LOS ANGELES — The entrenched superiority complex of the Southeastern Conference is on the line this week, and it needs Alabama to come through. If it just means more, the SEC must win more.
The SEC has watched the Big Ten win the last two national championships. It has watched its rival conference claim the top two seeds—and three of the top five—in the College Football Playoff. It has watched Illinois upset Tennessee and Iowa upset Vanderbilt in Big Ten vs. SEC bowl games. It has watched Texas A&M lose a playoff game as a home favorite to Miami, Missouri lose a bowl game as a favorite to Virginia and LSU lose a bowl game to Houston. But Texas did beat Michigan in the Citrus Bowl.
