re: Why did Tulane quit the SEC?

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A "Southern Ivy League" consisting of schools like Rice, Southern Methodist, Duke, Vanderbilt and Tulane was constantly advocated, but each of the other schools decided to stay in their league.

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Tulane should probably have tried to round up that group together BEFORE withdrawing from the SEC, not after.

The only major southern private school that would have probably been willing to join back then was Miami (and they were hardly "major" back then). Georgia Tech, though a public school, has long claimed to be more academic-centric than most southern schools and was obviously also available at the time.

Baylor, Duke, TCU, and Vandy probably wouldn't leave their leagues then or today either. In recent years, however, Rice, SMU, and TCU were all available after the Big XII refused them admittance when the league formed in 1996.