re: This season is the worst the SEC has been since 2005

Actually, the main difference between this season and most of the seasons during the title streak boils down to the SEC being middle-heavy rather than top-heavy. Even the 10-1 Gators are basically a really tough middle-of-the-pack sort of team. Add in Arkansas, TAMU, Tennessee, LSU, Georgia, and the Mississippi schools and you have a strong working-class type of conference that could have made life a bit stressful for elite teams in years past. I wouldn't call one "better" than the other. Having a 2011-type season is certainly flashier, but quality is not always about flash.