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re: Civil War nicknames for SEC states..

Posted by TAMU87 on 6/27/12 at 6:59 pm
All great stuff, I love history. Thanks...

re: Civil War nicknames for SEC states..

Posted by TAMU87 on 6/27/12 at 11:30 am
Agreed, on the what if's. My point was if Johnston, would have survived and completed a decisive Victory at Shiloh, things would have been much different. Grant would have been weaken, and the Confederates would have been more aggressive in the West, making the taking of Vicksburg, more difficult. M...

re: Civil War nicknames for SEC states..

Posted by TAMU87 on 6/27/12 at 10:38 am
It is interesting as a student of history the few events that truly change the course of history. The war between the states in the west might have been much different if f A.S. Johnston was not killed at Shiloh. If he would of stayed in command of The Army of Mississippi/Tennessee throughout the Wa...

re: Civil War nicknames for SEC states..

Posted by TAMU87 on 6/26/12 at 11:17 pm
Another great Texas General, Albert Sidney Johnston the highest ranking General Killed in the War between the States, at the battle of Shiloh. He was a highly respected General, who's loss was a tough blow for the south, in the West. FYI, He was also a Former General the US Army and the in the Re...

re: Civil War nicknames for SEC states..

Posted by TAMU87 on 6/26/12 at 6:26 pm
Thanks, did not know he was divisional commander. After that battle there was not a lot of the division left....

re: Civil War nicknames for SEC states..

Posted by TAMU87 on 6/26/12 at 5:30 pm
Texas Most famous Civil War fighting force was Hood's Texas Brigade of the Army of North Virginia, a member of Longstreet's Corps. It initially comprised the 1st, 4th, and 5th Texas regiments, the 18th Georgia Infantry, and Hampton's South Carolina Legion. After the battle of Antietam in 1862,...
Wow DFW area alone had 11 kids in the draft this year. The south from Texas to Florida produces a lot of NFL talent...
State of Texas with Five players in the first round, two from Houston....

re: Your gameday bourbon?

Posted by TAMU87 on 4/25/12 at 8:26 am
Woodford Reserve :cheers:...
This is a long post but I am very familiar with the Texas A&M Foundation and PUF Endowment. In terms of the Texas PUF Fund, the numbers for that fund over the next 5 years should more than double almost triple due to the new Texas shale horizontal natural gas drilling taking place on public land in ...
Because they are in Idaho, :rolleyes:...
Wait a second, I did not mean to post this as something concerning A&M. I just saw this link on another site and thought it was interesting that Florida State was in the Top five of the list. A reason Florida State should be a target for #14. Look A&M is at the bottom of the list. This was post h...
[link=(http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin/records/calc-wp.pl?start=1976&end=2010&rpct=30&min=5&ss=on&se=on&c1a=on&pt=on&by=Win+Pct)]Top College teams since 1976 (modern football)[/link] Viewing this list Florida state should be at the top of the list for #14 to the SEC. Rank Team name ...
If Clemson was in North Carolina instead of South Carolina, I would bet the SEC would be ready to soon vote them into the SEC as number 14. They would be perfect, but are located in the wrong state. This is all about TV sets and the new SEC network. ...