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re: Which Expansion was Less of a Fit: Ark/SCAR, Aggie/Mizzou, or OU/TX?
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:47 am to PerrillouxToTexas
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:47 am to PerrillouxToTexas
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What makes Texas so different from say, Florida or UGA?
The people and their culture. All are state universities and the place monied and connected people from the state send their children for education in state. The culture in all but about 1/3 of Texas (graciously) is vastly different than that of Florida and Georgia. Academically they are similar, culturally they ain't close. Nothing wrong with that...Texas culture, which accounts for about 66% of the state, is uniquely Texan and it is great. The fact that the culture of Florida and Georgia is nearly identical from North Carolina to 1/3 of Texas and the culture of the majority of Texas stretches from just a little east of Houston/Dallas to almost Los Angeles is the difference...
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Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:55 am to AwgustaDawg
Sure, but LSU and southeastern Louisiana is pretty damn unique as well. If LSU had been a SWC school that was just now joining the SEC now, people would say they're not a fit.
I agree though that it doesn't really matter. Texas doesn't have to be Ole Miss to be valuable member and will find its own special place in the SEC just like other expansion teams have, except Mizzou.
I agree though that it doesn't really matter. Texas doesn't have to be Ole Miss to be valuable member and will find its own special place in the SEC just like other expansion teams have, except Mizzou.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 11:15 am to AwgustaDawg
Every place in this country has changed culturally from the early days of the SEC, the 1930s forward. So much of the rural South did not join the 20th century until after WW II. The Depression hit but they were already poor to start with. With the advent of mass communications this country is very homogenized.
I have traveled just about everywhere and suburbia looks the same in Ohio, Georgia or Alabama. Same stores, same highways, all the same looking. Small town America looks very similar also. Do people speak differently? Yes they do. Is all the local establishment food the same? No it is not. The South and Midwest are closer culturally than say the South and the Northeast
People, that have not traveled all that much, hold on to their preconceived ideas of how people act or feel about their politics.
I have looked at "fitting in" in a sports conference as do you have the passion for your team as much as fans of the teams you are playing? If you bring passion, you fit in.
I have traveled just about everywhere and suburbia looks the same in Ohio, Georgia or Alabama. Same stores, same highways, all the same looking. Small town America looks very similar also. Do people speak differently? Yes they do. Is all the local establishment food the same? No it is not. The South and Midwest are closer culturally than say the South and the Northeast
People, that have not traveled all that much, hold on to their preconceived ideas of how people act or feel about their politics.
I have looked at "fitting in" in a sports conference as do you have the passion for your team as much as fans of the teams you are playing? If you bring passion, you fit in.
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