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re: Will A&M and Mizzou get the treatment that Arky and USCe got
Posted on 3/29/14 at 1:31 pm to KSGamecock
Posted on 3/29/14 at 1:31 pm to KSGamecock
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3. South Carolina was a better cultural fit. South Carolina served as the progenitor for most other Southern states and deeply influenced the development of the region and as such has much in common, culturally and historically speaking, with other SEC states. Arkansas not so much. USC is also geographically closer to other SEC schools than Arkansas.
How is South Carolina more of a cultural fit? I love these "Superior" type speak from a far Eastern fan base when the history is the same.
Want to go with history we can start here...
Proximity in 1992:
Arkansas played 4 games a year in Little Rock which is extremely close to Ole Miss (180 miles), Vanderbilt, LSU and MSU.
Proximity today:
Accent:
Let's start with what is your definition of culture since we have facts on the table?
P.s. thanks for pointing out Arkansas played the same percentage against SEC opponents as USC before each of us joining the conference.
This post was edited on 3/29/14 at 1:36 pm
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Posted on 3/29/14 at 1:37 pm to SunHog
At the end of the day Arkansas will never win the SEC. South Carolina, Mizzou have a better chance, and Texas A&M will win it sooner than all of them.
Posted on 3/29/14 at 1:39 pm to SunHog
I like your cracked.com graphs.
Posted on 3/29/14 at 1:47 pm to SunHog
Your first map:
I'm not saying I don't think that Arkansas is southern, I'm saying that I think SC is more southern.
Trace Southern history and culture back from where it is today. It is a history, at least in the deep south, of people moving east to west and bringing their way of life with them. The general flow is:
England/Scotland -> Barbados -> South Carolina -> Georgia -> Alabama and so on.
They brought the staple crops and chattel slavery with them when each new area opened up. South Carolina was the North American gateway for those settlers destined for the deep south.
The three cultural hearths of American history are:
SC - The South
VA - The mid-Atlantic
Mass - The North
Your second map:
Average distance between Fayetteville and original 10: 623 miles.
Average distance between Columbia and original 10: 420 miles.
The closest original SEC school to Arkansas is Ole Miss at 378 miles away. South Carolina has four SEC schools closer than that: UGA, UT, AU and UF.
The third map: I have no idea what you're trying to show with that. That Arkansans are southern and speak with a southern accent? I never said they didn't.
I'm not saying I don't think that Arkansas is southern, I'm saying that I think SC is more southern.
Trace Southern history and culture back from where it is today. It is a history, at least in the deep south, of people moving east to west and bringing their way of life with them. The general flow is:
England/Scotland -> Barbados -> South Carolina -> Georgia -> Alabama and so on.
They brought the staple crops and chattel slavery with them when each new area opened up. South Carolina was the North American gateway for those settlers destined for the deep south.
The three cultural hearths of American history are:
SC - The South
VA - The mid-Atlantic
Mass - The North
Your second map:
Average distance between Fayetteville and original 10: 623 miles.
Average distance between Columbia and original 10: 420 miles.
The closest original SEC school to Arkansas is Ole Miss at 378 miles away. South Carolina has four SEC schools closer than that: UGA, UT, AU and UF.
The third map: I have no idea what you're trying to show with that. That Arkansans are southern and speak with a southern accent? I never said they didn't.
This post was edited on 3/29/14 at 1:51 pm
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