SEC Football Morning Coffee: Mike Slive Speaks on Progress of BCS Meetings

Rise and shine, SEC fans. The week is almost complete. Here are some links to get your Thursday going.

Conference commissioners and BCS leaders are meeting in Hollywood, Fla. this week, and Yahoo! Sports columnist Pat Forde caught up with SEC commissioner Mike Slive to get an update on the proceedings.

Several Alabama players are set up for a historic night in Thursday's NFL draft, writes Andrew Gribble of AL.com.

Texas A&M will renew its old Southwest Conference rivalry with Rice to open the 2013 season, according to the Bryan-College Station Eagle.

Chip Towers of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution recaps Georgia's spring.

The city of Atlanta hosts many of the SEC's top events and has been debating a new stadium for quite some time. It appears that the Georgia Dome could be torn down and a retractable roof stadium could go up in its place, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Robbie Andreu of the Gainesville Sun points out that the upcoming NFL draft will reveal a dip in talent in the Florida Gators' football program.

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