re: SEC Trivia - Which 4 teams played the 1943 Season?

Let's see...

2018 Most patriotic states: LINK

Only SEC states in the top HALF of the country... in order
4) South Carolina
10) Georgia
20) Mississippi
25) Missouri

Military factor only:
3) South Carolina
4) Georgia
10) Alabama
12) Texas
15) Mississippi
18) Florida
22) Missouri
24) Arkansas

Soo... Florida and Tennessee in here acting like they are these hugely patriotic states, but... Missouri is ahead of Tennessee in both areas and Florida barely surpasses them in military engagement only.


But but but... historically we were so much more patriotic...

While we're at it, let's see how the SEC states contributed to WW2...

If we work backwards from total deaths and the % dead from the below figures:

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FloridaWorld War II: 4,609 deaths
Deaths per man 15-44: 1.00%

GeorgiaWorld War II: 6,736 deaths
Deaths per man 15-44: .91%

AlabamaWorld War II: 6,166 deaths
Deaths per man 15-44: .94%

ArkansasWorld War II: 4,601 deaths
Deaths per man 15-44: 1.02%

KentuckyWorld War II: 7,900 deaths
Deaths per man 15-44: 1.20%

LouisianaWorld War II: 4,987 deaths
Deaths per man 15-44: .87%

MississippiWorld War II: 4,162 deaths
Deaths per man 15-44: .83%

MissouriWorld War II: 9,817 deaths
Deaths per man 15-44: 1.14%

South CarolinaWorld War II: 4,129 deaths
Deaths per man 15-44: .93%

TennesseeWorld War II: 7,710 deaths
Deaths per man 15-44: 1.13%

TexasWorld War II: 18,793 deaths
Deaths per man 15-44: 1.19%

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We get a stacked ranking of the following in terms of soldiers sent into WWII

Texas 1,579,244
Missouri 861,140
Georgia 740,220
Tennessee 682,301
Kentucky 658,333
Alabama 655,957
Louisiana 573,218
Missisippi 501,446
Florida 460,900
Arkansas 451,078
South Carolina 443,978

So congrats on all that patriotism...