re: If you're pulling for Michigan

There are practical reasons to pull for teams in your conference. If the perception is that the SEC is superior to other conferences then SEC teams will benefit. That is exactly what happened this year. And it makes logical sense since the SEC has won 6 of the 9 national championships in the Playoff Era. That logic is likely to be even more pertinent in the coming 12 Team Playoff. But as I would expect hatred is a more powerful motivator for some than rational self interest. Particularly when that self interest may take years to manifest. Unfortunately for Auburn the period of SEC dominance was at its beginning in 2004.

I’m with you but not because of some misguided allegiance to Bama. I’m older and tend to root for the “South” to put it to “North” whenever the opportunity arises.

It’s primarily due to an unjustified sense of northern superiority. Go listen to the song “Rednecks” by Randy Newman and you’ll get a strong sense of it. You’ve got to listen to the whole song and be prepared to have your sensibilities offended.

Your first post is that bullshite

No one loss SEC team besides Alabama or maybe UGA would jump undefeated Florida St for the last playoff spot in the situation that happened.

The only thing more paradoxical than rooting for your rivals to win for pretty much no reason is peddling for your arrivals to actually root for you for no reason.

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Yeah right…..I don’t believe you for a second. You only answered that way to fit your current agenda.

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I don't care if you believe me, but I never pull for the Big.

I've wanted Alabama to beat somebody like LSU in the past if it put us in the SECCG.If somebody like South Carolina was playing a Big10 team I'd cheer for them.

Alabama winning a playoff game and possibly another NC does nothing for the benefit of Auburn. Other than more conference $ possibly.

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There are practical reasons to pull for teams in your conference. If the perception is that the SEC is superior to other conferences then SEC teams will benefit. That is exactly what happened this year.

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Screw that noise. Big 10 and PAC 12 suck and they’re doing just fine. Jordan Travis being injured benefitted Bama more than being a part of the SEC this year. Any SEC fan who cheers for a team they hate because they feel a need to prove themselves against other conferences are the same dudes who brag about how ripped the guy is who took their wife out and boned her while they stayed home baking cookies.

Pulling for Michigan!

I’m pulling for Hamas if they are playing Alabama. Go punch yourself in the Vagina.

Never pull for Bama in any event. Thats a given. Shoot, (my bad) I’ll even boo their academic graduates.

Thank you Paperwasp. I am not am AI Bot I assure you, and trolling isnt my style, although I appreciate it as an art form!!!