Q 01/05

In which Tennessee city was the SEC established in December 1932?

A) Nashville

B) Knoxville

C) Chattanooga

D) Memphis

Answer · why

B) Knoxville

Knoxville's Farragut Hotel hosted the meeting where thirteen schools walked out of their old league to start their own; ten of the thirteen were still...

Q 02/05

The thirteen schools that founded the SEC in 1932 all broke away from which older conference?

A) Southwest Conference

B) Southern Conference

C) Big Six Conference

D) Missouri Valley Conference

Answer · why

B) Southern Conference

The Southern Conference lost all thirteen of its schools south and west of the Appalachians at once, and in 1953 seven more members walked out to foun...

Q 03/05

In which Alabama city is the SEC headquartered?

A) Birmingham

B) Montgomery

C) Tuscaloosa

D) Mobile

Answer · why

A) Birmingham

Birmingham has housed the league office since 1948; before that the SEC's first headquarters sat one state over, in an office building in Jackson, Mis...

Q 04/05

In 1935 the SEC became the first conference to legalize what?

A) Television contracts

B) Athletic scholarships

C) Night games

D) Freshman eligibility

Answer · why

B) Athletic scholarships

Athletic scholarships stayed contentious: the NCAA's 1948 'Sanity Code' tried to limit such aid to students in financial need, but colleges balked at ...

Q 05/05

Which charter member left the SEC after 1940 without ever winning a conference football game?

A) Centre

B) Furman

C) Sewanee

D) Georgia Tech

Answer · why

C) Sewanee

Sewanee had once been a power: its 1899 'Iron Men' went 12-0 and won five road games in six days, but by the 1930s the small private school could not ...