re: Spinoff - If you could go back in time and move your university, where to?

Lafayette probably. Way more culture than BR and a cooler town plus we would have actual room to expand.

New Orleans would be the absolute worst choice. I would have rather it stayed in Pineville.

The glory hole of West Memphis, AR.


















yea frick that, worst town on the planet.

Fayetteville is a beautiful location and I love where it is. I sometimes wish it could be in Little Rock though. Or maybe Hot Springs?

Just outside of St. Louis.....Then Dig a Shiteload of Fighting Positions and a big fence around my city to keep dem damn Arkyturds out.... stinking Frickards

Certainly you understand why the land grant schools weren't put in the capital cities?

Small townships offered more land at a cheaper rate, allowing for cheaper contstruction costs and more room for future growth. Also getting the kids out of the hustle and bustle and evils of the cities and out into the countryside provide for more study time and less chances for the youth to fall prey to the vices of man.

As for Arkansas the NW part of the state were the poor rock farmers that eeked out the most meager of livings, while the Delta was where the cotton farms and plantations were at and where the $ and centers of influence were. The transformation of the NW part of Arkansas over the past 30-40 years and the decline in the delta is absolutely remarkable and really an unparalleled phenomenon in a shift of population and socioeconomic factors.

Fayetteville was the perfect location in terms of providing economic stimulus to the NW section of the state, it's not reachable by water, roads/trails were few and terrible (still are), education opportunities were non-existent save for the college at Cane Hill (first university in Arkansas founded in 1834.


Russelville has Arkansas Tech, but the U of A likely should have been there as the Arkansas River passes close by and it was on the major East/West trail.

I'd keep Auburn where it is, but move Lee County to Georgia

I like USC's location in Columbia. It is what it isn't. If someone wants a campus far away from civilization, then they can go to a school like that. I liked how USC was downtown. It's close to business, 5 points, the Vista, Ft Jackson, the State House, etc....

USC is planning and building infrastructure towards the Congaree River, which will be nice. Also it's nice what they are doing with the visual appeal around campus. There is a lot more vegetation around campus now and renovation to many key buildings, since I went there. We're getting a new business school, law school, nano-tech center, future fuels research building etc...and that's being built in the direction of the river.

None of the BR people weighin in on this thread. I think LSU is in a pretty good spot. Any really cool small town would have built up in a good way based on the university being there. Off the top of my head, St Francisville maybe? That type of culture mixed with a college would be awesome.

Wake Forest moved from Wake Forest to Winston Salem once upon a time.

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