Facts:
1. To find a decent SEC quarterback in the NFL you have to go all the way down to #11 to find a former Detroit Lion having his first good year after years in the NFL. The greats are from other conferences.
2. Norte Dame and USC lead all colleges with NFL drafts at 511. Ohio State has had 473 drafted, and OU 400. Michigan is next (where is the SEC?) with 387. Don’t worry, there at a weak #6 is Alabama with a lowly 384. Just to keep things lively, the only other SEC team in the top 10 is LSU with 359. Other winners include Penn State, Florida and Nebraska.
3. Heisman winners? OU, Notre Dame, and Ohio State are tied at 7 each…Alabama is tied with Army (and others) at 3. The rest of the SEC are also-rans.
4. Butkus winners? SEC 8…Big 12 9.
ESPN’s greatest college football teams in history? Nebraska twice (ranked #1 and #3) , OU twice (ranked #8 and #9), USC #2, Army #4, Miami #5, Michigan #6, Notre Dame #7…and the only SEC team ranked…Alabama at #10.
Winning in the NFL? Sure, the SEC gets a lot of names called on draft night, but Big 10 and other conferences tend to produce winners in terms of Super Bowls wins. In fact it takes two Mannings and Bart Starr to match a single QB from the University of Michigan.
Facts, while funny things, are facts.