SEC fans would trade every non-revenue sport to even sniff a football national title, and they aren't wrong

College football in the South is basically a religion.

It makes sense since most of the programs are located in cities that aren't even close to a pro football team, but I swear some of these fanbases care more about their SEC squad than members of their own family.

That's not me trying to speak from a place of moral superiority either, because I definitely fall somewhere in that category being a diehard Florida Gators fan.

One USA Today writer found this out the hard way when she posed a simple question on X...