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re: Curious- do any of you have SEC pride?
Posted on 9/17/15 at 5:58 pm to piggilicious
Posted on 9/17/15 at 5:58 pm to piggilicious
This guy does.
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Posted on 9/17/15 at 6:36 pm to piggilicious
I like the conference and enjoy most of the fans at opponents venues.
When the SEC plays OOC schools or Bowl games I'm all SEC.
In the SWC I hated all those frickers, guess I'm just 'ole school..
SEC....SEC.....SEC
When the SEC plays OOC schools or Bowl games I'm all SEC.
In the SWC I hated all those frickers, guess I'm just 'ole school..
SEC....SEC.....SEC
Posted on 9/17/15 at 6:47 pm to ArHog
Geezer
Posted on 9/17/15 at 7:21 pm to piggilicious
I used to have conference pride when the SEC was the supposed under-the-radar conference nationally and the Big 10 and Big 12 were getting the love. I don't give a frick about that now, especially after the last 4 years we've had. Frick them all.
Posted on 9/17/15 at 10:24 pm to Feral
If we really think about it, our affinity for any other team inside or outside the SEC is always predicated on only one thing...
which outcome, win or lose, is in the best interest of the Razorbacks.
But recognizing that simple truth still leaves us with the dilemma of determining which outcome we should be rooting for.
which outcome, win or lose, is in the best interest of the Razorbacks.
But recognizing that simple truth still leaves us with the dilemma of determining which outcome we should be rooting for.
This post was edited on 9/17/15 at 10:40 pm
Posted on 9/18/15 at 8:13 pm to piggilicious
I want to beat the best. Thus the best should not lose to nonconference opponents much less crappy nonconferences opponents like we did last weekend. 
Posted on 9/18/15 at 9:43 pm to piggilicious
I do. The SEC represents the old south to me.
Posted on 9/19/15 at 2:03 am to King
quote:OHHH Dear Gawd, the Mizzou says, hello...
do. The SEC represents the old south to me.
Posted on 9/19/15 at 8:25 am to pioneerbasketball
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Geezer
You do know in England, geezer is another term for mob guy?
Posted on 9/19/15 at 12:55 pm to King
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The SEC represents the old south to me.
I'm from Western and NW Arkansas for my whole life. The part of my life I didn't live here, I lived in Texas.
I don't identify with "the Old South" much and don't consider myself to live in it.
This post was edited on 9/19/15 at 12:58 pm
Posted on 9/19/15 at 1:34 pm to wmr
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I don't identify with "the Old South" much and don't consider myself to live in it
Me either and I've spent the majority of my life in 501 territory.
There are many good replies on this- almost all I agreed with in some way excluding the age thing-maybe? I'm in my *early 40's and nada.
My brain knows that the others being good is good for us, but the rest of me either doesn't care or hopes they suck. I'm a living, breathing house divided license plate.
* had to preface that
Posted on 9/19/15 at 1:41 pm to piggilicious
I have SEC pride when my team is doing good
Posted on 9/19/15 at 1:52 pm to NaptownHog
I can see that too but I haven't in the past. Maybe I will one day but it's been 20 something years and it hasn't happened yet.
Posted on 9/19/15 at 2:00 pm to piggilicious
previously had SEC pride. interestingly, it died with the recent expansion. frick a&m, frick mizzou.
the pride was killed further with the playoffs, which proved we don't necessarily need the rest of the conference to be strong to be in championship contention. if we win a weak SEC, we're in.
the pride was killed further with the playoffs, which proved we don't necessarily need the rest of the conference to be strong to be in championship contention. if we win a weak SEC, we're in.
Posted on 9/20/15 at 7:04 am to piggilicious
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I'm a living, breathing house divided license plate.
Usually house divided indicates 2 rival schools such as Alabama and Auburn. If Hogs are half your house, what is the other half?
Posted on 9/20/15 at 7:49 am to Cheese Grits
I meant it as in my brain that knows it's good for us if the sec is good vs the rest of me wanting them to be bad.
Posted on 9/20/15 at 12:33 pm to piggilicious
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I meant it as in my brain that knows it's good for us if the sec is good vs the rest of me wanting them to be bad.
IC
Maybe it is an age thing, if you are 40 something you would have SWC memories and the hostage mentality is locked in your childhood.
I would like to separate between the win / loss (good for the SEC overall) and the general hospitality of the old SEC I grew up with. In the SWC I never got the feeling of Hogs visiting a TX location was also an excuse to have a family weekend with relatives who were fans of the other team. A wing of my family is about 70% Bama and 30% Auburn but after a game they all drink and hang out with each other.
I really do believe the "conference pride" is just an extension of family gatherings in the pre ESPN era. It was unique to the SEC and I always liked the SEC for it. Everywhere else I traveled just did not have that unique sense of extended family and fellowship. In the modern age of "selfless" I see kids taking pictures of themselves and not of their family at gatherings. I wish the modern SEC was more like its roots tied to families than the dollar producing corporations they have become.
Posted on 9/20/15 at 12:54 pm to Cheese Grits
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In the SWC I never got the feeling of Hogs visiting a TX location was also an excuse to have a family weekend with relatives who were fans of the other team.
Oddly enough, and I am late comer to a full on Hog fandom, I remember the SWC days fairly well (the family farm was in Arkansas and we spent a ton of time here) and for the most part I think everyone in the SWC more or less got along. We were all united by a common dislike of that school in Austin.
Oh they didn't love one another, but its why we have such an odd rivalry with A&M. We want to beat them sure, but we don't dislike them that much and we usually get along just fine. Plenty of families, especially back in those days, had graduates from various SWC schools. The Arkansas side of my family had multiple graduates from the SWC back in the day.
When we left the SWC we were effectively blackballed from playing Texas schools (other then SMU) for enough years those ties to the rest of the old SWC pretty well dissolved. Mizzou and Aggie posters, while some will deny it, miss playing the old rivals right now. But since it will probably be a while before any Big-12 school schedules them in a few more years those old rivalries will subside and be lost just like ours were.
Except for Texas for the Aggies and Kansas for Mizzou.
Posted on 9/20/15 at 2:33 pm to Arksulli
Interesting view, but you are saying your view is TX to AR and not AR to TX, correct?
My perspective was reversed, more AR to TX and not TX to AR. Course much of this was back in the 70's and even if the Hogs beat 1 TX team in a given year it was shouted back for the other team that beat the Hogs that year. Really did seem to be 1 AR school against a host of TX ones.
Well, yes, but this seems to be the case of most schools across the south as Austin seems to want to fit in more with the east or west coast as if their roots were tied to being born on the wrong side of the tracks and now they want to be european royalty.
My perspective was reversed, more AR to TX and not TX to AR. Course much of this was back in the 70's and even if the Hogs beat 1 TX team in a given year it was shouted back for the other team that beat the Hogs that year. Really did seem to be 1 AR school against a host of TX ones.
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We were all united by a common dislike of that school in Austin.
Well, yes, but this seems to be the case of most schools across the south as Austin seems to want to fit in more with the east or west coast as if their roots were tied to being born on the wrong side of the tracks and now they want to be european royalty.
Posted on 9/20/15 at 3:15 pm to piggilicious
My SEC pride is purely from a selfish standpoint. I'd rather see SEC teams defeat quality OOC competition because it then means more for my school if/when we get a win over said SEC team. Perception is reality in CFB, so the stronger our opposition is deemed to be, the bigger the payoff for every conference win.
That said, I'll be among the first to point and laugh at an SEC foe that stubs their toe OOC or one who drops an important conference game, especially if it helps A&M. Like I said, it's all selfish for me at the end of the day, but it's better for all of us when the SEC name carries more clout on the gridiron.
Of course, I say all of this as an alum of a school that is still very new to this league. Maybe my perception will change over time
That said, I'll be among the first to point and laugh at an SEC foe that stubs their toe OOC or one who drops an important conference game, especially if it helps A&M. Like I said, it's all selfish for me at the end of the day, but it's better for all of us when the SEC name carries more clout on the gridiron.
Of course, I say all of this as an alum of a school that is still very new to this league. Maybe my perception will change over time
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