Talk:Southeastern Conference

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Can somebody fix that messed-up table at the bottom? Where the whole bottom of the article is included in the "Tennessee-Vanderbilt" section. It has apparently been that way for months and has not been fixed. All my efforts produce no progress. Thanks. Danthemankhan 18:33, Jan 19, 2005 (UTC)

Also, LSU -Arkansas is neither a long standing game, nor even a rivalry for that matter. This was a matchup created by the SEC in hopes of fostering a rivalry between the two schools. Arkansas has not even been in the SEC long enough to establish a traditional rivalry with any SEC school. Arkansas had great rvials in the disbanded conference it formerly belonged to. Most traditional rivals go back for many decades. And the idea of playing for a trophy called the Boot was created by the SEC. The vast majority of fans from both schools still do not consider this game in anyway a tradional rivalry.

The entry should be edited to reflect this or better yet that reference to the game as a rivalry be deleted.

[edit] Basketball Rivalries

On the listing of the Kentucky/Tennessee basketball rivalry; does this rivalry even exist? I am from Knoxville and I have never heard of it (I am a football guy though). Also the wording, "This rivalry, also a "border war," has historically been more important to UT fans than to UK fans." is rude and degrading. Again, I am a UT fan, as mentioned, and it's not too important to me. I'm going to adjust this article or maybe delete it if I can't find something to back up the existence of this rivalry. Talk to me. BDSIII 01:26, 26 March 2006 (UTC) (zulu)

Gone. BDSIII 08:47, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

These two teams have played 201 basketball games, and yet you've never heard of it? You must really be a football guy. I'll remove the wording that it is more important to UT fans (as well as the sentence earlier in the article that the football rivalry is more important to UK fans), but the rivalry itself is an important part of SEC history. BMetts 15:39, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I am kind of bandwagon with UT basketball. I'm learning though. That sounds a lot better. Thanks Brandon. BDSIII 18:09, 1 April 2006 (UTC) (zulu)

You're from Knoxville and have never heard of the UT/UK basketball rivalry? Welcome to Earth.

[edit] National championships

Perhaps this section should be moved to another page and linked to, like this one? The table takes up a good chunk of the bottom portion of the article. BMetts 15:45, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

I removed the non-consensus national championships for football as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Division_I-A_national_football_championship Dlong 14:36, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Logos

There is a discussion to clarify our policy/guideline on the use of sports team logos. Please see Wikipedia_talk:Logos#Clarification_on_use_of_sports_team_logos if you wish to participate in the discussion. Johntex\^talk 16:37, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

The policy states: "Sports team logos may be used in articles or article sections where the team is discussed", so as long as the teams are discussed (they are in this article), then the logos are ok. (Cardsplayer4life 23:21, 8 August 2006 (UTC))

This is unrelated to logos, but I feel an important point is to be made. The population figures for the cities which house SEC institutions are misleading. Although they are the correct city population figures, metropolitan statistical area population figures would be more instructive. For example, Knoxville, TN is underrepresented as the metro area has a population of 650,000. This is more indicative of the area's true population that the population living within the official city limits. The current figures posted show Athens, GA at around 100,000, possibly leading some to believe that Athens is nearly as big as Knoxville. This is not the case, as the Knoxville area is significantly larger and economically more important than Athens and its environs. There are other examples. Aside from that, great work!