re: What constitutes the SEC being 'down?'

We ended the year ranked #5, and that can't have been more than one spot off. Oklahoma State and Stanford probably could have given us more than we could handle. MAYBE one other team. We went 11-2 and lost to the two teams that played each other in the NC. Year before, we go 10-3 and lose to the NC winner, and two other teams that were ranked #1 at some point.

'10 and '11 Arkansas were the real deal. I hope 'ol dude ain't expecting South Carolina to go 11-2 a fourth year in a row without Connor Shaw.