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The heart of the SEC: Tradition, family, and why fans love coming back to the Southeastern Conference every fall

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Kay’s picture says it all.

A grandfather, holding a granddaughter, decked out in Auburn gear, looking out at the playing field – sharing the tradition of SEC football across a generation.

“(Morgan’s) got Auburn ingrained in her, and this was her first game,” says Kay, an Auburn fan whose picture of her husband, Jim, and their granddaughter, Morgan, was chosen as the winner of college football vacation rental platform Rent Like A Champion’s photo contest earlier this summer. “We’re an avid Auburn family. Jim and I get season tickets every year, and we make sure to sing the AU fight song a lot when she’s around.