re: Ranking the SEC states in terms of "Southernness"

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Most Famous GA Politician, Kasim Reed - ATL Mayor

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How about Jimmy Carter?

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WIthout the actions at Fort Sumter, there is no Gone with the WInd...which in itself is fiction. Leave it to a Georgia fan to argue that perception is more relevant than facts or history.

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Gone with the Wind is directly based on the stories of Margaret Mitchell's family who had fought in the Civil War and lived in the Antebellum South. And last I checked, the book and movie adaptation are two of the best-selling titles in their respective mediums. Outside of history class, Ft. Sumter is rarely mentioned.

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Doesn't count, internet survey.

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FWIW, the internet survey was hosted by a Charleston-based magazine. And I guess people that vote on something must be wrong since they use the internet to do it.

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SC has something on their State House grounds that keeps the NCAA from hosting tournaments in SC. The NAACP boycotts SC, in contrast GA has ATL.

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So, is it the NCAA or NAACP? Still fail to see how that makes SC more Southern.

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might have been true in the 90's, not so much now.

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Who has usurped the Braves in terms of baseball fandom in the South? Every Braves game is essentially one giant SEC get together.

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I never said enrollment. Ga Tech is a bigger name than Ga State or Kennesaw State, but continue assuming incorrectly.

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You said biggest. But I guess if we're playing by your rules, we can go ahead and discount Georgia based on its "second biggest school" being nerdy and totally ignore that Grant Field is the oldest stadium in college football and that their fight song refers to whiskey drinking (yeah, I just took up for Tech. But you can't talk shite about our little brother; only we can talk shite about our little brother).

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8. SC originally known as a plantation colony. GA originally known as a penal colony.

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And Georgia's history is much more badass for it (not to mention that Georgia originally covered a hell of a lot more territory of the South than SC ever has).

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9. Most Famous SC Politician, John C Calhoun -Vice President

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This has already been touched on elsewhere