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Slive: Nonconference tie-ups tangle scheduling

By Jeff Halpern

Posted: October 23, 2012 at 3:46 a.m.

Karen E. Segrave Under the leadership of SEC Commissioner Mike Slive, the conference has won 62 national championships in 16 sports in his 10 years in charge. Slive spoke Monday at the Little Rock Touchdown Club’s weekly meeting at the Embassy Suites in Little Rock.

Nonconference contracts led to another “bridge” football schedule for the SEC in 2013, Commissioner Mike Slive said Monday.

Slive glosses over state of SEC, Arkansas

Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive spoke to the Little Rock Touchdown Club on Monday afternoon. During his time with the media and speaking to fans, Slive took questions on the future of a possible 9-game schedule for football, the state of the Arkansas program under John L. Smith and where the thought of even more expansion within the conference. (By David Harten)
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