KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Nearly 100 years ago, the SEC was born in a downtown Knoxville hotel.
In December 1932, 13 institutions gathered in the Farragut Hotel on Gay Street and broke away from the Southern Conference. Together, they decided to form the Southeastern Conference.
The Knox County Archives hold the old photos of the hotel. Knox County archivist Eric Head said many teams were aggravated by the Southern conference’s restrictions on broadcasting games…