re: I Think I Finally Figured Out Why The SEC Just Feels Different

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What's crazy is how places like ND, Michigan, Ohio State, USC, Texas are all Blue Bloods and traditional powers and obviously hyped up by the media, but when you go to a game there it's pretty meh compared to your typical SEC saturday. People here just care more, get more creative with how they represent themselves, tailgate, etc... It's a different animal down south. People here literally breath it year round.

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This. I laugh hysterically every time I hear some northern or western-based media dummy proclaims Ohio State-Michigan is the greatest rivalry in college football and all of sports. Michigan has won one national championship since the '50s, and if it were a school below the Mason-Dixon line, it would be no more relevant for national attention than Georgia or Tennessee or Auburn or LSU.

Alabama-Auburn is the best rivalry in college football. Period. The other games and atmospheres in this conference also dwarf everything else other than Army-Navy. This is the greatest league for fan interest in college football, and it makes college football special to me.