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The Original Charter Members of the Southern Conference
Posted on 7/5/17 at 10:54 am
Posted on 7/5/17 at 10:54 am
Many of our fellow SEC fanbases love to ask about the charter Members of the Southeastern Conference. But before the SEC most of us know that all the charter SEC and ACC schools were in this huge pot called the Southern Conference. But who founded the first major conference? Check it out:
If you're keeping count at home of the still current SEC members that would be:
Alabama
Alabama Polytechnic Instituite (Auburn)
Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi A&M(Mississippi State)
Tennessee
These Six schools are the pioneers of the SEC. Without them the SEC may not have ever even existed. So kudos to the original pre-charter Members of the SEC. May your opinions on topics matter the most.
The Big Six? Nah we will call the the Pre-Charter Members. Why not?
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On Feb. 25, 1921, representatives from 14 of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association’s (SIAA) 30 members met at Atlanta’s Piedmont Hotel to establish the Southern Intercollegiate Conference. On hand at the inaugural meeting were officials from Alabama, Alabama Polytechnic Institute (Auburn), Clemson, Georgia, Georgia School of Technology (Georgia Tech), Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi A&M (Mississippi State), North Carolina, North Carolina State, Tennessee, Virginia, Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech) and Washington & Lee.
If you're keeping count at home of the still current SEC members that would be:
Alabama
Alabama Polytechnic Instituite (Auburn)
Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi A&M(Mississippi State)
Tennessee
These Six schools are the pioneers of the SEC. Without them the SEC may not have ever even existed. So kudos to the original pre-charter Members of the SEC. May your opinions on topics matter the most.
The Big Six? Nah we will call the the Pre-Charter Members. Why not?
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Posted on 7/5/17 at 11:00 am to The Winner
In 1922, six more universities – Florida, LSU, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tulane, and Vanderbilt joined the conference.
OP, you are fake news.
OP, you are fake news.
Posted on 7/5/17 at 11:01 am to OldRebYeller
Yep. But not charter members sorry bud
Posted on 7/5/17 at 11:03 am to The Winner
Ok
Posted on 7/5/17 at 11:04 am to The Winner
So State has been a member since 1921 and still doesn't have a single NC to show for it.
Congrats?
Congrats?
Posted on 7/5/17 at 11:05 am to The Winner
So those 6 teams attended a meeting but didn't establish the SEC. many of the schools that attended said meeting were never members of the SEC.
This post was edited on 7/5/17 at 11:06 am
Posted on 7/5/17 at 11:10 am to The Winner
Well i guess if it wasn't for Rutgers and Princeton playing a rugby game in 1869, none of us would be here...
So none of us are charter members.
So none of us are charter members.
Posted on 7/5/17 at 11:26 am to The Winner
Damn, what took y'all so long?
Arkansas had already been in the Southwest Conference for 6 years before any of this happened.
Arkansas had already been in the Southwest Conference for 6 years before any of this happened.
Posted on 7/5/17 at 11:45 am to Numberwang
quote:And yet you abandoned it.
Arkansas had already been in the Southwest Conference for 6 years before any of this happened.
I think yall should go back. You would finally have a conference in which you could compete consistently
Posted on 7/5/17 at 11:57 am to The Winner
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May your opinions on topics matter the most.
If the Southern Conference ever accepts those teams back, sure thing.
This post was edited on 7/5/17 at 11:59 am
Posted on 7/5/17 at 12:00 pm to The Winner
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But not charter members sorry bud
No need to apologize. Those teams are charter members of the SEC, which is all that matters.
Posted on 7/5/17 at 12:26 pm to OldRebYeller
Nothing much has changed.... There is still one team carrying the rest of the conference, just like in the 1920s. Six Rose Bowls, sixteen NCs. Suwanee; Tulane; Alabama Tech; Louisiana State Polytechnic A&M; Mississippi A&M (funny how many schools have dropped A&M from their official name); Georgia Polytechnic reside-in-their-own-hell U; Tennessee Moonshiner U; etc....? just supporting cast.
New York Times
“More than that, the 1926 Rose Bowl was one of the most significant college football games ever….The 1926 game put Southern college football on the map. It is the variant that has now come to dominate and even define the sport, with nine of the past 10 national champions hailing from the region, and Alabama now laying claim to 16 national titles.”
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New York Times
“More than that, the 1926 Rose Bowl was one of the most significant college football games ever….The 1926 game put Southern college football on the map. It is the variant that has now come to dominate and even define the sport, with nine of the past 10 national champions hailing from the region, and Alabama now laying claim to 16 national titles.”
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Many more sites.
This post was edited on 7/5/17 at 12:34 pm
Posted on 7/5/17 at 12:44 pm to The Winner
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Washington & Lee
Posted on 7/5/17 at 12:54 pm to Jacknola
Ugh...I wish Dodd and Bear Bryant didnt hate eachother so much. GT may still be in the SEC and perhaps better off. Who knows. GT had much better history with UT, Auburn and Alabama than with anyone in the ACC sans Clemson.
Posted on 7/5/17 at 12:55 pm to AUatWashandLee
I once saw a game at W&L where a General defensive back caught a clear as day pick 6, but instead of taking it to the house to retake the lead just before time expired, he kneeled it at like the three, the kicker missed it as the clock hit 0:00, and W&L lost. It was to a rival too, like Hampton Sydney or Randolph Macon. It was the most Division III Busch league bullshite thing I've ever seen in collegiate football, and I've been an Ole Miss fan for damn near 30 years. W&L did somehow go to a Gator Bowl in 1951, and they used to upset Virginia and Va. Tech every so often
Posted on 7/5/17 at 12:56 pm to The Winner
swc > sc
Posted on 7/5/17 at 1:00 pm to FearlessFreep
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I think yall should go back. You would finally have a conference in which you could compete
Then where would those other 5 losses a decade for Auburn come from?
Posted on 7/5/17 at 1:04 pm to hogNsinceReagan
The history of the Southern Conference is intertwined with the SWC and SEC.
Arkansas of course was not a member of the Southern Conference but when the SWC was formed it was out of the problems with the SIAA.
Texas wanting LSU and Ole Miss swung and missed and pretty much doomed the SWC forever by not pulling in at least LSU and Tulane. LSU and Ole Miss ultimately picked Bama. Years later Arkansas, A&M and Mizzou have picked Bama as well. I wonder if Oklahoma is next
Arkansas of course was not a member of the Southern Conference but when the SWC was formed it was out of the problems with the SIAA.
Texas wanting LSU and Ole Miss swung and missed and pretty much doomed the SWC forever by not pulling in at least LSU and Tulane. LSU and Ole Miss ultimately picked Bama. Years later Arkansas, A&M and Mizzou have picked Bama as well. I wonder if Oklahoma is next
This post was edited on 7/5/17 at 1:05 pm
Posted on 7/5/17 at 1:19 pm to FearlessFreep
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And yet you abandoned it.
Nah, it just took the SEC 59 years of existence to snag Arkansas from the SWC.
It is weird that the SWC already existed for 17 years prior to the creation of the SEC. Arkansas pissed all over 76 years of SWC history and membership when we left.
It would be similar to a founding SEC member deciding to leave the league in 2009, or getting death penaltied in 2018.
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