In the Times Picayune of 1/2/15 both writers alluded to the defeat of Alabama in the Sugar Bowl by Ohio State and offered the following: Higgins reported Alabama's loss signals the end of SEC football domination. Jeff Duncan reported the SEC no longer rules the roost. The king is dead. If all that sounds familiar its because you read it here first in "PolitiDose" dated 8/14/14 in a commentary titled, "Will the SEC Continue its dominance?
I also wrote in another commentary that I thought the Saints and Alabama have already had their best years under Payton and Sabin. I said that because of the Saints poor performance the last few years and because the way Alabama lost several big games in the last few years was so unlike Alabama under Sabin. The magic is gone.
The decision to expand the SEC was a bad idea and will continue to dilute the talent and the teams. I also wrote about that in a previous commentary. Another factor is the new young coaches who are spreading out all over the land scape with new ideas on offense that are making the defense cover the full field of play. The defense has not made the necessary adjustments yet and the up tempo of the offense makes it that much worse.
The new BCS play off system took a hit in the Sugar Bowl and the Rose Bowl with the number 1 and 3 ranked teams loosing and the number 2 and 4 teams winning. The ranking order was a big mistake and the bowls proved that. It is obvious to this writer that the BCS system already needs an adjustment.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
