It’s no secret that there’s been turmoil galore in the SEC this season. In our article the morning after the Iron Bowl talking about the Nick Saban effect and how that’s helped to lead Auburn into its most prosperous (and up-and-down) era in the school’s football history, we talked about how Nick Saban has forced every other school’s hand in making the move to try and be ultra-competitive in college football.
There have been dominant coaches going on epic runs in SEC history before. Even Bear Bryant had down years. Pat Dye’s first and last seasons were losing ones.