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Travis Haney, ESPN Staff Writer 9y

Can the SEC East return to power?

Hey, no pressure, Jeremy Foley, but the balance of power in the SEC is riding on your next move.

It looks likely that Florida will have a new coach in 2015, and Foley, the Gators' longstanding and highly respected athletic director, will make a decision that could greatly influence whether the Western Division continues to dominate the league and capture national acclaim.

Sure, Georgia remains in the national and conference title race discussion, even without star running back Todd Gurley, but beyond that it’s a cluster of disappointing, regrouping and reconstructing teams.

The division in the divisions is enough to make you believe that things have always, always, always been this way in the SEC.

That made an SEC East assistant laugh this week. He didn’t quite offer Rust Cohle’s “time is a flat circle” soliloquy from “True Detective,” but he reminded me of college football’s cyclical nature.

“It’ll turn,” he said, “and then it’ll turn again.”

Back to Florida and Foley’s next hire: The other six schools might not want to hear this –- and especially Georgia -– but because of its past success and location in recruiting heaven, it’s the flagship in the SEC East.

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