College Football Imperialism Map

[WBT 20422]

lulz, we should play ulm again

[notre dame joe 172]

10 hours ago, TrashMaster G said:

So does aggy.  And they could, conceivably, claim LSU's land.

I don't understand the game and why A&M has land but not ND.  

[Magus Ossis 2784]

3 hours ago, notre dame joe said:

I don't understand the game and why A&M has land but not ND.  

Your land is given to whoever beats you each time you lose. The Aggies have taken land since losing their initial allotment. ND lost what it had when playing NIU and hasn't claimed enough new land yet I guess. If you beat people who already have a loss, they may have nothing to forfeit to you.

[satyanash 14281]

All land lost 😥 But we have a chance to pick up lots of new land in the South against Vandy.

[satyanash 14281]

We have land again! And while we lost Austin to Georgia, we now have Athens 😁

[BabaYaga 15212]

9 minutes ago, satyanash said:

We have land again! And while we lost Austin to Georgia, we now have Athens 😁

Indiana will never give up the Aleutians.....

[TreatyOak 16150]

4 minutes ago, BabaYaga said:

Indiana will never give up the Aleutians.....

Random fun trivia that some of you prob know: In WW2, a Japanese pilot tried to make a crash landing in the Aleutians, but snapped his neck on landing. The plane, a Mitsubishi Zero, was perfectly intact and the US was able to salvage it, fly it, and learn it capabilities. This allowed the US to develop the fabulous Grumman Hellcat, which quickly became a nemesis to the Zero. 

[BabaYaga 15212]

1 minute ago, TreatyOak said:

Random fun trivia that some of you prob know: In WW2, a Japanese pilot tried to make a crash landing in the Aleutians, but snapped his neck on landing. The plane, a Mitsubishi Zero, was perfectly intact and the US was able to salvage it, fly it, and learn it capabilities. This allowed the US to develop the fabulous Grumman Hellcat, which quickly became a nemesis to the Zero. 

To this point, yes the US actually was invaded in WWII and the fighting on the islands was gruesome from all accounts.  

From what I read, they learned NEVER to turn with a Zero.  Hellcat could out climb and out dive the Zero, and they learned how unprotected the planes were.  What they gained in agility they gave up in armor and protection, especially the fuel tanks, which were not self-sealing as the American's were.

[TreatyOak 16150]

6 minutes ago, BabaYaga said:

To this point, yes the US actually was invaded in WWII and the fighting on the islands was gruesome from all accounts.  

From what I read, they learned NEVER to turn with a Zero.  Hellcat could out climb and out dive the Zero, and they learned how unprotected the planes were.  What they gained in agility they gave up in armor and protection, especially the fuel tanks, which were not self-sealing as the American's were.

Maybe a dumb question, but can the US have been invaded if the Alaska wasn't made a state 'til 1959? Great point about the self-sealing fuel tanks. It really was ingenious, yet simple technology. 

[texifornia 56526]

14 minutes ago, TreatyOak said:

Maybe a dumb question, but can the US have been invaded if the Alaska wasn't made a state 'til 1959? Great point about the self-sealing fuel tanks. It really was ingenious, yet simple technology. 

It's still US territory. For example if Venezuela invades Puerto Rico tomorrow, they would be invading the US.

Edited October 31 by texifornia

[Texzilla58 4717]

50 minutes ago, TreatyOak said:

Maybe a dumb question, but can the US have been invaded if the Alaska wasn't made a state 'til 1959? Great point about the self-sealing fuel tanks. It really was ingenious, yet simple technology. 

Uhh by your logic the attack on Pearl Harbor wasn’t an attack on the U.S. as Hawaii wasn’t a state.  Both were attacks on U.S. territories.  

[Texzilla58 4717]

1 hour ago, BabaYaga said:

To this point, yes the US actually was invaded in WWII and the fighting on the islands was gruesome from all accounts.  

From what I read, they learned NEVER to turn with a Zero.  Hellcat could out climb and out dive the Zero, and they learned how unprotected the planes were.  What they gained in agility they gave up in armor and protection, especially the fuel tanks, which were not self-sealing as the American's were.

The other interesting point is that many elements of the Zero were stolen from the experimental plane Howard Hughes submitted to the USAAF in the 30’s and was rejected.

[texifornia 56526]

The Wind Rises is a sweet, but somewhat whitewash-y film about the creation of the Zero if you're into Studio Ghibli's stuff. Definitely not their best work, but nice all the same.

On the topic at hand. looks like if UF somehow upsets UGA (lol not going to happen) we still won't pick much up the week after, but we would get Austin back.

[markstanco 12509]

Who did aggy take maine from?

[TreatyOak 16150]

2 hours ago, Texzilla58 said:

Uhh by your logic the attack on Pearl Harbor wasn’t an attack on the U.S. as Hawaii wasn’t a state.  Both were attacks on U.S. territories.  

Fair point! 

[BabaYaga 15212]

32 minutes ago, TreatyOak said:

Fair point! 

To quote the great IceCube - stay the fuck away from our territories:

Ain't nothing to it but the floss
Overcrowding Harrison-Ross
'Cause if you fuck with ours

We leave scars

[Kennythetiger 9335]

9 hours ago, TreatyOak said:

Random fun trivia that some of you prob know: In WW2, a Japanese pilot tried to make a crash landing in the Aleutians, but snapped his neck on landing. The plane, a Mitsubishi Zero, was perfectly intact and the US was able to salvage it, fly it, and learn it capabilities. This allowed the US to develop the fabulous Grumman Hellcat, which quickly became a nemesis to the Zero. 

Did you know that Armybrat’s father fought in the Aleutians?  

[thunderlounge 7758]

13 minutes ago, Kennythetiger said:

Did you know that Armybrat’s father fought in the Aleutians?  

The Romans made it that far?

[Michael Knight 12898]

9 hours ago, texifornia said:

It's still US territory. For example if Venezuela invades Puerto Rico tomorrow, they would be invading the US.

By that logic the US was invaded already when Japan invaded the Philippines 

[TreatyOak 16150]

56 minutes ago, Kennythetiger said:

Did you know that Armybrat’s father fought in the Aleutians?  

Wow. That's impressive. Whose side was he on? 

[Kennythetiger 9335]

Just now, TreatyOak said:

Wow. That's impressive. Whose side was he on? 

Ours. 

[TreatyOak 16150]

Just now, Kennythetiger said:

Ours. 

When you say ours, do you mean ours as in US or Japan? 

[Kennythetiger 9335]

2 minutes ago, TreatyOak said:

When you say ours, do you mean ours as in US or Japan? 

Would a Japanese gentleman have an avatar honoring a murdered gorilla?  

[thunderlounge 7758]

34 minutes ago, Kennythetiger said:

Would a Japanese gentleman have an avatar honoring a murdered gorilla?  

Maybe.

[texifornia 56526]

12 hours ago, Michael Knight said:

By that logic the US was invaded already when Japan invaded the Philippines 

True enough, although it already had its own government and was in the middle of a ten year "transition to independence" plan, so it doesn't generally fully get counted.

[Herpa Derpa 6112]

16 hours ago, Michael Knight said:

By that logic the US was invaded already when Japan invaded the Philippines 

You're goddamned right.

 

[General Colt 119]

17 hours ago, Kennythetiger said:

Did you know that Armybrat’s father fought in the Aleutians?  

I thought it was the Spanish-American War.

[satyanash 14281]

With A&M's loss to SCar, there's no more land for us to gain until the end of the regular season. South Carolina, Texas and Ole Miss are currently the only three land-owning SEC schools.

[Js1 85110]

I don’t think Baylor got consent to start grabbing land by the pussy