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But there is a huge anti-SEC perception by fans of teams in the SEC. It perhaps bolsters the circle-the-wagon mentality of some SEC fans. But it really happens at all the P5 conferences.
You can take Bama's game with Sparty. I know many B1G fans of other schools who consider MSU a mortal enemy, but were loudly and passionately rooting for the boys in green. One of my best friends is a surgeon from M. You would have thought he was a lifelong Spartan. There can be no mistake. That is a version of the "SEC!" mentality.
Only cause people are tired of Bama... Msu vs OU would have been a different story
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Grammar... The difference between feeling your nuts and feeling you're nuts.
I don't think you will find a difference in passion between fans at Nebraska or OSU and the SEC for their teams. I agree with AA on that... But won't you won't find is the passion for the BIG that SEC programs have for the SEC. I would rather see our hated rivals mocked and humiliated than worry about my conference reputation. Period. That is the way it's always been and should be...
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Grammar... The difference between feeling your nuts and feeling you're nuts.
I'm of the belief, that the better Nebraska, Penn State, Illinois, Purdue, etc. perform, the better you look, when you do play them. That is the advantage of a strong conference, your wins are more valuable and losses less damaging. Perception of strength is even more valuable than actual reality.
I live in Atlanta. Maybe the rural places are like what you guys have imagined, none of the cities are.
Has your family lived in the South for generations? Those are the people I'm talking about. Not transplanted northerners who live in Atlanta, Charlotte, or Nashville.
It still doesn't matter one lick. People like to argue about conferences and try to validate it saying it matters to crooting and matchup with rankings. But it really doesn't do that. If it has any bearing on recruiting it is negligible. Players don't commit to the conference.
The Big Ten went through a long stretch where they weren't very good, yet they weren't left out of any bowls. The 2006 Michigan team had an argument to be in that championship game, but it was borderline argument.
The way it is set up now, if you have one loss or no losses and win your conference, you have a great shot to go to the 4 team playoff. That is how it should be, it limits these tedious arguments.
Has your family lived in the South for generations? Those are the people I'm talking about. Not transplanted northerners who live in Atlanta, Charlotte, or Nashville.
I don't see it either.
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