LSU beat UT this year, so I'm not really gonna complain about that. I think I read somwhere that the coach of the conference winning team has won COY the last 6 or 7 years at least. Did Bruce deserve it? Sure he did, we all know that, but I don't personally need an award to notice the job he's done in Knoxville. He's had plenty of national recognition this season. SEC COY would've been nice, and so would NCOY, but we know where that's going. Like Owb said, maybe Bruce and the boys will use this as added motivation.