At the time, that wasn't a favor. The east WASNT always the worst division in the CFB. It was once the best.
I actually disagree, yeah Tennessee was a top program then, and was usually 2nd best in the league next to us, but we had their number. After that I guess maybe Georgia was 3rd best in our division, but they mostly underachieved during the 90's and the rest of the division was usually garbage. Once divisions were split Spurrier lost 4 times to the East, but lost 7 times to the west and that's not counting losses to Bama in sec championship game. We've always struggled with the west, we all know that. It just pure speculation looking at it that way, but based on Spurrier success against east and west. I'm glad we were put in the east from the beginning.