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I did not know that. Thanks!

It is a shame because I have a lot of respect for your football program. Just cannot (at nearly the age of FIFY) ever see Arky as anything but a SWC team. However, I do recognize that younger fans will eventually see them as our rival (just like I see Tulane and Ole Miss that way).

Texas was suppose to come to the SEC with us, but the state legislature told them they could not.

In one of Broyles last decent decisions made he saw the writing on the wall and left Texas behind. It was confirmed to him after the Big12 that the SWC was destined to collapse and had Arkansas stayed we would have been on the outside looking in during the conference realignment.

We originally had the choice between joining the SEC or what became the SWC but included OU and Okie State at that time, apparently it was a tough decision based on how different, culturally, Arkansas was from Texas/Oklahoma, yet how Arkansas was able to "identify" with them better than the other southern states...

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Posted by hoginthesw

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Posted on 12/30/10 at 1:55 pm to DaleDenton

Arkansas actually was not going to be invited to the Big 12. That was later confirmed by SWC dickheads and Broyles. If FB wouldn't have made sure we jumped to the SEC, Arkansas most likely would have ended up in C-USA.