Loftin, Mike Slive, and Bill Byrne certainly put the pressure on tu to continue the series in the press conference.

Loftin basically said that he wanted to continue the series. Also said that the SEC encourages out of conference games such as Georgia Tech/Georgia, Florida/FSU, Clemson/ South Carolina. Loftin said that he has assurances from Slive that Texas A&M would be able to continue the rivalry with Texas as long as Texas was wanting to do so.

Mike Slive said that he wanted to see the Thanksgiving game between Texas and Texas A&M to continue

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Needs to be nationally exposed to show the world its their decision to make.

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etexorange,

I believe moving to the SEC shows we don't need tu at all. Aggies want to continue playing b/c we know we will kick your ass every year.

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tu doesnt want to play with the big boys and the Aggies are now with the big boys. They prefer to play minimal teams who cant expose their weaknesses, although they did have it handed to them last year. Let tu run off to play the babies and you Ags will rise with the big boys.

god you whorns are pathetic

tu ex...get a grip. An A&M/LSU Thanksgiving Day game would be great. Just trying to keep the rivalry going. It is done in most SEC states. Why not here. Your call. We made the offer.

Says the guy on the Aggie website.

Shouldn't you be registering to post on all of Iowa State's websites?

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I believe moving to the SEC shows we don't need tu at all.

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Tell that to the two Aggie legislators who hope to force the series to continue via legislation.

Etexorange, did you really just type that on the same day as the presser for A&M joining the Southeastern Conference without Texas? What a dumbass.

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This is rich coming from a guy with over 2k posts on an A&M website in less than 3 years.

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It's painfully obvious for the world to see that the Aggies value a storied history and are mature enough to see the good in a great rivalry.

I will honestly be surprised if tu and TAMU cannot sort this out and play the tday game.

I will honestly be surprised if tu and TAMU cannot sort this out and play the tday game.

I think time has come for this rivalry to die. An occasional 2 game series every 10 years or so seems about right.
Both teams need to explore new rivalries A&M in the SEC, Texas elsewhere.

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It's painfully obvious for the world to see that the Aggies want Texas more than Texas wants the Aggies.

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It's painfully obvious for the world to see that the sips are arrogant butthurt cowards...

And yet UT's own Mack Brown said that he didn't want to continue the UT-Arkansas series after the contract set up by Royal and Broyles because it "didn't help Texas". Us Razorbacks have played the 'Horns nearly as long as the Aggies. Kind of funny how only one game in our series since we left the SWC 20 years ago was a big defeat..the year after we got rid of Nutt, the biggest loser of a coach at a D1 school in the history of the NCAA. In fact, our 2nd worst team lost because Matt Jones fumbled inside the 15 (to the best of my memory, may have been 10) on the way to a QB run for the win...truely sad, but should tell Aggie fans how much they will improve. It took us about 3 years in the conference to go to Atlanta after building up talent.

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Tell that to the two Aggie legislators who hope to force the series to continue via legislation.

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The arrogance of 2 former students doesn't speak for all.

I'd enjoy the continuation of the series with t.u., but I have no desire to force either party into it.

Reasons that t.u. will not play the Aggies:

1. Butt hurt.

2. t.u. knows that with our SEC connection, we will be able to recruit better and have alot more money for facilities.

3. The days of t.u. domination over us are over and t.u. is afraid because if they do start losing to us regularly, they will lose recruits to us via that same SEC connection.

tu is skeered!! Come on sips, sign up for your yearly ass kicking!

Amused has given us his opinion: fine. We'd like to continue the game per the announcement. As another thread stated: it's in DeLoss' court. Let's give them time to work it out on their end, or end the game. It's their call.

"It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man," Psalm 118:8.

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yes that's why dodds forced us to go to the big12 in 1995-96, then tried to force us to go to the PAC with them last year, then tried to block us from going to the SEC.

We don't "need" this game. We just already know that espn is gonna paint us as the bad guy, so we're doing the preemptive strike.

I personally don't ever want to play you arrogant a-holes ever again. Go wither & die in your POS worthless conference that no one will watch.

But it doesn't matter bc the Texas legis is going to force us to play anyway, which I'm gonna be a little agitated about...but I will find it a little amusing bc of posts like this.

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t.u. is obviously so attractive as a conference partner, you'll have no trouble at all adding quality teams to your league. No trouble whatsoever. You are right on par with the SEC. Just pick up your phone and you can grow the league to 14 or 16 quality teams. No doubt in my mind.

You guys are so attractive and all.

What do "painfully obvious" mean?

amusedwhorn;

Your words, "Both teams need to expolore new rivalries, A&M in the SEC, texas elsewhere".

Does "elsewhere" mean the Big irrevalent or nationally recognized powerhouses like Rice or Wyoming? Maybe ESPN can set tu up with North Texas or Blinn if strength of schedule is a consideration.

Obsessed

I don't think that we play them Thanksgiving anymore. Probably played at the beginning of the year.

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I think time has come for this rivalry to die. An occasional 2 game series every 10 years or so seems about right.
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Would that include y'all leaving this board? If so, I'm all for it!

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Yep, I can't imagine spending so much time on a non-rival's board.

I really don't care if it continues but let them decide and call them chicken if they don't.

etexorange

Really... Is that why every commercial on 104.9 the horn is an excerpt of some radio personality bashing the Aggies move to the SEC?

Ya'll are acting like the one who got hurt in the break up. The spoiled kid who kicks and screams when not getting what he or she wants.

Loftin's comments were awesome.

He's really brought me around from my opinion of him in the summer of 2010.

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The key word for Texas is "elsewhere". But what constitutes this "elsewhere"? BYU? TCU? Potential Big XII applicants Louisville or U of H? Too many of these Texas fans have bought into Dodds' attitude that they are the "Joneses", but the Joneses live in a rapidly decaying neighborhood. Are they firmly in control of the HOA? Sure. Are they friends with any of their neighbors? Nope.

So go on, and brag about how you are about to start up rivalries with the "20 schools" Dodds claimed were lining up to join the Big XII. Why would a national brand like Terxas miss the likes of Nebraska, Colorado, and now Texas A&M?

You guys are ridiculous.