Happy Thursday, everyone. Tonight marks the beginning of SEC football, as Josh Heupel will try and avoid an embarrassing loss to Bowling Green in his debut as Tennessee’s head coach.
Former SB Nation writer Alex Kirshner penned an outstanding piece of Gump, ranking SEC teams by how badly Saban has tanked them from their 2002-2006 standards in both on-field performance and recruiting.
Florida was the last dynasty-like team before Saban built up his monster at Alabama, and his first national title with the Tide came directly at the Gators’ expense when Bama beat UF in the 2009 SEC Championship.