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Posted on 5/31/23 at 11:06 pm to Tarpon08
The additions have been progressively worse. It was fine at 12. The natty would still be running through the SEC without expansion to 14 or 16.
Posted on 5/31/23 at 11:08 pm to Sooner1984
quote:I've heard of it and have always wanted to travel through there.
I come from a part of Oklahoma called Little Dixie. Ever heard of it? Obviously not. It is more like being in the southeast than any of the places you touched on.
Posted on 5/31/23 at 11:15 pm to PerrillouxToTexas
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What makes Texas so different from say, Florida or UGA?
Seriously? Have you been to Athens or Gainesville? While Gainesville or Baton Rouge is the closest thing to Austin, they are each just a smaller Corpus Christi without a beach. And Athens? It is a larger Nacogdoches and just as country.
Again, I enjoy visiting the SEC towns and I love visiting Austin. That said those towns, the people, the culture, the atmosphere, and the schools are not even remotely similar to UT and Austin. Its not necessarily a bad thing, but its non-debatable that they are a culturally a weird fit. At the end of the day though, its sports. Who gives a shite if they aren't. I'm looking forward to the additions.
This post was edited on 5/31/23 at 11:22 pm
Posted on 5/31/23 at 11:22 pm to OU_Fan
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Southeastern Oklahoma is more Southern than anywhere in Missouri. East Texas is southern.
I understand what you all went through around here now when we joined the SEC.
Posted on 5/31/23 at 11:33 pm to Basura Blanco
But did you ever go to Austin in the 70's? It was a beautiful southern town without the weirdos.
Most of the crap you see there now is from outsiders moving in from up north or the west coast.
I still submit to you that Austin (was) originally a nice little mid-size city with southern flare. Many of the alumni still are, even if they don't live there. They are fans of the Longhorns and will travel well and spend money in your town.
Most of the crap you see there now is from outsiders moving in from up north or the west coast.
I still submit to you that Austin (was) originally a nice little mid-size city with southern flare. Many of the alumni still are, even if they don't live there. They are fans of the Longhorns and will travel well and spend money in your town.
Posted on 5/31/23 at 11:58 pm to Sooner1984
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But did you ever go to Austin in the 70's? It was a beautiful southern town without the weirdos.
Once or twice
My Mom dated the T-shirt/Swag vendor for Willie Nelson in the late '70s. I had every damn 3/4 sleeve Willie and Family t-shirt in existence and a black satin starter jacket with Songwriter in gold script on the back. I ate fried chicken out of a bucket with BB King in east Austin at 12 yrs old and went to a mostly empty Barton Springs and watched Kris Kristofferson save a drowning Mexican kid after he got the wind knocked out of him jumping off that sketchy diving board. I had a very weird but awesome childhood.
I loved Austin growing up and I still do. It gets a bad rap, but its still a great place to visit. It was downright heaven on earth from the 70s-90s. Its crazy to think its grown ~700% since the mid 70s.
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Many of the alumni still are, even if they don't live there. They are fans of the Longhorns and will travel well and spend money in your town.
I've lived in the Houston area for 40 years. I will have to see it to believe it about the Texas fanbase. Maybe its just a comparison to the Houston heavy Aggie fanbase, but I find Horn fans to be a lot less fanatical about football. That said, I'm probably in the minority, but I look forward to the expansion.
This post was edited on 6/1/23 at 12:26 am
Posted on 6/1/23 at 5:25 am to Tarpon08
Cackalacky and Arky are Southern. A&M and OU are more a culturally fit than Mizzou and Texas. Mizzou and Texas should definitely be somewhere else. The only ones that really belong is SC and Arky, and we should've just left it there.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 5:35 am to Tarpon08
UofSC is the only one that should be in the South Eastern Conference as they are the only ones in the southeast.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 6:04 am to gamecockman12
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SC was the first state to secede from the Union.
And yet you still managed to frick that up.
I don't mind Carolina at all. arse to mouth U isn't too bad. I am a live and let love type person. They can fish camp all they want. Plus it is now June so you got that whole pride month shite where you are not allowed to question their decisions.
I say feed them all the peckers they can hold and give everyone of them complimentary arse stretchers.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 6:34 am to Tarpon08
It’s always an LSU fan. Always.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 8:07 am to Tarpon08
Southern culture/identity is very often tied up in our culinary traditions. That criterion will eliminate Mizzou and OU from the discussion.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 8:10 am to Tarpon08
Usce is the closest to an sec fit. The rest feel like we reunited the ussr. Russia (texas) and the countries that broke away from russia but are primarily associated with Russia (arky, okie, atm,mizzou)
Posted on 6/1/23 at 8:15 am to Tarpon08
Aggie/Missouri by a MILE
Posted on 6/1/23 at 9:44 am to lsusteve1
I don’t have any problem with someone saying these schools don’t belong in the SEC.
The reality is super conferences blow. Here's the conference Texas should be in:
Texas
Texas A&M
Texas Tech
TCU
LSU
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
I'm sure LSU fans hate that idea, but thats a great regional conference with plenty of intense competition and natural rivalries.
The reality is super conferences blow. Here's the conference Texas should be in:
Texas
Texas A&M
Texas Tech
TCU
LSU
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
I'm sure LSU fans hate that idea, but thats a great regional conference with plenty of intense competition and natural rivalries.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:06 am to Monahans
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Here's the conference Texas should be in:
Texas
Texas A&M
Texas Tech
TCU
LSU
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
I'm sure LSU fans hate that idea, but thats a great regional conference with plenty of intense competition and natural rivalries.
Yeah, no
Must have AU, Bama, Ole Miss, MSU
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:15 am to Tarpon08
Faggie ruined a good thing all by themselves
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:16 am to Tarpon08
Mizzou and Texas A&M
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:16 am to Sooner1984
I agree oklahoma definately has some dirty south in it. Their state is looked down on by the midwest, west, and east teams and they enjoy beating them just to rub their stuck up nose in it. Cant get more southern than that.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:20 am to Tarpon08
It depends what we're talking about.
Entire state? Obviously South Carolina is the best fit. Arkansas second. The rest may have bits and pieces that fit the SEC footprint. Southeastern Missouri, for example, is very, very southern and those of you who dispute that have simply never been there. But I wouldn't dare call Kansas City southern.
The college town? Fayetteville and Columbia, MO most resemble the core SEC college towns.
The Universities themselves? South Carolina again clocks in first. Arkansas second. Missouri third. Oklahoma fourth. Texas schools are just their own damn thing. They don't fit in anywhere.
The fan support/love for the football programs? South Carolina first. Oklahoma second. Texas A&M third. Texas fourth. Arkansas fifth. Mizzou a distant sixth.
Entire state? Obviously South Carolina is the best fit. Arkansas second. The rest may have bits and pieces that fit the SEC footprint. Southeastern Missouri, for example, is very, very southern and those of you who dispute that have simply never been there. But I wouldn't dare call Kansas City southern.
The college town? Fayetteville and Columbia, MO most resemble the core SEC college towns.
The Universities themselves? South Carolina again clocks in first. Arkansas second. Missouri third. Oklahoma fourth. Texas schools are just their own damn thing. They don't fit in anywhere.
The fan support/love for the football programs? South Carolina first. Oklahoma second. Texas A&M third. Texas fourth. Arkansas fifth. Mizzou a distant sixth.
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