# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/21 "2010-11-04T09:25:29Z")
1. San Antonio Spurs 2. Waco 3. Davy Crockett 4. Rice 5. Oklahoma 6. 10 7. Larry Hagman 8. J.R. Ewing 9. El Paso 10. Hats ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/22 "2010-11-04T10:39:57Z")
1. Texas Rangers 2. Waco 3. Sam Houston 4. Baylor 5. Oklahoma 6. 10 7. Nolan Ryan 8. Hank Hill 9. Laredo 10. big #7 from here [http://www.famoustexans.com/](http://www.famoustexans.com/) ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/23 "2010-11-04T12:01:53Z")
1. Texas Rangers 2. Waco 3. Sam Houston 4. Baylor 5. Oklahoma 6. 10 7. Nolan Ryan 8. J.R. Ewing 9. El Paso 10. Big 11. Plus obligatory suckup… **Rebo** The Feud Mistress! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/24 "2010-11-04T12:15:56Z")
1. Texas Rangers 2. Waco 3. Sam Houston 4. Louisiana 5. 10 6. Nolan Ryan 7. The Lone Ranger 8. El Paso 9. Big ---
**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, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/25 "2010-11-04T12:31:21Z")
I somehow deleted my answer for question 2. To try and keep things in order my answer was: 1. Alpine Alpine claims itself as the home of Dan Blocker, even though he wasn’t born there. ---
**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, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/26 "2010-11-04T12:35:32Z")
1. Houston Texans 2. Austin 3. Sam Houston 4. Baylor 5. Oklahoma 6. 10 7. Nolan Ryan 8. J.R. Ewing 9. El Paso 10. big ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/27 "2010-11-04T13:13:08Z")
1. Texas Rangers, Arlington 2. Waco 3. Sam Houston 4. Baylor 5. Oklahoma 6. 10 7. Nolan Ryan 8. J.R. Ewing 9. Laredo 10. Big ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/28 "2010-11-04T13:22:29Z")
1. Texas Rangers 2. Arlington 3. Sam Houston 4. Baylor 5. Oklahoma 6. 35 7. Nolan Ryan 8. Cordell Walker 9. El Paso 10. Big 11. aka _Walker, Texas Ranger_ ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/29 "2010-11-04T13:47:53Z")
1. Texas Rangers 2. Waco 3. Lyndon B. Johnson 4. Rice 5. Oklahoma 6. I-10 7. Rick Perry 8. The Lone Ranger 9. Loredo 10. Oil ---
**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, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/30 "2010-11-04T13:48:23Z")
Wow, no one else went with Ross Perot? ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/31 "2010-11-04T13:49:48Z")
1. Texas Rangers 2. Amarillo 3. Sam Houston 4. Baylor 5. Oklahoma 6. 10 7. Jerry Jones 8. Hank Hill 9. Nuevo Laredo 10. Big ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/32 "2010-11-04T13:50:49Z")
Aww, _Waco_. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![VanLandry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/eb9ed0/32.png) [@VanLandry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VanLandry)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/33 "2010-11-04T13:56:19Z")
1. Houston Texans 2. Odessa 3. Sam Houston 4. Southwestern University 5. Oklahoma 6. 10 7. T Boones Pickens 8. JR Ewing 9. Laredo 10. Beef ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/34 "2010-11-04T13:59:47Z")
I’m surprised at the popularity of JR Ewing, considering _Dallas_ has been off the air for 20 years (and past its heyday longer than that). ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/35 "2010-11-04T14:04:39Z")
1. Texas Rangers 2. Austin 3. Sam Houston 4. Baylor 5. Oklahoma 6. 40 7. Jessica Simpson 8. JR Ewing 9. El Paso 10. Big ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/36 "2010-11-04T14:08:54Z")
1. Texas Rangers 2. Austin 3. Sam Houston 4. Southern Methodist University 5. Oklahoma 6. 10 7. Rick Perry 8. John Ross Ewing, Jr 9. El Paso 10. Alamo ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/37 "2010-11-04T15:04:38Z")
1. Houston Dynamo 2. Odessa 3. Sam Houston 4. Southern Methodist University (SMU) 5. Arkansas 6. I-40 7. Charles “Tex” Watson 8. Leatherface 9. McAllen 10. pompous ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/38 "2010-11-04T15:18:50Z")
1. Texas Rangers 2. Waco 3. San Houston 4. Baylor 5. Oklahoma 6. 10 7. Ross Perot 8. JR Ewing 9. El Paso 10. Bigger ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/39 "2010-11-04T16:44:39Z")
1. Houston Texans 2. Galveston 3. Sam Houston 4. Baylor 5. Oklahoma 6. 35 7. Karl Rove 8. Pecos Bill 9. El Paso 10. Big ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400/40 "2010-11-04T17:13:28Z")
1. Houston Texans 2. El Paso 3. Sam houston 4. Abilene Christian 5. Oklahoma 6. 110 7. Jerry Jones 8. Pecos bill 9. Juarez 10. Steers [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-don-t-mess-with-texas-by-notfrommensa-game-over/559400.md?page=3)