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re: OU scouts SEC gameday
Posted on 4/13/23 at 6:52 am to Numberwang
Posted on 4/13/23 at 6:52 am to Numberwang
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Kind of a weird article. Makes it seem like they are moving to a different country.
In some ways they are. The SEC is totally different then other conferences. Our game experiences are second to none.
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Posted on 4/13/23 at 7:13 am to SOSFAN
I’ve been to a few Big 12 venues for football games: Texas, Baylor, TCU, Oklahoma, and Nebraska.
With the exception of Nebraska and Texas, although the university and Austin has changed drastically in the past 25 years or so, they were all extremely boring venues and atmospheres. They all paled in comparison to SEC venues and events.
Oklahoma representatives can visit all the SEC sites they want and can design and build whatever entertainment districts and amenities they feel necessary, but it won’t change. Why? It’s a cultural matter. People in that Big 12/Great Plain region largely are a boring, stale, homely bunch. They aren’t impolite, but they also aren’t overly welcoming and can be perceived as standoffish (I found Nebraska was the exception).
They just don’t click with the Deep South. Sure, the SEC and the southeast (excluding Missouri and A&M) are a lively, backslapping, “good ole boys club”, in which, our new Big 12 additions (probably sans UT) will likely never get a seat at the table, but at the end of the day, they can design whatever and build whatever, it’ll still be a stale and dormant environment. Nothing like Oxford, Baton Rouge, Athens, Knoxville, Tuscaloosa, Auburn, etc on a game day…
This says it all:
With the exception of Nebraska and Texas, although the university and Austin has changed drastically in the past 25 years or so, they were all extremely boring venues and atmospheres. They all paled in comparison to SEC venues and events.
Oklahoma representatives can visit all the SEC sites they want and can design and build whatever entertainment districts and amenities they feel necessary, but it won’t change. Why? It’s a cultural matter. People in that Big 12/Great Plain region largely are a boring, stale, homely bunch. They aren’t impolite, but they also aren’t overly welcoming and can be perceived as standoffish (I found Nebraska was the exception).
They just don’t click with the Deep South. Sure, the SEC and the southeast (excluding Missouri and A&M) are a lively, backslapping, “good ole boys club”, in which, our new Big 12 additions (probably sans UT) will likely never get a seat at the table, but at the end of the day, they can design whatever and build whatever, it’ll still be a stale and dormant environment. Nothing like Oxford, Baton Rouge, Athens, Knoxville, Tuscaloosa, Auburn, etc on a game day…
This says it all:
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A recurring observation on the site visits was that the proverbial party on an SEC game weekend starts on Thursday or Friday and carries through Sunday.
This post was edited on 4/13/23 at 7:17 am
Posted on 4/13/23 at 7:21 am to SOSFAN
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Kind of a weird article. Makes it seem like they are moving to a different country.
Have you ever been to Oklahoma?
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