Last night marked the third year in a row the SEC has been shut out of the National Championship Game. Ole Miss lost 31-27 to Mario Cristobal and Miami in the Fiesta Bowl, kicking college football's erstwhile bullies to the curb.
Now that everyone is paying players, the conference where it just means more has lost its fastball. Back in August, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey was bragging about how they deserved seven teams in the College Football Playoff. They had five this year and it wasn't enough.
The league went 1-8 in bowl games against other teams from Power 4, 0-3 in the playoffs.