Soak it in, college football fans. We have just three games left before heading off into the longest offseason in major U.S. sports. But we're also down to the

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.

ESPN's latest projections aren't giving the Nittany Lions much of a chance to get past Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl.