re: Can somebody explain to me the 1972 Season?

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When did it first start tying into the Sugar Bowl?

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First of all, winning the SEC was and has always been a big deal. In some ways it was a bigger deal then. With that said, the tie-in game after the 1975 season, the first year the game was in the Superdome.

Now, SEC teams for eons played in the Sugar prior to that.