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<blockquote data-quote="Northeast Stinger" data-source="post: 166728" data-attributes="member: 1640"><p>And that is precisely my beef with SEC hype. Whenever they have a good season they can usually count on that for good PR for the next five years. Other conferences not so much. </p><p></p><p>My history with the SEC goes way back. I grew up as a major SEC fan so I know how we / they talk. I will give you just one example of which I could give many. Alabama fans have always said "we are the best team in the country." They would prove that by beating up on pipsqueak teams while saying those big northern teams are afraid to play us. Well, in 1973 Alabama finally got its chance to play Notre Dame and lost. Tried again in 1975 and lost again. 1976 lost again. 1980 lost again. Finally in 1986 they were able to slip by a 5-6 Notre Dame team and the fans all said, "See, I told you were better than any other team." In 1987 Alabama got shellacked by Notre Dame. In 2013 Alabama finally put the whipping on an overrated Notre Dame team that they always knew was possible. It confirmed everything fans had been telling themselves for decades. </p><p></p><p>Now when I ever I bring up stuff like this with younger people they act like this is just ancient history and has nothing to do with recent history. Au contraire, the point is that the SEC has been hyping itself for the last 50 years non stop. Won / Loss records have had little overall impact on the level of fan delusion one way or the other. And in the meantime a financial juggernaut has been built up on the legend and hype of the SEC. This is one of the most outstanding examples of "fake it till you make it" that I have ever seen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Northeast Stinger, post: 166728, member: 1640"] And that is precisely my beef with SEC hype. Whenever they have a good season they can usually count on that for good PR for the next five years. Other conferences not so much. My history with the SEC goes way back. I grew up as a major SEC fan so I know how we / they talk. I will give you just one example of which I could give many. Alabama fans have always said "we are the best team in the country." They would prove that by beating up on pipsqueak teams while saying those big northern teams are afraid to play us. Well, in 1973 Alabama finally got its chance to play Notre Dame and lost. Tried again in 1975 and lost again. 1976 lost again. 1980 lost again. Finally in 1986 they were able to slip by a 5-6 Notre Dame team and the fans all said, "See, I told you were better than any other team." In 1987 Alabama got shellacked by Notre Dame. In 2013 Alabama finally put the whipping on an overrated Notre Dame team that they always knew was possible. It confirmed everything fans had been telling themselves for decades. Now when I ever I bring up stuff like this with younger people they act like this is just ancient history and has nothing to do with recent history. Au contraire, the point is that the SEC has been hyping itself for the last 50 years non stop. Won / Loss records have had little overall impact on the level of fan delusion one way or the other. And in the meantime a financial juggernaut has been built up on the legend and hype of the SEC. This is one of the most outstanding examples of "fake it till you make it" that I have ever seen. [/QUOTE]
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