Alabama and Auburn played two of their more memorable games in recent history last weekend, the Tigers crushing top-ranked Georgia and the Crimson Tide battling back for a well-earned road win at Mississippi State.
Next week, we'll have what figures to be an epic Iron Bowl.
In between, we get ... Auburn-ULM and Alabama-Mercer?
Talk about your letdowns.
It's high time the SEC joined the 21st century and adopted the 9-game conference schedule format. The Big Ten, Big 12 and Pac-12 have already done so, and the SEC (and ACC) should follow suit.