[Cactus Jack]

You know, with Ole Miss beating Georgia and Alabama basically eliminating LSU, I think a fair question is, has the SEC actually hurt itself nationally by becoming so strong? In other words, it’s going to be next to impossible to go undefeated, and very difficult to just have one loss throughout the season when you consider the minefield the SEC schedule is. So will conferences that aren’t as deep (which is basically everybody else) benefit at the SEC’s expense? I mean, come on, Indiana and BYU are both good teams and nice stories, but they would each have at least two losses, probably more, if they were playing an SEC schedule. And there are still some more guaranteed SEC losses to come, Georgia and Tennessee still play later, as does Texas-Texas A & M. The SEC could possibly wind up with only two teams in.

I think the SEC is in real danger of only getting three teams in. I think it's going to be really interesting if Georgia beats Tennessee next week but gets blown out in the SEC Championship game. Would a three loss Georgia team who went down at Alabama, at Ole Miss, and to Texas at a neutral site (or de facto home game in Atlanta) be left out of the fold?

On another note, what would the Kentucky team who showed up against Georgia, Ole Miss, or Tennessee be against Indiana's schedule? I say undefeated, especially when they aren't all banged up. South Carolina is a mid-tier SEC team that would absolutely destroy Indiana on a neutral field.