re: Team SEC Mentality

I agree with the whole BCS/No playoffs/Strongest conference gets the benefit of the doubt argument.

However, I think what a lot of people omit is the fact that sports is all about playing the best. If you're not playing against the best teams, why play at all? So you can cruise to a NCG berth?

Personally, I root (that's not the best word but I can't think of a better one) for SEC teams in non-conference games because I love my teams playing at the highest level of competition. If all the people who never want Bama/UF/Aub/etc. to win got their way, LSU would be playing teams with losing records every week. Who the hell wants that?

Don't pull out the "If Bama wins, they'll get the better recruits" argument. With the scholarship limit nowadays, there are plenty of atheletes in the Southeast to go around (except Vandy, of course).