You can be the most diehard homer for the SEC and still acknowledge that the degree to which this conference loves the smell of its own farts is a problem.
Last week I laid out for you why the timing of the “It Just Means More” campaign is so problematic. This week, we’ll talk about what got us to this point. To do that properly, we have to turn the clock back to 2008.
Consider who the coaches in the SEC were at that point: Nick Saban was in his second season at Alabama. Bobby Petrino was in his first at Arkansas.