I have lurked and/or posted here for about two years and two things have always come across as constants among this boards posters:
1)Vince Young (insert anything here).
and
2)Texas fans, or at least those that frequent this site, never hesitate to scratch their head when SEC fans pull for each other in OOC games, pimp their league on other boards, or when LSU and Florida gather at midfield after a NC and chant "SEC, SEC, SEC". The same situation holds true for the previous two trips by Arkansas into Texas (2000 Cotton, 2003 Austin).
In regards to #2, it should start to become obvious now. ESPN is dishing out 12.5 mil per school, per year and then there are the millions CBS will be paying per year, per school. The SEC has alot to be proud of. While Texas is calling SEC fans retarded for taking pride in their conference, their primetime HD telecasts, and the additional revenue, the Big 12 is being broadcast on Spike somewhere between a paid advertisement for "The Miracle Sponge" and the latest Ronco invention.
But yeah, you should turn your noses or discuss going independent. God knows that "Vince Young" in 2005 or the one Conference title every 10 years warrants the respect you are not getting.
Point being, there is now a 3 page thread discussing the very thing SEC fans have been saying all along. The conference you play in and the success of everyone in it, does matter. Miss. St. is going to get paid and have amazing revenue just like LSU.