We’ll note two other teams that had a shot of winning the SEC Championship game but both lost (to Auburn in 2004 and LSU in 2007), and 1998 remains the last time the Vols won that trophy.

Clark pointed out that last year Georgia, which entered the SEC championship ranked No. 1, fell to No. 6 after losing, meaning it would have made the field and had a first-round home game.There ...