University of Fulmer fans are routinely lowering the standards of Tennessee just to accomodate their coach.
Crappy recruiting? That's ok. We had a good class last year.
Huge blowout losses to our rivals? That's ok. We're young, injured, and the refs screwed us. We'll get them next year.
Another season with no SEC Championship? That's ok. We won the east. Didn't you know? You can't expect Fulmer to win SEC Championships. They're too hard.
That really makes sense. I refer you to the score in the Miss State at Auburn game to totally discredit this theory/fantasy.
Didn't MS State beat Auburn?? Didn't Auburn beat FL?? Didn't UT beat MS State?? Didn't FL beat UT??
Ah forget it. I better not mention parity or the fact that the SEC is the deepest conference or I might get in trouble.
I guess the real point is that UT was in the title game because we won the games and none of the other teams in the east did. To rationalize based on individual games will give you a headache.
You need to rethink this.
Honestly, if Florida plays UT's schedule, I think they win the SEC. They'd clobber Alabama and Mississippi State. Mississippi State has a good defense, but I think West Virginia showed they don't have what it takes to slow down a fast, high-powered attack. They lose to Georgia. Meet an LSU team that is hurting. Florida beats them. Oh crap. Now we have a rematch of last year's National Championship. Oh crap. Ohio State is going to get murdered again.
Bottom line: UT's Western foes were much weaker than Florida's. 2 of Florida's losses were against West teams. Florida was 40 points better than UT. I find it hard to believe that Florida playing UT's schedule doesn't result in them winning the East.
I also don't think it would be a huge leap in logic to think that the way Florida played at the end of the year would lift them to a win over a beatup LSU team. If all that happened, we're looking at a National Championship rematch with a team they completely demolished a year ago.