Stop saying "we." You're not fooling anybody. No true Gator fan would welcome the Noles and Canes into the SEC -- especially not scUM, a private school with very little campus life, no campus stadium and nothing in common culturally with the other SEC schools, most of which are all alike.
SEC campuses even look alike, in every way. Most were land-grant universities built in the late 1800's/early 1900's with the same Gothic, red brick style. They are the premier public universities in their respective states, so the student bodies tend to be as similar as the architecture of the buildings.
Although SEC students are not quite Ivy League scholarship status, they are still competitive, prideful overachievers. They had to be, to get accepted to the top state schools in their state.
That pride as individuals carries through to being proud of our schools, and proud of the conference as a whole, because we look around at the other SEC fanbases and find them to be very relatable. That's why inter-SEC rivalries are more friendly and respectful than rivalries with non-SEC clown colleges and garbage dumps like FSU and UM.
"Conference pride is stupid" is a sentiment I hear ALL the time from Hurricane fans, most of whom didn't actually go to UM, or any college for that matter. How long did you last at MDC before dropping out?