re: SEC rivalries

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Id say 90 percent of bama fans were probably going for auburn last night which is pitiful.

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It's not pitiful.

As a fan of a team in the conference, we get tired of hearing about how the SEC is overrated and that it isn't that much better than the rest of the conferences.

And that is bullshite.

What was the 2nd best conference this year? The Big Ten? Maybe the Pac 10? I've got news for you, the SEC is a lot better than both of those conferences. Sure, maybe teams from those conferences will beat some SEC teams in bowl games. But if you ask them to go through an entire SEC schedule, I doubt the will fair quite as well.

There's a reason the SEC has won 5 straight national championships, and 7 overall. It is the best conference in college football by a good margin, and it has been for the last decade.

Teams root for other teams in their bowl games, even after hating them all season long, for this reason alone. It is better for Alabama if Auburn wins the national championship this year. It only makes the conference seem stronger, which could help a team like Alabama next year if they are fighting for a national title shot.