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re: Somebody explain to me what this Flagship nonsense is
Posted on 12/13/10 at 9:03 am to LSUtoOmaha
Posted on 12/13/10 at 9:03 am to LSUtoOmaha
They are the co-flagship of the State of Arkansas along with Arkansas State. Per Rant rules, no co-flagship banner is permitted unless you want to be ridiculed like Ole Miss.
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Posted on 12/13/10 at 9:03 am to SpringBokCock
We share the flagship with no one.
Posted on 12/13/10 at 9:04 am to LSUtoOmaha
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That's why I'm asking. It was a serious question
It's a joke. It refers to Arkansas as the flagship program of the SEC. Woopig20 was the first to say it and it took off from there.
Posted on 12/13/10 at 9:05 am to BennyAndTheInkJets
We don't joke about being the flagship, Benny is sadly mistaken
Posted on 12/13/10 at 9:07 am to oklahogjr
FLAGSHIP = IVY LEAGUE
Congrats Arkie!!!
Congrats Arkie!!!
Posted on 12/13/10 at 9:08 am to Aletheia
So you guys are coming to terms with the fact we are smarter than you?
Posted on 12/13/10 at 9:08 am to Aletheia
I thought the flagship of Arkansas was Wal Marks?
Posted on 12/13/10 at 9:09 am to oklahogjr
you may be the oldest school in arkansas (congrats!) but you're not the flagship university in the SEC. That would be Georgia (1785).
Posted on 12/13/10 at 9:10 am to WG_Dawg
i guess everybody needs a schtick
Posted on 12/13/10 at 9:12 am to BennyAndTheInkJets
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It refers to Arkansas as the flagship program of the SEC. Woopig20 was the first to say it and it took off from there.
Oh. Well then yeah, you guys are friggin' retarded...
Posted on 12/13/10 at 9:13 am to SpringBokCock
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They are the co-flagship of the State of Arkansas along with Arkansas State. Per Rant rules, no co-flagship banner is permitted unless you want to be ridiculed like Ole Miss.
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It looks to me like some little piggies have just learned a new word. Apparently no one has told them that the use of 'flagship' in a university system has been around since about the 1950s.
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I have no idea. I think they all got together and smoked all the available crack in Little Rock last night.
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WTF arkansas? Flagship isn't a new thing, UGA is the flagship University of the state of Georgia. It's just a term that means the original or first in that university system.
So.....much.......fail....
Seriously, Arkansas posters are not nearly as dumb as everyone thinks. You think were the most easily troll-able fanbase but threads like this just show how much Arkansas trolls everyone else. Do we show up in threads like monkeys with crap in our hands whenever someone mentions us? Yeah, but that's us, that's just what we do.
Posted on 12/13/10 at 9:14 am to WG_Dawg
Flagship has nothing to do with being the "oldest"
Posted on 12/13/10 at 9:15 am to Chris4x4gill2
quote:wikipedia
it means the most important or leading member of a group.
Posted on 12/13/10 at 9:16 am to DvlsAdvocat
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Oh. Well then yeah, you guys are friggin' retarded...
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Posted on 12/13/10 at 9:17 am to Chris4x4gill2
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Flagship has nothing to do with being the "oldest"
Then what is it?
Posted on 12/13/10 at 9:18 am to WG_Dawg
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It's just a term that means the original or first in that university system.
it means a lot more than that. when funding time comes around and the budget is getting hammered, being the flagship university means you get first shot at needed money. it is everything to the university and what separates it from other universities in the state. it seems as if many, if not most, haven't a clue as to the funding priorities of state entities work.
Posted on 12/13/10 at 9:18 am to oklahogjr
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wikipedia
Also according to wikipedia:
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The phrase flagship campus or flagship university is often used with reference to state university systems in the United States, which often comprise numerous campuses in widely-separated locations. In this context, flagship means the original campus from which the system grew
Posted on 12/13/10 at 9:18 am to WG_Dawg
you guys are awful dense are aren't you.
Posted on 12/13/10 at 9:19 am to WG_Dawg
I chose to take my definition from the flagship in language section, you can feel free to misunderstand what we mean by it all you want though.
Posted on 12/13/10 at 9:20 am to WG_Dawg
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but you're not the flagship university in the SEC. That would be Georgia (1785).
Just because you are the oldest school, doesn't mean you're the "flagship of the SEC".
Several schools all joined together to form the SEC at the same time.
Alabama was the first "SEC Champion", fwiw.
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