NFC South & SEC
 

Question: Do all of you LSU fans, who pull for the other SEC teams in bowl games, also pull for the NFC South teams in the playoffs?

Re: NFC South & SEC
 

I'm Horns fan but I will pull for my some Big 12 schools(K-State & KU) I do live in Kansas, but I will never root for Oklahoma or the recently gone CornHuskers or Aggies ever!!! I would pull for the Bucs if they was the only nfc south team playing, but not the other 2.

Re: NFC South & SEC
 

I'm a Saint fan, not a falcon, buc, or panther. I will never pull for any of them. I could care less if i need atl to win a game to help the Saints get in the playoffs. I WILL never pull for them.
On the SEC, I am a LSU fan. I will never pull for a team from the state of Alabama. Other teams i could care less. I really dont care if they win or lose. I just dont follow college ball anymore.

Re: NFC South & SEC
 

I don't but college is different.

Since College uses rankings (opinions) I want my team to have played and beaten the best. The SEC is definitely the best and I take pride in Bama playing and beating the best.

SEC success translates to more respect, more dollars for the conference, more dollars for our schools, more dollars for other sports programs at our schools, better athletes wanting to play in our conference, more TV time, more dollars for my team and a lot of pride in the rivalries.

Re: NFC South & SEC
 

I think SEC is the best.

But now If you can get some investigations going on boosting with Auburn and Alabama, their is that possibility that some of the fans favorite team got cheated.

Lets also be honest about one thing, while we know how dominant the SEC is, the team that seems to always get paired up with an SEC team in the National championship game, seemingly ends up being one that had no business there. It was fortunate Bama got LSU last season after LSU beat them earlier in the year, anyone in pro or college level will tell you that the toughest team you can face is one you already beaten, why you see so many games in the NFL split with division rivals.

Re: NFC South & SEC
 

3 of the 4 NFC South Teams are evil bastard children of Rosanne Barr and Barny Frank.


The Saints is not one of them.

Re: NFC South & SEC
 

No! And I don't pull for the other SEC teams either except for Vandy; and thats just out of pity.

Re: NFC South & SEC
 

You can pull for other teams in your conference in college because all the teams will get a percentage of the money from winning in bowl games. NFL not so much and as much as it will pain me this week to do it, I'll be pulling for the 49ers!

Re: NFC South & SEC
 

Short answer..HELL NO!!!

Re: NFC South & SEC
 

I have always hated the city of Atlanta. No real feelings for Panthers or Bucs.
My twin brother likes Atlanta(coach and players) and wants to see the division do well. He also lived in Carolina when they got the expansion team.
In short we have to play both teams twice a year and I don't want to like them even a little bit. It's easier not to like them.

Re: NFC South & SEC
 

NFC South? anyone not won a superbowl in the group?

College i actually love watching the so called experts eat their words as so called weaker conferences beat their powerhouses.

Re: NFC South & SEC
 

I thought this thread was gonna be about what if Alabama or Georgia played the NFC South teams....Alabama would almost certainly beat Tampa and Carolina, maybe beat the Falcons, but the Saints would definitely be way too much for them to handle, too complex. That's the only game of the four that wouldn't be close....

Re: NFC South & SEC
 

I'm a Saints and LSU fan, but I don't really give a crap about any other teams, to be quite honest. I understand the whole "exposure" thing in college, but I know deep down that me pulling for them won't make them play any better. So the only team I pull for is the team I actually care about. At least I can pretend my rooting makes a difference then.

Re: NFC South & SEC
 

There is a major difference between a team here or there from a weaker conference beating a "powerhouse" team, and an ENTIRE conference beating those powerhouses, as your post was worded. 7 National titles in a row by the SEC pretty much shoots down any insinuation you might be trying to make about it being overrated.

Re: NFC South & SEC
 

true enough i forgot to spell it out.

weaker conference beating powerhouse conference

I am an underdog fan at heart

True enough but a national championship does not crown the division. Sabin has gotten credit for 3 of those but i have to make it 4. LSU won it all with a house Sabin built.

bring on the playoff system please

Re: NFC South & SEC
 

Does not crown the division? I'm talking about a conference. Those 7 national titles came from 4 different teams, and If you'll look at the top six teams from just this past year in the SEC, you'll notice that five of them were a play here or there from being in the national championship game, and one was fortunate enough to get there. Can you name another conference in recent memory, or ever, who could say that?

And what will the playoff system solve, I wonder? If the SEC fields 3 of the top 4 teams as it did this year, you will be watching a playoff consisting of 75% SEC. The rest of the nation will be whining and moaning again. Then what? Do we expand it to 8? Then maybe 16? Where does it end?

The obvious answer is it doesn't. Either constant complaining, or constant playoff expansion.

Just because people might think something is unfair doesn't always mean they're right. Sometimes things are just better left alone. Absolution does not and cannot exist in sports. You can never make everyone happy. There are 68 teams in the current NCAA basketball tournament format. And I can give you a 100% guarantee that this year, just like ever other year, there will be another 8-12 teams complaining that their "bubble" was stronger than someone else's bubble, and they got screwed.

I have to blast a bit on your Saban comment, lastly. I'm not a Les Miles fan, as I believe despite his relative success, he has done far less than most would with the kind of talent he's had. But that national title came 3 years after Saban left "the house". That leaves very few of his players left, and it also means that they weren't under his coaching for long, and for those who redshirted, they never played for him. If you give Saban credit for that, then you might aswell give Mike Shula credit for "building the house" that Saban inherited, because he also won his first title with them in his 3rd year.

Re: NFC South & SEC
 

I root for SEC over any other conference. It's a matter of conference Pride.

As far as the NFC South if Saints aren't in it, it's just football.

Re: NFC South & SEC
 

The worst team in the NFL would destroy Alabama. Every player on the 53 man roster of an NFL team is elite. They are professionals. Alabama, or any other great college team, is starting players that would never have a chance of making even a practice squad of an NFL team.

Re: NFC South & SEC
 

I myself root for the SEC in all out of conference games, which usually includes bowl games. Looks like my Rebels are going to be competitive next year so that increases my interest. Asfar as the NFC south goes Saints only, the other 3 can go 0-16 forever and it wouldn't bother me.

Re: NFC South & SEC
 

i thought i would fire up some other people too ;)

nicely put

Re: NFC South & SEC
 

lol, you certainly fired me up :p

Re: NFC South & SEC
 

its the off season so wth poke a few topics and see what happens lol