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:
If you could trade one team in the SEC who would it be? And who are you replacing them with?
— Jake “JBOY” Crain (@JakeCrain_) June 7, 2022
Mine:
Trading Vanderbilt for North Carolina @biscuitsandsec @SECbias12 @NCAAFNation247
Trade Vandy for clem so they can finally play a real schedule https://t.co/9XORDDDn0m
— Atlantaholic_ (@Atlantaholic_) June 8, 2022
Vandy for Florida State https://t.co/drpTKI06WO
— Austin 🥶 (@AuburnsF00tball) June 7, 2022
Trading Vandy but for Florida State instead. Especially with all the schedule talk they can keep that game with Florida in tact and still find a way to play Miami. https://t.co/Dzz9quQ7R7
— Andrew Lomanto (@AndrewLomanto) June 7, 2022
Vandy for USC - Lincoln Riley can’t hide forever
— Chris Lavallee (@lavalleech) June 7, 2022
Missouri or Vanderbilt for Florida St or Clemson
— David Bacon (@dabacon1) June 7, 2022
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.