jrwoodchuck said:
You may be in the best conference, you're just not one of the best teams.
Depends on the sport and the year. We've won a few SEC and National titles.
It is like hanging out with super models. You may only take one home once in a while, but it is still better than going home with the homely girl begging for someone to take her home.
The SEC has 14 teams, vs 10 in the BXII-2-2+2.
The BXII members can't afford to field teams in every sport and those that do, are not always fully funded.
For example...
M S&D: 3 vs 10 in SEC
W S&D: 5 vs 12 in SEC
M Tennis: 6 vs 13 in SEC
W Softball: 7 vs 13 in SEC
BXII has two major Athletic Org - Sips & OU.
Huge drop after that.
With the SEC...11 of the 14 schools generate more revenue than the other 8 BXII schools.
It is what it is. We get the best recruits... we have the best teams... and we send more players to the Pros. Finishing 2nd or 3rd to the eventual National Champions is not entirely bad.