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re: Arkansas has never been and never will be Texas rival
Posted on 8/23/25 at 4:47 pm to Curiousmark
Posted on 8/23/25 at 4:47 pm to Curiousmark
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That was a good game. I was in my first year at LSU and they had a lot students watching the game on TV in the Union. Wasn't the president of the U.S. at that game?
Nixon and future president George HW Bush were there plus other notable politicians and famous people. I knew the game was huge when they showed Colonel Sanders in the stands in his white suit, that was big to me as a kid because I loved his chicken….haha
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Posted on 8/23/25 at 4:54 pm to Monahans
Please research the classic 1969 Arkansas Texas game, which contributed a lot toward deciding the national title.
Posted on 8/23/25 at 4:59 pm to rjokerlsu
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Please research the classic 1969 Arkansas Texas game, which contributed a lot toward deciding the national title.
The game was moved by abc to create the game of the century..
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ABC, specifically Roone Arledge and Beano Cook, moved the 1969 Arkansas vs. Texas football game from its usual October date to the end of the season to cap off the centennial of college football, creating the highly anticipated "Game of the Century" that decided the Southwest Conference championship and a potential national championship berth. The move was a gamble that paid off, as both teams were undefeated and highly ranked by December,
Posted on 8/23/25 at 4:59 pm to Monahans
Your local community college education is showing. T shirt fans are hilarious kid
Posted on 8/23/25 at 5:06 pm to Golfer1
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Your local community college education is showing. T shirt fans are hilarious kid
I figure him and and that monsanto kid are bumping dickheads in jr high right now.
Posted on 8/23/25 at 5:12 pm to TFH
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And here you are, thinking of us. Probably still cry yourself to sleep over fat Bert Bielema stomping your guts out
Posted on 8/23/25 at 5:18 pm to Monahans
If arkansas ever wins another national championship which will never happen again, then we can talk rivalry,
Thats the only reason arkansas ever crossed our minds 60 years ago is cuz they were a proven national champion.
They haven't crossed our minds since, just a bump in the road
Thats the only reason arkansas ever crossed our minds 60 years ago is cuz they were a proven national champion.
They haven't crossed our minds since, just a bump in the road
Posted on 8/23/25 at 5:25 pm to Texoticlifestyles531
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There was a time a car with Texas plates couldn't buy gasoline in Arkansas. Had to fill up in Texarkana, TX. before heading to Fayette-nam or Little Rock.
Was?
Posted on 8/23/25 at 5:28 pm to Monahans
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Arkansas has never been and never will be Texas rival
False.
Arkansas was a bigger rival than A&M back in the 60s and 70s. A&M started cheating in the 80s and that game became more important after Arkansas went to the SEC in 1991.
Moral to the story:
Sometimes, it does pay to cheat.
PS: Monahans is a shitty Texas alter
Posted on 8/23/25 at 5:34 pm to Monahans
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Monahans
Translation: Arkansas has a winning record against you since the late 80's and you're scared.
This post was edited on 8/23/25 at 5:35 pm
Posted on 8/23/25 at 5:45 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
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by Harry Rex Vonner
Translation: Harry likes to talk to himself.
Posted on 8/23/25 at 6:11 pm to Monahans
SHHHHHH
We want Arkansas, its an easy W year after year
We want Arkansas, its an easy W year after year
Posted on 8/23/25 at 6:17 pm to Monahans
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Arkansas is a nobody.
Bookmarked for later use
Posted on 8/23/25 at 7:08 pm to TrNabs
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We want Arkansas, its an easy W year after year
Hahahaha, good one…
Posted on 8/24/25 at 7:48 am to SL Xpress
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We've never cared outside of the 60s, even when Arkansas was good. But the Texas game is a jihad for them.
1960’s, 70’s, & 80’s were ultimate SWC matchups between Arkansas and Texas.
17 of those games saw both teams ranked in the top 25. 11 of those games both were ranked inside the top 10. Texas won 12 conference titles in those three decades and Arkansas won 9. Texas claims 3 National titles in that era and Arkansas officially claims 1, but also has a claim to another.
Within league play, it was the most competitive rivalry in those last thirty years of the SWC. Game of the Century in 1969. No.1 Texas going and getting slaughtered in 1982 in Fayetteville. From 1960-1989 Arkansas and Texas were two of the winningest programs in the nation.
aTm only won the league 5 times in that timeframe and no national relevance since 1939, and Houston won the league 4 times.
Posted on 8/24/25 at 5:05 pm to BigBro
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BigBro
You ran off and quit the board in a tantrum, and then you came back saying you had not quit
Posted on 8/24/25 at 6:20 pm to Monahans
Arkansas will become 1 of Texas 3 opponents for the sheer fact the SEC will continue to give Texas the easiest possible schedule because Texas is paying them 7 to 8 figures to receive the easiest schedule.
Posted on 8/24/25 at 9:23 pm to Hawgeye
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1960’s, 70’s, & 80’s were ultimate SWC matchups between Arkansas and Texas.
17 of those games saw both teams ranked in the top 25. 11 of those games both were ranked inside the top 10. Texas won 12 conference titles in those three decades and Arkansas won 9. Texas claims 3 National titles in that era and Arkansas officially claims 1, but also has a claim to another.
Within league play, it was the most competitive rivalry in those last thirty years of the SWC. Game of the Century in 1969. No.1 Texas going and getting slaughtered in 1982 in Fayetteville. From 1960-1989 Arkansas and Texas were two of the winningest programs in the nation.
aTm only won the league 5 times in that timeframe and no national relevance since 1939, and Houston won the league 4 times.
The 1960s were a special time for the rivalry. There's no question about that. Grafting on the 70s and 80s to it helps your agenda, but it doesn't make it accurate.
1981 is the year Arkansas walloped Texas for our only loss of the year. We had beaten #14 Miami, #10 OU in the two weeks prior, then defeated the Pony Express SMU team the week after ranked #8 at the time (Arkansas and SMU would tie that year).
I remember very clearly listening on the radio in befuddlement (because the game wasn't televised) that we could get smashed that badly. But part of it was because of where it was on the schedule.
The next year, 1982, they moved the game to the end of the season, and Texas crushed the Razorbacks at home. Lou Holtz would be pushed out the next season. From 1984 to 1997 Texas took a step back from fielding competitive football teams for the most part. Before Arkansas left for the SEC there were 3 SWC series more important. SMU before they were given the death penalty. A&M, where they won 10 of 11 games from 1984 to 1994 and completely redefined that series for a generation of fans from both programs, and UH, which employed the run and shoot, including winning the Heisman for Andre Ware. They blasted Texas several times in the late 80s culminating in the 1990 game which was the loudest any Texas fan had ever attended at Memorial stadium for a couple of decades. When Texas won the fans stormed the field and tore down the goal posts. I don't know of another instance where that ever happened. Certainly not for any Arkansas games.
Posted on 8/25/25 at 12:21 am to Monahans
Yet another Texas thread no one gives a f*** about
Posted on 8/25/25 at 2:37 am to TFH
Can’t believe you guys let him go. He could be doing for you all what he’s doing at Illinois.
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