# Who's an SEC Doper? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 14, 2016, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-an-sec-doper/748967 "2016-03-14T13:19:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-an-sec-doper/748967/21 "2016-03-15T11:46:26Z")
If you’d like to compare notes with earlier responses to similar threads (that I know about) check out: > **[SEC Fans: Stand and be counted](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=566164)** > > If you have at least one SEC school that you root for no matter who they’re playing, if you went to an SEC school, or if you just like to think of yourself as an “SEC Fan” please identify yourself and give whatever particulars about yourself that you... SEC Fans: Stand and be counted 06-07-2010, 09:36 AM Zeldar > **[College football fans: how's your team look? -- 2011 Version](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=622777)** > > Based on this post: …and seeing nothing new on the subject, I looked at College football fans: how’s your team look? which ran from 08-21-2010, 09:47 AM –jsc1953 – to #372 12-04-2010, 10:09 AM – Zeldar – and thought a new thread would be a way to... College football fans: how’s your team look? – 2011 Version 09-02-2011, 10:28 AM Zeldar > **[Which college football teams are you a legitimate fan of -- and why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=734176)** > > And by “legitimate fan” I mean a team you root for come hell or high water, win or lose, good season or bad. Mine are (in order of fandom) Auburn Vanderbilt Tennessee Middle Tennessee Samford (formerly Howard College) The primary reasons for... Which college football teams are you a legitimate fan of – and why? 09-14-2014, 12:30 PM Zeldar =============================================== ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-an-sec-doper/748967/22 "2016-03-15T12:02:38Z")
I am through marriage. Go Gamecocks. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-an-sec-doper/748967/23 "2016-03-15T12:48:30Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Well that is damned [embarrassing.](http://images.footballfanatics.com/FFImage/thumb.aspx?i=/productImages%2F_126000%2FDS_126471_xl.jpg&w=400) :dubious: [This is not.](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ny62IqUrL._SY300_.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-an-sec-doper/748967/24 "2016-03-15T20:25:00Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > In response to the DC Area roll call, how about identifying yourself if you’re from one of these states: > > Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, > Mississippi, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas > > **SEC Spirit** doesn’t count unless you’re actually living here! 😃 > > You don’t even have to say which state, if you’d rather keep that a secret. :rolleyes: I’m a lifelong Georgian, but an ACC guy - best of both worlds! ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-an-sec-doper/748967/25 "2016-03-15T21:44:56Z")
I don’t fit the OP’s criteria, but I am a Florida Gator. ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-an-sec-doper/748967/26 "2016-03-15T21:56:35Z")
Vandy grad here ---
**Author:** ![snuffleupagus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@snuffleupagus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snuffleupagus)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-an-sec-doper/748967/27 "2016-03-16T21:17:51Z")
Kentucky alum (2x) and member of the Big Blue Nation, and still live here. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-an-sec-doper/748967/28 "2016-03-16T21:58:11Z")
> [@ataraxy22](#): > > Vandy grad here Not a student, but a former employee of Vanderbilt. Still live in TN. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-an-sec-doper/748967/29 "2016-03-16T22:23:45Z")
Texas here. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-an-sec-doper/748967/30 "2016-03-17T23:05:29Z")
I live in Florida. My local university is an ACC school. I went to college in a different part of the state, also at an ACC school. I won’t claim I’m in an SEC state. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-an-sec-doper/748967/31 "2016-03-17T23:14:41Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > I live in Florida. My local university is an ACC school. I went to college in a different part of the state, also at an ACC school. > I won’t claim I’m in an SEC state. 🙂 Thanks for the explanation. If there were a simpler way to have referred to this region of states than “SEC” maybe the responses would have been different. I just wanted a way to get a feel for how this region stacks up against that other thread about the DC area. I’m half expecting a West Coast head count or even the Midwest. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-an-sec-doper/748967/32 "2016-03-18T02:10:39Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Thanks for the explanation. If there were a simpler way to have referred to this region of states than “SEC” maybe the responses would have been different. I just wanted a way to get a feel for how this region stacks up against that other thread about the DC area. I’m half expecting a West Coast head count or even the Midwest. No worries - just showing a little school spirit. I know what you meant. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-an-sec-doper/748967/33 "2016-03-18T02:18:59Z")
I was born in a Western state, but then we moved to Arkansas when I was two years old and then to Texas a month before my sixth birthday, where I remained until age 29. I had to google SEC though. I assume it’s Southeastern Conference and not Securities and Exchange Commission. Is that something new, or does it apply just to East Texas? Never heard it in West Texas. ---
**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-an-sec-doper/748967/34 "2016-03-18T02:19:45Z")
Mizzou grad. However, we weren’t in the SEC when I attended. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-an-sec-doper/748967/35 "2016-03-18T13:26:59Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > … > I had to google SEC though. I assume it’s Southeastern Conference and not Securities and Exchange Commission. Is that something new, or does it apply just to East Texas? Never heard it in West Texas. According to [Southeastern Conference - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeastern_Conference#2012_expansion) Texas A&M joined the conference in 2012. No other Texas schools so far. My use of SEC as a grouping term for the states involved has been unfortunate since the football aspect has overtaken the original intent which was to identify Dopers from the **region**. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-an-sec-doper/748967/36 "2016-03-20T00:43:24Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > According to [Southeastern Conference - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeastern_Conference#2012_expansion) Texas A&M joined the conference in 2012. No other Texas schools so far. > > My use of SEC as a grouping term for the states involved has been unfortunate since the football aspect has overtaken the original intent which was to identify Dopers from the **region**. If you didn’t mean the football aspect, then I’m not sure what SEC means. Southeast something? But what does the C stand for? During my 24 years in Texas, it was never considered Southeast, although that could have just been a West Texas thing. No telling what the East Texans thought. We were always the South Plains. I understand in recent years they’ve taken to including themselves with the Southwest, but no one where I lived identified with the Southwest when I was growing up. Maybe they did around El Paso, but certainly not up where I was. But the last couple of times I was there, toward the end of last century, I saw Albuquerque-style coyote motifs had sprung up on coffee mugs and the like for the tourists, an obvious attempt to siphon off some of the Southwest cachet. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-an-sec-doper/748967/37 "2016-03-20T00:49:41Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > If you didn’t mean the football aspect, then I’m not sure what SEC means. Southeast something? But what does the C stand for? Conference. Please see my previous post. > [@](#): > > My use of SEC as a grouping term for the states involved has been unfortunate since the football aspect has overtaken the original intent which was to identify Dopers from the region. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-an-sec-doper/748967/38 "2016-03-20T00:54:20Z")
Ah, so it’s still Conference. I always identify that word with football. Although my Texas university was not in the Southeast Conference, it was in some sort of conference that grouped together all the major Texas schools plus the University of Arkansas. Not being a sports fan, I don’t even remember the exact name of the conference now, just that it wasn’t Southeast. I think as a whole, Texas was just considered the South. Never Southeast. ---
**Author:** ![excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e8c25b/32.png) [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-an-sec-doper/748967/39 "2016-03-20T02:49:30Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Ah, so it’s still Conference. I always identify that word with football. Although my Texas university was not in the Southeast Conference, it was in some sort of conference that grouped together all the major Texas schools plus the University of Arkansas. Not being a sports fan, I don’t even remember the exact name of the conference now, just that it wasn’t Southeast. > > I think as a whole, Texas was just considered the South. Never Southeast. That would have been the Southwest Conference (SWC). It fell apart in the 1996. I thought it was a shame, but in today’s TV market, a “Texas Conference” just couldn’t make it. Too many of the major TV markets are outside of Texas. ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-an-sec-doper/748967/40 "2016-03-20T02:54:07Z")
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