There are 16 teams in the SEC, and nearly every one is either aiming for the playoff or considering a coaching change, with only Kentucky contractually obligated to move on to basketball season by the end of October. The point, however, is the stakes were high Saturday.

The SEC has a saying: "It just means more," which is only slightly more famous than its bowl-season motto, "if we lost then it wasn't really important anyway." And this Saturday, as SEC communications guru Chuck Dunlap pointed out, there were more SEC games than ever before. So logic suggests that no Saturday has ever had as much meaning as this one.

At stake: Georgia 's status as a super power, Alabama 's dominance over rival Tennessee in Tuscaloosa, Billy Napier's job, Texas A&M title hopes, Lane Kiffin's Twitte

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