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1sahorn said:
Huge cultural difference between Panhandle & So. Plains. One would not think so, but there is an invisible line going south somewhere around Tulia that is the entry point of the Twilight Zone.
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The early Plainsmen were too busy to compare themselves with the rest of Texas. Then the rest of Texas boomed and Lubbock just stayed the same. Their main identity is Tech..that’s all they can hold on to. So since WW2, their dislike for UT grew then festered into jealousy and then finally pure hatred.

When dad moved us out in ‘70, Lubbock had a population of around 150,000 and Austin 275,000. Lubbock has only about 250,000 now, and the Austin metro is…I don’t even know anymore. 2,500,000?
 
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I have always called them "force fields". They are invisible and known only to locals.

One in Houston existed for decades along Buffalo Bayou from downtown all the way out to Addicks Dam. That was originated mostly because there were only 3-4 ways across Buffalo Bayou. People in Memorial never went South of the Bayou, and people in Tanglewood never went north of the Bayou. It has largely disappeared thanks to Gerald Hines (the Galleria) and Katrina (the refugees have basically destroyed Westheimer from Voss out to Hwy6)

There is one in Cameron County at Olmito, separating Brownsville and Harlingen.
 
Gylcomer said:
The early Plainsmen were too busy to compare themselves with the rest of Texas. Then the rest of Texas boomed and Lubbock just stayed the same. Their main identity is Tech..that’s all they can hold on to. So since WW2, their dislike for UT grew then festered into jealousy and then finally pure hatred.
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St. Darryl started promoting tceh from the dying Border Conf nto the old SWC in the late 50's-early 60's...MUCH to the consternation of purple aggy who considered W. Texas their recruiting ground. Darryl persisted & got tceh in to Big Boy college football.
tceh wasted little time before showing their class (read "***") & true colors. West Texans are totally thankless to DKR.
 
bystander said:
I once dated a pretty lass from Tech. This was 1983-84. I used to drive up there (from Dallas) with another guy who was dating a friend of hers. We met them on summer break in Dallas. We ran out of gas about ten miles out of Lubbock. He got out and hitched a ride to get some gas. It took five minutes for someone to stop and pick him up. I waited with the car (stood outside) and had at least seven or eight people stop and ask if I needed help.

Lubbock. I love you.
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I've had similar good experiences with the folks up on the So. Plains.

I think some people, who always seem to attract the worst in others, might do well to look at themselves.
 
1sahorn said:
Huge cultural difference between Panhandle & So. Plains. One would not think so, but there is an invisible line going south somewhere around Tulia that is the entry point of the Twilight Zone.
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It goes way, way back.

The (actual) Panhandle was largely settled by incoming Midwestern grain farmers, as well as the huge ranchers. The accent up there sounds more "normal American" than anyplace in Texas--to my ears anyway. (inside the big cities notwithstanding)

The South Plains was the farthest Western extension of the Cotton Belt (at the time--before the big Ariz and Calif irrigation projects were developed). The South Plains was settled by cotton people, its industry was (and is) cotton, and it's the world center of cotton production today. It was mostly settled by cotton farmers from Eastern Texas and points further East, who were moving West for cheap land with really good soil. King Cotton rules the roost in a 60 or more mile radius around Lubbock. Think of it as when Southerners become Westerners. And only a small % are aggies--these are real actual dirt farmers--and nowadays on a large/very large scale. They don't like the Horns, but they dislike the ags even more--a lot more.
 
Not that many star football players come from the So. Plains or the Panhandle these days, but we've had some good Lubbock raised players before. I remember a star TE from Frenship, and a star LB from Cooper...
 
Chop said:
I've had similar good experiences with the folks up on the So. Plains.

I think some people, who always seem to attract the worst in others, might do well to look at themselves.
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I never said there aren't good people there. There are some VERY fine people out there. If you don't believe me (& I'm from there) just ask anybody...they'll tell you exactly how friendly they are. Just don't let 'em know you're a Longhorn. Even salt of the 🌎 W Texans can get quite surly.
 
Chop said:
It goes way, way back.

The (actual) Panhandle was largely settled by incoming Midwestern grain farmers, as well as the huge ranchers. The accent up there sounds more "normal American" than anyplace in Texas--to my ears anyway. (inside the big cities notwithstanding)

The South Plains was the farthest Western extension of the Cotton Belt (at the time--before the big Ariz and Calif irrigation projects were developed). The South Plains was settled by cotton people, its industry was (and is) cotton, and it's the world center of cotton production today. It was mostly settled by cotton farmers from Eastern Texas and points further East, who were moving West for cheap land with really good soil. King Cotton rules the roost in a 60 or more mile radius around Lubbock. Think of it as when Southerners become Westerners. And only a small % are aggies--these are real actual dirt farmers--and nowadays on a large/very large scale. They don't like the Horns, but they dislike the ags even more--a lot more.
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Virtually all of the old family farms have been bought off & are now LARGE industrial farms. And King Cotton has destroyed the plush topsoil that drew cotton farmers in the 1st place.
 
Chop said:
Not that many star football players come from the So. Plains or the Panhandle these days, but we've had some good Lubbock raised players before. I remember a star TE from Frenship, and a star LB from Cooper...
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I have heard rumors about:

1) The smartest/best safety in school history was from Lubbock

2) Brian Millard

3) A 6'8" lineman that chose between Texas football & UCLA basketball in spite of Nebraska having a $500,000 annuity awaiting his signature

4) Wasn't Danny Abbott from up there?

5) The really fast kid from Spearman?

I know there are more, but it's late and the memory ain't what it used to me. Somebody else with a younger brain please fill in teh spaces.
 
1sahorn said:
Virtually all of the old family farms have been bought off & are now LARGE industrial farms. And King Cotton has destroyed the plush topsoil that drew cotton farmers in the 1st place.
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Large farms owned by people or partnerships, small LLCs, etc. People who live there. I don't know about destroying the soil. But I do know yields are much higher than they used to be. Anyway, Lubbock can send us a 4 star recruit every 3 or 4 years or so and we'll be pleased enough with 'em.
 
Chop said:
Large farms owned by people or partnerships, small LLCs, etc. People who live there. I don't know about destroying the soil. But I do know yields are much higher than they used to be. Anyway, Lubbock can send us a 4 star recruit every 3 or 4 years or so and we'll be pleased enough with 'em.
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Humus/organic content has been depleted. Artificial fertilizers will prop up dying soil for a while., + they have developed seeds that will grow in concrete.
What's left of our old family farm is in CRP allowing the soil to heal.
 
DT offer Vodney Cleveland of Birmingham, AL told 247 he's planning on taking an official visit to Texas.

A former Alabama commitment, he says they're not under consideration right now.

 
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