Just think about it. Before it was the Big 10 with Michigan, Penn State, Ohio State, etc, and Big 12 with Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas and such.

Thing is, the older powers think they have the right to still be on top. Their shite was the talk of the nation, obviously it didn't have as much media exposure as it does now, but that is only because of the social media boom that started about 5 years ago.

I can't remember if the chants started in 06 or 07, but you could slowing feel the shift of the CFB world. It felt more like school and conference pride instead of just school pride. We were blowing away the competition at every bowl season, recruiting the hell out of our own talent instead of them being plucked from other conferences, and sending kids to the NFL at an enormous rate. Four different SEC schools have went to the National Championship and won since 2006. You don't see that kind of power ever grouped together. USCe, Bama, LSU, UF, UGA, could run through every other conference on most years. TAMU with a couple more recruiting seasons, will be right there. Tennessee will be back in three years tops which gives you have the conference that would beat most of conferences.