re: Origination of "SEC" chant?

It is a secret held in the closet of the PAC for fear their pride and joy of a thing they called the Rose Bowl would be diminished by a game with a school they were supposed to dominate and show how bad football was in the south. An invitation was issued to former SEC school Tulane (9-0-1 that season) but was declined as the Green Wave had obligations to their studies first and did not want to interrupt their schooling. In their place another Tide was substituted from the great state of Alabama.

By halftime the mighty Huskies were up 12 - 0 on the visiting Tide from Alabama and it looked like they were primed to shutout the Wallace Wade led team from tiny Tuscaloosa. In the 3rd quarter the Tide rolled in and rattled off 20 straight points to take the lead and never let go. When the dust had settled at the end of the game the scoreboard showed 20 - 19 in favor of the scrappy team from the south. As the dejected Husky fans were departing the stadium a light chant could be heard from the faithful who remained to show the powerful Pacific Coast Conference who had beaten them and the "So Con, So Con" chant was born.

After a few more Rose Bowl wins by the So Con the Pacific Coast Conference vowed not to invite them anymore and shifted to the Big 9 so they could post better game results. In 1932 this team would split with 12 other teams to form a new conference called the SEC with the fellow from UK being installed as the first president. In the 1950's the Pacific Coast Conference would be caught cheating so badly that the entire conference was disbanded and reformed a few years later as the PAC as they are know today. Their decision to drop the SoCon teams in favor of the Big 9 (now B1G) would prove a wise decision as it avoided decades of future beat downs by SEC teams.

Next time you are beating an OCC team in any sport just remember while chanting S E C, S E C , S E C to throw in an occasional "So Con, So Con, So Con" just to let them know you know the history.