I'm not a conference loyalist. I will never cheer for Oregon (at least I never plan to), and I'll only cheer for WSU when they play Oregon. I don't care about any SEC team other than Alabama, except that the conference's success seems to aggravate certain bored members' mental health issues, and that amuses me. Regardless, as much as many of you hate the SEC, a large part of why that conference has so much success is due to their conference-as-one mindset. The continuous pumping eachother up has been a large factor in why the conference is good and is perceived as good. It's a self-fullfilling prophecy.
And for those of you who actually think that the Pac12 is as good as the SEC right now, as a "man" once said, you need to get some perspective. Just watch the Georgia v "USC" game and explain to me how any P12 team has played at that level this season. And, that's the SEC lEast. The media isn't the only reason why everyone in the country will be watching a couple of SEC games down in Mississippi tomorrow.
Good perspective, but you are high if you think Stanford, UCLA, or a healthy Oregon can't beat South Carolina and Georgia. Arizona, ASU, UW, and USC could possibly beat them at home too. They are upper-middle teams in any big conference except the Big 10. South Carolina's defense sucks and Georgia has a QB that looks as bad as Cyler Miles and Mark Richt is still their coach.
I do find the SEC, SEC chant funny because it's so stupid. Who chants about a conference? I like the SEC and watch at least a game or two every Saturday, but the top to bottom depth is embellished by the media. You can hate the media hype and appreciate watching great football.
Mississippi State beats LSU and the story becomes about how strong the SEC is and how good Mississippi State is this year. Never mind that LSU doesn't have a QB and lost a RB and two WR's in the first three rounds of the NFL draft. Arizona beats Oregon and the story becomes Oregon sucks, which mostly true, but there is a difference in how they are spun. Same thing will happen if Ole Miss beats Alabama, who while good, doesn't look like Alabama of the past few years.