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Frank Broyles gets so much praise for moving Arkansas to the SEC
Posted on 2/17/18 at 2:15 pm
Posted on 2/17/18 at 2:15 pm
This was objectively a horrible move unless you're a bean counter, or one of our brain dead fans that always says "but the money!"
Twenty five years, zero conference championships in football and a losing conference record. How exactly was this a good move? If your argument is about money then save your breath, none of the fans get any kind of benefit from Arkansas getting a big check from the SEC every year. I'd love to hear a cogent argument that moving to the SEC was some brilliant move.
Twenty five years, zero conference championships in football and a losing conference record. How exactly was this a good move? If your argument is about money then save your breath, none of the fans get any kind of benefit from Arkansas getting a big check from the SEC every year. I'd love to hear a cogent argument that moving to the SEC was some brilliant move.
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Posted on 2/17/18 at 2:21 pm to Stonehog
solid follow up sail is solid
Posted on 2/17/18 at 2:24 pm to Stonehog
none of it matters now
Posted on 2/17/18 at 2:28 pm to Stonehog
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If your argument is about money then save your breath, none of the fans get any kind of benefit from Arkansas getting a big check from the SEC every year
Posted on 2/17/18 at 2:34 pm to rockiee
I always wondered why they didn't call someone who hooks a lot of fish, but doesn't catch them, a Hooker....
Posted on 2/17/18 at 2:48 pm to Razorback Reverend
We had to save that word for something more important
Posted on 2/17/18 at 2:50 pm to rockiee
Not a single refutation of the argument.
Posted on 2/17/18 at 3:00 pm to Stonehog
Not subtle enough
Posted on 2/17/18 at 3:01 pm to rockiee
Seriously, how was moving to the SEC a good move? Give me one reason other than "money."
Posted on 2/17/18 at 3:28 pm to Stonehog
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Seriously, how was moving to the SEC a good move? Give me one reason other than "money."
I think the move is questionable, but Texas was determined to frick up the SWC, so Frank made a choice. The SEC wasn't as good back then, so I doubt he thought we'd struggle so much. And I still believe that much of our struggles are our own fault.
This post was edited on 2/17/18 at 3:29 pm
Posted on 2/17/18 at 3:39 pm to Stonehog
Yeah we shoulda hung around with Texas. Woulda worked out great for us. Just look at the Big 12. 
Posted on 2/17/18 at 4:25 pm to rockiee
Why are you laughing? Do you get a check of athletic funds?
Posted on 2/17/18 at 5:11 pm to Stonehog
Because it just means more
Posted on 2/17/18 at 5:14 pm to Stonehog
Enh, this isn't one of your better efforts. Still its the off season and you don't want to blow through your best material and have to make it through summer without anything.
I think Broyles was convinced the SWC was a dead man walking conference... and it certainly didn't have long to live when he made that decision.
We had two choices to stay in big time football if that happened. Either go to the SEC which did want us, or hope that the Big 8 would take us and most behind the scenes folks have said pretty flat out the Big 8 didn't want us.
It took TCU decades to get back to a P5 conference. Houston, Rice, SMU still haven't made it back to the big leagues yet.
I like to think of it as the SWC was a plane about to crash with not enough parachutes for everyone onboard. We grabbed the first one and jumped.
I think Broyles was convinced the SWC was a dead man walking conference... and it certainly didn't have long to live when he made that decision.
We had two choices to stay in big time football if that happened. Either go to the SEC which did want us, or hope that the Big 8 would take us and most behind the scenes folks have said pretty flat out the Big 8 didn't want us.
It took TCU decades to get back to a P5 conference. Houston, Rice, SMU still haven't made it back to the big leagues yet.
I like to think of it as the SWC was a plane about to crash with not enough parachutes for everyone onboard. We grabbed the first one and jumped.
Posted on 2/17/18 at 5:18 pm to Stonehog
It's all about the money. Everything.
Posted on 2/17/18 at 5:30 pm to WonderWartHawg
I like the argument. Money doesn't buy Championships but Championships make money.
Posted on 2/17/18 at 5:30 pm to Stonehog
I think everyone knows being in the Big 12 would be better for us. However the Big 12 is on borrowed time and there will soon only be 4 major conferences. There’s zero point for us to move now.
Posted on 2/17/18 at 5:33 pm to WonderWartHawg
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It's all about the money. Everything.
For you? Because I see our administration making money, paying themselves more and creating 6 figure positions for their friends, but the fans just get zero championships and a losing conference record after 25 years. As a fan I would rather experience a championship than create pointless positions just to spend money.
Posted on 2/17/18 at 6:32 pm to Stonehog
Objectively it's a brilliant move... unless you're one of the dumbasses who thinks that sports don't exist to support the University :)
Posted on 2/17/18 at 8:56 pm to Killean
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thinks that sports don't exist to support the University :)
WTF are you talking about
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