Reviewing the SEC

The college football season has reached its midpoint and in the SEC, it's looking like déj vu all over again.

There are seven weekends of games remaining, but the only one that seems to really matter is one not on the schedule — the expected Alabama vs. Florida tilt for the SEC title. Did I just see a promo already running on CBS?

Other than that, here are some of the other highlights (and lowlights) of the first half of the SEC season:

--BIGGEST STORY: Tim Tebow. Coming in, he was the story of the year, and following his frightening concussion at Kentucky, the spotlight has intensified. With neurosurgeons popping up on ESPN almost as often as recently fired head coaches, the buildup for the Florida-LSU game reached Super Bowl status. And with everyone from Lee Corso on down encouraging Urban Meyer to sit Tebow, the senior quarterback played and played well.

--BEST GAME: Georgia 41, South Carolina 37. The significance of this early September game turned out to be minimal, but the drama won't soon fade away. The game had a 100-yard kickoff return for a score, an interception for a touchdown, a blocked extra point, a fake punt, a safety, 24 penalties and the entire night coming down to a single play. Ironically, South Carolina hasn't lost since while the Bulldogs have hit the skids.

--BIGGEST SURPRISE: Auburn. Although the Tigers were derailed in Arkansas and looked utterly woeful in the process, Gene Chizik has done a nice job of turning this program around.

--BIGGEST JOKE: Ole Miss. Remind me to throw a brick through a television the next time a national pundit starts promoting Ole Miss as a legitimate national contender. It's been 40 years since Ole Miss mattered and, after this year's collapse, it will probably be another 40 before it happens again. Hotty Toddy is actually a Greek word that means choke....