Yeah yeah old rivalries board I get it.. No one actually goes on there so Im posting it here. Some of you act like our rivalry with tu never happened and it actually kind of bothers me. Yeah, sure we aren't in their shadow anymore in the Big 12 and having to deal with the LHN. We obviously won the past couple years with the move to the SEC and the disaster that they are currently undergoing. Maybe we don't need to play them anymore in the interest of whats best for our football program.

When we left the Big 12, Loftin made a very clear "anytime, anywhere" statement which he repeated just recently but with him leaving that doesn't mean anything. They denied the offer and now somewhat have suggested that they are interested in playing again. I don't blame them, they obviously need us more than we need them. But now some of you are acting just as arrogant as they did when we left by refusing to play them again.

The rivalry has a special place in the tradition and history of our University, State, and football program in particular. Sure, maybe it won't be the same for a very long time in terms of when and where we play them and if we ever establish a series with them year in and year out. Im all for having a rivalry on thanksgiving with LSU next year, maybe Ill feel differently if that actually becomes something relatively close to what we use to have. What Im trying to say is that the rivalry is going to be hidden from a lot of this "new army" that you olds often batch about. Going all 4 years without being able to watch A&M and tu play on the football field is a crime IMO. Too much politics and arrogance on both sides to realize how important the rivalry really is.

I... I actually agree with this

I agree ... but you are about to get crushed.

don't care.

Oh hai...your vagina is crying

I agree.. Sad to think there are others that don't.
They should be along shortly.

Thanksgiving symbolized football.
I know many truly believe that the LSU game will replace or be better than the Texas series .. It won't... At least not for years and years to come.

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The rivalry has a special place in the tradition and history of our University, State, and football program in particular.

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...and the very culture of Texas and Texans.

It needs to come back.

I am certain it will.

I still think at some point, we'll play them semi-regularly, because there's few things nicer than beating them and listening to them melt down.

I also think, however, that in the SEC, big west division matchups WILL ALWAYS matter. Alabama, Auburn, LSU...they're going to be increasingly big rivals in the future. Accept that reality as well.

[This message has been edited by MouthBQ98 (edited 11/26/2013 12:10p).]

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"Too much politics and arrogance on both sides to realize how important the rivalry really is."

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Please elaborate on this quote. Specifically as it relates to our side.

I never had a chance to go to an a&m Texas game, due to the fact that I'm a sophomore this year and have no family ties to either university. Last year, I was kinda bummed that we didn't have this game. Now, I'm just glad to completely be done with them

saw this on facebook...omg lol

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I never had a chance to go to an a&m Texas game, due to the fact that I'm a sophomore this year and have no family ties to either university

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You truly missed out man.

I've been to many many A&M - sip games. I don't miss them any more than I miss Baylor, tard or UH for that matter. In other words - not at all.

[This message has been edited by Evanhue (edited 11/26/2013 12:19p).]

Screw tu - never again!

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I never had a chance to go to an a&m Texas game, due to the fact that I'm a sophomore this year and have no family ties to either university

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You truly missed out man.

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This, was one of the coolest games you'd go to no matter either teams records. The lsu, bama, and auburns records will matter for atmosphere, this one never failed

That game transcends mere football.

It needs to come back and be an annual event, on Thanksgiving.

I wish some of you could have experienced the Southwest Conference when it was relevant, e.g. the 80's and before. True collegiate footall, tons of visiting fans at every stadium for every game, both bands, large student contingents from both teams at every game. Sorry, it was a better paradigm for collegiate football. I know that it ain't ever coming back, but you'll never convince meet that it wasn't a more valuable experience than now.

[This message has been edited by cecil77 (edited 11/26/2013 12:22p).]

It will be back.

And we will whip dat ass.

I witnessed over 30 years of the A&M- tu game, and as great as that week was (especially when A&M won), I finally had too much of their undeserved arrogance to swallow and I now have zero desire to play them anytime soon.

Why would one miss that arrogance directed at them? I miss that game ZERO. Other than the effects on recruiting, I don't give a rat's @ss HOW their season goes, and believe me, that is waaaaay different than how I felt when we were conference rivals.

"arrogant t-sip"

"obnixious Aggie"

Part and parcel of the culture of Texas.

My wife is Hispanic. When I hear "oh, you're in a mixed marriage?". My response is, "no, we're both Aggies."

Sure they're arrogant. It makes beating them all the better.

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and now somewhat have suggested that they are interested in playing again

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I must have missed that statement. Can someone please post it. I think you are just placing media editorials as something coming from their Athletic Dept.

texas university is ducking Texas A&M. They had every opportunity to play us last year in the Cotton Bowl instead of ou and the longhorns flat out ran scared. We will play tu again some day but it will be on our terms not theirs. They made their bed now they have to lie in it.
SUN TZU says if your enemy is making a mistake, let him. tu made a huge mistake by trying to rule over us and now they will suffer for their arrogance. It is what it is. So don't come on here blaming us because tu is a bunch of *******s. In the meantime, Texas A&M will continue to outgrow tu and take over the state if we stay the course. We finally have our independence and we need to keep it at all costs.

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Claude os, aperi oculos!

[This message has been edited by TxAginAz (edited 11/26/2013 12:34p).]

Agree completely with the OP. I'm a 3rd generation Ag, my mom graduated from tu (biggest female college football fan that I know) and and my little brother is a sophomore at tu, so he has never been a student for the game. It sucks that we don't get to experience the Thanksgiving rivalry. I'm hoping we can get it back soon.

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Yeah, sure we aren't in their shadow anymore in the Big 12

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I must have missed being in that shadow too. Did the OP really feel that was true?

The problem before was that the Big 12 is an irrelevant league that no one cares about except in a small sliver of the US - primarily Texas. The league really has no relevance outside the state. They wanted to keep us in their small pond. There was no shadow - just a small pond.

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I agree with TxAginAZ - and this comes from someone who went to 20+ years of A&M/tu games. I don't want to resume the series until they recognize that we are at a minimum their equal. Until then, they can wallow in the mess THEY MADE. Why in the hell do we want to extend them a lifeline? Maybe after we win the MNC in the next 5 years we can talk.

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Went to many A&M-tu games. Don't miss it in the least. Rear view mirror kind of stuff. Good riddance.
LSU next Thanksgiving Day at Kyle will be 10 times better.
Hope A&M NEVER plays those jerks in Austin again.

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Evanhue

I've been to many many A&M - sip games. I don't miss them any more than I miss Baylor, tard or UH for that matter. In other words - not at all.

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This.

Those that pine for this game are the same people that held us back for so long - since 1991, actually, when we had our first chance to go big time and escape the abusers.

I had to suffer for over 20 years to appease those of you who wished to lord our wins over your sip friends at the Dairy Queen in Muleshoe. Never again. Never. Again.

The best way to escape an abusive relationship is to get up and walk out the door an never look back.

I don't feel sorry at all you miss this annual nut punch. In fact, I'm glad it hurts. 20 years from now my misery will start to register with you.

I'm 20 years ahead of you and just don't understand that attitude. I just don't. And no one is "pining" and it's only a "nut punch" if YOU make it so.

Quite frankly this is what the monetization of collegiate football has done. We've lost site of what collegiate rivalry is SUPPOSED to accomplish. At this point it's just a money game and an ego-boo for grown men who want to make 19 year old boys make them feel better.

Texas needs a big game if it's going to keep playing on T-Day. But playing TAMU is problematic. We don't have the schedule flexibility you have. 9 locked games. Every year. Only three OOC games. And when you guys left we had just cancelled OOC games from the NU/CU departures.

You can blame ESPN to. It pissed me off hearing them bemoan the loss of the rivalry during that last game. After years of back-burnering it.

It's no good playing TTU and TCU. But we don't have many options. I can see why the ad doesn't want to commit to playing the same 10 games every year.