SEC Official
Elongated Member
This is a no contest IMO. Its SEC football fans all the way. Those guys seem to think CFB only started in 1998 or something. At least ACC BB fans appreciate the tradition and prestige of leagues other than their own and can speak intelligently on other teams in other leagues. I honestly dont know too many SEC football fans that can do the same.
Now I will admit... I have been on many boards where the SEC gets attacked for something currently going on (e.g. weak OOC schedule or something) and then you adequately defend the argument... and inevitable some fan (e.g. Michigan) will throw out how many championships they have won since since the emancipation proclamation.
So to you point of thinking football only started in 1998... I can see it both ways.
I will pick on my own team, Florida. Florida never had a good football program until the 90's... and our basketball team got lucky to make the final four in 1994 with Lon Kruger... but really has only become a powerhouse since Billy got there.. and the success didn't come overnight.
So why do I care how many national championships some team won back when they had no facemask and the % of black athletes allowed to play was dismal?
My only point is... you can't mix your timeframes when one starts losing a debate. That is like the kid who doesn't get picked up to play football so he decides to take his ball and go home. It just looks bad. If we are talking about this year's team... it has nothing to do with last year.. much less 40 years ago or longer.
I recently had this on this board (although I didn't respond) when a select Michigan fan didn't like my logic, and immediately said Michigan would beat Florida by double digits just like they did last year.
What relevance does it have this year? none... and secretly inside I hope Florida gets Michigan in March because I think the outcome would be similar to last year but in a different direction since we both have completely different teams this year. But to this fan, throwing in history somehow brought him comfort... so I just let it go.