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.

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College football's annual Sugar Bowl in New Orleans got underway on Thursday with heightened security, a moment of silence and chants of "USA", one day after a truck attack killed at least 14 people less than a mile from the stadium.

College football fans observed a moment of silence at the Superdome on Thursday, honoring victims of a terrorist attack that pushed the Sugar Bowl off its traditional New Year's Day perch in New Orleans.