Should we contemplate playing t.u. again? Take the Poll

I would be interested in collecting your opinion on the matter.

Need an option called

"Whatever, I'm more worried about winning the SEC"

50/50 so far...

We need the dance team on the sidelines. Also, a gymnastics team.

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50/50 so far...

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Really its a 3 way split - considering the 3 varieties of maybes together (5-10, 10-15 and 15-20 years). Seems like that was designed to split votes but whatever.


No - 39%
Yes - 32% (with both immediately and as soon as possible)
Maybe 28% (with all three variations differing only in duration)

Not a surprise given the way these arguments go around here.

after 210 votes

Nice work spreadsheet!

No

I'm 57. So "never in my lifetime" might be shorter than you think.

I'll bet the sip lurkers have been voting feverishly for the game to return immediately.......

How about we just try and play better against
LSU, Ole Miss, Bama, etc.

Every time I start to say yes, I remember them adding time to the clock after the game was over. F that.

The sooner the better.

Make them our in-state, OOC permanent rival, like many other schools do.

I wish I knew the age distribution of your poll. I have a theory that a lot of the people that want to play them again are younger and don't remember playing those cheating *******s.

Never again.

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We need the dance team on the sidelines. Also, a gymnastics team.

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And maybe a "safe place" where people can go if there feelings get hurt.

So with over 1,000 votes in, 53% of voters think that we should play t.u. again ... Either now or at some point in the future

Bonfire 1996 wrote this and i made a promise to myself just to post this whenever this topic comes up and not waste my time anymore.

Bonfire 1996 - if you ever object to my doing this I'll stop. It was just a great post IMO.

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Demand for seats at a blackjack table at Casinos are high, must be a good deal, right?

The analogy has more truth to it than you think. You see, it took a massive conflict between A&M's donor class and its administration, and a major outflow of cash from sip boosters, to barely beat us in recruiting. Why? Because we are dominating this State in perception amongst the two flagship schools. It took a rare event for them to sniff our jocks.

But put them on the schedule, and you place things in a more even game. Why do it? What upside do we have? When we have a decent season, we dominate them in recruiting and perception in our new SEC digs. We control our destiny. It is the position we always wanted, but have never had, and now some Aggie fans want to get nostalgic. Why? Can we not go a decade alone and see how we do? Are you that infatuated with your ex?

You fail to remember the political capital expended by the sips in tilting the playing field in their favor 364 days per year, only to play a game that you thought was fair. No, we don't need to play a team whose most dominating victories come off the field, like when Ricky was traded to the Texas Rangers right before he was to declare for the 1998 draft. Can you imagine the 1998 sips with just tiny freshman Major Applewhite at QB with no Ricky behind him? Kind of changes things, right?

For Pete's sake, you had an Old Rivalries sip poster junkie who spent hours upon hours defending the internet honor of all things longhorn......end up being the back judge that called the targeting penalty on Trent Hunter in 2011. And you want to sign that game up again because it might sell a few tickets and make a good story? Are you that selfish and narrow minded?

Come on people. Why must we go over this every few weeks. Remember the lengths they went to keep us down. Just read the LHN contract if you want to know the lengths they will go to create a permanent off field advantage. Why do they continue to do it? Because they know, like Jackie knows, "It ain't about the X's and O's, its about the Johnny's and Joe's" Right now, we control our own destiny with "Johnny and Joe" for the first time in over a century, and you want to potentially give that up? Were you born stupid?

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I'm okay with sometime in the future; let's say 2076 as the start date. It will be the 200th birthday of TAMU; it could be the opening game.

Yes

Honestly that diatribe comes off as petulant. Of course the two flagship universities in the state, with a 100 year tradition of competing should play each other. Beating them despite their machinations is the goal. Your rant gives them MORE deference than they deserve.

Thank you, Spreadsheet.

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Honestly that diatribe comes off as petulant. Of course the two flagship universities in the state, with a 100 year tradition of competing should play each other. Beating them despite their machinations is the goal. Your rant gives them MORE deference than they deserve.

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Man talk about an own goal. Why give them any advantage? Will we play them in the future? Probably, but it shouldn't be anytime in the next couple of decades. Give us a chance to change the dynamics in this state for at least a generation before giving them the opportunity to get back on their feet.

Moot points...$$$ will drive this decision.

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Honestly that diatribe comes off as petulant. Of course the two flagship universities in the state, with a 100 year tradition of competing should play each other. Beating them despite their machinations is the goal. Your rant gives them MORE deference than they deserve.

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Man talk about an own goal. Why give them any advantage? Will we play them in the future? Probably, but it shouldn't be anytime in the next couple of decades. Give us a chance to change the dynamics in this state for at least a generation before giving them the opportunity to get back on their feet.

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Nah. I just don't fear them like it appears some do.

I put never. The Lone Star Showdown was good for both schools. That Dodds chose to escape it when we moved to the SEC is a very strong signal from them that we shouldn't play again. I would expect our administration and AD to build a strategic relationship that reflects the value of both schools to each other. Would love to see a LSS-style competition if we re-start even if it is limited to just a few sports.

But never is soon enough.

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Moot points...$$$ will drive this decision.

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Both schools were financial beneficiaries of the Lone Star Showdown being one of IMG's rivalry series games. They made some coin, regardless of which team was the home team.

Dodds walked away from those $$$$$$, because he was butthurt.

while we're at it...just let it be broadcast on the LHN.

Let them keep Austin weird and choke on the Big12 enablers.

Money drives these series though, and after the Arkansas series is up in Jerryworld, look for this to be the matchup for the Ags and Texas.

He** no, even though I believe we would beat them if the game was played in the near future.

Don't schedule em

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Honestly that diatribe comes off as petulant. Of course the two flagship universities in the state, with a 100 year tradition of competing should play each other. Beating them despite their machinations is the goal. Your rant gives them MORE deference than they deserve.

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Man talk about an own goal. Why give them any advantage? Will we play them in the future? Probably, but it shouldn't be anytime in the next couple of decades. Give us a chance to change the dynamics in this state for at least a generation before giving them the opportunity to get back on their feet.

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Nah. I just don't fear them like it appears some do.

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Stockholm Syndrome?

So that means we're SUPPOSED TO fear them?

TUCK FEXUS

Quit looking the rearview mirror. The sips are in the past. Our future is in the SEC. Lets work at getting good in the west. I guarantee you, we manage to beat LSU a few times and this will be a HUGE rivalry. Ditto for Bama. We'll never be the equivalent of the Iron Bowl for Bama (not enough hate), but it could become a big, respectful rivalry. I think the hate will be with LSU.

In the future, Ags really won't care a lot about the sips. It'll be like TCU. Think about it. We used to have a pretty good rivalry with TCU (e.g., the origins of "Gig 'Em"). Before Darrell Royal, TCU was a much more storied program. And, TCU has been better than the sips lately. Yet, we haven't played TCU and no one has missed them. Down the road we won't miss the sips. A lot of us don't miss them now.

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So that means we're SUPPOSED TO fear them?

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No, it means they have done everything possible to hold us hostage. Now that we are free, morons like you want to pretend like they weren't that bad. **** them! They need this game way more than we do. Let's be free for a while so history won't repeat itself.