The Southeastern Conference’s annual media days event ended Thursday, but more news was made Friday.
A team other than Alabama has been picked to win the league.
Defending SEC champion and two-time defending national champion Georgia was the overwhelming pick to add to its title hardware, receiving 181 of a possible 291 votes to win the conference from media members who attended the four-day event staged at Grand Hyatt Nashville. Alabama, which had been picked for seven consecutive years, received 62 votes to win the league.
“It’s fuel to the fire,” Crimson Tide junior right tackle JC Latham said Wednesday about the likelihood of Kirby Smart’s Bulldogs being tabbed for the league title. “I know we’re going to go out there and compete and dominate and do what we have to do to win. I know we’re going to win it all and go undefeated.
“Whatever anybody outside of our family says doesn’t matter.”