SEC Update

Okay, okay I admit it. As someone who believes that the SEC has become grossly overrated--and that its overblown standing is bad for college football--I was happy that Missouri won its second straight East title yesterday. That they beat an SEC West team to do it made it even sweeter. Look I am not buying that Missouri was a mediocre program before joining the SEC. They were better than that but the Big 12 was underrated because of the SEC so it is with some irony that folks point to Mizzou as some mediocre team going to the SEC and then doing well. I also think it is great that a team that lost to Indiana won the SEC East. It happens. And yes it was fortunate that Mizzou pulled A&M and Arkansas but that happens and the Aggies were ranked when Missouri beat them and Arkansas was playing much better at year's end when the Tigers beat them. I also love that the Tigers were able to have a successful season without superstar wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham, who was booted from school in April for repeated transgressions with pot and for being accused of throwing a woman down a flight of stairs. I wish he kept his head straight and I wish we could enjoy his play, but he screwed up and Missouri, despite the pressures of competing in the SEC, did the right thing and should be commended for that (OU did not but that is a separate story). As for the rest of the SEC, there is plenty of excitement slated for today. Can Alabama and Mississippi State keep their championship hopes alive while playing rivals Auburn and Mississippi who both once harbored title hopes? Can Florida upset FSU for both SEC pride and outgoing coach Will Muschamp? Georgia and South Carolina also have rivalry games against the ACC, so the conferences have a lot on the line today. While the conference focuses on national titles there is a great deal of opportunity today to prove that they are much better than everyone else. We'll see.