Ya SEC Football is great........until they play the PAC 10! Look it up! Check out all those games in the late 90's and early to mid 2000's when they would actually schedule games out of conference with quality programs home and home. USC/Auburn, UCLA/Alabama, USC/Arkansas,Oregon State/LSU et.al!
Top it off with Utah/Bama in the BCS 2 years ago and the alibi's will fly. PLAY SOMEBODY OUT OF CONFERENCE besides the powderpuffs in the pre-season? I know, I know the conference schedule is so awesome and daunting that they need the easy warmups. Even Texas, Ohio State and Oklahoma schedule some quality out of conference games and put their asses on the line. Tennessee was the last team to go out of conference the last couple of years against a very average UCLA team......good for them but look what happened......both loses! Get in an airplane and travel out to the coast and get out of your comfort zone!