re: Which Expansion was Less of a Fit: Ark/SCAR, Aggie/Mizzou, or OU/TX?

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.