re: SEC losing the benefit of the doubt..

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Alabama's failures in the last 2 post seasons have been the biggest blow to the SEC by far.

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if you mean the state of gump, I agree, Bama and Aubie blowing NC's back to back has made it much more difficult for the rest of the SEC to save face, "but we lost to the NC" has such a ring to it compared to "well we didn't win or place, but we showed".