In reality, everyone feels sorry for them and says that they deserve this break because they have it so tough in their league, so you can't win, they are deferred to in every way possible 110% of the time.
yep, the SEC "beats up" on each other every week. That's why they are all 4-4 in conference. But when the ACC has teams with similar conference records, it is a slap to the ACC and not being competitive.