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re: Has the "Big Six" jumped the shark?
Posted on 10/1/15 at 3:15 pm to TheDude321
Posted on 10/1/15 at 3:15 pm to TheDude321
No.
Apart from the teams who actually choose to identify themselves as such, no one knows who the "Big Six" are, nor do they care.
I know I'd never heard the phrase before Texas A&M University joined the SEC; and it wasn't until I spent any time on tSECr that I even saw it.
In terms of "breeding divisiveness," I doubt anyone affiliated with our university's athletic department has much (any?) knowledge of the term, much less given it a single thought.
Apart from the teams who actually choose to identify themselves as such, no one knows who the "Big Six" are, nor do they care.
I know I'd never heard the phrase before Texas A&M University joined the SEC; and it wasn't until I spent any time on tSECr that I even saw it.
In terms of "breeding divisiveness," I doubt anyone affiliated with our university's athletic department has much (any?) knowledge of the term, much less given it a single thought.
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Posted on 10/1/15 at 3:16 pm to EKG
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Apart from the teams who actually choose to identify themselves as such, no one knows who the "Big Six" are, nor do they care.
Hmmm...SEC headquarters does. They essentially originated the term
Posted on 10/1/15 at 3:21 pm to EKG
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I doubt anyone affiliated with our university's athletic department has much (any?) knowledge of the term, much
You would be wrong! As NYC stated it was the SEC headquarters that came up with it
Posted on 10/1/15 at 3:53 pm to EKG
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I'd never heard the phrase before Texas A&M University joined the SEC; and it wasn't until I spent any time on tSECr that I even saw it.
Its a stats thing. In 82 seasons of football, a Big 6 member has outright won or shared the SEC title 76 times. Since Ole Miss' last SEC title in 1963, the only non Big 6 member to taste an SEC title was Kentucky in 1976. They shared the title with Georgia that year, but the Bulldogs beat the Wildcats 31-7 in the regular season, and deservedly repped the SEC in the Sugar Bowl.
Now you know.
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