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http://www.wholehogsports.com/news/2017/...-20170604/

Good history and review of 25 years in the SEC for the hogs. Here are some highlights of their realignment talk in the article:

Broyles knew Arkansas' athletic fortunes would be better off hitched to a regional grouping of mostly state schools with powerful histories -- especially in football -- and a more equitable form of revenue sharing. The move alleviated the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville from a Texas-centric array of schools in the SWC, lorded over by the Texas Longhorns, with revenue skewed in favor of the most powerful.

"If there was an architect behind this, it had to be Frank Broyles," said Dan Ferritor, the UA chancellor when Arkansas left the SWC to join the SEC. "He did a lot of things right in his life, and his vision of the importance of our future and how the Southeastern Conference was going to help that was just incredible insight. He didn't have a hard time convincing me, and when I talked to members of the board, I didn't have a hard time convincing them."

Broyles, speaking in 2010, said the Razorbacks would have been left behind during the conference realignment craze if they hadn't been proactive and moved to the SEC during the 1991-1992 school term.

"We'd be an independent," Broyles told Wholehogsports.com seven years ago. "We would not have been included in the Big 12, I'm told by people in the south. We'd be an independent and broke."

When Broyles and the Razorbacks, after years of contemplation and discontent with the inequities of the SWC, decided to make their big conference move -- joined by South Carolina as the SEC expanded from 10 to 12 schools -- changing conferences was extremely rare.

"The only change that had occurred by that time was that Penn State had joined the Big Ten," said Roy Kramer, the SEC commissioner for the expansion, which was announced in August of 1990. The Hogs and Gamecocks played their debut seasons in the SEC in 1992.

"I think they were a perfect add at that point in time," Kramer said of the Razorbacks. "They fit all of our criteria. They were very competitive. They were nationally recognized across the board, and they brought a great deal to our conference in all sports. I thought it made our conference significantly better."

Kramer was famously photographed wearing a Hog hat at the news conference to announce Arkansas' addition to the league.

"Ha-ha! Well, coach Broyles snuck up behind me and put it on my head just as I made the announcement," Kramer said when reminded of that moment. "I still have that picture, and my grandchildren remind me every now and then."

Schaeffer, the former UA sports information director, said Broyles had explored forming another conference with Texas and other heavyweights such as Oklahoma, Nebraska and LSU before joining the SEC.

"He knew that the Southwest Conference wasn't going to survive," Schaeffer said. "Because you had the bottom end of the conference, plus you didn't have an equitable split of finances.

"If you were at the top you got more money. That kept the bottom from ever being much better. You had Arkansas, Texas, Texas A&M and Houston was pretty good in football for a while. But the others had to cheat to be any good."

Schaeffer called Broyles a visionary who was way ahead of his time.

"He saw the finances. He understood what Arkansas needed," Schaeffer said. "It was frustrating for him ... that people didn't see the future like he saw it. The reason he started exploring another league in the late '70s was because Lou Holtz and Eddie Sutton both complained about the fact that no official who lived in Arkansas could do our games. But if we'd go play Texas, all the officials were from the state of Texas. So they were very frustrated by that."
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RE: Arkansas: SEC move on the money
(06-04-2017 12:30 PM)murrdcu Wrote:  http://www.wholehogsports.com/news/2017/...-20170604/

Good history and review of 25 years in the SEC for the hogs. Here are some highlights of their realignment talk in the article:

Broyles knew Arkansas' athletic fortunes would be better off hitched to a regional grouping of mostly state schools with powerful histories -- especially in football -- and a more equitable form of revenue sharing. The move alleviated the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville from a Texas-centric array of schools in the SWC, lorded over by the Texas Longhorns, with revenue skewed in favor of the most powerful.

"If there was an architect behind this, it had to be Frank Broyles," said Dan Ferritor, the UA chancellor when Arkansas left the SWC to join the SEC. "He did a lot of things right in his life, and his vision of the importance of our future and how the Southeastern Conference was going to help that was just incredible insight. He didn't have a hard time convincing me, and when I talked to members of the board, I didn't have a hard time convincing them."

Broyles, speaking in 2010, said the Razorbacks would have been left behind during the conference realignment craze if they hadn't been proactive and moved to the SEC during the 1991-1992 school term.

"We'd be an independent," Broyles told Wholehogsports.com seven years ago. "We would not have been included in the Big 12, I'm told by people in the south. We'd be an independent and broke."

When Broyles and the Razorbacks, after years of contemplation and discontent with the inequities of the SWC, decided to make their big conference move -- joined by South Carolina as the SEC expanded from 10 to 12 schools -- changing conferences was extremely rare.

"The only change that had occurred by that time was that Penn State had joined the Big Ten," said Roy Kramer, the SEC commissioner for the expansion, which was announced in August of 1990. The Hogs and Gamecocks played their debut seasons in the SEC in 1992.

"I think they were a perfect add at that point in time," Kramer said of the Razorbacks. "They fit all of our criteria. They were very competitive. They were nationally recognized across the board, and they brought a great deal to our conference in all sports. I thought it made our conference significantly better."

Kramer was famously photographed wearing a Hog hat at the news conference to announce Arkansas' addition to the league.

"Ha-ha! Well, coach Broyles snuck up behind me and put it on my head just as I made the announcement," Kramer said when reminded of that moment. "I still have that picture, and my grandchildren remind me every now and then."

Schaeffer, the former UA sports information director, said Broyles had explored forming another conference with Texas and other heavyweights such as Oklahoma, Nebraska and LSU before joining the SEC.

"He knew that the Southwest Conference wasn't going to survive," Schaeffer said. "Because you had the bottom end of the conference, plus you didn't have an equitable split of finances.

"If you were at the top you got more money. That kept the bottom from ever being much better. You had Arkansas, Texas, Texas A&M and Houston was pretty good in football for a while. But the others had to cheat to be any good."

Schaeffer called Broyles a visionary who was way ahead of his time.

"He saw the finances. He understood what Arkansas needed," Schaeffer said. "It was frustrating for him ... that people didn't see the future like he saw it. The reason he started exploring another league in the late '70s was because Lou Holtz and Eddie Sutton both complained about the fact that no official who lived in Arkansas could do our games. But if we'd go play Texas, all the officials were from the state of Texas. So they were very frustrated by that."

If OU and UT join the SEC and Alabama and Auburn move east, the new SEC West will essentially be the conference Broyles was thinking about building.
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RE: Arkansas: SEC move on the money
(06-04-2017 01:05 PM)JRsec Wrote:  
(06-04-2017 12:30 PM)murrdcu Wrote:  http://www.wholehogsports.com/news/2017/...-20170604/

Good history and review of 25 years in the SEC for the hogs. Here are some highlights of their realignment talk in the article:

Broyles knew Arkansas' athletic fortunes would be better off hitched to a regional grouping of mostly state schools with powerful histories -- especially in football -- and a more equitable form of revenue sharing. The move alleviated the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville from a Texas-centric array of schools in the SWC, lorded over by the Texas Longhorns, with revenue skewed in favor of the most powerful.

"If there was an architect behind this, it had to be Frank Broyles," said Dan Ferritor, the UA chancellor when Arkansas left the SWC to join the SEC. "He did a lot of things right in his life, and his vision of the importance of our future and how the Southeastern Conference was going to help that was just incredible insight. He didn't have a hard time convincing me, and when I talked to members of the board, I didn't have a hard time convincing them."

Broyles, speaking in 2010, said the Razorbacks would have been left behind during the conference realignment craze if they hadn't been proactive and moved to the SEC during the 1991-1992 school term.

"We'd be an independent," Broyles told Wholehogsports.com seven years ago. "We would not have been included in the Big 12, I'm told by people in the south. We'd be an independent and broke."

When Broyles and the Razorbacks, after years of contemplation and discontent with the inequities of the SWC, decided to make their big conference move -- joined by South Carolina as the SEC expanded from 10 to 12 schools -- changing conferences was extremely rare.

"The only change that had occurred by that time was that Penn State had joined the Big Ten," said Roy Kramer, the SEC commissioner for the expansion, which was announced in August of 1990. The Hogs and Gamecocks played their debut seasons in the SEC in 1992.

"I think they were a perfect add at that point in time," Kramer said of the Razorbacks. "They fit all of our criteria. They were very competitive. They were nationally recognized across the board, and they brought a great deal to our conference in all sports. I thought it made our conference significantly better."

Kramer was famously photographed wearing a Hog hat at the news conference to announce Arkansas' addition to the league.

"Ha-ha! Well, coach Broyles snuck up behind me and put it on my head just as I made the announcement," Kramer said when reminded of that moment. "I still have that picture, and my grandchildren remind me every now and then."

Schaeffer, the former UA sports information director, said Broyles had explored forming another conference with Texas and other heavyweights such as Oklahoma, Nebraska and LSU before joining the SEC.

"He knew that the Southwest Conference wasn't going to survive," Schaeffer said. "Because you had the bottom end of the conference, plus you didn't have an equitable split of finances.

"If you were at the top you got more money. That kept the bottom from ever being much better. You had Arkansas, Texas, Texas A&M and Houston was pretty good in football for a while. But the others had to cheat to be any good."

Schaeffer called Broyles a visionary who was way ahead of his time.

"He saw the finances. He understood what Arkansas needed," Schaeffer said. "It was frustrating for him ... that people didn't see the future like he saw it. The reason he started exploring another league in the late '70s was because Lou Holtz and Eddie Sutton both complained about the fact that no official who lived in Arkansas could do our games. But if we'd go play Texas, all the officials were from the state of Texas. So they were very frustrated by that."

If OU and UT join the SEC and Alabama and Auburn move east, the new SEC West will essentially be the conference Broyles was thinking about building.

Just without Nebraska. I found it interesting Broyles was trying to build the B12 conference with a LSU, but said we were not part of that plan at the time. I know the timing is in years of those statements and the landscape shifted quite a bit. I guess it means Arkansas was ready to move to stabler grounds before the merger of the SWC and Big 8 were ready to act.
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RE: Arkansas: SEC move on the money
(06-04-2017 01:25 PM)murrdcu Wrote:  
(06-04-2017 01:05 PM)JRsec Wrote:  
(06-04-2017 12:30 PM)murrdcu Wrote:  http://www.wholehogsports.com/news/2017/...-20170604/

Good history and review of 25 years in the SEC for the hogs. Here are some highlights of their realignment talk in the article:

Broyles knew Arkansas' athletic fortunes would be better off hitched to a regional grouping of mostly state schools with powerful histories -- especially in football -- and a more equitable form of revenue sharing. The move alleviated the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville from a Texas-centric array of schools in the SWC, lorded over by the Texas Longhorns, with revenue skewed in favor of the most powerful.

"If there was an architect behind this, it had to be Frank Broyles," said Dan Ferritor, the UA chancellor when Arkansas left the SWC to join the SEC. "He did a lot of things right in his life, and his vision of the importance of our future and how the Southeastern Conference was going to help that was just incredible insight. He didn't have a hard time convincing me, and when I talked to members of the board, I didn't have a hard time convincing them."

Broyles, speaking in 2010, said the Razorbacks would have been left behind during the conference realignment craze if they hadn't been proactive and moved to the SEC during the 1991-1992 school term.

"We'd be an independent," Broyles told Wholehogsports.com seven years ago. "We would not have been included in the Big 12, I'm told by people in the south. We'd be an independent and broke."

When Broyles and the Razorbacks, after years of contemplation and discontent with the inequities of the SWC, decided to make their big conference move -- joined by South Carolina as the SEC expanded from 10 to 12 schools -- changing conferences was extremely rare.

"The only change that had occurred by that time was that Penn State had joined the Big Ten," said Roy Kramer, the SEC commissioner for the expansion, which was announced in August of 1990. The Hogs and Gamecocks played their debut seasons in the SEC in 1992.

"I think they were a perfect add at that point in time," Kramer said of the Razorbacks. "They fit all of our criteria. They were very competitive. They were nationally recognized across the board, and they brought a great deal to our conference in all sports. I thought it made our conference significantly better."

Kramer was famously photographed wearing a Hog hat at the news conference to announce Arkansas' addition to the league.

"Ha-ha! Well, coach Broyles snuck up behind me and put it on my head just as I made the announcement," Kramer said when reminded of that moment. "I still have that picture, and my grandchildren remind me every now and then."

Schaeffer, the former UA sports information director, said Broyles had explored forming another conference with Texas and other heavyweights such as Oklahoma, Nebraska and LSU before joining the SEC.

"He knew that the Southwest Conference wasn't going to survive," Schaeffer said. "Because you had the bottom end of the conference, plus you didn't have an equitable split of finances.

"If you were at the top you got more money. That kept the bottom from ever being much better. You had Arkansas, Texas, Texas A&M and Houston was pretty good in football for a while. But the others had to cheat to be any good."

Schaeffer called Broyles a visionary who was way ahead of his time.

"He saw the finances. He understood what Arkansas needed," Schaeffer said. "It was frustrating for him ... that people didn't see the future like he saw it. The reason he started exploring another league in the late '70s was because Lou Holtz and Eddie Sutton both complained about the fact that no official who lived in Arkansas could do our games. But if we'd go play Texas, all the officials were from the state of Texas. So they were very frustrated by that."

If OU and UT join the SEC and Alabama and Auburn move east, the new SEC West will essentially be the conference Broyles was thinking about building.

Just without Nebraska. I found it interesting Broyles was trying to build the B12 conference with a LSU, but said we were not part of that plan at the time. I know the timing is in years of those statements and the landscape shifted quite a bit. I guess it means Arkansas was ready to move to stabler grounds before the merger of the SWC and Big 8 were ready to act.

Broyles was instrumental in helping the SEC land A&M. He didn't handle the negotiations but he got the folks together who did. He had been helping us pursue that since the Hogs came over in '91.
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