Arkansas left first title game with wounded knee, bruised egos

Photo and Purchase InformationPhoto and Purchase InformationFAYETTEVILLE — Alabama and Florida met in the first three SEC Championship Games before another team crashed their party.

Fans not well-versed in SEC history might be surprised by which team elbowed its way into the Georgia Dome.

It wasn’t Georgia or Tennessee from the East or Auburn or LSU from the West.

The Arkansas Razorbacks — whose first game as SEC members was a 10-3 loss to The Citadel in 1992 — became the first team other than the Crimson Tide and Gators to play in the conference’s showcase game when they won the West and faced No. 2 Florida on Dec. 2, 1995 in Atlanta.

Florida won 34-3 to improve to 12-0, but the game was more…