In the hours leading up to last weekend's SEC championship game, from the streets of Atlanta to the rows of the press box high atop Mercedes-Benz Stadium, there were two primary topics of conversation. First, who would win the game -- Georgia or Alabama -- and how would the outcome affect the College Football Playoff?
And second, would anyone in this game -- or heck, anyone in any of the weekend's conference title matchups -- finally step up and seize control of what had been a meandering if not lackluster and thus oft-forgotten 2021 Heisman Trophy race?