Don Unverferth
01-08-2010, 09:18 PM
The "SEC" chant is probably the most pathetic thing in college football. Are SEC fans really that insecure and/or outright dumb? Alabama and Florida were good this year. The rest of the conference was either mediocre or downright sucked b@lls. If you're an Alabama fan about to win your first NC since 1992, why on earth would you want to remind the nation that South Carolina got punked by UConn? Be thankful you only gave up 2 td's to Colt McCoy's freshman backup.
I've been following college football since the mid-80's and up until a few years ago, I don't ever recall the whole "our conference is better than you're conference" stupidity being an overwhelming theme of college football. And now, thanks to SEC fans and ESPN, it's all we hear anymore.
Where was the "SEC" chant when ESPN was claiming the '02 Hurricanes were the greatest college team of all-time? Where was the "SEC" chant when ESPN was claiming the '05 Trojans were the greatest college team of all-time? Please, SEC fans - shelve the dumb chant and recognize that in the past few years you've had INDIVIDUAL TEAMS that have been very good (just like every other damn conference). It's got nothing to do with the "SEC". Your sucky teams still suck.
When Florida St. won the BCS NC, no one chanted "ACC"
When Oklahoma won the BCS NC, no one chanted "Big 12"
When Miami won the BCS NC, no one chanted "Big East"
When Ohio St. won the BCS NC, no one chanted "Big 10"
When USC won the BCS NC, no one chanted "Pac 10"
When Texas won the BCS NC, no one chanted "Big 12"
So please, just stop. It's lame, it's annoying, and it's desperate. Florida & Alabama aren't good because of the "SEC". They're good because they are INDIVIDUALLY good programs. Every conference has individual programs that are good and every conference has individual programs that are not good.
I've been following college football since the mid-80's and up until a few years ago, I don't ever recall the whole "our conference is better than you're conference" stupidity being an overwhelming theme of college football. And now, thanks to SEC fans and ESPN, it's all we hear anymore.
Where was the "SEC" chant when ESPN was claiming the '02 Hurricanes were the greatest college team of all-time? Where was the "SEC" chant when ESPN was claiming the '05 Trojans were the greatest college team of all-time? Please, SEC fans - shelve the dumb chant and recognize that in the past few years you've had INDIVIDUAL TEAMS that have been very good (just like every other damn conference). It's got nothing to do with the "SEC". Your sucky teams still suck.
When Florida St. won the BCS NC, no one chanted "ACC"
When Oklahoma won the BCS NC, no one chanted "Big 12"
When Miami won the BCS NC, no one chanted "Big East"
When Ohio St. won the BCS NC, no one chanted "Big 10"
When USC won the BCS NC, no one chanted "Pac 10"
When Texas won the BCS NC, no one chanted "Big 12"
So please, just stop. It's lame, it's annoying, and it's desperate. Florida & Alabama aren't good because of the "SEC". They're good because they are INDIVIDUALLY good programs. Every conference has individual programs that are good and every conference has individual programs that are not good.