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    Dr. Saturday

    Here, let the SEC’s new T-shirt remind you how many consecutive championships it’s won

    buffett.jpgThe SEC is putting the other conferences on notice - again.

    Last year, the conference used the front of its media guide to promote its five consecutive national titles. Tuesday, the conference released it's new "6" shirt, which highlights the six consecutive BCS championships the conference has won. It's nothing flashy, just a blue shirt with the SEC logo and the words, "Home of  5 6 consecutive national champions" with the 5 crossed out and a 6 drawn in its place.

    It doesn't even name the six teams, because it's the SEC and you should just know who they are. In case you don't, it's Florida (2006), LSU (2007), Florida again (2008), Alabama (2009), Auburn (2010) and Alabama again in 2011.

    In fact, with LSU's title in 2003, you'd be hard-pressed to find a conference that has had a more dominate decade. Of course, historically speaking, the Ivy League scoffs at the SEC's little national championship run. From 1869-1900, Harvard, Yale and Princeton dominated the country in college football winning 29 of 31 national titles. If someone has that "29" T-shirt please snap a picture and hit me up on Twitter.

    With Alabama's win this year, the SEC is already looking to assert its national dominance in this decade. Most early polls are already picking LSU to open 2012 on top of the preseason rankings this summer. With a new quarterback, perhaps the Tigers can revamp their offense into one that can actually move the ball past midfield. (Zing!)

    So, the bragging rights — once again — go to the SEC, which will continue to run the rest of the country's nose in it until someone from another conference proves otherwise. We're looking at you, USC.

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    78 comments

    • A Yahoo user  •  3 months ago
      Just remember it was the SEC who wanted a playoff but it was commissioners like Big 10's Delaney who said no and wants to hold on to the Rose Bowl for dear life.
      • kmat 3 months ago
        big ten school here...you are correct. big ten at the time were a bunch of pansies
      • Randy 3 months ago
        Delany's an idiot...leaders & Legends....come on man
      • 4thplaceismine 3 months ago
        yup, and pac10 leadership sucked. hopefully, with new leadership and conference realignment, we'll see a push towards a playoff field, even if it is only 4 teams (should be at least 8 though).
    • neil  •  Stanton, California  •  3 months ago
      Who did Okie St win (out of conf)???? Arizona (4-8 team). What was Little 12 league best win, collectively? Fl State, a team got beat by Wake Forest the same team that got destroyed by bottom tier SEC team. SEC destroyed Oregon (PAC12 Champ) W Virginia (B East co-champs) Clemson (ACC champ) Cinci (B East co-champs)... what else!!! Oh yeah Little 12 match up with SEC this year: 2 games = 2 losses. #2 L12 KSU was handcuffed by #4 SEC Arkansas. Arkansas put more points on Tex A&M and held KSU to least points than the whole L12 conf. combined could do all year long. Anymore L12 whiners !!!!!!
      • IBtheWhiteKnight 3 months ago
        Yeah, and powerhouse La Tech beat Ole Miss in Hattiesburg, while Michigan State beat the SEC's East Champion. The only team with any balls in the entire league is Alabama, at least they are willing to play decent teams out of the South.
      • Jason 3 months ago
        The 2nd closest games of the year for both Alamaba and LSU were vs non-SEC schools, #$%$ SEC lacked depth this year. You want to read stats:First DownsLSU: 19... WVU: 28Total YardsLSU: 366WVU: 533TurnoversLSU: 0WVU:4Wow, how dominant that was. Let's look at another:First Downs1818Total YardsOregon:335LSU: 273TurnoversOregon: 4LSU: 1Now let's see how the third best SEC team did vs LSU, since your conferece is so amazing:First DownsArkansas: 11LSU: 26Total YardsArkansas: 254LSU: 494TurnoversArkansas: 3LSU: 2
      • Jason 3 months ago
        also, GA Southern scored more points vs Alabama than anyone. Alabama didn't play anybody. They beat Penn State by 16. Penn State lost to Wisconsin near the end of the year 58-3.
    • Kilo  •  Raleigh, North Carolina  •  3 months ago
      The SEC is good because they actually play defense.
      • 4thplaceismine 3 months ago
        too bad most of them don't play offense. (see lsu's perfomance in both games vs. 'bama).
      • Kilo 3 months ago
        True, but normally a good defense beats a good offense. The team I am waiting to see next year is Southern Cal.
      • Sean 3 months ago
        Hell yeah Kilo, they gonna be verry good.. and they are going to get Nelson Agholor from florida.
    • sven s  •  3 months ago
      This is a great way to show the others how lame they are. Ever notice how the others say crap about not pulling for any team because of conference ties....well when your teams get throttled you have to take solace in your lone lil school. They cant pull for their conference because they get hammered and actually run coaches off to less competitive schools with "health issues"? Funny how once the SEC caught up with that big 10 guy he ran home leaving a pile of crap in at UF. Now with the Pedophile State University having problems he can cherry pick and make a run at it. Dont worry TOSU he wont leave you. It cant get any easier than were he is....the Big 10 (they cant count but they are leaders and legends after-all)!
    • JES  •  Columbus, Georgia  •  3 months ago
      @ George
      There are actually five SEC schools that have won BCS national championship. Tennessee won the inaugural game in 1999. The SEC has won 8 of the 14 games. The closest any other conference comes to that is the Big 12 and the ACC with two wins. Pac 12 had one vacated with USC. The SEC has 9 appearances with 8 wins and 1 loss. The loss was to another SEC team this year with LSU and Alabama. The SEC has won the title game every time they have played in it. SEC fans can absolutely crow about it. Their teams play in the toughest conference in the NCAA at the moment. There will come a day when another team wins it and I know that the whole country will celebrate but for now.. crow on SEC fans! RTR!
    • JES  •  Columbus, Georgia  •  3 months ago
      The rest of the country should be happy. The SEC champion lost in the BCSNCG! For the 1st time in 6 years , the SEC champion is not the BCS national champion.Doesn't that make you feel better?
      • White 3 months ago
        Only raises more questions. For example, how many other teams with one loss would have beaten the SEC champion? We'll never know, and that's a shame. Your team deserves a chance to prove that they are the undisputed champion.
      • JES 3 months ago
        Absolutely none. Who do you think would have beaten Alabama or LSU? Don't you dare say Okie State, (Iowa State). LSU beat Oregon and West Virginia like a drum. We play defense in the SEC. The SEC defenses have shut down all your high powered offenses year after year in the BCSNCG. Everyone in the sports media knew Bama and LSU were the two best teams in the country. There was even talk of a rematch prior to the beginning of the season. The SEC and ACC proposed a playoff system and everyone else shot it down. Just deal with it unless you want to change the rules for a playoff system. That is what we wanted in the first place. RTR!
      • SECROCKS 3 months ago
        We'll have a playoff and trust me, there will still be "if this" "if that" posts. Not everyone will be happy!
    • Robert  •  3 months ago
      This year's NC game was NOT the lowest-rated BCS NC game! Please stop parroting someone else's errors, and do a little research.

      First, all BCS bowl games moved to ESPN starting with the 2010 season. That automatically limits their ratings potential, since many homes don't have cable access. Last year's NC game is the highest-ranked U.S. cable TV broadcast of all time (in all categories, not just sports), and this year's game is #4 on that list. ESPN has aired more than 350 NFL games since 1987, and only 2 of them had a higher rating than Bama-LSU. In terms of actual viewers, Bama-LSU's 24.2 million was the second-largest audience in cable history, behind Auburn-Oregon's 27.3 million.

      However, even ignoring the ESPN handicap, this was still not the lowest-rated game! This year's 14.01 is higher than '01 (13.8) & '04 (13.7), and not far behind '03 (14.5) & '07 (14.40), all of which were on broadcast networks. Because the ratings represent the percentage of TVs tuned in, as the total number of TV sets has increased over the years, the same rating now would actually mean a higher viewership. I think some of you who said you wouldn't watch couldn't resist tuning in anyway!
    • NoDoze  •  Fort Myers, Florida  •  3 months ago
      The SEC is just downright DOMINANT this past Decade!

      It will be difficult for other Conferences to slow down the momentum being that the SEC also has extremely good Academic Programs to go along with their Athletic Programs... Too bad most Athletes don't take advantage of that though!
      • Joe's 3 months ago
        Ummm...the SEC has been dominant for the past 30 years. Lead every other conference easily with Top 20 finishes over that time frame.
    • Scott G  •  3 months ago
      All the programs in SEC are integrated since players from same high school go to different SEC schools. And the media is the one that started the conference pride focusing on conference bowl records and such. The beast is too big to stop now. With 6 straight, the conference fans will continue to support it and so would other conferences in that position.
    • White  •  3 months ago
      I can only guess that the champion would be from the SEC. They would probably run off several championships in a row based on the fact that they have great coaches and great players, but that's why they play the game. Based on the season before the bowl games...LSU would have been crowned champion, but Alabama beat them and based on some polls they are crowned champion. Why do people get so butt-hurt about questioning the system that is in place? Put it in perspective...College football is grown men watching teenage boys play together. haha
    • george  •  3 months ago
      Four SEC schools have won those championships. The rest of you "SEC fans" have nothing to crow about.
    • Charlie  •  Charleston, South Carolina  •  3 months ago
      if u crybabies dont like it all u got to do is take it from them,fat chance
    • Alan  •  Moncks Corner, South Carolina  •  3 months ago
      I'm hoping for a plus one so when LSU, Bama, Georgia or some other SEC team wins yet again, the poor mouthers will have their wish as well as egg on their faces. You have to have a defense to win. You lose to a team like I don't know unranked Iowa State as the number three team as opposed to the number two losing to the number one. See how the simple logic of that even reads better than the lame excuses on here? And before you say they haven't faced an offense like OKstate or Standford, remember both teams averaged 40+ before both matchups against each other, with LSU having played Oregon and West Virginia and both of those teams could score so your arguments, all of them are weaker than the conferences you pull for
    • mgtank  •  Houston, Texas  •  3 months ago
      You can't count this year. There was no way that the SEC could not win it. Still think you should have to win you conference to play for the National Championship
    • Charles  •  St Paul, Minnesota  •  3 months ago
      From 1860-1900, there were probably only a handful of colleges that played organized, school-supported, football. Lame comparison....
    • Judge W.P.Beaureguard  •  3 months ago
      So many jealous weenies on here from other confrences. The SEC can't help it if all the gays sign in other confrences and can't play.
    • Robert  •  3 months ago
      My reply to some of these comments:

      Bama did not play 3 D2 teams, and neither did anybody else. Nearly all FBS schools play an FCS (mostly) or D2 team every year; a few lower-tier programs play 2. Yes, some SEC teams are weak, but that is true of every conference. Bama did not run up scores this year; when the game was in hand, they always subbed in backups to get them game experience, and even ran 4th down plays instead of kicking makeable field goals.

      The SEC did not create the BCS, nor are they defending it against a playoff system. The Big 6 confs. & Notre Dame, plus others, put the BCS together. The SEC proposed a 4-team playoff in 2008, and 4 of the other 5 confs. would not even discuss it.

      Why be proud of the SEC? It has proven itself the equal of or superior to every other in head-to-head play, especially in bowl games. Most confs. have 1 or 2 teams that dominate almost every year, and don't face much serious competition in-conf. (In the pre-expansion ACC, Florida State was practically guaranteed a 10-win season every year) In the SEC, the teams are typically much more competitive. You have to be the best to beat the best. Just looking at BCS NCs: SEC: 8-1, 5 different teams, 3 have won twice; Big 12: 2-5, 3 different teams (1 now in Big 10); PAC 12: 1-2, 2 different teams (win vacated); Big 10: 1-2, 1 team; ACC: 1-2, 1 team; Big East: 1-2, 2 teams (both now in ACC).

      About the Ivy League's domination of early NCs: Some of those were 1-game "seasons," the game started out as soccer & transitioned gradually into what we now recognize as football, and there were few schools playing then. They only appear 5 times after 1920, once after 1935.
    • Daniel  •  New York, New York  •  3 months ago
      LET THE IVY LEAGUE IN FBS THAT WOULD BE FUN
    • steve  •  Paducah, Kentucky  •  3 months ago
      SEC RULES!! Get over it losers!
    • neil  •  Stanton, California  •  3 months ago
      Finally BCS picked 2 best teams in the country for the NC game. SEC just got so mismatched to play cupcakes from L12/B1G in NC games the last 5 years.