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Fun Facts For a Free-Wheeling Friday

By Tony Barnhart | Friday, March 28, 2008, 01:48 AM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

It’s “Free-Wheeling Friday” again which means we don’t have to be entirely serious. Here is a bunch of stuff I stumbled on while looking for something else. Nothing heavy. They are just some fun facts for your consideration.

And yes, this is for the SEC fans. ACC fans, I’ll make it up to you on another blog.

Fun Fact No. 1

Reasonable (or unreasonable) people can disagree over whether of not the SEC is the strongest football conference in the country. But here is the rundown, by conference, of the 10 national champions since the BCS began in 1998:

SEC (4): Tennessee (1998); LSU (2003); Florida (2006); LSU (2007).

Big 12 (2): Oklahoma (2000); Texas (2005).

ACC (1): Florida State (1999).

Big East (1): Miami (2001).

Big Ten (1): Ohio State (2002).

Pac-10 (1): Southern Cal (2004).

Fun Fact. No. 2

Well, it’s really not a fact, but it is fun. Have you ever wondered what the football landscape would look like if Auburn had gotten a shot at the 2004 national championship, when the Tigers were 13-0? If Auburn had beaten Southern Cal or Oklahoma, the last five BCS national champions would be:

2003: LSU

2004: Auburn

2005: Texas

2006: Florida

2007: LSU

Is the SEC just lucky? Does the league just have better players and coaches? What explains this run of success? And will it continue?

Fun Fact No. 3

Here are the final attendance figures from the NCAA for the 2007 season. The SEC led in total attendance for the 27th consecutive year. The SEC also led in average attendance per game.

Conference—————Avg. attendance

SEC————————-75,139

Big Ten——————-71,158

Big 12———————60,419

Pac-10———————57,910

ACC————————-53,733

Big East——————41,455

Mountain West———-33,657

[Longtrainn 2]

Hmmm so what you're saying is we're the best, and that our fans are the most passionate?... Yeah, I think I can buy that.

[AUTiger1 0]

Hmmm so what you're saying is we're the best, and that our fans are the most passionate?... Yeah, I think I can buy that.

But....but.....but, that's NOT what the guys at ESPN would have us believe.

[TigerinGraceland 0]

But....but.....but, that's NOT what the guys at ESPN would have us believe.

Now you just know there is an SEC fan residing somewhere in Herbstreit. Especially after his beloved Buckeyes have been trounced two years in a row in the BcS.

[SKCAUB 0]

But....but.....but, that's NOT what the guys at ESPN would have us believe.

Now you just know there is an SEC fan residing somewhere in Herbstreit. Especially after his beloved Buckeyes have been trounced two years in a row in the BcS.

NO, NO, NO...they're ALREADY saying that 2008 was the year they've been pointing to...and they were just in the MNCG EARLY last year....

Also, I was at our A-Day game yesterday...it was a blast as usual...and it was really nice to see some scoring....

[Hoopie 6]

ESPN is all about the ratings. Ignoring the SEC keeps the rest of the country interested and the SEC watches anyway b/c we can't help ourselves.

[SouthLink02 8]

I mean, come on guys....I hate ESPN like everyone else but I won't go as far to say that they ignore us

I mean, I think many in the country hate the SEC due to how much coverage we get on ESPN

[mowegl 4]

I mean, come on guys....I hate ESPN like everyone else but I won't go as far to say that they ignore us

I mean, I think many in the country hate the SEC due to how much coverage we get on ESPN

Yeah. You should hear the Pac-10/West coast guys complain about ESPN only talking about the East Coast. They all watch Fox Sports out there.

[WAR-MATT 2]

I mean, come on guys....I hate ESPN like everyone else but I won't go as far to say that they ignore us

I mean, I think many in the country hate the SEC due to how much coverage we get on ESPN

Yeah. You should hear the Pac-10/West coast guys complain about ESPN only talking about the East Coast. They all watch Fox Sports out there.

ESPN is not biased to anyone except for the Big 10. 90% of the analyst and play by play guys are from Big 10 schools. Has OSU ever had a rebuilding year in ESPN's eyes?

[AUBURNJAC 53]

But....but.....but, that's NOT what the guys at ESPN would have us believe.

Now you just know there is an SEC fan residing somewhere in Herbstreit. Especially after his beloved Buckeyes have been trounced two years in a row in the BcS.

The greatest thing EVER would be for Auburn and OSU to be undefeated at the end of 08' and ESPN would be bobo honking OSU just like they have the last two years. Then when Auburn beats them 46-12, the SEC can collectively take a picture together and send it straight to ESPN. Actually, this is my 08' prediction.

WAR DAMN EAGLE!

[vatz22au 142]

The greatest thing EVER would be for Auburn and OSU to be undefeated at the end of 08' and ESPN would be bobo honking OSU just like they have the last two years. Then when Auburn beats them 46-12, the SEC can collectively take a picture together and send it straight to ESPN. Actually, this is my 08' prediction.

WAR DAMN EAGLE!

Just like the Florida vs Ohio St. bowl game right?