I have no debate about the SEC versus other conferences. There is no doubt it is the best overall conference in baseball and typically proves it in the CWS most years. Huge advantage in recruiting given the weather and the stadiums, but the fans support those teams like crazy and deserve nice stadiums and workout facilities.
The irony about Vandy and the whistlers is that certainly in most areas of the country, Vandy is thought of as a high academic university with an excellent alumni reputation. It just seems so out of place to be associated with such a village idiot. Yet now the better the baseball team is, the more people associate Vandy baseball as the school with the clown whistler. It is hard to imagine there are many Vandy alumni that want the school and baseball program to be known for the whistler rather than talk about the great players. However, the guy got more publicity this CWS than just about anyone of the team save for Bleday and Rocker. Sad that it has come to that level, but if the Vandy fans support the guy, he is just going to keep becoming more famous and the team and school more hated. He is the LaVar Ball of baseball fans.