On rooting for your conference

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NickZ4UT

NickZ4UT

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It's all fine well and good, I'm always going to be a conference guy, but man I love watching Bama lose. Truth be told I'm glad UGA did too and I'm pulling for FSU and Houston because sometimes you just get sick of watching everyone else have fun.
 
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Yeah I was on the conference pride thing for a little bit but now I want every SEC team to lose every game forever so Tennessee can win the conference every year. And because I hate all of them.
 
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I have never rooted for the SEC. Never will. People who do are idiots. Root for your team. Not for a conference.
 
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This is the kind of junk that I would expect ACC schools to post about. I am proud UT is part of the greatest conference. And if every team but a few get weak...We become the ACC. and none of us want that.
 
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Why do people care so much who others root for? Root however you want to, it's certainly not making any difference in the outcome of these games.
 
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I don't "root" for any other college team. Outside if Bama, UF and now Vandy I like to see other SEC teams win against other conferences.
 
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jwp1223 said:
I have never rooted for the SEC. Never will. People who do are idiots. Root for your team. Not for a conference.
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I'm not going to call them idiots, but I really don't understand the rationale behind it. There are a handful of SEC teams I can stomach, but I hate most the teams. They are our rivals and I can't bring myself to ever cheer for them. I loved watching Bama lose and while I predict an Auburn dissemination of FSU, I'll be cheering for the 'Noles. I doubt I even watch a single play of the Vandy game. Does anyone really care about that game?
 
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golfballs said:
Why do people care so much who others root for? Root however you want to, it's certainly not making any difference in the outcome of these games.
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Quote from my son this morning:

"Having to pull for bammer because they are in the SEC is like having to pull for Satan because he is in The Bible"
 
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I can understand rooting for SEC teams; my problem isn't that, it's the ones that get WAY too into it.

As I said in the Football forum, it's like bragging about how many girls your better looking friend can get, all while you sit home alone.
 
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I used to be all rah rah for the conference, bragged how great we all were, then a buddy of mine asked me, why are you all sec?? Your team hasn't made a bowl in forever. Then I was like you know? Your right. So now, screw em all, I hope they all get put on probation. .. GO VOLS!!
 
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You guys do realize that only 2 teams from each conference can go to a major bowl game each year? That rule may hurt us in the near future. The only way that a case can legitimately be made to change the rule is for SEC teams to dominate bowl games they are in. It's not about conference "pride" it's about what is truly best for Tennessee in the long run.

That being said....I sure did enjoy seeing saban scream at everybody last night and not in a 'I'm such a great coach that I never stop coaching even when the game is won kind of way'.
 
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Volfan76 said:
You guys do realize that only 2 teams from each conference can go to a major bowl game each year? That rule may hurt us in the near future. The only way that a case can legitimately be made to change the rule is for SEC teams to dominate bowl games they are in. It's not about conference "pride" it's about what is truly best for Tennessee in the long run.

That being said....I sure did enjoy seeing saban scream at everybody last night and not in a 'I'm such a great coach that I never stop coaching even when the game is won kind of way'.
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Yeah I do think perception is a component of conference pride. It's a bi-product of the ****ty way the post-season is laid out. Relying on voters and lazy committee members to select teams
 
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Volfan76 said:
You guys do realize that only 2 teams from each conference can go to a major bowl game each year? That rule may hurt us in the near future. The only way that a case can legitimately be made to change the rule is for SEC teams to dominate bowl games they are in. It's not about conference "pride" it's about what is truly best for Tennessee in the long run.

That being said....I sure did enjoy seeing saban scream at everybody last night and not in a 'I'm such a great coach that I never stop coaching even when the game is won kind of way'.
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So what? If you don't finish top two, I'm perfectly comfortable with going to a lesser bowl. Is there a third SEC team this year that deserved a shot in a BCS bowl? How often is there ever a third team that could be in consideration for a BCS at-large?
 
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One thing is for sure, there is no positive connection in the SEC dominance of the NC game and UT football.
Our 2007 Tennessee team was the last to have a bowl victory, and the SEC has won every NC game in that time.
 
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mad4vols said:
One thing is for sure, there is no positive connection in the SEC dominance of the NC game and UT football.
Our 2007 Tennessee team was the last to have a bowl victory, and the SEC has won every NC game in that time.
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Tennessee's coaching had a heck of a lot more to do with that than what other SEC teams were doing.
 
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golfballs said:
Tennessee's coaching had a heck of a lot more to do with that than what other SEC teams were doing.
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but is the SEC perceived power responsible for Auburn's resurgence? What does it say that both A&M and Mizzou came in and had immediate success? Is the SEC power what's responsible for making Vandy a better program or is it James Franklin?
 
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volfanbill said:
but is the SEC perceived power responsible for Auburn's resurgence? What does it say that both A&M and Mizzou came in and had immediate success? Is the SEC power what's responsible for making Vandy a better program or is it James Franklin?
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I believe the answer is coaching
 
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I pull for a few SEC teams, for example I like Chavis so I would pull for them.
Last night I was the biggest OU fan in the room
 
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volfanbill said:
Next thing you're going to tell me that OU won because Stoops coached up a great game and found a way to break McCarron down.
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They won because Stoops went up tempo which is the way to beat Saban coached teams. Which, coincidentally, is the reason Saban is against the new up tempo style of college football.
 
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Like most things in life, despite what many liberals or conservatives, Christians or atheists (any other dichotomy you prefer), will tell you, the world is not always black-and-white. Such is the same with the matter of whether or not to pull for the SEC. The answer is probably somewhere in the middle.

On the one hand, pulling for every SEC team against OOC does not directly correspond with the success of your program in any given season, especially if your own team (UT) has been having little success. Making a direct connection is a fallacy, proven even more so by the fact that UT has had its worse stretch while the SEC has had its best. Such a direct connection doesn't hold up under specific scrutiny in any given season.

On the other hand, you don't want every SEC team to consistently tank against OOC (doing so would only weaken your SOC/seeding/etc.). A consistently weak SEC could hurt your own team in the long-run.

So, to end the great debate, let's just say that both sides are partially right.

I still hate Alabama though.
 
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