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"They're the ones that decided not to play us. We get to decide when we play again." - Delies Dodds
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https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/college-sports/texasamaggies/2011/09/02/r.-bowen-loftin-texas-am-willing-to-play-texas-every-year_Tamu_mgm said:
That guy still doesn't get it. Poor ole deloss. We said CLEARLY any time, any where, and you took your ball and went home like cowards.
wanna know how I know you don't come around here much.wisdom said:
Texas U. reportedly asked other Big 12 teams to not schedule Texas A&M, either.
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https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2017/6/28/15888324/texas-big-12-teams-not-schedule-texas-a-m
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uh ...that's ....---> "schedule"
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Byrne went on to say that the Aggies don't really need Texas anymore. Since joining the SEC, the Aggies have gone 44-21
Yep, they control the message. It was all our fault...cc10106 said:
Wait, people still listen to that idiot?
They had their shot to continue the series when A&M offered to keep them on the schedule which was doing them a huge favor in hindsight, and yet people still complain why A&M doesn't suck up to them now to bring it back for smack talk purposes. Idiots.
Perhaps we should honor ole Deloss by putting up a statue of him somewhere on campus. I'm thinking right outside a toilet stall in some men's room ....ham98 said:
God Bless Deloss! His contributions towards the growth of the A&M Athletic department should be codified and celebrated!
He also got punked by TxJortsAgent on an elevator in Austin.Windy City Ag said:
I thought this was something recent.
DeLoss was an ass for sure, but he subsequently watched:
* his LHN network fail miserably
* his BFF Mack Brown get canned
* himself get forced out in favor of a slick s$#!thead of a guy in Steve Patterson.
* his UT President buddy Bill Powers forced out in a scandal
* his big backer #1 Joe Jamail die and go down to the hot place
* his big backer #2 Uncle Red slide into near death status
He has been thoroughly shunted into nowhere/useless status. I imagine current administrators on both sides have moved on from that era.
I remember Byrne being less than enthusiastic about the SEC, but it looks like he's come around:Quote:
Bill Byrne, Texas A&M's athletic director at the time, expected the rivalry to continue. He even told the SEC to keep the Thanksgiving weekend open when doing conference scheduling so the Aggies could maintain their rivalry with the Longhorns. More than five years later, Byrne looks back and admits that was a bad assumption.
"Their AD (DeLoss Dodds) at the time came out and said we will never play Texas A&M again, and they worked along with Baylor and the conference to have no one in the (Big 12) schedule us," Byrne says. "There were other forces at work to make sure we didn't play."
Loftin's comments about Missouri and Kansas are also in the AL.com article.Quote:
Byrne, who served as A&M's AD from 2003 to 2012, doesn't think there's much desire amongst the Aggies faithful to play Texas again. Texas' decision to end the rivalry was meant to be punitive, but the Texas A&M athletic department is as healthy ever -- even generating more revenue in 2016 than the school residing in Austin. Texas A&M, Byrne says, has already shown it can survive without its in-state rival.
"We don't need them anymore," he says.
Bottlehead90 said:
Thanks DeLoss
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Wish this would apply to Bowl Games. Hate ruining a fun event by playing a step-sibling from a failed marriage.
