In football terms, the only area in which the Southeastern Conference can claim victory this season is in the expansion derby. Adding the Texas Longhorns saved the mighty SEC from College Football Playoff elimination at the quarterfinal stage. And let’s be clear: Texas wasn’t forged into a playoff program by its single season in the SEC; it already was one upon arrival.
It’s been a humbling run for a league that doesn’t do humble. It remains the best overall league in the nation, but Northern aggression is coming for the SEC.
