When They Wanted To Win

I went to a local museum to take in a display on professional football in Ohio.  One of the displays included a 1963 copy of Street & Smith's Football featuring a local star on the cover.  I loved the question above the picture:

The SEC decided to integrate when they got tired of being whipped.  Imagine how good the SEC would have been in the '60s if they decided to integrate at the end of World War II.  Michigan vs. Ohio State wouldn't have meant so much.  Now the Big Ten can't survive on the same field as the SEC.

Update:  I probably should amend that to wanted to get respect.  They often won, they just wouldn't play against teams that weren't lily-white.