Bruce Pearl knows the SEC grind is just beginning: 'You can see how wild this race is going to be'

AUBURN -- Only two games into the SEC schedule and Bruce Pearl already notes that the results are displaying the wild ride that might await everyone, not just his Auburn team. No. 5 Tennessee crushed at Ole Miss at home, then turned around and lost at Mississippi State. Texas A&M was picked second in the SEC during the preseason and has started league play 0-2. Arkansas was picked third in the preseason and has started 0-2 in league play. Meanwhile, LSU was picked to finish 13th and is off to a 2-0 start, coming into Neville Arena on Saturday having four straight games overall. "We start off the season playing two teams ranked in the preseason top five," Pearl said, "and now you have LSU coming in, who wasn’t in anyone’s preseason top five, but is unbeaten in league play." More from Pearl inside...