Hypothetical Question About Expansion

Frank made a great move. I don't know that he ever really understood how great a move it would turn out to be long term. But it certainly has benefitted us substantially. The whole big 12 situation always was a mess. They didn't have the financial support necessary in all universities to succeed vs what the SEC was bringing.

It would be awesome if he was still alive to see if he saw it all going this far. I mean he hit that jackpot for Arkansas more than he probably ever imagined. We’d be so screwed right now IMO if he hadn’t made that leap of faith.

Arkansas likely stays in the SWC for a little longer. Arkansas wasn't some small program like TCU. Rice, SMU or Houston that didn't really provide anything of value to a conference. It is very unlikely that schools like Arkansas. Texas, A&M and Texas Tech would be left out to dry. What would probably happen is Frank and other ADS from other SWC schools would go about saving or maybe merging with the Big 8 conference, Frank tried to get Arkansas to join but no avail.

But it was inevitable that Arkansas would leave for the SEC as they would pay more money. They would be so sick and tired of the Texas politics shunning them out for so many years. Arkansas just needed a break from the Texas schools. Now after so many years, Arkansas is excited about Texas joining the SEC because Arkansas just didn't seem to fit in the SEC. With Texas and Oklahoma coming in, those two schools seem better rivals geographically than the rest SEC.

try finding nice pictures of Stillwater on the web that excite people about making that their destination

location, location, location

Kansas? Think about a life of caring about only one sport, ever


do we see any NWA people packing up like hell and moving the hell ASAP to Texas? Nope

do we see Texas people moving like hell to here? yep


I had an interview for a job in Norman, OK once and I went there for a weekend to see how I might like it, before I did the interview.

I got home on Sunday and cancelled the interview and stayed in NWA.

I don’t think anyone could have fully foreseen what a great move it’s been. But yes, I think that in addition to being tired of dealing with Texas’s shite, etc. Frank saw the money and knew that the conference would split into two divisions that would create a championship game as well as provide a better overall market and platform for us (as well as a cultural fit - we are Southern. Not Southwestern.). Frank also played at Georgia Tech and was familiar with and obviously kept good ties with the SEC and struck while the iron was hot.