There is a certain myopia that comes from following your one team very closely, where everything is about them. Events are seen through the lens of what it means for your team, and the difference between winning and losing comes down to what that team does or doesn’t do.
I have a bit broader of a perspective on most SEC teams because I used to co-run a website that covered the entire conference. I did it from the late Meyer years to early McElwain tenure, which was something of a golden era for the league. A lot happened in general, so I got to see a lot of sides of the various programs.