ESPN confirmed Wednesday that Matt Barrie will take over the SEC Network’s flagship Saturday morning pregame show "SEC Nation" this fall, succeeding Laura Rutledge after nearly a decade...

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SoFla Tideroller•3 days

Through no fault of his own, he is about to become one of the most hated people in SEC country. :lol:

JohnnyU•2 days

Oh no. It will be with a lot of fault of his own. He's an asshat.

JYD•3 days

Should have gone with Alyssa Lang. Shes not LR hot, but she ain’t too shabby.

Violent Hip Swivel•3 days

Alyssa Lang is one of the sexiest women on the planet, as far as I am concerned!

RoyalAir•3 days

Lang was in prime position to take that role, and she's an SEC-alum.

Gotta think she didn't want it.

Dingeaux•3 days

I can't believe they didn't promote one of the SEC sideline girls. There's a handful of them. Alyssa, Molly, etc. Don't understand it. Unless they auditioned and couldn't pull it off like Laura did.
Hell, bring back Sam Ponder

Violent Hip Swivel•3 days

The king of the ESPN metrosexuals who likes to talk about men's fashion and people's "fits." He even makes Zoolander faces for the camera. Whoever replaced Laura Rutledge would be a downgrade, but holy shite this is bad.

Gator5220•3 days

Major downgrade

Cliff Booth•3 days

I have no shame in admitting I used to flip over from gameday for a minute to see what she had on... end of an era.

HagaDaga•3 days

Like a change or not, good for espn for going with a White guy. Not one of those bald, big eyebrow and thick glasses black chicks.

GetmorewithLes•3 days

Laura Rutledge>>>Matt Barrie... one is not like the other. Laura knows her sports!

VoxDawg•3 days

I don't want to see him in a bikini.

JohnnyU•3 days

He is awful. He's smug and arrogant. He'll fit right in!

PuertoRicanBlaze•3 days

People actually watch that gay shite?

Shaq4prez•3 days

lame

bengalman•2 days

This shows ratings will tumble

chadr07•3 days

So where exactly is Laura going? I don’t think anyone has specified that yet.

mdomingue•3 days

She is going to be exclusively NFL now. No specifics other than "expanded responsibilities". She's been an MNF sideline reporter since 2025 and hosted NFL Live since 2020. I wonder if she'll be adding another show or maybe doing more sideline reporting other than MNF.

Drizzt•1 day

Sam Ponder would have been perfect

T1gerNate•2 days

The suits at ESPN have nothing but barely disguised contempt for the customer.

oleheat•2 days

They didn't get the memo. We wanted another attractive yet very knowledgeable gal who isn't a psychopath. In other words, we want Laura back or the next best candidate. And IDGAF if that sounds "sexist"- because it's the truth.

bigDgator•2 days

Oh hell no

TSS_Tiger•2 days

Significant downgrade.... Good for Laura though... there is a very limited shelf life on what makes her marketable.

ThatTahoeOverThere•3 days

He's not that hot

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