The SEC helped engineer the 12-team playoff. The powerhouse conference ruled the BCS. It dominated the four-team playoff. And, it planned to rule this format. Four bids? Five bids? More?

Alabama missed the SEC Championship and College Football Playoff after finishing with fewer than 10 wins for the first time since 2007. Despite losing QB Jalen Milroe, S Malachi Moore and others ...

It’s been a beautiful two seasons for SEC haters ... like Alabama and Georgia have tried to adapt versions of their old model for success into the new world of college football.