After listening to Paul Feinbaum's Trailer Trash Roundtable on Sirius a couple brief moments this week, it occurred to me that I don't understand the angst some fans of B1G schools (note how I didn't say "B1G fans," because we root for actual teams up here) have about the SEC and its fans.
1. "SEC fans" call themselves that because the actual teams they affiliate with generally suck. The fact that two undeniably outstanding teams (Bama and LSU) are in their league accords them, they think, glory by proximity. They're wrong, of course.
2. "SEC fans" affiliate with universities that neither they nor their kin could conceivably qualify to enter, let alone earn a degree from. B1G chauvinism aside, one can obtain an excellent college education at any SEC university; I know lots of grads of Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Auburn and Alabama that I'd stack up against the typical grads of B1G institutions. None of those people are the buffoons who style themselves "SEC fans."
3. "SEC fans" typically reside in vermin-ridden trailer parks, rundown wiregrass dogtrots or repurposed school buses, eat starchy fried foods and Moon Pies, and drink the cheapest beer available in the United States. Why would we have the least bit of envy for what they have, a few Saturdays each fall? God knows Minnesota fans take no pleasure in Buckeye victories, so why Kentucky fans feel good about Bama's national championship is beyond me, but hey, whatever floats their boat.
Now you see why I don't give a flying [censored] about "S-E-C." I hope it helps give some other good BP readers a similar flying-[censored] famine.