You just know that at some point in the SEC football season, some coach, off the record, is going to accuse another team of using deflated footballs. No stone goes unturned in the quest for advantage in the gray area of what is or is not permissible, and there is no group anywhere more certain than SEC coaches that their rivals are up to something.
An under-inflation controversy would be something new, although the league has had an over-inflation controversy in the past. In 1993, Mississippi State coach Jackie Sherrill accused Auburn punter Terry Daniel of over-inflating balls after he punted twice for a 56.