re: Will Arkansas Ever Win A National Title?

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I would love to see the argument you post to prove the SEC was a powerhouse conference in any sport before that time. Bama having a shitload of titles doesn't mean the whole conference was dominant either that would be like saying the SWC was a powerhouse because they had Texas.

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How often do you see track discussions around here? What drives the machine, Mr. 9 Posts?

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Arkansas vs. Kentucky (2-4) .333

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not if arky has to play kentucky lol

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Arkansas is certainly not a powerhouse in football and you will never hear me say that,

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WHAT????

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None of my post have been about track Mr. 6395 post. Good job making no sense while sidestepping my request.

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Why, thank you. Thank you very much!

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Will Arkansas Ever Win A National Title?

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This has to be about basketball or baseball.

Silly SECRant, there is no such thing as a College Football National Championship.


Morons.

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:OMG:

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I never knew that FSU pissed on the offer to join the SEC. Hmmm I learnt sumthing new today.

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Arkansas first contacted the Big 8 in 1973, I think. They were secretive about it, but something leaked, and it made them look bad, so they backed off. Had Arky openly said that they were done with the SWC and wanted to join a new Big 9, I'm sure that the Big 8 would have welcomed them.

Later in the 1970's, the Big 8 rumblings came about again, but this time with the SEC talking, too. Since it wasn't until 1987 that the 12-team conference championship rule passed, the SEC had no reason to look to expand. I suspect, however, that an eager Arkansas, coming off a bit of a revitalization under Lou Holtz, would have been welcomed; maybe I'm wrong.

When the CCG rule passed in 1987, the SEC, of course, immediately started thinking about expansion. Florida State by then was the most logical choice. They were independent, and by then they were beginning to finish in the top 5 every year. Miami was thought of as well, but not too seriously. South Carolina, an independent, had been slightly better than mediocre for the 1980's; they would be a sure thing if asked. Other southern independents that must have been mentioned in a meeting at least once: Virginia Tech, West Virginia, Louisville. Still, South Carolina and Florida State seemed to be the best two choices there.

Florida State expressed no interest in joining, and at the same time, Arkansas got on the phone with the SEC and said that they'd had it with the SWC. The decision was made on a golf course in Birmingham according to most Arkansas old-timers I talk to about it.

So yeah, Arkansas owes Bobby Bowden a basket of fruit at least. Had the SEC taken South Carolina and Florida State, Arkansas likely would have petitioned to join the Big 8 in 1992, and I'm sure they would have been welcomed in. Then three years later, Arkansas likely would be right back in a conference with Texas, A&M, and Baylor. It's an interesting bizarro-world about which to think.

Help us if arky ever does. The fanbase is ready annoying

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Help us if arky ever does. The fanbase is ready annoying

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2003 and 2007 seemed to have mellowed you pricks out. Maybe we'll be a better bunch one day.