re: Who is the closest SEC team to turning the corner?

Maybe, hopefully South Carolina. I think we've found our coach. Shanes's well liked by the boosters, the players, the mamas, etc. He's made some first-time head coaching mistakes, but that's expected.

The challenges for us are a couple of things - Clemson and Georgia are recruiting at a high national level. We have out recruited Clemson in the state the last couple of years but they recruit nationally. We have always pulled some talent from the state of Georgia, but they are getting the ones they want. We are below our peers in NIL. We have emplemented some new fund raising things that should help. But that remains to be seen.

As always, we sell-out Willams Brice and remain optimistic. I was at Carolina late 70s thru early 80s - the George Rogers years - we had a bumper sticker that said "Carolina Football - anyone can have a bad century".
That was 40 years ago......