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

Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:18 pm
Posted by wmr
North of Dickson, South of Herman's
Member since Mar 2009
32518 posts
Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:18 pm
Why?

I think the University of Arkansas could have made a unique urban campus in the Heights or Hillcrest area of Little Rock. I think the current location is pretty great, though, as far as scenery, etc.

In Little Rock, Arkansas would have grown sooner and be a larger university. It likely would have been better funded earlier in its existence, too.
Posted by townestoldme2
Austin, TX
Member since Sep 2012
499 posts
Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:20 pm to
Austin
Posted by AllBamaDoesIsWin
Member since Dec 2011
26725 posts
Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:20 pm to
Four inches to the left.
Posted by Politiceaux
Member since Feb 2009
17654 posts
Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:21 pm to
Little Rock would have been a much more fitting home to the state's flagship university, IMO, as it is much more representative of the state as a whole than Fayetteville.
Posted by diddydirtyAubie
Bozeman
Member since Dec 2010
39829 posts
Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:22 pm to
Jackson Hole
Posted by I Ham That I Ham
Oh Lord, it's hard to be humble
Member since Jan 2012
10773 posts
Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:23 pm to
quote:

I think the University of Arkansas could have made a unique urban campus in the Heights or Hillcrest area of Little Rock.


that's a cool idea. I would put it where Country Club of LR is at. Cool views of downtown and the river in both directions(mountains along river to the west).
Posted by CockRocket
Columbia, SC
Member since May 2012
6840 posts
Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:24 pm to
Charleston, perhaps.
Posted by 15sammy34
Auburn, AL
Member since Oct 2011
16137 posts
Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:25 pm to
On the other side of the Georgia state line.
This post was edited on 3/11/13 at 3:25 pm
Posted by SouthOfSouth
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2008
43487 posts
Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:25 pm to
If LSU would have continued the LSU Lakes to the north side of campus that may have made for a better campus environment.

But the location is perfect.
Posted by TotalRebel
Member since Jan 2013
5886 posts
Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:26 pm to
Oxford is perfect.
Posted by Mizzeaux
Worshington
Member since Jun 2012
13905 posts
Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:26 pm to
I think we're probably pretty okay considering the way the population is spread out. Just 125 miles to both population centers in STL and KC is about as perfect as you get. Plus, Columbia's a good mix between the two, and is a pretty nice area of the state, landscape-wise.

If anything, I'd move the two cities closer rather than moving the university. Would help out with the early football and basketball games.
Posted by 12Pence
Member since Jan 2013
6344 posts
Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:26 pm to
New Orleans
Posted by EKG
Houston, TX
Member since Jun 2010
44966 posts
Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:27 pm to
Since our university literally sprung up around the "college" train stop/station that came through this part of Texas, we had no choice in the matter.

I think the B/CS locale is ideal. We're pretty centrally triangulated between Houston, Dallas, and Austin. And since most of us grew up in some of the largest cities in the country, it's fun to experience the charm of a smallish college town that's still very accessible to multiple large cities.

Now would I love B/CS to have a cooler climate? Hell yeah. But in Texas, that would mean the panhandle and the likes of Lubbock; so I'm willing to deal with our heat & humidity.
Posted by BIG DADDY 73
Roanoke, AL.
Member since Dec 2012
903 posts
Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:28 pm to
Roanoke , AL. so wouldn't have to drive 3 hours to get there.
Posted by FarmersFight
Austin
Member since Jan 2013
1515 posts
Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:29 pm to
quote:

Austin


There was a time before Sul Ross took over A&M that they considered closing the Bryan campus and moving the A&M college to Austin.

Could you imagine the combined student size and wealth of a merged UT-Austin/A&M? And if the people of Texas had kept the Medical Branch in Austin as well (rather than Galveston)?
Posted by lightbulbz
Austin, TX
Member since Jun 2012
908 posts
Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:29 pm to
Austin.
Posted by Bluegrass_Cat
GVL, SC
Member since Aug 2012
1634 posts
Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:33 pm to
In Kentucky, I'd say Lexington is a pretty good fit.
Posted by bulldawger
Fish Creek, GA
Member since Jul 2010
2903 posts
Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:35 pm to
As you all have mentioned, since UGA is so pathetic at recruiting its own state it should move to Tennessee where there are no football recruits to miss on.
Posted by stout
Porte du Lafitte
Member since Sep 2006
171255 posts
Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:35 pm to
quote:

But the location is perfect.


They really need to do something about the ghetto just outside of campus though.
Posted by TigerMattSTL
O'Fallon, MO
Member since Aug 2011
1105 posts
Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:37 pm to
quote:

Oxford is perfect.


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