Some of it may be overboard, dancing on the grave of a not-dead patient by SEC haters who finally see their chance. Some of it is a chance to vent back at the loud pro-SEC voices, at ESPN and elsewhere. And a lot of this may be premature. New arrival Texas could still bring the SEC its sixth national title in eight years.

On "The Paul Finebaum Show," SEC Network analyst Paul Finebaum identified Ole Miss as the best SEC team of those three. "I think Ole Miss was the best of the three that got left out," Finebaum said. "But that Florida loss was just really tough to deal with at the end. It was the timing of it."

The elite players among college football's Final Four will be on center stage starting next week in the national semifinals.