alabama won the first sec championship in football.
alabama won the first sec championship in football.
who won the first sec championship in football?
alabama
jay seawell, the 2008 & 2012 sec coach of the year, arrived in 2002 and has steadily taken the tide to its greatest height in the programs history. entering his 11th year at the capstone, seawell has established alabama as one of the elite programs in collegiate golf. the tide has been routinely ranked in the top 5 in the country while leading alabama to 10 ncaa tournaments appearances and four berths in the ncaa championships. under seawell's guidance in 2008, alabama captured its first sec championship since 1979 and its first sec medalist – michael thompson – since bobby hill in 1952. over the past eight years, the crimson tide has garnered seven all-america honors by five players, had eight all-region selections and 15 all-sec honors, including 9 first-team choices. bud cauley, an all-american his three years at alabama (2009–2011), was named the sec freshman of the year in 2009 and was a finalist for the ben hogan award. thompson was also a finalist in 2008. in 2011, cory whitsett was named sec freshman of the year and first-team all-sec. the 2012 team made it to the final match at the ncaa championships before losing on the final hole and finishing second. freshman justin thomas was also named the sec freshman of the year and the sec player of the year for the 2012 season. in 2013 the team repeated as sec champions and for the second straight season made it to the final match at the ncaa championships, where they defeated illinois 4-1 to win the program's first ncaa national championship. in 2014 the tide once again won the sec championship, with bobby wyatt becoming just the fourth crimson tide golfer to win a sec individual championship. the tide would go on compete in their third consecutive ncaa finals match and repeated as ncaa national champions by defeating oklahoma state 4–1.
alabama crimson tide golf
the 2017 sec championship game was played on december 2, 2017 at mercedes-benz stadium in atlanta, georgia, and determined the 2017 football champion of the southeastern conference (sec). this was the first sec conference football championship at the mercedes-benz stadium. the game featured the eastern division champion, 2017 georgia bulldogs football team against the western division co-champion, the 2017 auburn tigers football team. this championship game was a rematch of their rivalry game, played on november 11, 2017. in that earlier game, auburn beat georgia by a score of 40-17. in this rematch, georgia won the sec championship by beating auburn 28-7. to date, this game marks the only time that any permanent cross division rivals have faced off in the sec championship game. this was also the first sec championship game with new sec on cbs announcer brad nessler replacing verne lundquist, who retired in 2016. the game was televised nationally by cbs.
2017 sec championship game