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re: Question for Arkansas older fanbase.
Posted on 9/13/11 at 1:14 am to busey
Posted on 9/13/11 at 1:14 am to busey
@WMR
Since you do remember the last two season Arkansas had with the SWC. What was it like in your first game against the SEC when you guys were brand new? Were you treated like shite? Was it a lot more different then SWC atmosphere? What was your first home game like against an SEC team and what was it like away for your first SEC game? Was it a winning season?
Just curious about that little bit of history.
Since you do remember the last two season Arkansas had with the SWC. What was it like in your first game against the SEC when you guys were brand new? Were you treated like shite? Was it a lot more different then SWC atmosphere? What was your first home game like against an SEC team and what was it like away for your first SEC game? Was it a winning season?
Just curious about that little bit of history.
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Posted on 9/13/11 at 1:16 am to Duzz
One Arky fan posted about his first SEC experience against UGA. It was a good read about how he had never seen football and raw sexuality combined like that before. I forget who posted it, though.
Posted on 9/13/11 at 10:07 am to Duzz
In spite of sucking in 1992, we managed to beat Tennessee and LSU.
The SEC wasn't the same back then as it is now. I don't remember thinking anyting in particular about the fans, except that they all traveled more than SWC teams, apart from Texas and A&M.
I guess we weren't really excited to play any particular team. Alabama was great in 1992 and I remember thinking "will we ever beat them?"
More than anything those first few years, I think our fans missed the Texas rivalries. The campus used to have TEXAS WEEK parties, kegs on lawns, impromptu bonfires, etc. I remember as a kid walking onto campus and it seemed like it didn't matter who we were playing that day, I'd see signs in the windows of dorms saying "Beat Texas". I distinctly remember the first time I saw a "Tuck Fexas" sign hanging from a dorm window. I didn't know what it meant. I was probably around 8 years old.
We didn't have anything like that in the SEC, but the average level of intensity of every matchup is definitely bigger than it ever was in the SWC.
The SEC 2.0 of today is way more intense for everybody than it was in 1992. I think the CCG set up has shaped that.
Its one reason I hate to see it all go away for a 13-team league, regardless of who is entering the league. I like what we have and don't think they should mess with it.
The SEC wasn't the same back then as it is now. I don't remember thinking anyting in particular about the fans, except that they all traveled more than SWC teams, apart from Texas and A&M.
I guess we weren't really excited to play any particular team. Alabama was great in 1992 and I remember thinking "will we ever beat them?"
More than anything those first few years, I think our fans missed the Texas rivalries. The campus used to have TEXAS WEEK parties, kegs on lawns, impromptu bonfires, etc. I remember as a kid walking onto campus and it seemed like it didn't matter who we were playing that day, I'd see signs in the windows of dorms saying "Beat Texas". I distinctly remember the first time I saw a "Tuck Fexas" sign hanging from a dorm window. I didn't know what it meant. I was probably around 8 years old.
We didn't have anything like that in the SEC, but the average level of intensity of every matchup is definitely bigger than it ever was in the SWC.
The SEC 2.0 of today is way more intense for everybody than it was in 1992. I think the CCG set up has shaped that.
Its one reason I hate to see it all go away for a 13-team league, regardless of who is entering the league. I like what we have and don't think they should mess with it.
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