After a meeting with the Southeastern Conference Board of Governors on Tuesday in a smoke-filled room at an undisclosed Destin location, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey and Alabama coach Nick Saban hopped on a private jet and emerged in Birmingham for a press conference that will change the way fans view SEC football from now on. At that press conference, Sankey handed Saban the SEC Title Belt, a new championship that will be defended each time the champion takes the field in an SEC contest.
"Given the fact that we have gone two seasons without a national championship, we felt that the national title had lost some of its luster," Sankey said.