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re: Why can't Arkansas be a football powerhouse?
Posted on 11/12/21 at 11:12 am to panhandlebama
Posted on 11/12/21 at 11:12 am to panhandlebama
Arkansas was solid but not a true powerhouse
It’s just different playing against teams like Rice, TCU, SMU, and having the big game against Texas and maybe A&M (or 80s SMU). And typically Texas wasn’t as good as Alabama or Oklahoma/Nebraska
If they were in the Big8 they would’ve had 2 auto losses every year with Nebraska and OU. Obviously they’d beat them every now and then, but from 1970-1990 they’d normally be no higher than 3rd in that conference.
It’s just different playing against teams like Rice, TCU, SMU, and having the big game against Texas and maybe A&M (or 80s SMU). And typically Texas wasn’t as good as Alabama or Oklahoma/Nebraska
If they were in the Big8 they would’ve had 2 auto losses every year with Nebraska and OU. Obviously they’d beat them every now and then, but from 1970-1990 they’d normally be no higher than 3rd in that conference.
This post was edited on 11/12/21 at 11:12 am
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Posted on 11/12/21 at 12:18 pm to MizzouTrue
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It’s just different playing against teams like Rice, TCU, SMU, and having the big game against Texas and maybe A&M (or 80s SMU). And typically Texas wasn’t as good as Alabama or Oklahoma/Nebraska
Texas won 3 national titles in the 60s and another in 1970 bud. Oklahoma was a little down in the 60s, but had their 50+ game winning streak through the 59 season.
The old Southwest conference had Arkansas, Texas, A&M, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St, Baylor, Rice, and SMU. It was a much smaller conference, but that's not much different proportionally than the SEC now with good programs to less than good programs
From 1959-1970, and remember the regular season was 10 games back then, Arkansas had one undefeated season at 11-0, 2 10-1 seasons, and 4 9-2 seasons.
This post was edited on 11/12/21 at 12:28 pm
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