#1 Alabama...#2 Florida...SEC Championship

As I was deciding to write a little preview before the game, I came across some interesting things. First of all, for all the talk of the SEC being so much better than every other conference, were they not a huge disappointment?

• LSU: 7-5 overall, 3-5 in the SEC, losses to Ole Miss and Arkansas
• Georgia: Preseason #1, 9-3 overall, 6-2 SEC, loss to Georgia Tech
• Tennessee: 5-7 overall, 3-5 SEC, losses to Wyoming and UCLA
• Auburn: 5-7 overall, 2-6 SEC, losses to Vanderbilt, Ole Miss

Four of the perennial "powers" in the SEC having hugely disappointing years. Perhaps Georgia at 9-3 isn't hugely disappointing but the fact that they were preseason #1 and are now 9-3 with a regular season finale loss to Georgia Tech has to be classified as a disappointment of some type. 

Alabama was expected to be a middle of the pack SEC team and now they sit at 12-0 and are one win away from a national championship appearance.  But have the Crimson Tide really been THAT impressive? Beating teams like Clemson, Tulane, Western Kentucky, and Arkansas State in the non-conference, and narrowly escaping disappointing SEC teams like LSU and Kentucky...am I missing something? 

Florida has been showing off since their one point home shootout loss to Ole Miss. Beating opponents by 30+ points per game. Tebow's TD:INT ratio on the year is 25:2, slightly better than the Crimson Tide's John Parker Wilson's 9:5 (eek!). Florida is a statistical juggernaut, and based on the numbers, Florida should win big and then win the National Championship for the 2nd time in 3  years...

But this is college football, a world where anything can happen. I hope Alabama comes out big against Florida, and makes this SEC championship game competitive, because on paper, it really shouldn't be that close. 

Enjoy the game! Hope for a doozy?