Favorite team:Arkansas 
Location:The Delta
Biography:Family feuds every day with graduates/fans of Arkansas, Vanderbilt, Alabama and LSU.
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What part of my post was inaccurate? You’re trying to put words in my mouth talking about who fired the first shots etc. A number of states seceded from the union. They actually did, you can read about it. At some point, several others did. They formed a new union of states. They had to “re-enter” at the end of the war and the participants bow to the victors (obviously the U.S.A.).

Two countries, therefore it does not fit the definition of a civil war. Though it doesn’t matter to you, I’m not claiming anything else.
The southern states left and formed a new nation, the Confederate States of America. The United States of America invaded the Confederate States of America. A civil war is fought within the same nation and this was not that.

re: Big 8 + SWC superconference

Posted by Arkyologist on 8/30/26 at 4:33 pm to
You wanna be in a conference with Mizzou?
I’ll take Ole Miss over Florida

re: Arkansas vs LSU

Posted by Arkyologist on 8/10/26 at 11:15 pm to
Love it - have had some incredible games with LSU and am very thankful to have them back ….. even if they will beat us 7/10 times
Arkansas has won 2-3 division championships I believe
Rice would also be a decent fit
If you draw your line at the Mississippi then Arkansas will have to settle for MidSouth like Memphis - the same rule would apply to Louisiana
Don’t know that we can count Dan Hampton - born in OK
Those are some great picks y’all. As far as pure athletic ability, one would have to consider Matt Jones and Darren McFadden. Sports Figure would be Bear Bryant, no question.

re: College sports in the South

Posted by Arkyologist on 6/5/26 at 3:56 pm to
Ah, frick you boys. I’m 71 and pulled out a hat I could wear in the drink. If you’re not a Sigma Chi, I understand why this would upset you.
Some good ideas. I’d rather not take Texas Tech or UCF if we can help it.

College sports in the South

Posted by Arkyologist on 6/5/26 at 3:47 pm
We’re down on the coast with the grandkids and I’m sitting in the shade taking a break. A middle-aged lady comes up to me and shouts OMGosh are you a Sigma Chi (I’m wearing a ball cap with the shield & cross)?! I stood up and said yes ma’am and she introduces herself, shakes my hand and tells me her husband is a Sigma Chi and she was a little sister both at Baylor. Told her I went to Arkansas and we had a good visit.

Off to the side, a few feet away was a younger teenaged girl walking by wearing a burnt orange hat. She proceeded to give us a “hook’em” sign.

Gotta love it!
WVU folks are just fine - most stupid thing I’ve seen out of them is saying “Eat shite Pitt” over and over and over - their cheer is “Let’s Go!” - boy that’ll get you fired up!

West Virginia has a lot in common with Arkansas actually - Appalachian hillbillies and Ozark hillbillies - we lived in Morgantown for seven years and loved it - Southern West Virginians are Southerners - northern WV is a mix but has a lot of Yankees

Thing is, as rabid as the fans are, they don’t hold a candle to any SEC team
Yes, well each win 50% - y’all have been lucky as all get out since we’ve been playing in the Big D - especially after you joined the SEC - seven of the games you won in Arlington were by one score or less and three went into OT - as shitty a run against the SEC we’ve had over the past decade during a time when y’all have been perceived as world beaters ought to give you pause.
Yes, thankfully we’re going to home and home!
Hogs had a pretty impressive advantage all-time over the Aggies until A&M got the call to the SEC and since we’ve been playing them in Dallas. The pendulum has swung drastically since then.