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re: OU President David Boren puts Texas/Big12 on notice.
Posted on 1/21/16 at 9:41 am to Gradual_Stroke
Posted on 1/21/16 at 9:41 am to Gradual_Stroke
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You clearly really like OU and hate Texas A&M. But that doesn't change the facts.
I don't really care about either, those are just the facts. A&M is a little bro, and OU is a national brand. A&M had flash in the pan success with Johnny Football and moving to a new conference on their own, and are now coming back to reality.
OU has a much better chance of joining the SEC than alot of schools.
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Posted on 1/21/16 at 9:44 am to SCgamecock2988
Edit: Used the link so fast I didn't realize it was a Civil War map.
This post was edited on 1/21/16 at 9:47 am
Posted on 1/21/16 at 9:46 am to SCgamecock2988
Nevermind, this is the Southern US according to the US Census Bureau:
Mizzou actually is left out....
Mizzou actually is left out....
This post was edited on 1/21/16 at 9:47 am
Posted on 1/21/16 at 9:49 am to SCgamecock2988
Michigan, Penn State, and Tennessee have the largest stadiums in college football with a combined 6 national championships compared to Owen Field's 85,000 strong and OU's 7 national championships.
Does the size of the stadium really matter?
Does the size of the stadium really matter?
Posted on 1/21/16 at 9:52 am to Grovewater
If the SEC would expand to include OU and WVU we'd have a monopoly on all the poor, stupid states in the USA! Woo!
Posted on 1/21/16 at 9:54 am to OU_Fan
Unlike others, I like and cheer for Ou in most circumstances. Some of the ou posters on the rant are just idiots though, but 1 or 2 are just whorns in disguise and are easy to pick out.
But I don't think there is any way y'all break free from OSU and get out of the GOR
But I don't think there is any way y'all break free from OSU and get out of the GOR
Posted on 1/21/16 at 9:55 am to OU_Fan
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Does the size of the stadium really matter?
If you have to ask
As for stadiums in the SEC
Posted on 1/21/16 at 9:58 am to crazyLSUfan
And an unlimited supply of teeth jokes.
Posted on 1/21/16 at 9:58 am to SCgamecock2988
quote:
Mizzou actually is left out
We are midwestern. People who say we are southern are just kidding themselves. Except for the bootheel(Very Southeastern portion of the state), those people are southern.
Posted on 1/21/16 at 9:59 am to SCgamecock2988
quote:
Mizzou actually is left out....
Maryland and Delaware added in...
Posted on 1/21/16 at 10:00 am to 5thTiger
As a Joplin/Springfield boy, I disagree with you
Posted on 1/21/16 at 10:46 am to Old Sarge
Oklahoma may be considered the south by the census bureau, but it isn't "southern." It is a "plains" state, which makes it part of the Midwest along with Missouri.
Now, I know most of you are about to say that Texas isn't "southern" either, and if you lived in west Texas that would be true. Texas is so big that it overlaps three distinct regions. East of I-35 and north of I-37 is just as Southern as any place. South of I-37 is Mexico. West of 35 is the West, and the Panhandle is The Plains. Most of Eastern Texas was originally settled by the Scotch-Irish moving west from Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi. Then the Germans and Czechs came (bringing good beer and sausage with them). And we were part of the Confederacy, that by itself makes us "Southern."
Oklahoma brings none of the cultural goodness with it to the league, unless you like 3.2% beer.
Now, I know most of you are about to say that Texas isn't "southern" either, and if you lived in west Texas that would be true. Texas is so big that it overlaps three distinct regions. East of I-35 and north of I-37 is just as Southern as any place. South of I-37 is Mexico. West of 35 is the West, and the Panhandle is The Plains. Most of Eastern Texas was originally settled by the Scotch-Irish moving west from Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi. Then the Germans and Czechs came (bringing good beer and sausage with them). And we were part of the Confederacy, that by itself makes us "Southern."
Oklahoma brings none of the cultural goodness with it to the league, unless you like 3.2% beer.
Posted on 1/21/16 at 10:53 am to OU_Fan
A&M has won three bowl games over Bdf conference teams since joining the SEC.
Have you forgotten the Cotton Bowl beatdown of blowu already.
We can't keep you off this board, but you will NEVER be in the SEC.
Texas A&M is a cash cow for the SEC and Sankey ain't gonna piss off his cash cow by trying to get blowu an invitation.
Have you forgotten the Cotton Bowl beatdown of blowu already.
We can't keep you off this board, but you will NEVER be in the SEC.
Texas A&M is a cash cow for the SEC and Sankey ain't gonna piss off his cash cow by trying to get blowu an invitation.
Posted on 1/21/16 at 10:59 am to sullivanct19a
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He's just posturing. Oklahoma and OSU and Texas are an inseparable 3. It's why they aren't in the SEC already.
quote:This is exactly what was said about UT & aTm. Folks even pointed to the Texas legislation that glued those two schools together for eternity........then aTm said frick you were going to the SEC.
Isn't that what they said about Texas and A&M?
Posted on 1/21/16 at 11:12 am to rockiee
ehhhh
shitty restarants and all parking lot.
give me downtown atlanta. marta from midtown/buckhead.
shitty restarants and all parking lot.
give me downtown atlanta. marta from midtown/buckhead.
Posted on 1/21/16 at 11:18 am to RT1941
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This is exactly what was said about UT & aTm. Folks even pointed to the Texas legislation that glued those two schools together for eternity........then aTm said frick you were going to the SEC.
You don't understand what the situation was at all.
The problem was Baylor which was worried about not having a landing spot if the conference broke up. They threatened to sue the SEC.
There was ONE Legislator who began making noises about trying to block the move. After getting feedback from his constituents that he would be committing political suicide, he stfu.
Unlike Oklahoma, the decision makers at Texas A&M and tu are two entirely different groups of people who despise each other.
This post was edited on 1/21/16 at 11:20 am
Posted on 1/21/16 at 11:24 am to The Balinese Club
agreed.
beaumont is about as southern a town as they come.
Houston a melting pot of everything. but the non-immigrants are not that different form what you see in the greater south.
the biggest argument against your opinion is the fact that there are alot of people east of 35 that refer to themselves as Texans and not southerners. the people make the place imo. Texas thumb their nose at almost everything.
beaumont is about as southern a town as they come.
Houston a melting pot of everything. but the non-immigrants are not that different form what you see in the greater south.
the biggest argument against your opinion is the fact that there are alot of people east of 35 that refer to themselves as Texans and not southerners. the people make the place imo. Texas thumb their nose at almost everything.
Posted on 1/21/16 at 12:35 pm to FishFearMe
OU will do whatever Texas tells them to do. If they were going to do anything different, they pissed away every opportunity.
No RAGRETS!!!1
No RAGRETS!!!1
Posted on 1/21/16 at 1:24 pm to cjared036
I understand what you are saying.
Let me put it in terms of sweet tea, white gravy, and coke. In the "south", the first two are a staple in every cafe or home cooked meal. And when you ask someone if they want a "coke" and they say "yes", you then ask them "what kind?" This is the ultimate smell test and Texas passes it with flying colors.
Texans will always be Texans first. It is because we were our own country. And if it weren't for the southerners that moved here in the 1830's, that would have never happened. So, that's pretty damn "southern" if you ask me, even if we are an independent people. (And that too, is an extremely southern trait.)
I agree, El Paso ain't the South. But Houston is.
Let me put it in terms of sweet tea, white gravy, and coke. In the "south", the first two are a staple in every cafe or home cooked meal. And when you ask someone if they want a "coke" and they say "yes", you then ask them "what kind?" This is the ultimate smell test and Texas passes it with flying colors.
Texans will always be Texans first. It is because we were our own country. And if it weren't for the southerners that moved here in the 1830's, that would have never happened. So, that's pretty damn "southern" if you ask me, even if we are an independent people. (And that too, is an extremely southern trait.)
I agree, El Paso ain't the South. But Houston is.
This post was edited on 1/21/16 at 1:28 pm
Posted on 1/21/16 at 1:33 pm to 5thTiger
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We are midwestern. People who say we are southern are just kidding themselves. Except for the bootheel(Very Southeastern portion of the state), those people are southern.
I agree. I had to go to Branson one time for a convention. Flew into Springfield.
That area felt like an extension of Arkansas to me. If Arkansas is the South, then I think Southern Missouri is as well.
Now St. Louis and Kansas City are certainly more Midwestern.
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