A five-game winning streak, a national ranking and first place in the Southeastern Conference East Division did not survive the Tigers’ visit to Vanderbilt. With so much at stake for Barry Odom’s team, the Tigers might have banned themselves from the SEC championship game before the NCAA has any say in the matter.

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Favored by 21 points at kickoff, the 22nd-ranked Tigers barely resembled the team that ran off five straight wins at home. They couldn’t block on the line of scrimmage. They couldn’t move the ball through the air. They couldn’t control their emotions and instead littered the field with flags.