The SEC is not High School. The tie-breaker is how it should be.
The Dawgs were the top ranked 2 loss team for the past 5 or 6 weeks in all the polls and were the 4th ranked 2 loss team in the final poll. Is that fair? I personally don't think so, but it is what it is. I would have loved to see them in the NC but I also agree you should haved to win your conference to play for the title. Enough bagging on the Vols about how they shouldn't have been in the Champ game. If your gonna bag on someone, give Vandy's kicker some grief. Or Andre Woodson. Or Georgia's offense when it was held out of the red zone against S. Carolina. The Vols did what they had to do to win the East.
I really wish VT or Oklahoma would have made the title game so the Dawgs could head West to the Rose Bowl. Thats the game I wanted more than any of them.