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Humdrum Season Paves the Way
The 2009 SEC season is a script that has been played out before. Perhaps the coaches’ off field battles and minor controversies are compensating for a lack of on field action. After all, Florida has remained #1 the entire season, just as the prognosticators predicted. Their rematch against Alabama in the SEC championship game has been a sure thing since September. The rebuilding teams are showing the inconsistent improvement fans expected, the overhyped media darling (this year played by Ole Miss) crumbled under expectations, and South Carolina jumped to a promising start only to suffer a string of late season defeats. One might question why they bothered watching this season.
Any fan who chose to sit this one out will surely regret it. They would have missed the season in which Alabama’s field goal kicker broke school records for all-time scoring. They would have missed some of the wackiest fumble recoveries in recent memory. And they would have missed the unimaginable decline of Florida’s super-quarterback Tim Tebow.
Todd Tebow (University of Florida Athletics)
However, one cannot dismiss the importance of the off field shenanigans. Though not every team is rebuilding, the league as a whole is. SEC performances on the national stage have gotten more press recently, even though this decade has seen the slip of the pageantry and spectacle that places this conference among the college football elite. With the loss of parity in conference play, the Iron Bowl, the World’s Largest Cocktail Party, and even the Third Saturday in October had begun to lose their importance.
In this season, the intensity of old rivalries has been revived, and the myriad young players and fresh coaching staffs are paving the way for the next few seasons to be some of the most exciting yet. Despite the lack of huge upsets and rearranging standings, almost every team has shown the potential to be a contender for the 2010 December championship. One predictable season is a small price to pay for what is to come.
About Vicki Davis 
Vicki Davis recently moved to Clarksville from Knoxville, TN where she covered the Entertainment Beat for the Daily Beacon.
Email: davis.vicki@hotmail.com
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November 22nd, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Did she mean Tim Tebow? There has been no “unimaginable decline” regarding his play. I’m not sure what she’s talking about.