Second is the joining of SEC with CBS a little over ten-plus years ago. Few stop and focus on it, but the production qualities of that 2:30 central Sat afternoon game with Verne and Gary is way over the top in making things sound bigger than life and bigger than the country and the whole planet.
SEC on CBS arrived as the 16:9 units were on the horizon rolling out, as ESPN was soon to saturate from Thur to Sat, as everybody would be getting 720p or 1080i, with DVR for replay, and the whole shebang could be aired more gloriously than ever...