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SEC links for Monday:

• Kevin Scarbinsky writes in the Birmingham News that Alabama is too good not to return to Atlanta.

• Tommy Hicks of the Mobile Press-Register concurs that the SEC West title is coming back to Bama.

• Mark McCarter of the Huntsville Times gives all credit to Nick Saban.

• Kyle Veazey writes in the Clarion-Ledger that Arnil Stallworth  has become a valuable weapon for Mississippi State.

• Robbie Andreu writes in the Gainesville Sun that Florida has no shortage of motivation for its showdown with Georgia.

• Chip Towers writes in the AJC that neither Georgia nor Florida is anxious to discuss last year’s celebration controversy.

• In The State, Chris Dearing writes that Tennessee and South Carolina share some of the same struggles.

• Bryan Mullen of the Tennessean writes that embattled UT coach Phil Fulmer says he still has the support of his players.

• John Adams writes in the Knoxville News-Sentinel that losing David Cutcliffe was Tennessee’s deepest cut.

• Also in the News-Sentinel, Mike Strange writes that Tennessee’s tough times have competition.

• Also in the Tennessean, Maurice Patton writes that the numerous SEC bowl tie-ins give Vandy a shot.

• Randy Rosetta writes in The Advocate that LSU is considering a new quarterback.

• In the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Bob Holt writes that a pair of closes losses have frustrated Arkansas.