What always amazes me about watching these big time SEC games is how ridiculously fast the defenses are. Every time you see a guy catch a ball in space (it's not often you'll see anyone running in space without it being a pass play) and it looks like an easy first down gain, three dudes come out of nowhere and blow the guy up before he can gain 5 yards. Watching your team play against LSU this year must feel hopeless. And Bama is damn near just as fast. Scary.

I'm no SEC fan, but I have to admit that their second best has pretty consistently been a cut above anything the rest of the country has to offer over the past 15 years or so. Just typing that makes me feel ill....