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•9 hours

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

JYD•9 hours

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

Violent Hip Swivel•8 hours

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

RoyalAir•7 hours

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

Gotta think she didn't want it.

Gator5220•10 hours

Major downgrade

Cliff Booth•8 hours

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.

Dingeaux•6 hours

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•8 hours

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.

HagaDaga•9 hours

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•10 hours

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

JohnnyU•9 hours

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

VoxDawg•6 hours

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

Shaq4prez•7 hours

lame

Timeoday•5 hours

He looks more feminine than Rutledge.

chadr07•8 hours

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

mdomingue•5 hours

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.

ThatTahoeOverThere•4 hours

He's not that hot

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