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Roy Kramer, former SEC commissioner who created championship game, dead at 96


Roy Kramer, who as SEC commissioner led the conference’s expansion from 10 schools to 12 and created the SEC championship game, died on December 4. He was 96. A Tennessee native, Kramer was football coach at Central Michigan (1967-77) and athletics director at Vanderbilt (1978-90) before taking over as the SEC’s sixth full-time commissioner. (AL.com)

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Roy Kramer, former SEC commissioner who created championship game, dead at 96