Heavy SEC flavor at Super Bowl with LSU, Georgia leading way

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Odell Beckham Jr. cheered Joe Burrow and Ja'Marr Chase two short years ago, enjoying every minute as the duo led their alma mater LSU to the national championship.

He also knew he'd be seeing both of them again in the NFL, though not even the Rams wide receiver could've predicted the first showdown would be in the Super Bowl.

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"They’re born winners, so I always knew that we would see them again," Beckham said. "I mean never could it be any better than this. ... I got into a little trouble at the national championship so I was banned from LSU, jokingly. But so they got their ring and all that, and it’s like now it’s our turn to get ours."

Beckham faces off against his fellow Tigers in the Super Bowl on Sunday, which will have a very distinct Southeastern Conference flavor that goes well beyond Burrow and Matthew Stafford and their favorite targets.

The Rams have 11 and the Bengals 12 players from SEC programs, with seven more combined on the practice squads. So prepare for a few more reminders of the mighty SEC’s talent no matter how many folks are sick of hearing about the conference that has won 12 of the past 16 national championships.

Los Angeles left tackle Andrew Whitworth, says there's no doubt how much a boost playing in the SEC gives players once they're in the NFL. Playing at LSU in the SEC certainly helped him be successful in the NFL for 16 seasons.

"The really consistent narrative is the SEC has a ton of NFL football players that get really that practice of playing against other guys that have NFL talent throughout their conference so many weeks of the season — which can’t do