Auburn football and fellow SEC fans want to trade Vanderbilt out of conference
Auburn football fans were among those in the SEC that took Crain & Company’s Jake Crain’s hypothetical about trading a team out of the conference as a chance to advocate for Vanderbilt’s demotion from the top football conference in the country.
Vanderbilt has been in the SEC for almost 89 years and has not once won a football championship. The Commodores have won five games in the past three seasons. Vandy hasn’t made a New Year’s 6 bowl game since the 1970s.
Must we go on? There’s a very clear and present reason why Auburn football fans and their SEC brethren feel that there is a black sheep in the conference, willing to overlook Nashville’s flagship university’s contributions to other sports.
The poor Commodores never saw the masses calling for their exile coming:
Mizzou also got plenty of calls for removal, while some SEC fans dreamed about a schedule absent of Alabama.
Either way, it’s clear that Vanderbilt has very little respect from the rest of the conference. Perhaps exceeding their 2.5 over/under 2022 win total would help change some minds out there.