Georgia associate athletic director Alan Thomas said on AM 680 The Fan this morning that the first event on the new SEC Network would be a Georgia women’s soccer game at Ole Miss. The date of that game hasn’t been announced yet. The SEC Network’s launch date is Aug. 14.

Thomas pushed for Georgia fans to let their cable and satellite providers know they want the SEC Network. There are deals in place with AT&T U-verse and Dish Network. There was an even an implication that Georgia’s football game at South Carolina on Sept. 13 could be on the SEC Network, but considering that the only other SEC game that week is Kentucky-Florida that seems improbable because CBS has the first pick of SEC games each week.  [Emphasis added.]

I’m not sure about that last point, though.  Doesn’t CBS have the broadcast rights to the US Open for the last time this year?  If so, it won’t be broadcasting a conference game that week.  Which means you’d best start making plans on how you’re gonna watch that game.

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UPDATE:  tbia points out in the comments that the US Open ends on 9/8 this season, a week earlier than in the past.  So Marc’s point stands.  (Unless there’s something else going on we don’t know about, of course.)