Scores of fans — some even from Australia — show up at SEC Media Days every year, because that’s how football goes in the South. While the Big Ten will have fan opportunities on Tuesday, Monday at Big Ten Media Days is much tamer than the SEC even in Birmingham. Only two fans even showed up early.
Two fans are early at Big Ten Media Days. One is an Auburn fan.
South Georgia resident Rusty Hall was in Chicago on business and decided to take in Big Ten Media Days. SEC fans are everywhere.
One of the fans who made the trip out is Gerald Blanc, a Michigan fan from Chicago. The other? An Auburn fan named Rusty Hall, who came to see what Big Ten football is all about.
That’s right, not only does the Big Ten have two fans at the first day of its media days, but one of them is an SEC fan. Why did Hall come out to see the coaches of teams he has no connection to?
“I’m an avid college football fan,” he said, “and I knew this was going on.”
Hall is in Chicago on business from South Georgia and had a day to kill before attending a conference. Having never attended SEC Media Days, he decided to check this one out, and he’s been having a lot of fun. He grabbed a picture of Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio ...
This is a man in an #Auburn shirt, at B1G media days, taking a photo of #MSU's Mark Dantonio. Thanking him, I'm sure. pic.twitter.com/GWsVBrm3W4
— Matt Fortuna (@Matt_Fortuna) July 28, 2014 ... and even took a selfie with Michigan coach Brady Hoke to send to his friend, a Wolverines fan.
Even in the offseason, the SEC beats the Big Ten.
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