re: New Offenses and the Decline of the SEC

I think you can probably point to a lack of quality starting quarterbacks as the flagship schools combined with the Saban effect making everything that isn't an undefeated or 1-loss season a failure.

During the SEC's heyday of the 2000s, look at the QBs that were in the league: Chris Leak, Tebow, David Greene, Stafford, Jamarcus Russell (go ahead, laugh), Erik Ainge, Connor Shaw, Jay Cutler, Eli Manning, and the list goes on and on.

Now, the SEC has what, 2 or 3 guys who would maybe be all-conference in the other P5 leagues? Swag and Hurts, but I think even his success has more to do with his mobility rather than his passing skills.

Two of the power players in the league are starting Purdue transfers, while Georgia just moved on from a Virginia transfer. Dobbs has been a decent player, but far too inconsistent to guide Tennessee to more than a .500 SEC mark.

Then you throw in Saban, who has turned the SEC West into a series of 1-game seasons for his opponents, knowing that if they fall to Bama, they're basically 2 games behind in the division and Bama has only lost more than 1 SEC game once since 2008. Not to mention the national championships that go along with it.