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The Mississippi River is the Heartland of the SEC. St. Louis is on that river.

Posted on 2/19/18 at 2:34 pm
Posted by Numberwang
Bike City, USA
Member since Feb 2012
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Posted on 2/19/18 at 2:34 pm
The Mighty Mississippi touches 6 out of the 11 SEC states. It's literally the heartland of the Southeastern Conference.

St. Louis is one of the best cities on the Mississippi River. It is the ONLY city on the River with an arch.

Johnny Cash sang songs about the Big River.

Why all the hate?

Learn your Geography, haters.
Posted by Texas Weazel
Louisiana is a shithole
Member since Oct 2016
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Posted on 2/19/18 at 2:36 pm to
It also touches all those Yankee states, starting with Missouri.
Posted by CarolinaGamecock99
Member since Apr 2015
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Posted on 2/19/18 at 2:36 pm to
Minneapolis is also on the Mississippi, does that make it southern?
Posted by Numberwang
Bike City, USA
Member since Feb 2012
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Posted on 2/19/18 at 2:36 pm to
Posted by rockiee
Sugar Land, TX
Member since Jan 2015
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Posted on 2/19/18 at 2:37 pm to
quote:

It also touches all those Yankee states, starting with Missouri.


Posted by JohnnyRebel
Colorado
Member since Sep 2014
8220 posts
Posted on 2/19/18 at 2:37 pm to
Combine this argument with the people who think its too north. What do ya get? Memphis, the perfect location.
Posted by TOFTR
Tennissippi
Member since Jan 2016
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Posted on 2/19/18 at 2:39 pm to
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It is the ONLY city on the River with an arch

There are arches all over Memphis. Hell, there are probably 10 McDonald’s on Poplar Ave alone
Posted by piggilicious
Member since Jan 2011
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Posted on 2/19/18 at 2:40 pm to
Much better than the 'racist' thread from the other dude.
Posted by Jazzbo Depew
Bug Tussle
Member since Dec 2017
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Posted on 2/19/18 at 2:40 pm to
They just can't see it. The Gateway To The West opens up a much larger national audience. The South and the East already watch SEC sports. If that $40.4 million revenue distribution per school doubled, they'd be all for it.
Posted by Numberwang
Bike City, USA
Member since Feb 2012
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Posted on 2/19/18 at 2:50 pm to


Posted by WestCoastAg
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 2/19/18 at 2:55 pm to
besides, it improves our image of stepping away from the backwards and depressing south
This post was edited on 2/19/18 at 2:55 pm
Posted by Numberwang
Bike City, USA
Member since Feb 2012
13163 posts
Posted on 2/19/18 at 2:58 pm to
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Minneapolis is also on the Mississippi, does that make it southern?


It's about being "SEC", not "southern".

Minnesota would be a great addition to the SEC. Lots of blondes, and a nuisance-animal mascot. Perfect.
Posted by teddyjackeddy
colorado springs
Member since Oct 2012
203 posts
Posted on 2/19/18 at 3:02 pm to
Birmingham Al is both the geographical and population center of The SEC.
The conference HQs and conferences being there and the football championship being held in Atlanta makes perfect sense.
Posted by SummerOfGeorge
Member since Jul 2013
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Posted on 2/19/18 at 3:05 pm to
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besides, it improves our image of stepping away from the backwards and depressing south


And into..........Missouri!
Posted by TOFTR
Tennissippi
Member since Jan 2016
2925 posts
Posted on 2/19/18 at 3:08 pm to
How is Birmingham the population center of the SEC? Even if you include the metro, it’s much smaller than the cities AND metros of Atlanta, Memphis, Nashville, NOLA, etc.
Posted by elit4ce05
Member since Jun 2011
3752 posts
Posted on 2/19/18 at 3:14 pm to
it also touches Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois.....so....
Posted by teddyjackeddy
colorado springs
Member since Oct 2012
203 posts
Posted on 2/19/18 at 3:21 pm to
Birmingham is the geographical population center, that isn't saying it has the biggest population of any city in the SECC area.
Posted by SummerOfGeorge
Member since Jul 2013
105802 posts
Posted on 2/19/18 at 3:25 pm to
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it’s much smaller than the cities AND metros of Atlanta, Memphis, Nashville, NOLA, etc


It's much smaller than Atlanta

It's not much smaller than the others except for maybe Nashville

MSA Area Populations
9. Atlanta (5,789,700)
36. Nashville (1,865,298)
42. Memphis (1,342,842)
46. New Orleans (1,268,883)
49. Birmingham (1,147,417)
Posted by Reservoir dawg
Member since Oct 2013
15111 posts
Posted on 2/19/18 at 3:27 pm to
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49. Birmingham (1,147,417)


I wonder how many counties are counted to get to that number?
Posted by SummerOfGeorge
Member since Jul 2013
105802 posts
Posted on 2/19/18 at 3:32 pm to
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I wonder how many counties are counted to get to that number?



The Birmingham MSA is Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Jefferson, St Clair, Shelby and Walker.

Jefferson - 659,521
Shelby - 210,622
St Clair - 88,019
Blount - 57,704
Chilton - 43,941
Bibb - 22,643
This post was edited on 2/19/18 at 3:33 pm
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