re: Question about some conference titles in football.

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By the way that's the sketchiest link i've ever seen

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I wasn't going to say anything, but since you brought it up. This comment in particular says "I'm ignorant":

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And of course the Vols traditionally schedule Vanderbilt and Kentucky, two more schools with very little football success while Neyland was coaching, and not a lot since he left.

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Very little football success? Well since Neyland left, yes, however painting Vanderbilt as having little success prior to 1939 is pretty ignorant.

Prior to 1939 (the season he mentions), Vanderbilt had an all-time record of 291-96-27, for a winning percentage of 0.736. That winning percentage is higher than any of the other current SEC teams, even Alabama. From the start of Neyland's career at Tennessee in 1926 to 1938, only Tennessee and Alabama had a higher winning percentage than Vanderbilt.

People that don't look historically and use the old "yeah they suck now so they must always have sucked" bit should not be taken seriously.