
How the SEC Became Goliath
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For six straight years the SEC has walked off with the big crystal prize and will not give it back. The talk of ?big boy football? grinds on the Buckeyes, Sooners, Longhorns, and Ducks. All they can come back with is ?Wait until next year.? Then next year comes and the SEC tribe is chanting in the closing minutes of the National Championship Game, ?SEC, SEC, SEC!?
The national championship trophy has been in the South for so long it has sunburn. That is why college football is thick with the acrimony: SEC vs. Everyone Else. The dominance of the SEC has a lot more to do with the South's culture than just the rock-'em, sock-'em of football played one day a week. The South lost the Civil War, and sociologists will tell you that there is still a regional angst, an ?us against them? mentality, a spirit of ?those damn Yankees.? It is not just about championships. The SEC is about culture and competitiveness. . . . It is about players.
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How the SEC Became Goliath provides an inside look at college football's most dominant conference. Four different schools in the SEC have won the last six championship titles:
Florida vs. Ohio State in 2006
January 8, 2007 • The Zook-Meyer Gators embarrass the Big Ten.
Florida 41 Ohio State 14
LSU vs. Ohio State in 2007
January 7, 2008 • Unbeaten in regulation, the Tigers are good . . . and lucky.
LSU 38 Ohio State 24
Florida vs. Oklahoma in 2008
January 8, 2009 • One of the best teams in history, these Gators are all Meyer's.
Florida 24 Oklahoma 14
Alabama vs. Texas in 2009
January 7, 2010 • The Tide make it four in a row for the SEC.
Alabama 37 Texas 21
Auburn vs. Oregon in 2010
January 10, 2011 • Cam Newton and Auburn cap a perfect season.
Auburn 22 Oregon 19
Alabama vs. LSU in 2011
January 9, 2012 • Saban wins his third title and the SEC makes it six in a row.
Alabama 21 LSU 0
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- Intro
- Dedication
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: The Early SEC
- Chapter 2: Goliath's Big Steps
- Chapter 3: Growing The SEC
- Chapter 4: Building and Rebuilding LSU
- Chapter 5: "The Baddest Men on the Planet"
- Chapter 6: Muscle Matters
- Chapter 7: The Handoff: Zook to Meyer
- Chapter 8: Good and Lucky: 2006 Gators, 2007 Tigers
- Chapter 9: Big People did Big Things
- Chapter 10: No Cutting in Line
- Chapter 11: Awakening a Giant II: Saban Again, 2009, 2011
- Chapter 12: Next . . . 2012 . . .
- Acknowledgments
- Copyright
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