It took years of being programmed to celebrate not getting totally humiliatedCrazyDayDuck said:Quote:
Aggie fans acted like they won a huge game, and Bama fans acted like they lost one.
So pathetically true.
We lose by 8 ... in our house ... and high five each other for not losing by 26.
What other school does tthat?
phatbeast said:CrazyDayDuck said:Quote:
Aggie fans acted like they won a huge game, and Bama fans acted like they lost one.
So pathetically true.
We lose by 8 ... in our house ... and high five each other for not losing by 26.
What other school does that?
It's not just about the final score in any single game; it's about how the season will play out and what we can learn from the teams' performances.
We lost, but the results showed that the Aggies are better than we thought they were and that the Tide may be worse than we thought it was. If we can stand toe to toe with the #1 team in the country, we have a decent shot at finishing with 9-10 wins during the regular season. If they barely come away with a win, maybe their path to the championship isn't quite as easy as they thought it was.
CrottyKid said:
We are on the verge of competing for 2nd place in the West for years to come.
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Now, if we could only get Malzahn to retire when Saban does, we might be able to win the West.
Horse laugh!!CrottyKid said:Ian Neff said:
Having character and treating people with respect is not mutually exclusive with winning.
We've got the first part down.
Only Internet tough guys complain about treating people well
It really is funny that these old dudes who are so fast to call young guys soft liberals are the ones with no killer instinct.
Horse laugh!!CrottyKid said:Ian Neff said:
Having character and treating people with respect is not mutually exclusive with winning.
We've got the first part down.
Only Internet tough guys complain about treating people well
It really is funny that these old dudes who are so fast to call young guys soft liberals are the ones with no killer instinct.
Alabama has lost 13 TIMES SINCE 2008.CrazyDayDuck said:Confucius said:CrazyDayDuck said:Quote:
Aggie fans acted like they won a huge game, and Bama fans acted like they lost one.
So pathetically true.
We lose by 8 ... in our house ... and high five each other for not losing by 26.
What other school does that?
Plenty of schools do that. They just happen to spend 1/10th of the resources we do, have 25k capacity stadiums, and zero football tradition.
True.
I could see Sam Houston St getting excited about only losing to Bama by 8.
But A&M ... a team that pays its coach 5 mil a year and just built a 450 mil stadium that holds over 100,000?
This is mind boogling.
CrazyDayDuck said:phatbeast said:CrazyDayDuck said:Quote:
Aggie fans acted like they won a huge game, and Bama fans acted like they lost one.
So pathetically true.
We lose by 8 ... in our house ... and high five each other for not losing by 26.
What other school does that?
It's not just about the final score in any single game; it's about how the season will play out and what we can learn from the teams' performances.
We lost, but the results showed that the Aggies are better than we thought they were and that the Tide may be worse than we thought it was. If we can stand toe to toe with the #1 team in the country, we have a decent shot at finishing with 9-10 wins during the regular season. If they barely come away with a win, maybe their path to the championship isn't quite as easy as they thought it was.
I hate to break the news to you but we are only 2-2 against Power 5 teams this season.
When you add in the 5 straight losses to Power 5 teams that we ended last season with, we are now 2-7 in our last 9 games against Power 5 teams.
As for the Bama game, we were down 24-3 before we began our comeback. Do you think maybe, just maybe, Bama thought they had the game won and started to call it a day (like we did against UCLA)?
Forgive me for wanting to see 9 wins before I uncork a bottle of champagne.
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I work with an Aggie alum and I think they just wanted a good game. To walk away with a respectable showing and I think they got that. They aren't a dumb fanbase. They are playing with a true freshman QB who got thrown into action unexpectedly. They've struggled mightily against inferior teams over the last few weeks and fully expected to get 60 hung on them last night. So when they pulled out an eight point loss to Bama it was like a win to them.
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Funny how we complain about officiating and the Texas A&M forum has just as many - if not more - complaints. On one thread, someone went back through and posted a screenshot of every penalty they feel wasn't called against us. I imagine most fan bases feel the same way we do about officiating.
This is the reason why we are and will likely continue to be just above average! Somewhere along the way, we started counting moral victories as victories! Just downright pisses me off!CrazyDayDuck said:Quote:
Aggie fans acted like they won a huge game, and Bama fans acted like they lost one.
So pathetically true.
We lose by 8 ... in our house ... and high five each other for not losing by 26.
What other school does that?
Maybe Aggies should just flat out riot after every game. Who would want to come to a game knowing that, regardless of the outcome, you've probably got a 50-70% chance of winding up in the hospital?Irish_Man said:
What does killer instinct from fans looks one? A mean stare? Loud obscenities?
And we're supposed to do... what about it exactly? We don't write the checks.LSB_2002 said:This is the reason why we are and will likely continue to be just above average! Somewhere along the way, we started counting moral victories as victories! Just downright pisses me off!CrazyDayDuck said:Quote:
Aggie fans acted like they won a huge game, and Bama fans acted like they lost one.
So pathetically true.
We lose by 8 ... in our house ... and high five each other for not losing by 26.
What other school does that?
LS said:
This is the reason why we are and will likely continue to be just above average! Somewhere along the way, we started counting moral victories as victories! Just downright pisses me off!
Basically every team that's played Bama since Saban took the reigns... It is what it is.CrazyDayDuck said:Quote:
Aggie fans acted like they won a huge game, and Bama fans acted like they lost one.
So pathetically true.
We lose by 8 ... in our house ... and high five each other for not losing by 26.
What other school does that?
No. Just no.LSB_2002 said:This is the reason why we are and will likely continue to be just above average! Somewhere along the way, we started counting moral victories as victories! Just downright pisses me off!CrazyDayDuck said:Quote:
Aggie fans acted like they won a huge game, and Bama fans acted like they lost one.
So pathetically true.
We lose by 8 ... in our house ... and high five each other for not losing by 26.
What other school does that?
This is what I believe people are celebrating. It seemed like the team checked out in the 2nd half of UCLA, and in other games where we got down, they checked out. Against bama, they kept their heads in it and not only didn't let them put it away, but stopped them and cut into their lead. If you can't see some positive in that, then you're probably pissed after you bust your load and you're destined to never be happy.Mr.Short-termMemory said:
I was at the game, and it did kinda feel that way. When Hurts took a knee at the end, the Aggie fans cheered louder. It was a good cheer, showing the Ags appreciation for how hard they played, but I can't recall a time where I've seen that before after a loss.
That being said, I can't recall a time when the number 1 team, who has played in the past 2 national championship games, comes to town having beat it's last 2 conference opponents by 59-0 and 66-3....Alabama is just on a plane of their own right now. Which explains the 26 point spread for the game, and the exciting feeling of only losing by 8, after coming back from being down 21.
It's not natural, but neither is Alabama.
Nothing. Too many people fret about coaches salary and resources and how they look to their sip friends to just enjoy a really good football game, and acknowledge that we played really well against a top notch opponent.kentky said:
what's wrong with cheering a team that played with great effort and heart even though they lost to a much better team?
Ian Neff said:
I'm still cracking up at the absurdity of people who think that if we were to be *****s to visitors that it would somehow make our team, our culture or University BETTER. As if they'd be happy to hear a Bama alum on the way out, saying,
"Yeah. We won by eight. Which is really surprising, given how rude, incredulous, drunk, whiny, unwelcome of mediocrity their fans were. I mean dang, those people in the stands sure had the killer intinct it takes to win."
So
Much
Absurdity.
TAMU recognized and honored (even re-painted the end zones) a 1967 team that went 7 and 4.CrazyDayDuck said:Quote:
Aggie fans acted like they won a huge game, and Bama fans acted like they lost one.
So pathetically true.
We lose by 8 ... in our house ... and high five each other for not losing by 26.
What other school does that?
This is a perfect description of the South Carolina fan base, and there are some who apparently admire that. Can't get much dumber than that.Ian Neff said:
I'm still cracking up at the absurdity of people who think that if we were to be *****s to visitors that it would somehow make our team, our culture or University BETTER. As if they'd be happy to hear a Bama alum on the way out, saying,
"Yeah. We won by eight. Which is really surprising, given how rude, incredulous, drunk, whiny, unwelcome of mediocrity their fans were. I mean dang, those people in the stands sure had the killer intinct it takes to win."
So
Much
Absurdity.
When the loss is to the #1 team in the country and is said to have one of their best defensive teams in years, the answer is... most schools would do that.Quote:
We lose by 8 ... in our house ... and high five each other for not losing by 26.
What other school does that?
So what he said that you said, and what you just said, is that being nice and hospitable = accepting mediocrity. That same sentiment is expressed in Lubbock, where y'all hate to go. "Let's be giant *******s because it makes us look tough and we'll be winners."CrottyKid said:Ian Neff said:
I'm still cracking up at the absurdity of people who think that if we were to be *****s to visitors that it would somehow make our team, our culture or University BETTER. As if they'd be happy to hear a Bama alum on the way out, saying,
"Yeah. We won by eight. Which is really surprising, given how rude, incredulous, drunk, whiny, unwelcome of mediocrity their fans were. I mean dang, those people in the stands sure had the killer intinct it takes to win."
So
Much
Absurdity.
I can't speak for all potbangers, but as for myself, you are mischaracterizing my thinking. My point is not that being mean and hating losing directly correlates to wins. It is that there is a third variable, a common cause of both. That third variable is the "be nice" attitude. It is the same general attitude and culture that accepts mediocrity and also encourages good ol' downhome Texas hospitality above all else.
And won the conference and won the Cotton Bowl. Stop trying to portray it as something negative that it wasn't.Lose A Few said:TAMU recognized and honored (even re-painted the end zones) a 1967 team that went 7 and 4.CrazyDayDuck said:Quote:
Aggie fans acted like they won a huge game, and Bama fans acted like they lost one.
So pathetically true.
We lose by 8 ... in our house ... and high five each other for not losing by 26.
What other school does that?
I wasn't. I was pissed that we threw the pick to put them back in the game. It was a dumb playcall at that point in the game, and a surprising one given RC was the coach. The Ags had no business beating OU in 2002, and no business losing to them in 2000. We gave that game away at the end.VikingNik said:
OU game in 2000 maybe similar? Exciting game we lost at the end. Crowd was loud and proud throughout if I recall correctly.
