# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Red\_Stilettos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Red\_Stilettos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Stilettos)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-an-sec-doper/748967/41 "2016-03-20T03:26:05Z")
Born and raised in Georgia. Graduated from UGA. Go Dawgs! Currently live in Atlanta. ---
**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, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-an-sec-doper/748967/42 "2016-03-20T06:31:59Z")
> [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](#): > > 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. Yes, that sounds familiar. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-an-sec-doper/748967/43 "2016-03-20T09:58:39Z")
Husband did post-graduate research at Mizzou. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-an-sec-doper/748967/44 "2016-03-21T14:27:32Z")
Living in Georgia, but since a lot of people are sharing their college fandom as well… Go Big XII! (I’m From Oklahoma) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-an-sec-doper/748967/45 "2016-03-21T18:01:06Z")
In order to try to reduce the confusion about what’s being asked here, I have put up: > **[Southern Dopers ID Yourselves](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=787895)** > > If you are currently living (more than half the year) in one of these states please check that option. If you want to say Other, that’s cool, too. Southern Dopers ID Yourselves 03-21-2016, 12:51 PM We can continue this one for whatever purpose it may serve. 😃 In addition to the Southeastern Conference (SEC) states, I have included **North Carolina Virginia** because… ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-an-sec-doper/748967/46 "2016-03-21T20:04:54Z")
Well, it’s not that I was confused. The “SEC” designation implies fandom (sports + people = fandom), so I followed the crowd and identified team affiliation. Hope that helps. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-an-sec-doper/748967/47 "2016-03-22T15:26:50Z")
> [@ddsun](#): > > Well, it’s not that I was confused. The “SEC” designation implies fandom (sports + people = fandom), so I followed the crowd and identified team affiliation. > > Hope that helps. Of course. Short-sightedness on my part in the choice of terms for the region. That along with earlier threads I have started where _football_ **was an issue** only added to the confusion. It just looked like a poll would be the best way to get a feel for who all lives in this part of the country. But as for the other side issues about the SEC and whatever, this thread may still have some value/use/amusement. ETA: I just hope those who have (or will have) posted here will respond to the poll so as to update the list from ten years ago (minus all those other details). ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-an-sec-doper/748967/48 "2016-03-22T20:40:16Z")
In this case, perhaps over the next several weeks, may we have a PAC-12 poll? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-an-sec-doper/748967/49 "2016-03-22T21:19:41Z")
> [@ddsun](#): > > In this case, perhaps over the next several weeks, may we have a PAC-12 poll? 😃 Sounds like a fun plan. Be my guest. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-an-sec-doper/748967/50 "2016-03-22T21:34:45Z")
I now live in Texas, which qualifies me for inclusion on the basis or residence. But a former LSU student, I have SEC fandom dating back to the days when Texas was anathema to the SEC. Now that West Virginia is in what was once a Texas conference, and Maryland in the Big Ten, none of that means very much anymore. I’ve lived in four different cities in Missouri at diffferent times, too, but calling that state “SEC” is a bit of a stretch. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-an-sec-doper/748967.md?page=2)