SEC EAST flat sucks......Worst the East has been since we went to 2 divisions. It's why it will be a dang shame for us not to win the East this year but are hoping for Florida to lose a game. Don't see UGA doing it....don't see Ark doing it....our only hope I'm afraid is LSU. Neither of the 3 teams will score much on Florida's defense. Our luck for the East to be so bad and we played the 2 best teams from the West.
If we can't win the East this season.....I don't know when we can to be honest.
East is currently winless against the West. That has never been true at season's end in the history of the SEC divisional format. But hold on...Kentucky is leading MSU in the 4th quarter. Kentucky...defender of the East's honor.
I think Arkansas just had a really bad day today, and could still beat UF if they don't quit on the season. Uga might get them, but LSU almost certainly will.
We will just have to sit back and see.
As for future prospects of winning the SECCG, I think we may have another good shot in 2018, almost definitely in 2019 and i would not even rule out next year. As you point out, the East is down. Where is it going to improve?
Muschamp at USC jr? Uhm, excuse me.
That was really funny
Smart at uga? It is just his first season, but I think that program is going to be down a few years and then they find a new coach.
Donkey face? Maybe. He's an upgrade over Muschamp (but who isn't?), and he's a good coach, but he doesn't strike me as a great coach, or a coach anywhere near the caliber of Urban or SOS. Florida with Donkey feels like a perennial "almost" team, a team we soundly beat this year and may be able to dominate for a few years.
I was a bit scared of Mizzou, they looked good for a game or two, but now they just look pitiful.
Vandy and Kentucky will be Vandy and Kentucky, though it's worth pointing out that both are better than they typically are.
I just don't see a whole lot of obstacles to the Vols competing year in and year out for the SEC East the next few years.
I will give one caveat....Butch has to keep recruiting as well as he has. If he does that, we have a shot at the East for the next 2-4 years IMO.