Has your program improved or declined since July 1, 2012?

On July 1st, 2012, Missouri and Texas A&M joined the SEC. At the time, the SEC was dominating college football so overwhelmingly that two SEC teams from the same division competed for the national championship.

The SEC had won six straight national championships and won three of the previous six Heisman trophies. They sent seven players to New York in that time span.

Further, as evidenced by this article,ticket prices to SEC games were skyrocketing to an all time high in the 2011 season.

Since July 1st, 2012, the SEC has won two of the last five national championships, marking a significant decrease in championship dominance. What makes things worse is that from 2006 to 2011, the SEC sent 4 different SEC teams to the national championship game and since 2012, only two have made it to the final championship game.

Also for the first time since the 1990s when the national championship was still considered "mythical," the SEC lacks a winning record in championship football. At 3-3, the SEC is sitting at a very average .500 making us unable to brag to the country's sports world that we are the current kings of college football.

We have since July 1, 2012 sent only 4 SEC players to New York with only 2 winners, marking another area where the SEC has declined.

And now, as evidenced by this image from the Auburn board, ticket prices for SEC games are at an all time low of $8. In September....



And what's worse is that the SEC's sole reason for even being in the conversation of top conferences is because one program has kept us propped up (Alabama). If Nick Saban were to retire, how far would the SEC fall?

Most programs have declined since July 1, 2012. Now in 2017, the following programs are looking to fire their coaches or are in apparent turmoil:

Auburn
LSU
Ole Miss
Florida
Tennessee
Missouri
Texas A&M
Arkansas

50% of the teams in the SEC are terrible. The conference is currently propped up by Alabama, Vanderbilt, Kentucky, and Mississippi State.

A&M has at least produced a Heisman Trophy winner and updated their stadium in an honest attempt to keep up with the rest of us.

Seems like there is an obvious answer for the decline of the entire conference. Only one explanation for why everyone but Bama (and soon them as well, probably) has turned into stinking piles of diddly poo.

The Missouri Tigers.