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The pre-SEC era South's best teams (a.k.a. Vandy feel-good thread)
Posted on 6/26/15 at 2:06 pm
Posted on 6/26/15 at 2:06 pm
If Wikipedia can be believed, here are the conference champs in the conferences that were forerunners to the SEC (that is, the SIAA from 1895-1921 and SoCon from 1922-32). Current SEC teams are in boldface:
1) Vanderbilt - 13 (1897, 1901, '03, '04, '05, '06, '07, '10, '11, '12, '15, '22, '23)
2) Georgia Tech - 8 (1916, '17, '18, '20, '21, '22, '27, '28)
3) Auburn - 7 (1900, '04, '10, '13, '14, '19, '32)
4) Tulane - 5 (1920, '25, '29, '30, '31)
5-tie) Alabama - 4 (1924, '25, '26, '30)
5-tie) Louisiana State - 4 (1896, 1902, '08, '32)
5-tie) Sewanee - 4 (1898, '99, 1903, '09)
8) Tennessee - 3 (1914, '27, '32)
9-tie) Clemson - 2 (1900, '02)
9-tie) Georgia - 2 (1896, 1920)
9-tie) North Carolina - 2 (1895, 1922)
12-tie) Centre - 1 (1921)
12-tie) Cumberland - 1 (1903)
12-tie) North Carolina State - 1 (1927)
12-tie) Washington & Lee - 1 (1923)
1) Vanderbilt - 13 (1897, 1901, '03, '04, '05, '06, '07, '10, '11, '12, '15, '22, '23)
2) Georgia Tech - 8 (1916, '17, '18, '20, '21, '22, '27, '28)
3) Auburn - 7 (1900, '04, '10, '13, '14, '19, '32)
4) Tulane - 5 (1920, '25, '29, '30, '31)
5-tie) Alabama - 4 (1924, '25, '26, '30)
5-tie) Louisiana State - 4 (1896, 1902, '08, '32)
5-tie) Sewanee - 4 (1898, '99, 1903, '09)
8) Tennessee - 3 (1914, '27, '32)
9-tie) Clemson - 2 (1900, '02)
9-tie) Georgia - 2 (1896, 1920)
9-tie) North Carolina - 2 (1895, 1922)
12-tie) Centre - 1 (1921)
12-tie) Cumberland - 1 (1903)
12-tie) North Carolina State - 1 (1927)
12-tie) Washington & Lee - 1 (1923)
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Posted on 6/26/15 at 2:09 pm to TheDude321
Literally nobody cares
Posted on 6/26/15 at 2:12 pm to The_Joker
About Arkansas.
Posted on 6/26/15 at 2:14 pm to TheDude321
Original Big 6
Posted on 6/26/15 at 2:15 pm to TheDude321
Powerhouse
Posted on 6/26/15 at 2:21 pm to rebelcommodore
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Powerhouse
Posted on 6/26/15 at 2:28 pm to tilco
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Original Big 6
7, actually (because there is a three-way tie here for fifth place)...unless you're counting current SEC teams on this list only--in that case, the Big 6 has the same exact membership as today, except Florida has Vandy's membership slot now.
Posted on 6/28/15 at 9:33 pm to The_Joker
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Literally nobody cares
Okay, just to make you happy, I tabulated a similar list for the SEC's expansion teams:
1) Missouri - 9 (1893, '94, '95 in the WIUFA; 1909, '13, '19, '24, '25, '27 in the Big 8)
2) Texas A&M - 5 (1917, '19, '21, '25, '27 in the SWC)
3-tie) Arkansas - 0
3-tie) South Carolina - 0
Posted on 6/28/15 at 9:47 pm to The_Joker
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Literally nobody cares
Literally? I'd say that, figuratively, literally probably doesn't mean what you think it means.
Posted on 6/28/15 at 10:05 pm to TheDude321
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5-tie) Sewanee - 4 (1898, '99, 1903, '09)
1899 F*ck*n Iron Men of Sewanee!!
Home games in BOLD
10/21 vs Georgia (Atlanta) W 12–0
10/23 @ Georgia Tech (Atlanta) W 32–0
10/28 vs Tennessee (Sewanee) W 46–0
11/03 vs Southwestern Presbyterian (Sewanee) W 54–0
11/09 @ Texas (Austin) W 12–0
11/10 vs Texas A&M (Houston) W 10–0
11/11 @ Tulane (New Orleans) W 23–0
11/13 @ LSU (Baton Rouge) W 34–0
11/14 vs Ole Miss (Memphis) W 12–0
11/20 vs Cumberland (Sewanee) W 71–0
11/30 vs Auburn (Montgomery) W 11–10
12/02 vs North Carolina (Atlanta) W 5–0
Posted on 6/28/15 at 11:41 pm to TheDude321
The Southern Conference technically never went away, it's still around, it's now just a DI-AA/FCS conference. All the big schools that were a part of it the early days spun off into the SEC and the ACC.
Chattanooga
Samford
Western Carolina
Wofford
The Citadel
Furman
Mercer
VMI
are the current football members.
Chattanooga
Samford
Western Carolina
Wofford
The Citadel
Furman
Mercer
VMI
are the current football members.
Posted on 6/29/15 at 6:53 am to TheDude321
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7, actually (because there is a three-way tie here for fifth place)...unless you're counting current SEC teams on this list only--in that case, the Big 6 has the same exact membership as today, except Florida has Vandy's membership slot now.
um - big 9? GT, Tul & Sew...
Posted on 6/29/15 at 8:56 am to randomways
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quote:Literally nobody cares Literally? I'd say that, figuratively, literally probably doesn't mean what you think it means.
A semantic body slam!..only a Vandy guy would've done it. 
Posted on 6/29/15 at 9:16 am to TheDude321
1) Vanderbilt was the South's first good program. They won 10 conference championships in 15 years between 1901 and 1915 (think about that for a second).
However, Vanderbilt had a lackluster record against Eastern and Midwestern powers. In their heyday, they lost to Michigan 6 times between 1905 and 1914. They lost to Ohio State 2 years in a row (1908-1909). They lost to Harvard in 1912. They managed ties against Navy in 1907 and Yale in 1910.
Vandy's biggest accomplishment was beating Carlisle 4-0 in 1906. That team is widely remembered as Vandy's best. But let's remember, they lost to Michigan that year 10-4, and Vandy did not win a share of the MNC by any selectors.
2) The South's first great team was 1917's Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets led by coach John Heisman. This team beat Penn 41-0, Vanderbilt 83-0, and Carlisle 98-0. They were widely considered to be the lone national champs that year, although Pittsburgh disputed it.
However, Vanderbilt had a lackluster record against Eastern and Midwestern powers. In their heyday, they lost to Michigan 6 times between 1905 and 1914. They lost to Ohio State 2 years in a row (1908-1909). They lost to Harvard in 1912. They managed ties against Navy in 1907 and Yale in 1910.
Vandy's biggest accomplishment was beating Carlisle 4-0 in 1906. That team is widely remembered as Vandy's best. But let's remember, they lost to Michigan that year 10-4, and Vandy did not win a share of the MNC by any selectors.
2) The South's first great team was 1917's Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets led by coach John Heisman. This team beat Penn 41-0, Vanderbilt 83-0, and Carlisle 98-0. They were widely considered to be the lone national champs that year, although Pittsburgh disputed it.
This post was edited on 6/29/15 at 9:21 am
Posted on 6/29/15 at 12:22 pm to TxTiger82
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The South's first great team was 1917's Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets led by coach John Heisman. This team beat Penn 41-0, Vanderbilt 83-0, and Carlisle 98-0. They were widely considered to be the lone national champs that year
Texas A&M's 1917 team disputes this.
This post was edited on 6/29/15 at 12:35 pm
Posted on 6/29/15 at 12:30 pm to TxTiger82
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1) Vanderbilt was the South's first good program. They won 10 conference championships in 15 years between 1901 and 1915 (think about that for a second).
Good or bad, they made Texas stop scheduling them for the State Fair and they started playing Oklahoma, a team they could actually beat.
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