(12-06-2014 05:02 PM)HarmonOliphantOberlanderDevine Wrote:  

(12-06-2014 04:50 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(12-06-2014 03:43 PM)HarmonOliphantOberlanderDevine Wrote:  

(12-06-2014 03:04 PM)completely_bias Wrote:  

(12-06-2014 02:10 PM)HarmonOliphantOberlanderDevine Wrote:  Because Missouri and Texas just screams Southeastern.

anything west of Texas would be pushing it

Well, the Confederacy did invade New Mexico. How about New Mexico State?

(12-06-2014 03:16 PM)He1nousOne Wrote:  

(12-06-2014 03:04 PM)completely_bias Wrote:  anything west of Texas would be pushing it

The Houston area of Texas could probably be considered more Southeastern in culture than Southwestern thus why The Aggies fit.

Anything west of that though, definitely Southwest not Southeast. Texas is far too large and far too diverse to make the statement that you did.

I do agree with you that the best bet for the SEC would be Texas and Oklahoma, that is a no brainer and would be the case for any conference.

My question to you though would be whether or not you actually believe that could happen?

As you said, culture doesn't always recognize geography. I cannot see Texas giving up its kingdom in the BIG 12 for a fiefdom in the SEC. Even the deposed emperors of the Latin Empire begged across Europe and sold holy relics to regain their kingdom instead of settling for a principality.

The Confederacy invaded Pennsylvania too, but you don't see me clamoring for Pittsburgh to go with West Virginia. Besides that foray didn't turn out so well. And when the Confederacy invaded New Mexico they did so for an easy Homecoming opponent.

The Rebels wanted Cuba too. How about the University of Havana?

Saint Francis University is in PA and we would love to join the SEC!

The SEC has been to Cuba. Auburn tied Villanova in the Bacardi Rumba Bowl in the years (30's) that led to Havana being a prime tourist destination for wealthier Southerners. I actually knew people that went there every Summer. They were a part of a progressive undercurrent of society that sought to escape the prying eyes of the austere Bible belt so that they could party hardy and return to their saintly pews back home without fear that the two worlds would collide. Danged Communists stopped all of that!

And just to show you that I'm a fair minded person it was the Braves organization that led to the rise of Fidel Castro. He had sought a position in the Braves organization (even minor leagues) prior to returning rejected to Cuba to lead the revolution. The danged Braves have never known who to sign and who to pass on. I felt for many years that when the Expos folded that we needed to relocate them to Havana. I think if he had gotten a major league franchise of his own Fidel might have been willing to embrace the West and who knows Havana might have once again become what it was prior to Fidel and the rise of Las Vegas.