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For years the SEC -- and the SEC West in particular -- boasted about how tough it was to survive the week-in, week-out grind the division and the conference puts its teams through during league play.
The variety of champions from the SEC lent a measure of validation to claims of superiority but last year's postseason performance -- both in the College Football Playoff where Alabama lost to Ohio State and during bowl season where the SEC West took it on the chin -- raised questions about college football's resident bully and how tough it really is.