After falling behind against Auburn in the 1997 SEC Football Championship Game – the first appearance for both schools – Manning connected on a pair of long touchdown passes to deliver the ...

1997 Championship Game ... This season would have been the first in which West Division teams met in the SEC championship game. A week before Thanksgiving, LSU defeated the Rebels (17-14) in ...

For the first time of the playoff era, the SEC will not win the national championship for consecutive seasons. Here's the ...