Yeah I don't get the "cheer for the SEC team" thing either. I want every other team to lose. Always.
I don't cheer for them but I want the SEC teams to win out of conference games and if Tennessee's not in it, I want an SEC to win the national title. If you don't have title contenders you're going to be the equivalent of the Big East or WAC. Is that what you want?
No, because it means our rivals and direct competitors are experiencing success when we aren't.You don't think strength of the league helps recruiting, national attention, and consistently gives the teams that finish high a chance to play for the title? Look at tonight, Oregon may be done even though they're 1 of several with 1 loss. Alabama and Georgia are right back in it. Would that be the case if the league was mediocre. Louisville had no shot even if they'd kept winning.
You don't think strength of the league helps recruiting, national attention, and consistently gives the teams that finish high a chance to play for the title? Look at tonight, Oregon may be done even though they're 1 of several with 1 loss. Alabama and Georgia are right back in it. Would that be the case if the league was mediocre. Louisville had no shot even if they'd kept winning.