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re: How long till TAMU and Mizzou feel like "SEC" teams?
Posted on 9/10/12 at 11:11 pm to lsuexpert57
Posted on 9/10/12 at 11:11 pm to lsuexpert57
I expect Arkansas and LSU to accept A&M rather quickly, honestly.
There will be something awkward about A&M playing UGA or South Carolina.
I'm not sure if Mizzou will ever feel "SEC". If anybody would feel a kinship with them, it should be us. But there's a different culture up there. Most of Arkansas identifies with Texas, Memphis and Mississippi. I live 30 miles from Missouri, and apart from the twice a year I buy beer across the state line on a Sunday, I rarely think about going north.
By contrast, I probably visit Texas 8 times a year.
There will be something awkward about A&M playing UGA or South Carolina.
I'm not sure if Mizzou will ever feel "SEC". If anybody would feel a kinship with them, it should be us. But there's a different culture up there. Most of Arkansas identifies with Texas, Memphis and Mississippi. I live 30 miles from Missouri, and apart from the twice a year I buy beer across the state line on a Sunday, I rarely think about going north.
By contrast, I probably visit Texas 8 times a year.
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Posted on 9/10/12 at 11:15 pm to Bayou Tiger
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Funny... I was just thinking this weekend that Arkansas and South Carolina still feel like recent bolt-on additions that don't quite fit in. That's not a dig, just a personal reflection.
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When they win an SEC championship.
Posted on 9/10/12 at 11:17 pm to 2much8ntenough
So do Arky and USCe not feel like SEC teams yet?
Posted on 9/10/12 at 11:21 pm to tween the hedges
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So do Arky and USCe not feel like SEC teams yet?
I pull for them in bowl games, but its clear they're not legacy.
Posted on 9/10/12 at 11:22 pm to tween the hedges
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So do Arky and USCe not feel like SEC teams yet?
I guess its possible if you're 40+.
Posted on 9/10/12 at 11:23 pm to Big Kat
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so we'll try and fit in with yalls culture
You can start by dropping the s on ya'll. jk
Personally, I can't wait to rekindle our rivalry. I remember growing up in the 80s and listening to my grandfather telling Aggie jokes that I should not have been listening to at that age.
Looking forward to it!
Posted on 9/10/12 at 11:25 pm to lsuexpert57
I'm interested to see what the Arkansas game in a few weeks feels like compared to last week, since we've played them the last few years OOC. I think it will have more of a conference game feel as an A&M fan, especially since it's in CS instead of Dallas this year.
Posted on 9/11/12 at 12:01 am to lsuexpert57
Who knows, it really depends on who you ask. Some folks feel like A&M was always an SEC team trapped in the Big 12. Some will never feel like it is a fit no matter what we do. Most won't feel like we are really members until we win an SEC Title, nothing helps more than winning on the football field. I can definitely say that I never felt like the Big 12 was a natural fit though the SWC did, especially before it went to crap after the SMU Death Penalty.
Personally I am just proud to be a Texas Aggie and am happy to be in the SEC. Though acceptance is nice I really don't give a damn, we are who we are and folks can either take it or leave it. I do feel we pull our weight and bring a lot with us but I have no doubt some will never feel that way. I also think A&M has an SEC atmosphere to it but I am sure some will never agree to that as well. We are a strange cultish group that deep down doesn't want to be like anyone else so acceptance is always going to be limited.
Personally I am just proud to be a Texas Aggie and am happy to be in the SEC. Though acceptance is nice I really don't give a damn, we are who we are and folks can either take it or leave it. I do feel we pull our weight and bring a lot with us but I have no doubt some will never feel that way. I also think A&M has an SEC atmosphere to it but I am sure some will never agree to that as well. We are a strange cultish group that deep down doesn't want to be like anyone else so acceptance is always going to be limited.
Posted on 9/11/12 at 12:13 am to Big Kat
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Its like we're a biracial child not fully accepted by either set of grandparents.
This is pretty much a perfect descriptor of Missouri. North says we're south, south says we're north...nobody loves us
Posted on 9/11/12 at 12:14 am to lsuexpert57
Not too long, imo. At least for me. I don't know, maybe another year.
Posted on 9/11/12 at 12:14 am to lsuexpert57
We'll get used to them on the schedule within five years, but it won't feel traditional for like 12-15, when the younger generation grows up watching the SEC only ever knowing it with those teams in it.
Posted on 9/11/12 at 12:15 am to lsuexpert57
About the time it takes for me to not click on every post by a guy with "Tiger" in his handle thinking it's a Mizzou post.
Posted on 9/11/12 at 12:19 am to Mizzeaux
This conference is suffers from a mascot crisis
Two bulldogs
Three tigers
Two bulldogs
Three tigers
Posted on 9/11/12 at 12:51 am to wmr
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I expect Arkansas and LSU to accept A&M rather quickly, honestly.
There will be something awkward about A&M playing UGA or South Carolina.
I'm not sure if Mizzou will ever feel "SEC". If anybody would feel a kinship with them, it should be us. But there's a different culture up there. Most of Arkansas identifies with Texas, Memphis and Mississippi. I live 30 miles from Missouri, and apart from the twice a year I buy beer across the state line on a Sunday, I rarely think about going north.
By contrast, I probably visit Texas 8 times a year.
You may personally identify more with TX. But you have got to be kidding me to think Arkansas and Missouri do not have extremely similar cultures. The Ozarks is littered with Arkansas people. That region takes up the biggest chunk of our state. Springfield MO is like 20% Arkansas fans I've been told. You're speaking out of your arse on this one.
Posted on 9/11/12 at 12:58 am to mograyback
well, we have already learned how to count titles properly so theres a start
Posted on 9/11/12 at 1:09 am to lsuexpert57
Not until they finish at least second in their division. So for Mizzu.. never. Texas A&M has a chance to make noise in a few years. But it could be 5-7 years.
Posted on 9/11/12 at 1:14 am to Geauxlden1
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Personally, I can't wait to rekindle our rivalry.
Bucky Richardson
Posted on 9/11/12 at 1:17 am to wmr
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I expect Arkansas and LSU to accept A&M rather quickly, honestly.
LSU will. I don't think Hog/A&M conference hate ever stopped.
Posted on 9/11/12 at 1:58 am to Dr RC
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well, we have already learned how to count titles properly so theres a start
Your Bama math will earn you no friends here.
Posted on 9/11/12 at 7:47 am to mograyback
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You may personally identify more with TX. But you have got to be kidding me to think Arkansas and Missouri do not have extremely similar cultures. The Ozarks is littered with Arkansas people. That region takes up the biggest chunk of our state. Springfield MO is like 20% Arkansas fans I've been told. You're speaking out of your arse on this one.
Very true. There's so many Razorback Alums and Fans in this state that they have their own Specialty plates in Missouri for the Razorbacks.
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