They can’t bump an SEC game on ESPN at that time. The SEC has a tv contract with ESPN to broadcast their games in that time slot. Which is why the Pac-12 ESPN games are the late night slot or on ABC in the early afternoon.
sorry to those of you with directtv, but I’d rather be on PAC12 network than ESPN. You always have the tail end of another game running over the start of you game on espn. Selfish of me, I know, since there is better exposure on espn