Something we can all probably agree on

As an LSU fanatic, I hate the other SEC teams. I am not rooting for any non-LSU SEC teams. I suspect fans of other SEC teams feel the same way about their team, and SEC opponents. I don't, per se, give a shite about the national reputation of the SEC. What I DO know, however, is, that despite the advantage Alabama gets from the Birmingham-based SEC office (scheduling, officiating), all SEC teams benefit from the level of competition in the league, and from the shared reputation of the league. Most reasonable SEC fans, including Alabama's, would begrudgingly admit that LSU helped all of them by winning a NC w/ two losses. Playing at this level of SEC competition week in and out (something that the Clemsons and Louisville's don't face) forges champions. So, I am a "fan" of the SEC to the extent that it benefits my team. True, the SEC eats its own, which means that one champion will be forged from the carnage, and the rest of the teams lick their wounds and have to suffer playing against teams like Clemson, and Louisville, who are on crusades to "prove" the SEC is overrated.