The SEC has now won 179 national championships in various sports since its founding in 1933. But 63 of those championships, over one-third, have come since 2000....
...The SEC sponsors 20 men's and women's sports. In 10 of those sports the SEC either won the national championship or was the national runner-up during the 2008-2009 academic year.
PWD
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This article refers to the SEC sponsoring 20 sports.....are we limited to those sports? In other words, if we WANTED to field a water polo team, could we even though it's not sponsored by the conference? Not saying we want to add sports, just a curiousity question more than anything.
We can play any sport we want. But to play for an SEC title, the SEC has to sponsor it.
In equestrian, we play for an NCAA Varsity Title (not an NCAA Championship). This isn't an SEC sport as only UGA, Auburn and S. Carolina play it so far.
BTW - Who else is shocked that Clemson doesn't do this yet?
Yea, there was some random pac-ten db on the rivals mainboard the other day calling themselves 'The conference of champions...'
It's no wonder Stanford wins the Director's or Sears or whatever they're calling that cup now. I mean go and look at their athletics' website: fencing, field hockey, rowing, sailing, squash, synchronized swimming, water polo... hell I thought I heard something a few years back about em winning a title in downhill skiing or ski jumping or some such shat too. I know we're big on gymnastics in Athens, but c'mon... I'm surprised they don't have handball & trampoline too, FFS.
Thanks for the answer, PWD.
And I busted out laughing at your Clemson comment. I live in Greenville so I'm surrounded by 'Cocks and Tigers here at work. I showed some of my Tiger buddies the comment, and they didn't find quite as much humor as I did. The 'cock fans are saying if it involved riding cows instead of horses, Clemson would've been the first in the country to have a team. The rhetoric is definitely ratcheting up, you can tell that kickoff is getting closer!
re: Clemson
Cause cows aren't as good at jumping over fancy fences and kiddie pools as Mother Goose would make you think.
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