re: Seriously, if not Bham -- where should the SEC

"Alabama is a huge wasteland"

And Louisiana is a disgustingly ugly and dirty state environmentally. Outside of a few interesting swamp and tidal basins like the Achafalaya (sp?) Swamp and a few areas of South Louisiana like New Orleans and Lafayette, it is an incredible ugly state nature wise. Alabama has natural diversity and biodiversity that sh##s all over Louisiana's. Mountains (even a couple with suprisingly different weather from the valley below), caves, canyons, abundant waterfalls, 4th most freshwater waterways in the country, beaches, better golf courses, better hunting, etc. Louisiana has better offshore and inshore fishing and better duck hunting than Alabama and that's it. I do love the fun loving and rich culture of New Orleans and South Louisiana though but the state is basically the commode for the Eastern half of the U.S.