Tiger Fans Are Not Team Players -- No S-E-C Chant

[trenda]

Something was missing Monday night.

At the past few BCS title games, the end-of-game procedure seemed set in stone. An SEC team wins the title, and even before the fans of that team break into their traditional chants, they serenade departing opposing fans with the same three letters.

S-E-C. S-E-C.

But when Auburn's Wes Byrum drilled a chip-shot field goal Monday to clinch the conference's fifth consecutive national title and seventh in 13 years of the BCS era, Tigers fans never started the chant. Alabama fans did it last year. LSU fans did it three years ago. Florida fans did it twice, in January 2007 and 2009.

Auburn fans yelled War Eagle. They chanted "It's great ... to be ... an Auburn Ti-ger!" They tossed rolls of toilet paper in honor of the folks back home who had so thoroughly covered Toomer's Corner in TP that those with untrained eyes would never have known the worst of the snow storm that ripped through Alabama had missed Auburn.

But they didn't chant S-E-C.

Read more: Auburn extends SEC's BCS run despite Oregon's best efforts - Andy Staples - SI.com

Petty? Probably. Due to the fact that the outcome was in doubt until the final horn? Maybe. Never been there before and just didn't know? Could be.

But I find it interesting that the Auburn faithful didn't feel compelled to chant "S-E-C, S-E-C!" like fans of all the other SEC teams have grown accustomed to doing in BCS games.

I guess they're not 'all in' or 'famibly' when it comes to the SEC.

 

[SavannahDare]

I think they were stunned stupid. None of them expected it to be the kind of game it turned out to be. They came "this close" to having to go into OT.

Breathing a sigh of relief deprived their brains of oxygen and they forgot to pay homage to anything other than themselves. Pretty typical for them.

 

[twofbyc]

I think they were stunned stupid. None of them expected it to be the kind of game it turned out to be. They came "this close" to having to go into OT.

Breathing a sigh of relief deprived their brains of oxygen and they forgot to pay homage to anything other than themselves. Pretty typical for them.

Thanks, SD, for my morning dose of coffee through my nose...

 

[Crimson Wonder]

I saw one of the Aub players holdin gthe SEC flag.. He tried to get it going... But no, the fans weren't having it. No big deal tho... The pac 10 already knows..

 

[buzzincuzzin]

That's just bad coaching. They were not prepared to win.

 

[rolltide7854]

The other 11 teams appreciates it that they didn't.

 

[trenda]

The other 11 teams appreciates it that they didn't.

Good point, seeing as how this one will likely be vacated.

 

[CrimsonNan]

They probably didn't have sense enough to know that they were supposed to. :conf2:

 

[Bamabuzzard]

I heard the S-E-C chant but it never really got going good. It sounded like a small section of the fans tried to get it going but it played out real quick.

 

[b2v4ua]

The other 11 teams appreciates it that they didn't.

They all know that the other SEC teams despise them.

 

[bamacon]

They're fambly. When you understand they're "Us against the world" mentality it doesn't surprise you. Also, cut them some slack. It's not like they've been there before. They probably didn't know what to do. The swim team knows how. Football, not so much.

 

[Redwood Forrest]

Auburn is a cult. Fambley, All In, Keep it down home ciz. They have always been this way. They are not "team players." They never have been and they never will be. This is not said with a Crimson hat on my head. This is just simple fact. It is Auburn against the world. Fact.

 

[bamanut_aj]

I wouldn't have chanted it. For instance, when BAMA was taking care of utexass, I didn't care one whit about the SEC. I cared about BAMA, and only BAMA. So who cares if aubie nation didn't chant 'SEC'...that game was for aubie, not BAMA, ole sis, msu, arky, etc.

 

[crimsonpride61]

I don't think they could spell SEC!:biga:

 

[RT3413]

I don't think they see themselves as much a part of the SEC as we do. They have this "us against Bama (and the rest of the world)" mentality that prevails against all. Even had a die-hard Aubie on FB not celebrate the win but complain because Saban said "we" instead of "Oregon" in his post game analysis.

It will be interesting to see how the dynamic changes now that they're "legit."

 

[bamanut_aj]

I don't think they see themselves as much a part of the SEC as we do. They have this "us against Bama (and the rest of the world)" mentality that prevails against all. Even had a die-hard Aubie on FB not celebrate the win but complain because Saban said "we" instead of "Oregon" in his post game analysis.

I have the same mentality against the SEC, and the college football world in general. Some teams I dislike less than others, and some teams I even respect, but it's us against them, IMO.

 

[RT3413]

I have the same mentality against the SEC, and the college football world in general. Some teams I dislike less than others, and some teams I even respect, but it's us against them, IMO.

I should have been clearer... while we seem to take on all comers (an "us against them" mentality) Auburn seems to have a "they're all against us" point of view. I truly felt last year that the Florida game was the toughest we faced and was very proud of our SEC and BCS championships. The win against Auburn was a necessity but I didn't value it as high as the others. I think most Auburn fans would rank the BCS and Alabama wins close at 1st and 2nd with the SEC win a distant 3rd (or maybe 4th behind LSU).

 

[78Alum]

I don't think they could spell SEC!:biga:

Good one!

 

[BocaLance]

They all know that the other SEC teams despise them.

The Auburn Paper Tigers are a despicable fraud. The SEC knows it. Fans of every other team in the SEC know it. And Auburn fans, deep in their hearts, know it. Why would they embrace the SEC concept, when their mentality has always been "us against the world?"

The Alabamas, Floridas, LSUs ... the conference blue bloods ... fans of other schools hate them for always being so good, but also realize they are the standard bearers. Auburn is just a big black mark. ESPN is already talking about what may be just around the corner with FBI investigations, etc. It's sad and sick.

Auburn's fans should live this up thick and quick. Like robbing a bank, you'd better spend and enjoy that money fast, because the specter of doom is right behind you.

 

[bama_brannon]

I was there and they did an SEC chant. It was short and was done with less vim and vigor than at the Rose bowl. I was glad it was brief.

I was glad they didn't do Rammer Jammer.