Emilio Fantastico said:
You keep quoting the whole history of the series as if Arkansas has dominated A&M throughout except for the last seven years. As is the case with everyone that has a long history of playing A&M and has a sizable lead in the series, that lead came due to the dark ages of A&M football from the end of WWII until the 1970's when A&M went co-Ed and scholarship limits began.
A&M led the series 10-8-1 from the beginning through 1945
A&M went 5-18-2 in the 25 games from 1946-1970
A&M leads the series 16-15 since 1971.
So thinking Arkansas has some historical dominance that is bound to return is foolishness.
The rational thought is that it will go back to being fairly even with a slight edge to A&M.
What I said is that the last 7 games have distorted the perception of the reality that UP UNTIL THAT TIME, Arkansas had dominated the series for 7 decades in a pretty consistent manner. Your numbers do a damn good job of showing that.
Consider that - again, up until 2012 - the series record since 1971 (40 years, with a long gap when they didn't play) was 15-9 Arkansas, so it wasn't an "even" series. In fact, that record was very consistent to how the series as whole had gone (it was 42-24-3 at that time, including 26-15-3 before 1971.
A&M HAS won the last 7 games. They count. I get that.
I'm just saying that, while it may be significant and MAY point to a longer term change in the series, a 7 year cycle - one in which (a) Arkansas is at the lowest tide it's been at in 70 years; and (b) even given that, Arkansas completely handed 3 of those 7 wins to A&M - is NOT in and of itself a harbinger of future domination by A&M. It is ONLY these last 7 years that have skewed perception about the long-term, consistent domination in the series. And we're not talking about just "ancient history' here.
Of course, the future will answer these questions - not posts on a fan board. And - as I've posted in this thread - I actually believe the most likely outcome is that the series will be very hotly contested and close to 50-50 going forward.
By the way - no one commented on my question (earlier in this thread) about the vote to resume the series with Texas. Any of you have any thoughts on my post about that?