re: Tennessee only wins the East when Florida is down

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Not true. Here are the years that Tennessee won the East... along with Florida's final AP ranking:

1997- UT won the East; Florida was #4
1998- UT won the East; Florida was #5
2001- UT won the East; Florida was #3
2004- UT won the East; Florida finished unranked
2007- UT won the East; Florida finished #13

With the exception of 2004, I'd say Florida hasn't been "down" a single time that UT won the East. And in fact, three of those seasons were some of Florida's best all-time... despite not winning the East.

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Based on the years they have won it, it appears that for Tennessee to win the East, Alabama has to be "down".