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[quote]Ultimately, it is all they do[/quote] Frank did a lot more than hire coaches - his commitment is what built those other programs. Had Wilson Matthews as the point man for the donor program that became the Razorback Foundation which financed the building program of all the facilities. G...

re: Mizzery Losing Their AD?

Posted by snoblind on 2/19/24 at 3:33 pm
Good for Mizzou. Win for them....
Just remember folks doing it at game when I was a kid in the 60"s....
Die Hard. The go to Christmas movie....

re: How did Arkansas get into the SEC?

Posted by snoblind on 12/9/23 at 9:19 pm
[quote]He would have had a better career if he didn’t make a poor choice in 1958[/quote] Tells us all we need to know about Missouri. Only took the job because Barnhill required head coaching experience and bailed after one year....

re: Happy Birthday, Marines!

Posted by snoblind on 11/10/23 at 1:38 pm
Congrats. My dad spent 42 months in the 3rd division during WW 2. He got to spend quality time on some Pacific Islands - Peleliu, Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, and a few others. ...

re: Carolina_Girl has passed away.

Posted by snoblind on 11/8/23 at 12:24 am
RIP CG. Godspeed...
[quote]By that logic, Arkansas was running from Texas, right?[/quote] Not sure how old you are, but the original talks considered the possibility Texas and Texas A&M coming with Arkansas. With South Carolina SEC could have went to 14 back then. Ann Richards, Texas governor and Baylor grad, we...
Eagle Scout, Order of the Arrow. Had scout camp on the Buffalo River. Floating, hiking, and camping without adults except for driving at put ins and take out by the time we were 13. Did the National Jamboree at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho in 1973. Pikes Peak, Mt. Rushmore, Great Salt Lake among other...

re: Mark my words (SEC expansion)

Posted by snoblind on 8/28/23 at 12:15 am
[quote] Texas didn’t want any part of the SEC years ago because we put education above sports (imagine that)[/quote] Wrong. Texas and A&M wanted to bolt the SWC when Arkansas did but Ann Richards put a stop to it. ...
RIP Loved to watch themm play....

re: The Fourth Turning Is Here

Posted by snoblind on 8/9/23 at 11:22 pm
Analysis of American history from a generational perspective (i.e. 4 generational types which repeat). Every 4th generation is a "crisis"/life changing situation. Previous 4th turnings/periods of American history would be Revolutionary War, Civil War, Depression/WW 2. He dates this period as star...

The Fourth Turning Is Here

Posted by snoblind on 8/9/23 at 9:42 pm
https://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Turning-Here-Seasons-History/dp/1982173734/ New Neil Howe book is out. Picked up the Kindle version today....
[quote]I lot of us wouldn’t have been born if not for those bombs [/quote] Me. My dad spent 42 months fighting in the Pacific and was about to board a troop ship heading for Japan when we dropped they bombs....