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ESPN hate meter

SEC's hate-o-meter

July 29, 2008 1:21 PM


Posted by ESPN.com's Chris Low

Now that we've established that Alabama is the SEC's most hated team, let's take a look at the hate meter from top to bottom in the conference:

1. Alabama: Tide fans cling to the past with an obsessive desperation. Hate to break it to you, but Bear Bryant and all his brilliance ain't coming back.

2. Tennessee: If you can get past the neon orange, then there's that dreadful song, the one about a moonshine still. The whole world's against the Vols, too. Just ask their fans.

3. Florida: The halftime pass-outs to do shots at the old Purple Porpoise are no longer, but you'd never know it given the vile nature Gator fans on Saturdays at The Swamp.

4. LSU: When you win two national titles in five years, everybody's jealous. When you do it at LSU, an already rabid group of fans becomes downright unbearable.

5. Georgia: The bald guy barking with a bulldog painted on the top of his head is bad enough. That's not to mention Larry Munson's irritating voice and the infatuation with Uga.

6. Ole Miss: For a program that hasn't sniffed an SEC championship in more than 40 years, there's a distinct sense of snootiness any time you take a stroll through The Grove.

7. South Carolina: You've got to wonder about any team with a chicken as its mascot and a group of delusional fans that insist every season that this really is their year.

8. Auburn: What's with the rolling of Toomer's Corner? Obviously, there's not much else to do on The Plains. That is, outside of beating Alabama every year.

9. Kentucky: The Wildcats are ranked a little higher than they probably should be in this dubious poll simply because their basketball fans are so obnoxious.

10. Arkansas: Let's just hope we never have to hear Bobby Petrino calling the Hogs again. But, really, is Arkansas even in the SEC, or is it the Southwest Conference?

11. Mississippi State: Outside of those annoying cowbells clanging and the fact that it's so hard to get to Starkville, what is there really to hate about the Bulldogs?

12. Vanderbilt: The Commodores haven't won enough for anybody to hate them. Too bad ACT scores and graduation rates don't count on the scoreboard.