You see ESPN running that 2026 SEC preview and they got Georgia, Texas, and Texas A&M as the favorites. Three years without a title and the national media already got us buried. I remember when the SEC East was a joke and we ran this league from the 90s through 2010s. Coach Stallings, Coach Bryant before him, we earned every single championship on the field not in some ppreseason magazine.
What gets me is how they talk about this conference now like it is some equal playing field. Texas comes in from the Big 12 and suddenly they are the crown jewel? Please. I sat through the 1992 SEC Championship Game against Florida when we shut down Steve Spurrier's fun and gun. That was real football. These new schools come in with their fancy passing attacks and nobody remembers what it takes to win in November in this league.
The SEC was built on rivalries that meant something. Auburn on the other side of the state. Tennessee coming down from Knoxville. LSU in Baton Rouge at night. Now we got Texas and Oklahoma and nobody cares about the history. Three seasons without a ring feels like an eternity but I guarantee you we are not done. This program has been counted out before. We will be back.