re: One bowl season, a decline/collapse does not make

It's true the media will make too much of this.

However it's also true there is not a huge gap between the SEC and everybody else, particularly last year or this year (and probably next year).

The SEC is a very good conference, still arguably the best overall conference, but it's clear the SEC has fallen off from the days of dominance and the rest of the conferences have teams that can compete.