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re: For all the boomers, is this how you felt when SC/ARK joined?
Posted on 7/28/21 at 1:38 pm to SCgamecock2988
Posted on 7/28/21 at 1:38 pm to SCgamecock2988
Not a boomer but I was in college when it happened and I thought it was pretty cool because it made a possibility for a conference championship game and at the time teams could “share” the SEC championship which I thought was kinda ghey. There was a three-way split in 1989 as an example.
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Posted on 7/28/21 at 1:40 pm to Arksulli
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I go away for a couple of months and I come back to see you using this language? I am depressed.
So sorry sulli, I will wash my own mouth out with soap.
Posted on 7/28/21 at 1:43 pm to SCgamecock2988
Not really but USC was the head scratcher like Mizzou was. Many were upset that Florida St and Miami "chickened" out. USC was the Hmmm, Ok. Even though USC was a permanent opponent for State initially, it was an oh hum game because we won a lot of those.
Arkansas was good at basketball and football at the time. So when they came aboard it wasn't a surprise. I still get more excited playing some of the traditional SEC schools unless something is on the line against Arkansas.
***There wasn't online message boards to develop an instant rivalry feel like now. A&M and Mizzou seems to be quicker to adapt then Ark or USC. But this is just my opinion. I don't mind Mizzou being in the SEC and actually enjoy aggie being here.
Arkansas was good at basketball and football at the time. So when they came aboard it wasn't a surprise. I still get more excited playing some of the traditional SEC schools unless something is on the line against Arkansas.
***There wasn't online message boards to develop an instant rivalry feel like now. A&M and Mizzou seems to be quicker to adapt then Ark or USC. But this is just my opinion. I don't mind Mizzou being in the SEC and actually enjoy aggie being here.
This post was edited on 7/28/21 at 1:50 pm
Posted on 7/28/21 at 1:43 pm to SCgamecock2988
Correct me if I’m wrong, but SC and Ark are in the Southeast.
Posted on 7/28/21 at 1:46 pm to TailbackU
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I thought it was pretty cool because it made a possibility for a conference championship game
Yeah, this is a good point. I was excited about this.
Posted on 7/28/21 at 2:06 pm to SCgamecock2988
I remember a lot of resentment, due to many not wanting to expand, with more of it coming from the East (particularly Georgia). The SEC wasn't nearly as dominant back then, so there was less smack talk. The old timers simply didn't want to change anything.
Posted on 7/28/21 at 2:15 pm to THE Texas Flagship
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There can't be any comparison. No fear overcame any SEC team when SC and Arkansas joined.
Yeah...that part is the same.
Posted on 7/28/21 at 2:23 pm to armtackledawg
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Not at all. Both schools are a good cultural fit. A&M and Mizzou less so. Texas and Oklahoma not at all.
They’re a good cultural fit. It’s their shitty attitude when they lose.
Posted on 7/28/21 at 3:11 pm to SCgamecock2988
NIL is going to be cancer for college football IMO
Posted on 7/28/21 at 3:14 pm to Swamp Angel
Go on . .
Posted on 7/28/21 at 3:16 pm to SCgamecock2988
Naw. I was indifferent to USC joining and I liked having Arkansas
Posted on 7/28/21 at 3:17 pm to redeye
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The old timers simply didn't want to change anything.
Posted on 7/28/21 at 3:19 pm to THE Texas Flagship
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Care to take a guess what that one conference loss is?
Dude. You're gloating over a game from 19-frickin'-89?
Posted on 7/28/21 at 8:24 pm to THE Texas Flagship
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There can't be any comparison. No fear overcame any SEC team when SC and Arkansas joined.
It's not fear. It's just that we don't want to let the riff-raff in our nice house.
Posted on 7/28/21 at 8:30 pm to SCgamecock2988
Really didn't give a shite. It was a nice idea and it got us to the magic number to have a championship game and divisions. Everybody felt like Carolina and Arkansas were good fits in the SEC culture-wise and it was a big FU from Arkansas to Texas. But it didn't really ruffle many feathers. Many were disappointed FSU and Miami wouldn't climb aboard instead.
Posted on 7/28/21 at 8:33 pm to THE Texas Flagship
quote:And there is no fear over Texas joining the conference. Just generalized disdain for an organization that abandons their conference mates and brings nothing from a competitive view point.
No fear overcame any SEC team when SC and Arkansas joined.
Don't want Oklahoma either but at least they can back up their talk (until they get to the CFP). They will be competitive the moment they get in the league.
Posted on 7/28/21 at 8:35 pm to Wolfhound45
Thanks for responding wolf. I was starting to worry that something had happened to you 
Posted on 7/28/21 at 8:36 pm to SCgamecock2988
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For all the boomers, is this how you felt when SC/ARK joined?
I’m 33 for reference so I was only 4 when we became SEC.
Edit: I was personally excited when A&M and Mizzou joined but I don’t feel nearly the same this go around.
Those teams were added in order to have the conference championship game. Couldn't have it with only 10 teams.
While some thought it might be a bad thing, the truth is it added a quality game late in the season that was very valuable in the poll era, on in to the BCS era.
Quite a bit different than what is going on now.
Posted on 7/28/21 at 8:38 pm to THE Texas Flagship
Does not take much effort. Your story is pretty straightforward. Because of your delusions of grandeur you destroy everything meaningful you touch and now you are on the run. Because you have money (lots of it) we will tolerate you. But that is all that you bring to the table.
Congrats.
Oklahoma? They definitely show some promise and should eventually fit in well though they do not have Southern roots.
Congrats.
Oklahoma? They definitely show some promise and should eventually fit in well though they do not have Southern roots.
Posted on 7/28/21 at 8:44 pm to SCgamecock2988
No I was glad to welcome Arkansas and South Carolina. Nothing against Texas A&M but expansion should have stopped at 12 teams.
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