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re: Is there a consensus #2 football program in the SEC, historically?
Posted on 7/13/23 at 12:46 pm to Hot_in_the_box
Posted on 7/13/23 at 12:46 pm to Hot_in_the_box
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UT- 2nd most national titles (6)
Not even close and you won ONE NC in the last 70 years and that was due to one of the biggest flukes in the history of flukes.
There was no such thing as conference titles when UT played in the Southern conference.
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UT- Tennessee has won 485 games, the highest home-field total in college football history for any school in the nation at its current home venue.
UT- 5th largest stadium in the country, and 2nd largest in the SEC.
All completely irrelevant.
This post was edited on 7/13/23 at 12:48 pm
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Posted on 7/13/23 at 1:50 pm to RD Dawg
The way I'd call it:
Historically (over time)- where the team is most likely to be, when you randomly pick any date...
Alabama
Tennessee
LSU/UGA
Auburn
Florida
Accomplishments/composite-
Alabama
LSU/UGA/Florida
Auburn/Tennessee
I will say UGA just pulled into a tie with LSU and Florida, and Auburn is behind mostly because they didn't get credit for 2004, and lost to Fla State. I almost bump them ahead of Tennessee there. Florida doesnt have the overall success spread over time, but that phenomenal run in the 90's makes an impact here.
And none of this is a troll, Tennessee certainly has a good history. It's just that over the past 20-odd years, things have changed significantly. LSU has jumped, not because of winning SEC titles, but because they went ahead and won a bunch of national titles. That gives a boost, compared to winning the SEC and then maybe losing in the Sugar, back in the day. I wouldn't put UGA at the level I did, until the past 2 years. Until and unless Tennessee also grabs a few titles in this wave of dominance, they're going to stay on a lower tier.
Historically (over time)- where the team is most likely to be, when you randomly pick any date...
Alabama
Tennessee
LSU/UGA
Auburn
Florida
Accomplishments/composite-
Alabama
LSU/UGA/Florida
Auburn/Tennessee
I will say UGA just pulled into a tie with LSU and Florida, and Auburn is behind mostly because they didn't get credit for 2004, and lost to Fla State. I almost bump them ahead of Tennessee there. Florida doesnt have the overall success spread over time, but that phenomenal run in the 90's makes an impact here.
And none of this is a troll, Tennessee certainly has a good history. It's just that over the past 20-odd years, things have changed significantly. LSU has jumped, not because of winning SEC titles, but because they went ahead and won a bunch of national titles. That gives a boost, compared to winning the SEC and then maybe losing in the Sugar, back in the day. I wouldn't put UGA at the level I did, until the past 2 years. Until and unless Tennessee also grabs a few titles in this wave of dominance, they're going to stay on a lower tier.
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