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re: Aside from Alabama, which program means the most to the SEC?

Posted on 5/17/12 at 9:43 am to
Posted by WG_Dawg
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Posted on 5/17/12 at 9:43 am to
This is really an impossible question to answer. What do you mean "means the most"? The only possible answers I think would be UF or LSU.
Posted by hg
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Posted on 5/17/12 at 9:43 am to
Posted by USMC Gators
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Posted on 5/17/12 at 9:43 am to
Is A&M officially in the conference yet?
Posted by beHop
Landmass
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Posted on 5/17/12 at 9:44 am to
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Choctaw


I agree wholeheartedly with your input.
Posted by Choctaw
Pumpin' Sunshine
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Posted on 5/17/12 at 9:44 am to
i can't believe you guys are letting some alter noob with 10 posts troll the frick out of you.

Posted by therick711
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Posted on 5/17/12 at 9:44 am to
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If the Tide wanted to leave tomorrow Slive and the league would say 'bye' and not miss a beat, as would be the case for any program in the conference. If one program were to leave, the one that would be most missed would be Vandy, imo. They represent what is best about the SEC.


You may have been facetious, but the answer is actually Vandy is the most important program in the SEC. Since we are invited to create our own criteria, here ya go.

Vandy is the premier academic institution and that has almost nothing to do with why it is most important. As the only private institution in the SEC, Vandy allows the conference to shield its finances from pesky disclosure laws (the hippies finally got something right). Vandy makes keeping the charade of amateurism alive much much easier so we can all continue to enjoy college football unabated by allegations of indentured servitude.

tl;dr

Terrible thread.
Posted by WG_Dawg
Hoover
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Posted on 5/17/12 at 9:45 am to
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Why is UGA so important?


Why the frick is auburn?

Georgia is historically better at football, baseball, maybe basketball?, golf, tennis, gymnastics, and probably some other sports than auburn, not to mention we are far superior academically.

The correct answer isn't Georgia, but it DAMN sure isn't auburn.
Posted by dbt_Geaux_Tigers_196
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Posted on 5/17/12 at 9:45 am to
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Slive would have to be put on suicide watch.


The ego centrism of BammerNation does not radiate past that particular segment.
Posted by Elleshoe
Wade’s World
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Posted on 5/17/12 at 9:45 am to
LSU is the only SEC school with double digit championships in football, baseball, and basketball FWIW.
Posted by dbt_Geaux_Tigers_196
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Posted on 5/17/12 at 9:46 am to
I can see this thread will be a case study in myopia.
Posted by RockyMtnTigerWDE
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Posted on 5/17/12 at 9:51 am to


ABSOLUTELY!!!!
Posted by WildTchoupitoulas
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Posted on 5/17/12 at 9:51 am to
LSU and Tulane.

Without them, there never would have been a Sugar Bowl.
Posted by Riseupfromtherubble
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Posted on 5/17/12 at 9:52 am to
To everyone bringing up basketball, baseball, equestrian, etc...get real

This conference is what it is due to football, You know, the sport that brings in the money to allow the other sports to operate and construct new academic buildings.

If we are including other sports then Kentucky means the second most to the conference because they are the best in the 2nd largest revenue sport
Posted by RockyMtnTigerWDE
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Posted on 5/17/12 at 9:55 am to
Posted by WG_Dawg
Hoover
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Posted on 5/17/12 at 9:55 am to
In that case the question should've been "which football program is 2nd best in the SEC", but it wasn't. It was which "PROGRAM" means most. That includes everything from academics all the way down to women's sports.

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If we are including other sports then Kentucky means the second most to the conference because they are the best in the 2nd largest revenue sport


No, because they suck at all the other sports except for basketball and a random good year here or there in other sports (like currently with baseball). There are several other programs that are solid across many different sports.
Posted by KCM0Tiger
Kansas City, MISSOURI
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Posted on 5/17/12 at 9:56 am to
Obviously it's Mizzou.
Posted by geauxtigahs87
Louisiana
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Posted on 5/17/12 at 9:56 am to

You tell them!
Posted by USMC Gators
Member since Oct 2011
14633 posts
Posted on 5/17/12 at 9:57 am to
UF - AAU, Capital One Cup, won both major titles in the same year
BOOM
Posted by Billder
Where you live
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Posted on 5/17/12 at 9:58 am to
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Stacked


Posted by WildTchoupitoulas
Member since Jan 2010
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Posted on 5/17/12 at 9:59 am to
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LSU is the only SEC school with double digit championships in football, baseball, and basketball FWIW.


And, if I'm not mistaken, LSU still has more national championships than any other school outside of the state of California.
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