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JMR_2016 said:

Ihatefallscounty said:

JMR_2016 said:

Ihatefallscounty said:

evanpd16 said:

Ihatefallscounty said:

evanpd16 said:

Ihatefallscounty said:

evanpd16 said:

Ihatefallscounty said:

evanpd16 said:

Every single argument for not playing the game comes from the fear of losing the damn game. Play the damn game
says guy with no ag tag


in the fall I will finally have one
See your the ones I'M TALKING BOUT!!!


The ones who are actually attending the school paying $35k in tuition?? The ones who have the right to vote to finally play our bitter rival? You olds have already graduated after getting to watch a&m vs tu for four years. Idgaf if you guys are tired of it, new army hasn't even gotten to experience it yet.
Son....I've been paying for my education.

You haven't, you can go on and chill for a minute.



Dang you gave up pretty easy considering you're the one who started this thread
Give up? Son, i told you to shut up.....think you got your wires crossed

what are you 17? go back and look at the issues with referees, the unequal distribution of money, the NCAA ruling on the longhorn network, how there is no big 12 network only the longhorn network, which is owned by ESPN. GO back and look at how baylor sued us for leaving, look at how texas manhandled the rest of the conference to have nobody in the state play us, look at how everyone said it was a stupid idea, look at all the comments deloss dodds made in regards to the rivalry and see how well we have recruited, see how well we have branded ourselves outside of the big 12. I don't want to play them because I'm petty, I don't want them to sit in our spotlight for a second, i want to wait until they beg us, I want that school to lick the cow **** off my shoes before we can begin to think about playing them again.

This isn't about having fun right now, this is about proving we are the better school.

They finished the season ranked higher than us and were ranked higher in recruiting.


1. They were always ranked higher than they should have been until they beat georgia
2. When you din't play clemson and alabama its easy to look cool
3. They start out as preseason top 25 and until this past year they sucked it up
4. Cant beat turtles
5. You suck
6. I hope your kid hates you

1. #9 in the final rankings after beating Georgia doesn't seem completely crazy to me. I think they deserved to be more in the 11-14 range, but less obvious bias with that ranking than usual.
2. This shows how their road to the playoff will be easier than ours every single year. If they're anywhere near halfway decent, they have a good chance of making it.
3. Not arguing against this.
4. One of the highlights of the season. But I don't think their week 15 team would have even come close to losing that game. Let's hope they don't pick up where they left off next season.


1 #9 after georgia is acceptable, agreed a tad high but they never dropped after losing to OU, while we beat kentucky and they refuse to bump us ahead of kentucky. Its media bias bs like this that keeps them relavent.
2. But the big 12 is so awful its hard to take them serious, look at OU this year, agreed, strength of schedule should come back
3. Sweet
4. The problem wirh hermans team is you dont know whos showing up, inconsistent at best. Granted, i never saw them beating georgia, not in a million years.
5. Its a dead heat for the state right now, not the time to look like the younger brother again.
I live in waco....therefore, I am ready to move elsewhere.
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I felt a couple of my brain cells dying while just skimming through this thread.

And then I realized half of this thread consisted of crusty old people arguing with a high school kid.
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Ihatefallscounty said:

evanpd16 said:

Every single argument for not playing the game comes from the fear of losing the damn game. Play the damn game
says guy with no ag tag

Didn't you hear, the sips have infiltrated the agtag. No one is safe
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What Ihatefallscounty said. I want to play Clemson, Notre Dame, Miami, USC, etc. I don't give a crap about the turds in Austin. They ONLY want to play us because they need us to bolster their **** Schedule. If you decide to lay with the Devil, don't come crying to me about what comes next. We "Old Ags" all KNOW what comes next. They are the anti-Aggie and I want nothing to do with them. Let them rot in the bed they have made, I have no interest in bailing them out.
"They who would give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin
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Yes. TU has LSU, Alabama, Michigan, Ohio State and Georgia (haha) lined up, but they still need us to "bolster" their schedule. Good bull.
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dixichkn said:

GD.......either you're fugging ignorant or incapable of reading because countless users have given a multitude of reasons on countless threads. None of which have to do with fear. Maybe we should quit playing Bama too bc they beat us every time, if that's the case? Sorry Clemson, we can't play you this fall because you're the preseason #1 and well, "we're scared"........ SIPS. ARE. HORRIBLE. BUSINESS. PARTNERS. And horrible people to begin with (see Chiswell, Robin).........it's not hard to surmise that Dr R. Bowen Loftin is a hell of a lot more intelligent and prescient thinker than you are, or most anyone on this board for that matter. He got us the f out. We are infinitely better off for it. What part of that do you seriously not understand?
Bowen Loftin wanted the game when we left and Deloss said no. Bowen Loftin also wants the game today as a fan, but doesn't think there's much business incentive. Just in case you were wondering what that intelligent man actually believes or wants. Basically, he agrees with the the person you're shouting down, because that money isn't going into his pockets anymore either. Can't blame a kid for not giving a damn about the business side of things when that money isn't going to benefit him in any tangible way.

Personally don't care one way or the other, but I think some of y'all take this **** too seriously, because that money isn't going into your pockets either and football is supposed to be fun. I think playing Texas would be fun, I think playing Clemson was/will be fun. I'd rather play Texas than Colorado.

Also, embarrassed for the 30 year old talking to a 22 year old like he's in his 60.
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NumberEinAg said:

What Ihatefallscounty said. I want to play Clemson, Notre Dame, Miami, USC, etc. I don't give a crap about the turds in Austin. They ONLY want to play us because they need us to bolster their **** Schedule. If you decide to lay with the Devil, don't come crying to me about what comes next. We "Old Ags" all KNOW what comes next. They are the anti-Aggie and I want nothing to do with them. Let them rot in the bed they have made, I have no interest in bailing them out.


Simple, to the point and accurate...
Make Mental Asylums Great Again!
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Because a whole world of strong P5 teams exist outside of t.u. and we can schedule them for interesting and new OOC series. With out SOC, only one top flight OOC game a year, and I dont want to waste it on the sips every single year. I'd be ok with an OOC series every 10 yrs or so, just like any other team.

Every argument made by current and evidently future students pertains to, " but but... we want to have a rival too! Yall got to play a hated rival and we haven't. It's not fair!" Etc etc. Piss poor argument and selfish.

Playing this game does nothing for A&M in the long run.
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If the students want the game back, then we should try to get the game back. It's their time, not ours.
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If the game is started to placate the kiddos then don't they deserve the same experience that many old Ags had? Bring back on-campus bonfire too.
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evanpd16 said:

Ihatefallscounty said:

evanpd16 said:

Ihatefallscounty said:

evanpd16 said:

Every single argument for not playing the game comes from the fear of losing the damn game. Play the damn game
says guy with no ag tag


in the fall I will finally have one
See your the ones I'M TALKING BOUT!!!


The ones who are actually attending the school paying $35k in tuition?? The ones who have the right to vote to finally play our bitter rival? You olds have already graduated after getting to watch a&m vs tu for four years. Idgaf if you guys are tired of it, new army hasn't even gotten to experience it yet.
lol okay
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LOL @ kids who think they are "owed" this game...you're owed NOTHING! A&M owes ITSELF everything and that hopefully means what is in ITS best interest only. if that means no game as a way of preventing the castrated ones from attaining better schedules and garnering more exposure then I'm all for it. I certainly hope A&M is ruthless, strategic and self-interested in all of its dealings with those aholes!

Make no mistake...the sips realize what a big deal our move was. Prior to the SEC...we were no where near them in revenue or profit...now, we top them or are #2 (and we out-profit them every year!) That's called winning and they F****** hate it!!
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evanpd16 said:

Ihatefallscounty said:

evanpd16 said:

Ihatefallscounty said:

evanpd16 said:

Every single argument for not playing the game comes from the fear of losing the damn game. Play the damn game
says guy with no ag tag


in the fall I will finally have one
See your the ones I'M TALKING BOUT!!!


The ones who are actually attending the school paying $35k in tuition?? The ones who have the right to vote to finally play our bitter rival? You olds have already graduated after getting to watch a&m vs tu for four years. Idgaf if you guys are tired of it, new army hasn't even gotten to experience it yet.
you mean whose Mom and Dad are paying the 35k right. So the Mom and Dad should get the vote right. But to the point. Texas has screwed everybody they get involved with. Losing the game makes no one afraid. Getting in bed with a proven snake is stupid. But go ahead and when Texas, the refs, the sip media screws you again because you want a game remember we tiold you. We play a great schedule every year. Texas does not. Believe me, this is all about Texas!! That is the only way they work. Go ahead get your experience of getting totally screwed over!
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CoachLB said:

evanpd16 said:

Ihatefallscounty said:

evanpd16 said:

Ihatefallscounty said:

evanpd16 said:

Every single argument for not playing the game comes from the fear of losing the damn game. Play the damn game
says guy with no ag tag


in the fall I will finally have one
See your the ones I'M TALKING BOUT!!!


The ones who are actually attending the school paying $35k in tuition?? The ones who have the right to vote to finally play our bitter rival? You olds have already graduated after getting to watch a&m vs tu for four years. Idgaf if you guys are tired of it, new army hasn't even gotten to experience it yet.
you mean whose Mom and Dad are paying the 35k right. So the Mom and Dad should get the vote right. But to the point. Texas has screwed everybody they get involved with. Losing the game makes no one afraid. Getting in bed with a proven snake is stupid. But go ahead and when Texas, the refs, the sip media screws you again because you want a game remember we tiold you. We play a great schedule every year. Texas does not. Believe me, this is all about Texas!! That is the only way they work. Go ahead get your experience of getting totally screwed over!
Hey Evan,
New Army hasn't got to experience an all-male school either. I guess we better kick those females off campus so yall can get all the experiences you are missing out on. Hell, let's leave the SEC and get the SWC back together as well.

All you young idiots make decisions with your feelings. You're in favor of what makes you feel good right now. You are incapable of making a decision based on sound logic if it doesn't make you feel good right now.

What you need to do is sit your stupid ass down, listen to the adults in the room that have actual experience dealing with this, and realize that we know what the hell we are talking about. But alas, you won't bc you're young and dumb and think you know what is best based on all that real life experience you DON'T have.

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LOL @ kids who think they are "owed" this game...you're owed NOTHING!
And that right there is the biggest part of the problem. The sense of entitlement these young kids have is absolutely ridiculous. They have been given a trophy their whole damn life for participating and now they think the world owes them what they want. The world is going to give them a swift kick in the ass which is what most of them need.
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LadyLassie said:

Yes. TU has LSU, Alabama, Michigan, Ohio State and Georgia (haha) lined up, but they still need us to "bolster" their schedule. Good bull.
They have that 1 good home game every other year. Other than that, their home schedule is a mix of Kansas, Iowa and baylor type teams. Their home games are terrible and the butts in the seats reflect this, especially when compared to ours.
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LadyLassie said:

Yes. TU has LSU, Alabama, Michigan, Ohio State and Georgia (haha) lined up, but they still need us to "bolster" their schedule. Good bull.


Lol why do you think the sips added SEC teams after we said our schedule is full?

They need to keep up with the Jones's, as much as they bash the SEC. They see the writing on the wall with Jimbo and need a better OOC premier P5 on the schedule. As for LSU/Bama/UGA of course they would agree it gives them an extra game in Texas for recruiting, you know the same reason we want to play Home/home with Clemson lol.

Scheduling the sips as our premier OOC P5 opponent hinders us and let's them play an SEC team, it only helps them. We don't need an extra game in Texas nor do we need to tie ourselves regionally to a BDF "premiere" OOC opponent.
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God, I read an article about dan beebe and his mismanagement of the big 12

That's a name i haven't heard since college, brings back alot of hate. Good riddance.
I live in waco....therefore, I am ready to move elsewhere.
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I have zero interest in adding another P5 opponent given the current construct of the SECW.

The 1-and-1s with UCLA, Clemson, Miami, and Notre Dame are great ways to experience some storied programs.
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Bigsteve said:

If the students want the game back, then we should try to get the game back. It's their time, not ours.

Yes, those with more wisdom and experience should never try to guide or advise younger, less experienced folks.

If your kid wants to try LSD, you should give it to him. It's his time, right?
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hph6203 said:

dixichkn said:

GD.......either you're fugging ignorant or incapable of reading because countless users have given a multitude of reasons on countless threads. None of which have to do with fear. Maybe we should quit playing Bama too bc they beat us every time, if that's the case? Sorry Clemson, we can't play you this fall because you're the preseason #1 and well, "we're scared"........ SIPS. ARE. HORRIBLE. BUSINESS. PARTNERS. And horrible people to begin with (see Chiswell, Robin).........it's not hard to surmise that Dr R. Bowen Loftin is a hell of a lot more intelligent and prescient thinker than you are, or most anyone on this board for that matter. He got us the f out. We are infinitely better off for it. What part of that do you seriously not understand?
Bowen Loftin wanted the game when we left and Deloss said no. Bowen Loftin also wants the game today as a fan, but doesn't think there's much business incentive. Just in case you were wondering what that intelligent man actually believes or wants. Basically, he agrees with the the person you're shouting down, because that money isn't going into his pockets anymore either. Can't blame a kid for not giving a damn about the business side of things when that money isn't going to benefit him in any tangible way.

Personally don't care one way or the other, but I think some of y'all take this **** too seriously, because that money isn't going into your pockets either and football is supposed to be fun. I think playing Texas would be fun, I think playing Clemson was/will be fun. I'd rather play Texas than Colorado.

Also, embarrassed for the 30 year old talking to a 22 year old like he's in his 60.
but loftin knew the risk we were taking leaving the big 12, dan beebe and baylor were hot on our tails about leaving the conference. He even agrees it makes no business sense, that's the point everyone here is trying to make.

and for the last comment, it's texags. i don't know what you expect from us.
I live in waco....therefore, I am ready to move elsewhere.
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evanpd16 said:

Every single argument for not playing the game comes from the fear of losing the damn game. Play the damn game
Couldn't be further from the truth. It comes from being shafted in literally every way. Whether it being splitting revenue from the game, getting shafted from sip-fans disguised as refs, refusing to do anything that wasn't in their own selfish interests at the literal cost of every other conference member, among many many other examples.

It has nothing to do with potentially losing to them a few times here and there. It is not coincidence A&M's football program has never been better in just about every metric, since deciding to leave the abusive relationship with t.u.
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No it doesn't mr. huperbole
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Tamu_mgm said:

evanpd16 said:

Every single argument for not playing the game comes from the fear of losing the damn game. Play the damn game
Couldn't be further from the truth. It comes from being shafted in literally every way. Whether it being splitting revenue from the game, getting shafted from sip-fans disguised as refs, refusing to do anything that wasn't in their own selfish interests at the literal cost of every other conference member, among many many other examples.

It has nothing to do with potentially losing to them a few times here and there. It is not coincidence A&M's football program has never been better in just about every metric, since deciding to leave the abusive relationship with t.u.
Pretty much every single reason you gave was solved by leaving the Big 12. Done. So really no reason to not continue the rivalry as a non-conference game with third party officials and an even revenue split.
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Ihatefallscounty said:

evanpd16 said:

Every single argument for not playing the game comes from the fear of losing the damn game. Play the damn game
says guy with no ag tag


I've got an At tag and I've been to the games and have watch every single one of them since 1994.

Play the ****ing game.
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LadyLassie said:

Yes. TU has LSU, Alabama, Michigan, Ohio State and Georgia (haha) lined up, but they still need us to "bolster" their schedule. Good bull.
You do realize that the longhorns scheduled these games because year after year we kept telling them NO right? You can't be that stupid.
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Ihatefallscounty said:

evanpd16 said:

Caesar4 said:

evanpd16 said:

Every single argument for not playing the game comes from the fear of losing the damn game. Play the damn game
Please stop being wrong. Quit exaggerating/generalizing.

My main problem is that I don't want to have to play the horns at the expense of playing a different P5 opponent.

How would you have liked to have not played Clemson last season and played the horns instead?

How would like the major P5 non-conference game to ALWAYS be the horns?


I would've preferred to play tu at home over clemson in an absolute heart beat
wow

after all the recognition and power that game gave us......you'd still pick the tu game?

Your here for dandelions and rainbows kid, Texags is not the place for you.
ihate - It's you're, not your. Second time you've done it. just sayin...
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halfone85 said:

Ihatefallscounty said:

evanpd16 said:

Caesar4 said:

evanpd16 said:

Every single argument for not playing the game comes from the fear of losing the damn game. Play the damn game
Please stop being wrong. Quit exaggerating/generalizing.

My main problem is that I don't want to have to play the horns at the expense of playing a different P5 opponent.

How would you have liked to have not played Clemson last season and played the horns instead?

How would like the major P5 non-conference game to ALWAYS be the horns?


I would've preferred to play tu at home over clemson in an absolute heart beat
wow

after all the recognition and power that game gave us......you'd still pick the tu game?

Your here for dandelions and rainbows kid, Texags is not the place for you.
ihate - It's you're, not your. Second time you've done it. just sayin...
passion got the best of me. you are also the second person that has corrected my grammar, and my mom was an english teacher
I live in waco....therefore, I am ready to move elsewhere.
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Nobody cares what current students think. They don't donate money. Plus, they won't think the same once they are alumni in 2028. That's the first opening that we have on our schedule.
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4 said:

Bigsteve said:

If the students want the game back, then we should try to get the game back. It's their time, not ours.

Yes, those with more wisdom and experience should never try to guide or advise younger, less experienced folks.

If your kid wants to try LSD, you should give it to him. It's his time, right?
it's a football game....chill out. "Wisdom and Experience..?..." give me a break.
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evanpd16 said:

Ihatefallscounty said:

evanpd16 said:

Ihatefallscounty said:

evanpd16 said:

Every single argument for not playing the game comes from the fear of losing the damn game. Play the damn game
says guy with no ag tag


in the fall I will finally have one
See your the ones I'M TALKING BOUT!!!


The ones who are actually attending the school paying $35k in tuition?? The ones who have the right to vote to finally play our bitter rival? You olds have already graduated after getting to watch a&m vs tu for four years. Idgaf if you guys are tired of it, new army hasn't even gotten to experience it yet.
"Idgaf if you guys are tired of it" Sometimes we olds have to protect the kiddies from themselves. Total lack of worldly experience and immaturity don't get you a seat at the bar.
So three conspiracy theorists walk into a bar.................You can't convince me that's a coincidence.
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Bigsteve said:

4 said:

Bigsteve said:

If the students want the game back, then we should try to get the game back. It's their time, not ours.

Yes, those with more wisdom and experience should never try to guide or advise younger, less experienced folks.

If your kid wants to try LSD, you should give it to him. It's his time, right?
it's a football game....chill out. "Wisdom and Experience..?..." give me a break.

Yeah. If you don't have more of each later in life than you did as a student, you're doing it wrong.

There are really good reasons not to play this particular football game. Reasons current students have never experienced and haven't learned from.
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evanpd16 said:

Caesar4 said:

evanpd16 said:

Every single argument for not playing the game comes from the fear of losing the damn game. Play the damn game
Please stop being wrong. Quit exaggerating/generalizing.

My main problem is that I don't want to have to play the horns at the expense of playing a different P5 opponent.

How would you have liked to have not played Clemson last season and played the horns instead?

How would like the major P5 non-conference game to ALWAYS be the horns?


I would've preferred to play tu at home over clemson in an absolute heart beat



...says the person who never experienced a tu game.

When you see the officials make erroneous calls in their favor time and time again, you want to get out .

When every close call (or controversial call) goes their way, and you find out most of the officials are tu fans on social media, it gets tiring.

When a school and their alum prevent you from going to a conference of your choice by finally having the state higher education board agreeing to approve a basketball arena if you follow them, and then they drag it out several years and make you reduce the capacity under the Erwin center, it gets tiresome.

When you enter a conference and all members are NOT treated equally financially, it gets tiresome.

When someone creates a tv network and says they won't televise high school games to give their school an advantage recruiting, but reneges and attempts to do so, it gets tiresome.

When said tv network is not supposed to air conference games, but the renege and do so, it gets tiresome.

When you try to break away from the conference and their school and alums try to prevent you going to the conference if your choose, it gets tiresome.

( most Dont realize what a coup it was. If we didn't have an Aggie governor and if the state congress was in session, in all likelihood we would still be under their wings in the b12)

After you leave theirgrasp, when they refuse to play you even after you want to continue to do so and your new conference is in favor, but they refuse and their ad " they left not us. Were full", it gets old.

Most can see a trend. It's similar to a spouse who wasn't treated equally, constant held down, prevented from seeing her friends, who finally gets the nerve to leave and move on to a better life, comes running back.

Sometimes it's best to look forward and move on to better things
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LadyLassie said:

Yes. TU has LSU, Alabama, Michigan, Ohio State and Georgia (haha) lined up, but they still need us to "bolster" their schedule. Good bull.


Well, that's like 10 years of schedule for them and we play 3 of those teams next year alone. So, yeah.
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1. Lots of reasons not to play the game, they have been discussed ad naseum, no reason to rehash.

2. Most of the folks who want to play the game (i.e. current students) have no idea of what happened behind the scenes, how TAMU was always marginalized, the sips, etc.

3. Most do not know about the long term history.- i.e. tu stopped playing TAMU when DX Bible was our head coach in the 1920's. tu could not beat us, so they refused to play us because we were too mean, too physical and won all of the time. When they were able to hire DX, suddenly they wanted to play us again- and we went running back.

4. in 2011, tu showed how little they cared for us by promising the Pac 12 they would bring us with them to the Pac 12- even though the topic was never broached with us. We found out about it one Sunday afternoon when Larry Scott showed up with a contract to signs and a schedule for all of the various sports. We said no thanks- and oh bye the way, you might want to ask them about the longhorn network (which the sips had failed to mention to them).

further, when Bowtie and Byrne went to visit with cunningham and deloss, they said it was on a need to know basis- and we did not need to know. when we said we are not going to the Pac 12, THEY said if you go anywhere else we will NEVER play you again. When we joined the SEC and said we will play you anywhere anytime, they said we are booked up for a bunch of years- basically don't call us we'll call you. They also pressured the other Big XII to not play us.

5. the TAMU vs tu was meaningless out side the Texas market. I have traveled extensively around the US and hardly anyone watched it- much less knew about it. It was never a "rivalry" game at the same level of Bama/Auburn, Arkm/Navy, UCLA/USA, OSU/Michigan, etc. Heck, tu to this day says we are not their rival- ou is their historic rival.

So once again, tu has decided they need to play us again and there are Aggies willing to rush back into that abusive marraige because tu wants us to.

Paraphrasing an old adage "when I was a child I did childish things, when I became an adult I put away my toys and did adult things"
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TXAGBQ76 said:

1. Lots of reasons not to play the game, they have been discussed ad naseum, no reason to rehash.

2. Most of the folks who want to play the game (i.e. current students) have no idea of what happened behind the scenes, how TAMU was always marginalized, the sips, etc.

3. Most do not know about the long term history.- i.e. tu stopped playing TAMU when DX Bible was our head coach in the 1920's. tu could not beat us, so they refused to play us because we were too mean, too physical and won all of the time. When they were able to hire DX, suddenly they wanted to play us again- and we went running back.

4. in 2011, tu showed how little they cared for us by promising the Pac 12 they would bring us with them to the Pac 12- even though the topic was never broached with us. We found out about it one Sunday afternoon when Larry Scott showed up with a contract to signs and a schedule for all of the various sports. We said no thanks- and oh bye the way, you might want to ask them about the longhorn network (which the sips had failed to mention to them).

further, when Bowtie and Byrne went to visit with cunningham and deloss, they said it was on a need to know basis- and we did not need to know. when we said we are not going to the Pac 12, THEY said if you go anywhere else we will NEVER play you again. When we joined the SEC and said we will play you anywhere anytime, they said we are booked up for a bunch of years- basically don't call us we'll call you. They also pressured the other Big XII to not play us.

5. the TAMU vs tu was meaningless out side the Texas market. I have traveled extensively around the US and hardly anyone watched it- much less knew about it. It was never a "rivalry" game at the same level of Bama/Auburn, Arkm/Navy, UCLA/USA, OSU/Michigan, etc. Heck, tu to this day says we are not their rival- ou is their historic rival.

So once again, tu has decided they need to play us again and there are Aggies willing to rush back into that abusive marraige because tu wants us to.

Paraphrasing an old adage "when I was a child I did childish things, when I became an adult I put away my toys and did adult things"


I wish our athletic department would publish this
 
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