A Northerner's view of SEC expansion

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  1. Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania Go easy on me

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    Thanks. I' m not short, so I should be ok. I'm fairly sure the Arkansas ticket I just received will be next to the ramp.
     
  2. ASD

    ASD ASD

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    Great post. The sentiment of many people in SEC land I think.
     
  3. boblinfoto

    boblinfoto Ohio LSU fan/artist

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    Truer words have ne'er been spoken. Geaux Tigers!:thumb:
     
  4. TigerFan90

    TigerFan90 Too far away from home

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    Great thread from the northerners! Amazing what 870 WWL has done for folks around the country following So. La. sports. For a guy like me, I just thought it was cool to pull in the station on the way home from dinner on the Northshore or a visit to the grandparents on the MS Gulf Coast. :)
     
  5. Darth

    Darth Dark Lord of the SEC

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    Threads like this remind me how lucky I am. I'm only a 20 minute drive from Death Valley. I go to at least a couple of games a year.

    In the 90s, I served 4 years active duty in the military and was unable to go to a single game during that time. First season- boot camp, second, third, and fourth- deployments (mostly overseas).
    I got out in '98 and moved back home. When I went to a game in Death Valley, I was so happy I damn near cried. A feeling that I will never be able to explain.
     
  6. Eq4bits

    Eq4bits (Deep East) Texas Tiger

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    I want my ashes scattered over Death Valley
     
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  7. Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania Go easy on me

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    In a world with internet, satellite tv, cable, smart phones......hell ESPN, we're so spoiled. It's nice to think back to the old days (and i'm only 43), before we had any of that stuff. Receiving a radio signal from LSU up here in Pennsylvania seemed almost wonderous, especially to a young boy. We only got to see a couple of live games a week. Even Penn State games weren't televised. For a budding LSU fan, I was lucky to see the Tigers play once a year, and that would usually be in a bowl game, if LSU made it to one. In 1980, there were 15 bowl games. In 2011, there were 35. How things have changed...for better and worse.
     
  8. TUSKtimes

    TUSKtimes Riding the Wave

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    The old "pick of Dixie" series especially on Saturday night saw me literally diving into the only social network for SEC football, the radio.

    John Forney of Alabama fame, could paint a picture so well that the next day during the playback of the coach Bryant show, I literally thought I was watching it for the second time. Are you listening Eli? You could tune into John Ward and hope the worst for the viles. John Furguson Of LSU, "another Alexander drive" was always a big night game to pick up, provided they weren't beating up Rice, again. Munson of Vandy and Georgia was worth the listen and I was there the night Walker made his opening debut against the vols. Now, those guys were good and plenty bias too, just the way I liked it.
     

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