re: Conference Pride?

Yep, all the other conferences hate us. So I love it when anyone in our conference whips up on an OOC, especially Ohio State and USC!

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little repetitive there isn't it?

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Did you mean redundant, my sharp whitted friend?

sorry. i root against all you assholes during bowl season. i'd expect nothing less from you.

rooting for your rivals is dumb.

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I actually think it has more to do with regional pride. The rest of the nation still views the Southeast as backwards, stupid, and poor. Whenever Southerner whips a yankee at anything, we'll rejoice.

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bingo, and whenever Yankees beat the South at something it proves "they're superior like they thought all along"

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The conference was overlooked and shafted for a long time. I think it culminated with the undefeated Auburn team sitting on the sidelines during the National Championship game while two teams with far inferior resumes played to see who was second best.

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This! That's why I cheer for the conference. It benefits us all. Auburn got fricked that yr. I really think that slap in the face is what really started it. I don't remember it much before that.

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Why do we have so much more conference pride than other conferences?

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For better or worse, as far as the south is concerned, it has always been us against the rest of the country, and we relish when one of our brethren sticks it to the fricking Yankees.

The south is unique. It is a distinct culture within a nation that seems to strive for homogeneity. Everyone wants to look, act, and sound the same...except the south. You have American cuisine...and southern cuisine. There is the American culture...and the southern culture.

Football is a politically correct venue where we can still express how proud we are to be from the south. It encapsulates everything that is great about being from the south: the pageantry, the food, the people, the physical prowess, even the opportunity for the genteel and nouveau riche to wear their Sunday best to a gala without being labeled as "old-fashoined." Until recently, it was one of the few remaining venues you could see a confederate battle flag flying or hear Dixie. Maybe it's all we have left. Maybe it's the last vestiges of our ideal, if not our accurate, culture and history.

As part of the southeastern conference, we share all of those things. We are closer to each other than anyone else. Maybe that is why there is such solidarity in the conference.

ND is in the Mid fricking West not the NE.

because we know what a sonofabitch it is to negotiate an sec schedule.

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Why do we have so much more conference pride than other conferences?

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I don't get the conference pride crap. Why in the hell would I want Bama, Texas A&M or Arkansas winning a national title. frick THAT!!!! As you can tell those are the teams in the SEC that I hate the most!!! I hope Bama get busted for recruiting violations.

ETA: I'm coming from a coach and booster point of view. I pump money into the LSU athletic Dept. We are competing with Bama, aTm, Arkansas, Auburn, etc for recruits. Why in the hell do I want them winning a national title to use that in recruiting "Come over here, we won 3 BCS Championships in 4 yrs, while LSU haven't won one in over 4yrs." "look at these rings, you can have one too when we WIN ANOTHER one at Bama." Get the point. I doubt if the football coaches and coaching staff at your favorite school want their rivals winning BCS championships.

I actually believe it is rooted in the civil war. The South banded together to fight the rest of the nation. I truly believe that notion is engrained in the southern culture. My 2 cents.