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Flashback- In 1992 Arkansas’ departure for the SEC dropped the axe on the old SWC
Posted on 5/13/26 at 7:16 am
Posted on 5/13/26 at 7:16 am
Posted on 5/13/26 at 7:20 am to Summer of Jimbo
One third of that old league ( Arkansas, Texas, Texas A&M) is now in the SEC .
Posted on 5/13/26 at 5:06 pm to Summer of Jimbo
That league was started bc Texas couldnt hack it in the old siaa, they couldn’t ever win a conference championship in football so they grabbed a bunch of in state also rans and formed a conference they could dominate
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Posted on 5/13/26 at 5:53 pm to Summer of Jimbo
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One third of that old league ( Arkansas, Texas, Texas A&M) is now in the SEC .

Posted on 5/13/26 at 5:55 pm to bamabaseballsec
The SWC was a strong conference before the 80s.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 6:11 pm to bamabaseballsec
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That league was started bc Texas couldnt hack it in the old siaa, they couldn’t ever win a conference championship in football so they grabbed a bunch of in state also rans and formed a conference they could dominate
Wait are you trying to tell me that the University of Texas is not and has never been very ethical
Posted on 5/13/26 at 6:34 pm to bamabaseballsec
How many SIAA championships did Alabama have?
Posted on 5/13/26 at 7:26 pm to tBrand
How many SIAA championships did Alabama have?
Funny I don’t remember Alabama tucking tail and starting a weak conference they could dominate. Bama left as a charter member of the southern conference which was a precursor for the sec. The conference you’re currently in bc you’re rag tag all Texas conference couldnt cut it. You folded shop and got absorbed by big 8, then proceeded to wreck that conference.
Funny I don’t remember Alabama tucking tail and starting a weak conference they could dominate. Bama left as a charter member of the southern conference which was a precursor for the sec. The conference you’re currently in bc you’re rag tag all Texas conference couldnt cut it. You folded shop and got absorbed by big 8, then proceeded to wreck that conference.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 7:35 pm to bamabaseballsec
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Funny I don’t remember Alabama tucking tail and starting a weak conference they could dominate
You don't remember that happening in 1920-something? Ok.
Texas was the biggest geographic outlier in a time when teams and fans had to take a train to away games and you wonder why Texas would want to play in the state rather than take a train to Georgia.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 8:20 pm to Summer of Jimbo
Why did it take A&M so long to wake up?
Posted on 5/13/26 at 9:01 pm to theballguy
Politics. We wanted to leave with Arkansas.
We really should have been a founding member of the SEC…but politics.
We really should have been a founding member of the SEC…but politics.
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