re: The SEC: We really are different

Wasn't one of them. Especially since everyone claimed Auburn couldn't stop Oregon's "unstoppable" offense in the NCG.

I've been all-SEC since Auburn didn't get in in '04. And it was well documented about the disrespect shown to Florida before the title game in '06.

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i get it. i remember back in '92 (i think) hanging out at a bar, getting ready to watch the bama/miami championship. originally i was gonna pull for miami, but in the hour leading up to the game, i heard nothing but contempt towards bama & the SEC in general. even 'tho i was gonna pull for the canes, i dared to suggest that bama had a solid chance at pulling out the W, if for no other reason than they were more battle-tested in the regular season. i mean, the nerve of me, right? so, after enduring an endless barrage by a bunch of miami booger-eaters, i finally decided "frick it, i hope bama blows the doors off them". which they did. after that game, i realized how little respect the conference got from outsiders....why, i have no idea, because looking at any schedule would've disproved that hogwash. at that point on, i made it a point to show support for the conference for any OOC matchups, because to this day, i still can't get the miami taste out of my mouth....

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This is actually how it all started. A lot the youngins don't remember that until the BCS system was put in place and we were actually allowed to go to the Championship games and win them. The entire country thought we were trash and that our entire conference was trash. They said the ACC, Big 10, USCw and ND were the only conferences and teams worth a damn. Neither Tennessee nor Bama got any respect for their accomplishments past or present during that time and the rest of the conference teams were treated like Austin Peay.

When Tennessee beat FSU in 1998, winning the championship against a team that had been crowned king and we were supposedly not good enough to play against the perception of the SEC started to change. When SEC started rolling to more BCS titles and even spread those titles around to several SEC teams showing how good we really are as a conference, resentment and conspiracy theories grew. When even more racked up an outright hatred of our 'cheating ways' was and remains on full display. But hell when you've graduated to being called a cheater you've at least earned fear and a little respect.

The hatred for all things SEC is such that a few Oregon fans chanted it this year when we played them. They weren't taunting/mocking just Tennessee but the entire league. Any SEC team that plays good OOC opponents on the road will hear this used as taunt. You will read the anti-SEC articles ahead of time and after.

Hell even though SEC pushed for a playoff, you'll hear claims that we blocked it or that it will finally spell our doom.

Go to an SEC entry on ESPN that involves no one but the SEC (no need to look for an SEC vs Other article) and most of the comments will be by people who just saw the word SEC and thought it was an appropriate time to spill their bile.

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For all of you who will be supporting Auburn during the game: Thank you


For those of you who do not: Frick you

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Everyone should be supporting Auburn as well as every other SEC team going bowling. But Auburn is more important to support for obvious reasons.

For the SEC to stay dominant in recruiting we have to stay dominant on the field. FSU is making a run to return things to the first three years of the BCS where they were invited each time despite getting beat in the first one to Tennessee and only winning 1 out of the other two they played and that one was against then-Big East Champ Va. Tech (now an ACC school). The ACC and other conferences are pushing hard to rewrite the narrative and act like they're the shiznit. The conference realignments by them have been done with knocking us from our pedestal as the premier league. THAT effects everyone of us and MUST be stopped.

The ACC needs to put in their place before they can start gaining a real entrance into our recruiting territories (they already have a small one that peels some recruits away), especially since Clemson, Miami, and FSU got some very important wins against us this year. The Clemson victory has been partially avenged by SC's beatdown of them but the BCSCG is critical. The location of most of their schools means they have experience in our recruiting grounds and can use the 'stay close to home' pitch just as we can and they know it.

Auburn is our firewall. And I will scream my lungs out that you not only win but blow them out. I'd do this anyway but the stakes are higher this year than normal.

So yeah: frick anyone who doesn't get the big picture here. As a conference need this win as much now as we did in 1998.

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Nope

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I understand y'all got fricked this year and the hand-of-god-like play Auburn pulled off was heartbreaking but it is important to kill the ACCs moment. In fact, so important that it's critical in terms of the future.

No one can force you to cheer for SEC teams in the off-season nor should it be a forced kinda thing.

But you can't deny that it's important for SEC's recruiting and even for our chances of getting 2 SEC teams in the future playoff to maintain dominance. Understand, that were the 4 team playoffs held last season UGA might've been selected alongside Bama because the strength of our conference and the unrivaled dominance over other conferences. If the ACC gains traction that possibility gets slimmer.

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The SEC already has it's exposure. We are already the premiere conference. An AU loss doesn't deter that. At this point any further wins by AU hurts Georgia and I am a Georgia fan, not an SEC fan.

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Exactly how I feel. The "Go SEC!" attitude is for our bottom feeders who need the SEC's success to justify their terribleness.

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Exactly how I feel. The "Go SEC!" attitude is for our bottom feeders who need the SEC's success to justify their terribleness.

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Yep.

Florida State is in the South. Happy?

I don't give a shite about this conference, only Georgia. I don't have to do a damn thing. If I had my way I'd have the SEC collapse and turn into the Big Ten and have Georgia just dominate and get to the title game easier.

I have no need for camaraderie.

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I don't give a shite about this conference, only Tennessee. I don't have to do a damn thing. If I had my way I'd have the SEC collapse and turn into the Big Ten and have Tennessee just dominate and get to the title game easier.

I have no need for camaraderie.

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Ever encountered Ohio State fans?

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Yeah and I despise Urbz but still even a slow-clap (which is actually an insult), golf clap, or applause so short if you'd have blinked you'd miss it, would've been better than booing.

Gig em and War Eagle