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re: Anyone else occasionally just think how weird it is that the SEC let the big 12 in?
Posted on 10/19/25 at 9:37 pm to Mediocre
Posted on 10/19/25 at 9:37 pm to Mediocre
it makes a hell lot more sense than what the other conferences have done with expansion. expanded westward, but you know, didn't have to cross the rockies to do it and managed to keep the conference contiguous
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Posted on 10/19/25 at 9:38 pm to Mediocre
I miss defense
Posted on 10/19/25 at 9:40 pm to Pimphand
Arky and Carolina were pretty good natural fits. They came right on in and joined the family and now it’s been so long I couldn’t imagine the SEC without either of them. Hard to believe that many years have passed already.
Posted on 10/19/25 at 9:42 pm to RollingwiththeTide
I realize that Arky was SWC… my point is that Arkansas people and culture pretty much “fit in”
Posted on 10/19/25 at 9:43 pm to Mediocre
quote:Miss the SWC days. Big 12, as long as it lasted, never felt permanent to me. This is new, but feels like it’ll last a long while, which I’m glad for.
How do yall former big 12 teams feel? Yall comfortable yet? Yall feel any SEC pride yet? Is it weird for yall at times too?
Posted on 10/19/25 at 9:49 pm to RollingwiththeTide
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Arky and Carolina were pretty good natural fits. They came right on in and joined the family and now it’s been so long I couldn’t imagine the SEC without either of them
As a youngling I didn't like Arkansas but I was probably 5 years into paying attention to college football at the time. I basically inherited the bad blood from pops but I also understood they were doing what they thought was best for their university. Of course at that time we didn't have a bunch of examples where joining a new conference and abandoning your rivals would totally screw you over so Arky kind of became the template then Nebraska went and cemented it as the poster child 20 years later. That was the reason I was good with Texas joining the SEC with OU was it got us to keep our 3 blood feuds and secure a place in a real conference. When they announced the 3+6 schedule the one school who there was no debate as to which 3 schools they got was Texas. I feel like the SEC did a major disservice to both A&M & Arkansas by not pairing them up.
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Hard to believe that many years have passed already.
Yeah I'm not sure if I would have agreed to incarnate if I knew the ride was this short....
Posted on 10/19/25 at 9:50 pm to navy
Arky fit right in on day one.
Posted on 10/19/25 at 9:56 pm to VFL67
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Diluted our southern culture
Added southerners that wear sleeves.
Posted on 10/19/25 at 9:57 pm to Mediocre
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Anyone else occasionally just think how weird it is that the SEC let the big 12 in?
Mediocre
It was a slow trickle with harmless A&M and Mizzou, and then Texas and Oklahoma followed.
I mean, I’m not mad about it, or really have any strong cares at all(hope they feel at home). It just feels weird sometimes. And now we have this front row seat to the Texas/A&M/OK feud that’s been going on for decades and it’s just weird lol
Anyone else feel this way? How do yall former big 12 teams feel? Yall comfortable yet? Yall feel any SEC pride yet? Is it weird for yall at times too? Football is cray.
Dear diary…
I love the SEC.
The road trips are amazing. The venues are iconic.
As an old guy, I loved the old Big 8, but road trips to Ames, Manhattan, Stillwater and Lincoln were awful.
Posted on 10/19/25 at 10:00 pm to Pimphand
Yeah the SEC has all these schools now that spent years hating each other in another conference so they should take advantage of it as much as they can.
Was it a couple of years before joining the SEC that Arky played Texas in Arkansas? I was sitting at home watching it on tv and you could feel the electric atmosphere there. All those old rivals definitely can add to the SEC for sure.
Was it a couple of years before joining the SEC that Arky played Texas in Arkansas? I was sitting at home watching it on tv and you could feel the electric atmosphere there. All those old rivals definitely can add to the SEC for sure.
Posted on 10/19/25 at 10:08 pm to Mizzouligan
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As an old guy, I loved the old Big 8, but road trips to Ames, Manhattan, Stillwater and Lincoln were awful.
Man I always had a blast in Ames & Lincoln. Tip Top Lounge & Sidetrack Tavern (RIP) were some of my favorite Friday night pregame festivities.
Of course we got kicked out of Sidetrack in the 2010 game once Nebraska was ultra mega pissed at Texas having won every single game except the 1999 Big 12 championship game (9-1) as conference mates.
I guess I might be biased because I never saw us lose in either place. I was smart enough to ignore the Charlie Strong & Tom Herman eras in Ames and was pissed we hired Sark in 2021. I did go back in 2023 for the first time since 2011 to say goodbye. I still talk college football with the people I met on that final trip in 2023.
Posted on 10/19/25 at 10:12 pm to RollingwiththeTide
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Was it a couple of years before joining the SEC that Arky played Texas in Arkansas? I was sitting at home watching it on tv and you could feel the electric atmosphere there. All those old rivals definitely can add to the SEC for sure.
Yes it was 2021 the day after my birthday and Arkansas kicked our teeth in because Sark was an absolute stone cold p00si refusing to put Casey Thompson in the game despite the fact that Hudson Card looked like a deer in headlights. Talk about a harbinger of things to come with Ewers & Manning good lord.
Posted on 10/19/25 at 10:15 pm to Mediocre
So "harmless" teams are welcome? 
Posted on 10/19/25 at 10:24 pm to Pimphand
Lol. I remember watching that game and the atmosphere was nuts. That game had the same type of atmosphere that usually come with a Bama vs LSU game back around 2010, 2011, 2012. Bama vs Georgia has been electric like that but most of those games were played off campus. The game last year was electric like that. The Blackout game of 08 or 09 played in Athens was pretty electric till Bama started steamrolling them. That Arky vs Texas game stood out though.
Posted on 10/19/25 at 10:31 pm to Pimphand
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Yes it was 2021 the day after my birthday and Arkansas kicked our teeth in because Sark was an absolute stone cold p00si refusing to put Casey Thompson in the game despite the fact that Hudson Card looked like a deer in headlights. Talk about a harbinger of things to come with Ewers & Manning good lord.
Favorite Sam Pittman memory was watching him beat the dog shite out of Texas. I think this years game will be a battle too.
Posted on 10/19/25 at 10:35 pm to Mediocre
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Yall feel any SEC pride yet?
Not at all. Always thought that was weird and still do
Posted on 10/19/25 at 10:46 pm to Mediocre
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It was a slow trickle with harmless A&M and Mizzou, and then Texas and Oklahoma followed.
The bigger picture is it started well before then with Arkansas. Had Arkansas not joined SEC, who knows how that would’ve impacted realignment
One of the major issues with the Big 12 was 1 too many Texas schools. Similar problem to the ACC-North Carolina schools and the Cali PAC 12 schools. They cannibalize each other in recruiting and are too strong of a voting bloc
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Texas
Texas A&M
Texas Tech
Arkansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Missouri
Kansas
Kansas State
Iowa State
^ this would have been a much better conference for stability
This post was edited on 10/19/25 at 10:48 pm
Posted on 10/19/25 at 11:10 pm to CharlotteSooner
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So "harmless" teams are welcome?
oU was pretty harmless last year.
Posted on 10/19/25 at 11:11 pm to Pimphand
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Man I always had a blast in Ames & Lincoln. Tip Top Lounge & Sidetrack Tavern (RIP) were some of my favorite Friday night pregame festivities.
Of course we got kicked out of Sidetrack in the 2010 game once Nebraska was ultra mega pissed at Texas having won every single game except the 1999 Big 12 championship game (9-1) as conference mates.
I guess I might be biased because I never saw us lose in either place. I was smart enough to ignore the Charlie Strong & Tom Herman eras in Ames and was pissed we hired Sark in 2021. I did go back in 2023 for the first time since 2011 to say goodbye. I still talk college football with the people I met on that final trip in 2023.
The coldest I;ve even been in my life, was a November game in Ames, and I grew up in Minnesota.
Posted on 10/19/25 at 11:12 pm to Mediocre
As someone that went to UT Austin in the 2010s and from Louisiana, being in the SEC just feels better every weekend. I actually care to watch the other teams play and what’s going on. I never gave a frick about Baylor, TTU, TCU, and everyone else.
I feel like most Texas fans agree that the sec just hits different in all sports. Even baseball is more exciting.
I feel like most Texas fans agree that the sec just hits different in all sports. Even baseball is more exciting.
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