re: The SEC gauntlet schedule mythos

I don't know how it compares today, because I don't keep up with other conferences that much, anymore. When we joined 30 years ago, the SWC was 2-3 tough games and several walkovers. The SEC wasn't as good as today, but there would still only be 1-2 walkover games.

Arkansas earned it's living upsetting Texas, but we could no longer concentrate on just one game (although that tradition still carried over to Tennessee and then LSU with the Thanksgiving game). In the SEC, you might win the big game, but it'll cost you next week, unlike how the SWC used to be.