NCAA Power 5 conference red headed stepchildren

[ScWildthing61]

The more I watch college sports the more I'm convinced that there are teams in each conference that are members of their respective conferences so that each conference has a set number of teams. The powers that be in each conference really don't want these schools there and any accomplishments these schools have/had will always be glossed over in favor of the other conference members. I kept it to one per conference but I'm sure in each conference there's more than one.

ACC: Boston College
Big Ten: Rutgers
Big XII: West Virginia
Pac 12: Colorado
SEC: South Carolina

Sad part for us is all those other schools joined their conferences 2012 and later. Just look at that hoops documentary the SEC just did, our final four run in 2017 was mentioned as an "oh by the way" whereas the other schools who made similar runs(1994 Florida, 1996 Miss St., 2006 LSU, 2019 Auburn) had theirs talked about in depth. Even the run Dawn's teams have been on they tried to cover it up by giving the story time to Mississippi St. even though we were stomping them in the ground every time we played them. It was like "well we can't ignore the South Carolina women so let's minimize their story as much as possible."

Really SEC? Guess it doesn't mean that much!

 

[joeyamamaahoe]

Give me your money and we'll take the wins. That's fine.

 

[SSIGamecock]

The more I watch college sports the more I'm convinced that there are teams in each conference that are members of their respective conferences so that each conference has a set number of teams. The powers that be in each conference really don't want these schools there and any accomplishments these schools have/had will always be glossed over in favor of the other conference members. I kept it to one per conference but I'm sure in each conference there's more than one.

ACC: Boston College
Big Ten: Rutgers
Big XII: West Virginia
Pac 12: Colorado
SEC: South Carolina

Sad part for us is all those other schools joined their conferences 2012 and later. Just look at that hoops documentary the SEC just did, our final four run in 2017 was mentioned as an "oh by the way" whereas the other schools who made similar runs(1994 Florida, 1996 Miss St., 2006 LSU, 2019 Auburn) had theirs talked about in depth. Even the run Dawn's teams have been on they tried to cover it up by giving the story time to Mississippi St. even though we were stomping them in the ground every time we played them. It was like "well we can't ignore the South Carolina women so let's minimize their story as much as possible."

Really SEC? Guess it doesn't mean that much!

Sounds a bit excessive over one documentary.

 

[Uscg1984]

The more I watch college sports the more I'm convinced that there are teams in each conference that are members of their respective conferences so that each conference has a set number of teams. The powers that be in each conference really don't want these schools there and any accomplishments these schools have/had will always be glossed over in favor of the other conference members. I kept it to one per conference but I'm sure in each conference there's more than one.

ACC: Boston College
Big Ten: Rutgers
Big XII: West Virginia
Pac 12: Colorado
SEC: South Carolina

Sad part for us is all those other schools joined their conferences 2012 and later. Just look at that hoops documentary the SEC just did, our final four run in 2017 was mentioned as an "oh by the way" whereas the other schools who made similar runs(1994 Florida, 1996 Miss St., 2006 LSU, 2019 Auburn) had theirs talked about in depth. Even the run Dawn's teams have been on they tried to cover it up by giving the story time to Mississippi St. even though we were stomping them in the ground every time we played them. It was like "well we can't ignore the South Carolina women so let's minimize their story as much as possible."

Really SEC? Guess it doesn't mean that much!

Paranoia.

IF the SEC has a red headed stepchild that nobody else in the conference really wants, it's clearly Missouri.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Paranoia.

IF the SEC has a red headed stepchild that nobody else in the conference really wants, it's clearly Missouri.

I tend to agree but....it's the same Mizzou that joined in 2012 and promptly went to back-to-back SECCG in 2013 and 2014. And they've been to 4 NCAAT since joining.

We've been to 1 SECCG and 4 NCAAT in our 32 years in the SEC.

 

[Deleted11512]

It's Vandy.

 

[Anon1658788697]

It's Vandy.

They bring academics I wouldn’t go that far with them.

 

[Go Gamecocks]

 

[Uscg1984]

I tend to agree but....it's the same Mizzou that joined in 2012 and promptly went to back-to-back SECCG in 2013 and 2014. And they've been to 4 NCAAT since joining.

We've been to 1 SECCG and 4 NCAAT in our 32 years in the SEC.

For sure. But this thread isn't about who has had the least athletic success. If it was, that would be a race between Vandy and Ole Miss.

This thread was about who is the program the rest of the conference wishes wasn't there. The SEC has one clear odd-duck and there really isn't even another contender.

 

[Captain_Obvious]

Arkansas would feel the same way as us. When it comes to football they have to play in the shadow of the west division. They’ve also had some awful years recently

 

[Rogue Cock]

They bring academics I wouldn’t go that far with them.

As does Mizzou as they are one of the top 64 research universities in the country.

 

[Tngamecock]

Paranoia.

IF the SEC has a red headed stepchild that nobody else in the conference really wants, it's clearly Missouri.

They want Vandy for the normally sure football win.

 

[bayrooster]

I tend to agree but....it's the same Mizzou that joined in 2012 and promptly went to back-to-back SECCG in 2013 and 2014. And they've been to 4 NCAAT since joining.

We've been to 1 SECCG and 4 NCAAT in our 32 years in the SEC.

Given it's a sports conference, and they have generally been better at men's sports than us since they joined, I think that makes them look like they fit in.

 

[ScWildthing61]

Let us play Arkansas, Missouri, or any other school in the SEC that claims they're disrespected and unwanted in any sport and let's see which school gets the calls from the refs and also which side the announcers talk up and not-so -subtly root for during said contest.

Hint: it won't be us.

 

[atl-cock]

Let's look at this from a different angle. Suppose you were trying to start a P5 conference based in the "greater" southeastern United States, Which 12 schools would you pick as members, using as criteria overall athletic success, school rivalries, geography, and academic recognition? All colleges and universities in the region are up for grabs.

 

[DarkCock]

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