# The Feud: Don’t Mess with Texas by notfrommensa \[game over\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 4, 2010, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400 "2010-11-04T01:55:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/1 "2010-11-04T01:55:22Z")
Object of the game: Give the most popular answer for each category. Rules: 1. No reading the thread before answering. This is on the honor system. 2. Formatting rules must be followed (see below). 3. Joke answers will not be considered, as it is not fair to other players. 4. Google (etc.) is allowed, if you desire. 5. Maximum 50 entrants, and I’ll score it when I have time. 6. There is no Rule 6. 7. Special Rules for this particular Feud: None Formatting rules: To make semi-automated scoring possible, and my job easier, make your post look exactly like this: 1. answer 2. answer 3. answer 4. answer No double spacing, no smilies, no urls, no periods, no quote marks, and no punctuation if it is not necessary. Put “pass” if you want to leave an answer blank. If you feel you must qualify your answer, do it AFTER THE LIST! If you don’t format like this, your answers might be DISQUALIFIED. Scoring: With 50 entrants, an answer with a match is worth 2x the number of people matching it. If 4 people match, they each get 8 points for that answer. No matches = 0 points. Formula: Score = 100 / (# of entrants) x (# of matches.) Anyone who responds to a question with two answers will only have the first one counted as their answer. Good luck! If any of you have ideas for Feuds -and would like me to score them- PM me. If anyone wants to run their own Feud, feel free. I will help any way I can. Read the rules! Special Rules for this particular Feud: None 1. Name a professional sports team in Texas besides the Dallas Cowboys. (Both city and team name, please.) 2. Name a ‘small’ city in Texas. 3. Name a historical person from Texas. 4. Name a college in Texas, that doesn’t have “Texas” in its name. 5. Name a state that borders Texas. 6. Name an Interstate in texas. (Just give a number - like 53.) 7. Besides someone named “Bush”, name a living person from Texas. 8. Name a fictional person from Texas. 9. Name a city on the Mexican border. 10. What one word do you associate with Texas? (Just one!) ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/2 "2010-11-04T02:01:09Z")
1. Houston Rockets 2. Austin 3. Lyndon Johnson 4. Rice University 5. Oklahoma 6. 10 7. H. Ross Perot 8. Pecos Bill 9. Laredo 10. Bigger ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/3 "2010-11-04T02:12:10Z")
1. Dallas Mavericks 2. Austin 3. Jim Bowie 4. Rice 5. Oklahoma 6. 10 7. Troy Aikman 8. Pecos Bill 9. El Paso 10. Big ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/4 "2010-11-04T02:21:36Z")
1. Texas Rangers 2. Ft Worth 3. Sam Houston 4. Baylor 5. Oklahoma 6. 20 7. Jerry Jones 8. JR Ewing 9. El Paso 10. Big edit: defending my title with my own feud. Looks like a 45th place finish for NFM. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/5 "2010-11-04T02:21:49Z")
1. Houston Texans 2. Austin 3. Sam Houston 4. Baylor 5. Oklahoma 6. 45 7. Lance Armstrong 8. Hank Hill 9. El Paso 10. Chili ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/6 "2010-11-04T02:51:23Z")
1. Dallas Mavericks 2. Austin 3. Stephen F. Austin 4. Rice University 5. Oklahoma 6. 30 7. Lance Armstrong 8. Coach Taylor (Friday Night Lights) 9. El Paso 10. Longhorn ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/7 "2010-11-04T02:53:12Z")
Yes, i know Stephen F. Austin wasn’t actually _from_ Texas, but i think he’s at least as qualified to be called a Texan as anyone else. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/8 "2010-11-04T03:02:22Z")
1. Texas Rangers\* 2. Stephan F Austin 3. Southern Methodist University 4. Oklahoma 5. 10 6. Matthew McConaughey 7. JR Ewing 8. Laredo 9. Alamo - Play in Arlington, Texas isn’t a city… I think I misunderstood #2. I saw the other answers and said that Austin isn’t a small town, but the question was small city…d’oh. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/9 "2010-11-04T03:06:54Z")
FYI, Troy Aikman isn’t from Texas, he just worked there. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/10 "2010-11-04T03:16:35Z")
1. Texas Rangers (Arlington/Dallas) 2. Waco 3. Lyndon Johnson 4. Baylor University 5. Oklahoma 6. 35 7. Nolan Ryan 8. The Lone Ranger 9. Laredo 10. Cowboy ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/11 "2010-11-04T03:41:40Z")
1. Texas Rangers 2. Waco 3. Lyndon Johnson 4. Baylor 5. Oklahoma 6. 10 7. Nolan Ryan 8. The Lone Ranger 9. El Paso 10. Big ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/12 "2010-11-04T03:42:17Z")
1. Texas Rangers 2. LaGrange 3. Sam Houston 4. Baylor 5. Oklahoma 6. 35 7. Nolan Ryan 8. J.R. Ewing 9. El Paso 10. Big ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/13 "2010-11-04T04:09:36Z")
1. Texas Rangers 2. Waco 3. Sam Houston 4. Rice 5. Oklahoma 6. 10 7. Rick Perry 8. Hank Hill 9. El Paso 10. Friendship Note 10: the official state motto. ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/14 "2010-11-04T04:10:40Z")
1. Texas Rangers 2. Lubbock 3. Sam Houston 4. Rice University 5. Arkansas 6. 10 7. Jerry Jones 8. Augustus McCrae 9. El Paso 10. Big ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/15 "2010-11-04T04:12:54Z")
1. Houston Astros 2. El Paso 3. Sam Houston 4. Baylor University 5. Oklahoma 6. 10 7. Willie Nelson 8. J.R. Ewing 9. El Paso 10. Big ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/16 "2010-11-04T04:29:59Z")
1. Houston Rockets 2. Abeline 3. Sam Houston 4. SMU 5. Oklahoma 6. 10 7. Jerry Jones 8. Pecos Bill 9. El Paso 10. big ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/17 "2010-11-04T04:49:27Z")
1: Houston Oilers 2. Waco, TX 3. David Koresh 4. Baylor University 5. Oklahoma 6. 53 7. Dunno 8. Walker, Texas Ranger 9. El Paso 10. Big ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/18 "2010-11-04T05:05:11Z")
1. Houston Texans 2. Waco 3. Jim Bowie 4. University of Houston 5. Oklahoma 6. 10 7. Rick Perry 8. The Lone Ranger 9. Brownsville 10. Big Notes 3: Yes, I know he was born in Tennessee, but he’s certainly associated with Texas. 6: I don’t know how important it is, but from what I know of the numbering system, there has to be an I-10, and it has to go through Texas. 7: The current governor ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/19 "2010-11-04T05:11:39Z")
1. Texas Rangers 2. Waco 3. Sam Houston 4. Baylor University 5. Oklahoma 6. 10 7. Willie Nelson 8. J.R. Ewing 9. Brownsville 10. big ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/20 "2010-11-04T05:25:34Z")
1. Texas Rangers 2. Waco 3. Sam Houston 4. Baylor 5. Oklahoma 6. 10 7. Tom DeLay 8. The Lone Ranger 9. El Paso 10. BIG [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400.md?page=2)