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What is Ole Miss's identity? Football first, baseball second

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I'll go with the following for Ole Miss:

1. We are a football school first. Mannings, Vaught, the Grove, No.38
2. Baseball a moderate second...great support-atmosphere at home in spring
3. Basketball a close third place...much better in the last 20 years..new arena on the way..

Everyone else in the SEC...

Alabama

1. Is there any doubt? Football is king and it's currently the Saban dynasty. It dominates culture.
2. basketball...a very, very, very, very distant second...
3. baseball...an afterthought no one even realizes a new baseball field is being built..

Arkansas

1. Edge goes to football...great tradition going back to Broyles-SWC era
2. A very close second..basketball..40 min. of hell..Nolan..94 National champs..Mike Anderson has revived it..
3. A respectable third...baseball...a decent one

Auburn

1. Another no brainer...it's in the state of Alabama..football BO, Cam, P.Sullivan
2. Baseball a very distant school...nice field..average support...Frank Thomas, Bo
3. Basketball...little fame outside of Barkley..Pearl brings energy, excitement..new arena as well

Florida

1. Football...Spurrier, The Swamp, Tebow, Wuerfel 3 National Titles, multiple SEC titles..fertile recruiting area
2. A close second but still second...Donovan wins 2 Final Fours and puts them on the map..
3. Baseball...an underachieving program

Georgia

1. Football is No.1 but doesn't dominate the competetion but still good..just not elite...atleast since Herschel
2. Basketball...average tradition not impressive...
3. Baseball...underwhelming to say the least

Kentucky

1. The SEC's only Elite, blue blood hoops program..It's KING and it dominates the culture with tradition.
2. A distant second...Kentucky football..a distraction until November
3. Baseball. They have good years but it's easily 3rd place.

LSU

1. Tie Football: Death Valley Sat night..2 national titles since 03', great recruiting grounds in LA , great tradition
Tie Baseball: College baseball's elite program with multiple national titles, the best support in America
3. A respectable third basketball..a few Final fours under Dale Brown, Brady and Shaq, Pistol Pete

Mississippi State

1. Baseball...some of the best support in the nation and multiple CWS..notable alums in W.Clark, Palmerio, Brantley
2. Football...improved over the last 25 years under Sherrill, Mullen...loud, strong home atmosphere with illegal noisemakers
3. Basketball..a close third place..96 Final Four, Bailey Howell

Missouri

1. Football...the newest member of the SEC and the past 2 Eastern division champs
2. Basketball..a solid program and history that had a bad season
3. Baseball..not much there..

South Carolina

1. Tie Football: Spurrier has energized the program but no national titles
Tie Baseball: 2 national titles in the past 5 years
3. Basketball: a distant third hasn't been relevant since the 1990's..

Tennessee

1. Football is still No.1 in terms of support, tradition despite a mediocre-poor past 7 years
2. Lady Vols Hoops: The most dominant program in women's hoops with UConn under Pat Summitt
3. Vols Hoops: a great arena, some good tradition but a dumpster fire of a program since the last days of Pearl

Texas A&M

1. Football is big in Texas. The 12th Man, Johnny football, John David crow, Kyle Field
2. Baseball..a strong, solid second place with great support and a great park
3. Basketball...a third place program that has produced good coaches...

Vanderbilt

1. Baseball: defending national champions and an emerging program as well
2. Tie: Football: the traditional laughing stock of the SEC that has improved since 2000
but still one of the worst in the league
Tie: Basketball: the program has slipped in recent seasons but produced a few good seasons
 
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