TUSCALOOSA, Alabama -- Kirby Smart isn't going to like this column. As music blared from a celebratory locker room following Georgia's 20-17 road win over Alabama, the first for the program in Tuscaloosa since 2007, Smart seemed to sense what was coming. "Another week in the SEC," Smart said.
"Humility is a week away as we saw today." A week after a cathartic win over former head coach Lane Kiffin in Oxford, Ole Miss lost 52-28 on the road to Florida. The Gators, the new team in the spotlight as they rocketed into the top 10, then went and lost their next two games in blowout fashion to Missouri and South Carolina. No. 1 Texas had the best resume in the country, but rarely looked like the actual best team.
That finally came to bite the Longhorns Saturday in the Red River Rivalry against Oklahoma. LSU, a team with CFP expectations coming out of the preseason with a roster that sources believe cost upwards of $50 million, lost on the road to unranked Kentucky when Will Stein successfully went for a two-point attempt in overtime. The Tigers are now 4-2 with games against Mississippi State, Alabama and Texas still to come.
The nine-game SEC schedule has already turned into a gauntlet where anything is possible week to week. Some may argue that there are no truly great SEC teams. Others may argue that there are so many good teams that parity is inevitable.
Perhaps it could be a combination of the two. There's an exception, though. This is where Smart would want you to stop reading.
Georgia is the best team in the country. And if you wanted to argue instead for Miami, Notre Dame, Ohio State or even the Alabama team it just beat as a better national championship contender, you could make a legitimate argument in doing so. But on Saturday night inside Bryant-Denny Stadium, the Bulldogs were the best team in all the land.
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