaches and gamers from LSU, Texas A&M and Missouri.
The Grand Hyatt hotel is hosting the 2023 occasion, which runs through Thursday and is being telecasted on SEC Network.
The occasion continues Tuesday with agents from Vanderbilt, Georgia, Auburn and Mississippi State, as well as the planner of SEC authorities.
There were plenty of eyebrow-raising minutes as media members ready for the start of the 2023 SEC season, which starts Aug. 26 when Hawaii plays at Vanderbilt.
Here were the greatest winners and losers from Day 1 of SEC Media Days 2023:
Winner: High style
Inspired by coach Jimbo Fisher, each of Texas A&M’s 3 gamers — McKinnley Jackson, Fadil Diggs and Ainias Smith — sported sunglasses from Balenciaga throughout their media sessions.
Not to be surpassed, Missouri’s Darius Robinson gothere in Alexander McQueen increased shoes. He purchased 2 sets, one in white and one in black, and used one of each to his session.
Loser: Nashville
Though Nashville got to host the occasion, it didn’t go on without a drawback. Construction on the Broadway Bridge made the Grand Hyatt hotel tough to get to, and since the buildingandconstruction stoppedbriefly briefly while the occasion was going on, the closure will last a little longer.
And this will be simply a 1year stint in Nashville. Sankey revealed Monday that SEC Media Days will be held in Dallas in 2024, and the SEC Championship Game will continue to be played in Atlanta inspiteof talk it might relocation to Nashville.
In one little win, Sankey validated that the SEC hopes to keep the basketball competition at Bridgestone Arena.
Winner: Artificial intelligence
LSU coach Brian Kelly is accepting synthetic intelligence. He stated that the program hopes to integrate AI in its recruiting practices, calling its usage an “intriguing chance.”
On the other hand, Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz had as lotsof ideas on AI as AI does itself.
“I have no though