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There has been a lot of off-season chatter about strength of conferences and whether the SEC is really so much better than the rest. That is not where I'm going here, as I believe that the numbers speak for themselves on that point.
A bigger question is why do SEC fans tend to think as much about their conference as they do about their individual teams?
First of all, let me put an end to what has been advanced by a few that it's the lesser teams riding the coattails of the power teams. That is patently not true. In fact, the opposite would be more true.
You rarely hear fans from Kentucky, Mississippi State, or Vanderbilt make any noise at all. It doesn't make a difference if it's about their team or the conference, they just don't engage much. There is a reason for that.
Instead, you hear the power teams (Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, LSU, etc.) being among the most vocal that the conference is supreme. These teams (some more than others) have plenty of accomplishments and don't need to ride any coattails.
In fact, if this coattail theory were true, you would think that these teams would not want others trying to lay claim to any of their hard work. So obviously, that's not it.
So what is it? Well, I'm here to tell you that it's a cultural thing—a "Southern thang," if you will. Here's what I mean.
At any rate, we see ourselves as Southerners of which college football is only one of the many things we like in common. We all love barbecue. We all like beer. We love the hot women at the tailgate festivities. Many of us grew up listening to the likes of Lynyrd Skynyrd, .38 Special, and other "Southern Rock" bands. Many of us (though certainly not all) like to fish and/or hunt. You could think of most of us as a big family.
Therefore, if you considered the SEC to be one big group of 12 brothers, you would start to understand. Thi