re: Question: do you care about the SEC's "fall"?

Yes and no for me. The overall strength of the SEC is a plus for all the members in many ways. I definitely wasn't for Bama because they have won too much. I was for State, UGA(apparently they are the only SEC team that can beat an ACC team).I pulled for Pigs, Cocks, Mizzou, UT, obviously LSU and will pull for Gators. I was ambivalent about TAM, Auburn, and OM(pathetic how they lost). This could all change next year.

Having said this, I would have traded a LSU victory if the rest went 0-11. All the games are independent events. Maybe overall this year the SEC is somewhat down...certainly no dominant teams, but I don't think any of the college teams are dominant. PAC 12 is the only conference with an argument this year against the SEC. So the cache the SEC built will work for a couple more years despite results, which for the west was not pretty.