Strange year in the SEC, you had very good teams in Bama, UF, LSU, UGA, A&M and S. Carolina, that all were fairly close to each other, all of those teams with a bounce or two going their way could have won the conference. But after that, all of the teams, with the exception of Vandy (go figure) were pretty bad....even Mississippi State, after their good start were shown to be frauds.
What I would question, and what much of the rest of the country questions, about the SEC, is just how do they know they are such “very good teams” if they only play each other? And many on a limited basis at that, padding their schedules with Division II schools. Georgia had 2. A&M had three. When is the last time Georgia traveled to the colosseum to play Southern Cal? Or to the Big House to face Michigan there. Or to Norman to play Oklahoma. Or to Palo Alto to play Stanford. I give Bama credit for its series with Penn State, for for playing Michigan this year (is it home and home next year?). And on regular occasions in the past Bama, Tennessee, and LSU have played home and home series games with Notre Dame (who does play a national schedule). . . thus, they had to travel to South Bend. But, of late, all this hoopla about the SEC seems a bit pointless when, by and large, they do not travel to play anyone other than themselves. I realize that a conference must play its members, first, but all teams have a non-conference schedule, and those of the SEC are terrible. It’s easy to look down at other teams when you never play them. Too far? How about someone besides Florida scheduling FSU? Or Miami? Even Virginia Tech? Not far.