Why must we debate the obvious?

Three BCS Titles in a row and the best bowl record across those seasons - the SEC is the best conference now, and quite possibly ever. But toss the laurels, boys - Virginia Tech, Oklahoma State, West Virginia, Texas A&M and Arizona State are all angry and early in the out-of-conference next year.

Oh, and in case you forgot:

Yep, it's true. You know what really sucks, though? As clear as it is to any sane person, the SEC still gets a bit disrespected across the country. Clay Travis (from whose blog I snagged that awesome pic) writes:

"Just because Florida was fortunate enough to get into the title game, don't let this make you think that college football has changed much in terms of respecting the SEC. If Penn State wins against Iowa, they play Oklahoma for the national championship. If USC wins against Oregon State, they play Oklahoma. I guess what I'm getting at is this, Florida just barely got a chance to play in this game. That should be sobering for everyone who is an SEC fan. "

Very true. He also asks if we could retroactively make Auburn 2004 national champions. I like the idea, but USC was pretty nasty that season. Of course, Oklahoma was equally as nasty this season and we see how that ended up. Plus, the SEC has Tebow and Tebow has Jesus - praise him.

Outside of the vacuum that is Starkville and the obvious academic exception of Vandy (who did win a bowl this season) any team in this conference could build into a contender. We're a league of sleeping giants who bludgeon each other, honing ourselves into warriors. Our regular season is like a Spartan childhood, or in the case of Tebow's Florida, Doomsday's origin in the Superman comics. If you survive it, you can feast on the champions of the world (unless they're Mormon apparently).