If they are kept out, the rep they lose is delicious

If they are allowed in, they followed us after having all that lip about us leaving.

I don't mind either way, they're the ones who lose in some fashion no matter what.

Eric Forman said:

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If they are kept out, the rep they lose is delicious

If they are allowed in, they followed us after having all that lip about us leaving.

I don't mind either way, they're the ones who lose in some fashion no matter what.

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Pretty sure the gigantic hit our recruiting is about to take us a loss for us too

Recruiting is a fickle beast ... sure history plays a role, but it's certainly not the only role. The "what have you done lately" thing plays a big part -- and tu has sucked the sensitive end of a donkey for a while now -- and we have Jimbo. My money's on Jimbo.

I stand by what I said. Win win.

Eric Forman said:

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Recruiting is a fickle beast ... sure history plays a role, but it's certainly not the only role. The "what have you done lately" thing plays a big part -- and tu has sucked the sensitive end of a donkey for a while now -- and we have Jimbo. My money's on Jimbo.

I stand by what I said. Win win.

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What will Jimbo be selling that those two won't? I know we don't like to think about how they will be hyped as the entire SEC West now but it's gonna happen and recruits simply won't choose us

Maroon Dawn said:

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Eric Forman said:

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If they are kept out, the rep they lose is delicious

If they are allowed in, they followed us after having all that lip about us leaving.

I don't mind either way, they're the ones who lose in some fashion no matter what.

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Pretty sure the gigantic hit our recruiting is about to take us a loss for us too

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Well, well, well..."4.8 wins" and "season's over" has posted on a sports board again. Can't stay away, can you?

Wrap it up, folks! We are doomed because MD has spoken.

#laughcry

Selling points are $$$$$$ now.

Eric Forman said:

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If they are kept out, the rep they lose is delicious

If they are allowed in, they followed us after having all that lip about us leaving.

I don't mind either way, they're the ones who lose in some fashion no matter what.

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Do you really think anyone will be spinning the story like that? Anyone outside of this board?

The story is going to be "Little brother tried to run away because they were scared, but Big brother is back, and little brother can't run and hide anymore."

Jimbo said it best with his "be careful what you wish for" statement today. tu is not exactly coming into the SEC at one of their program's high points. Frankly, neither did A&M, but there was this kid named Manziel....

It has taken a lot of fundamental change, from recruiting to strength training, to be competitive in such a "line-of-scrimmage" league. The sips will almost certainly be ground down at at first by the weekly juggernaut that is the SEC schedule, and I can already hear the "but...but..you guys had a 10 year head start; just wait until we let our latest new coach develop his SEC ready players, oooh you guys are going to be in trouble". Enjoy it for what it will be.

If the sad sips make this move -- they can never claim they're the big brother... they followed, A&M lead. As it should be.

I absolutely believe it -- because I make it a habit to believe the truth.

Maroon Dawn said:

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Eric Forman said:

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Recruiting is a fickle beast ... sure history plays a role, but it's certainly not the only role. The "what have you done lately" thing plays a big part -- and tu has sucked the sensitive end of a donkey for a while now -- and we have Jimbo. My money's on Jimbo.

I stand by what I said. Win win.

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What will Jimbo be selling that those two won't? I know we don't like to think about how they will be hyped as the entire SEC West now but it's gonna happen and recruits simply won't choose us

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Last I checked, Texas A&M was a flagship program in Texas too, and we are well established in the conference.
And we are the wealthiest program in the SEC.

we might see a drop, but so will all the schools in the US. things change.... But I feel confident in Jimbo and our recruiting

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Maroon Dawn said:

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Eric Forman said:

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Recruiting is a fickle beast ... sure history plays a role, but it's certainly not the only role. The "what have you done lately" thing plays a big part -- and tu has sucked the sensitive end of a donkey for a while now -- and we have Jimbo. My money's on Jimbo.

I stand by what I said. Win win.

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What will Jimbo be selling that those two won't? I know we don't like to think about how they will be hyped as the entire SEC West now but it's gonna happen and recruits simply won't choose us

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Last I checked, Texas A&M was a flagship program in Texas too, and we are well established in the conference.
And we are the wealthiest program in the SEC.

we might see a drop, but so will all the schools in the US. things change.... But I feel confident in Jimbo and our recruiting

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We just got stabbed in the back by our own conference who can't wait to replace us with America's media darling in a move that will destroy our recruiting

There's simply nothing positive to come out of this

I don't, for one second, believe this was done without A&M officials knowing. This was not a stabbing in the back -- I believe this is well thought out. I truly believe there is no down side here.

Eric Forman said:

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I don't, for one second, believe this was done without A&M officials knowing. This was not a stabbing in the back -- I believe this is well thought out. I truly believe there is no down side here.

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I'm simply going to bookmark this and bump it later on when our recruiting is no longer competitive and ask if you still feel this was such a great win for us

Maroon Dawn said:

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agg15 said:

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Maroon Dawn said:

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Eric Forman said:

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Recruiting is a fickle beast ... sure history plays a role, but it's certainly not the only role. The "what have you done lately" thing plays a big part -- and tu has sucked the sensitive end of a donkey for a while now -- and we have Jimbo. My money's on Jimbo.

I stand by what I said. Win win.

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What will Jimbo be selling that those two won't? I know we don't like to think about how they will be hyped as the entire SEC West now but it's gonna happen and recruits simply won't choose us

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Last I checked, Texas A&M was a flagship program in Texas too, and we are well established in the conference.
And we are the wealthiest program in the SEC.

we might see a drop, but so will all the schools in the US. things change.... But I feel confident in Jimbo and our recruiting

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We just got stabbed in the back by our own conference who can't wait to replace us with America's media darling in a move that will destroy our recruiting

There's simply nothing positive to come out of this

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This.

I think I agree with this guy. I think it may be a bad deal for college football.

Greg Sankey needs to fill leadership void in college sports and say 'no' to Texas, Oklahoma

This means absolutely nothing for recruiting. Highest bidder will get the recruit regardless of conference. It's like the 80s but legal.

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This means absolutely nothing for recruiting. Highest bidder will get the recruit regardless of conference. It's like the 80s but legal.

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And you think we're going to outbid the sip and sooner bag men

fan base is truly delusional

Somebody please post the 2011 horn ref picture.

Y'all talk about beating them?

THEY HAVE THEIR OWN REFS

Maroon Dawn said:

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Cramp00 said:

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This means absolutely nothing for recruiting. Highest bidder will get the recruit regardless of conference. It's like the 80s but legal.

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And you think we're going to outbid the sip and sooner bag men

fan base is truly delusional

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Please quote where I said that.

You wake me up when 1 non-homer media outlet runs with your version of the story. Just 1. Ain't gonna happen.

You're trying to rationalize this. I'm the one living in reality.

Winning, athletic department budgets, and the recruiting abilities of coaches determine recruiting success. Conference mates have no affect. How has OU been able to recruit while being in the same conference as Texas? How are the top half of the schools in the SEC able to recruit at a high level while sharing a conference with each other?

I'm not going to go so far as calling it a win-win, but it's far from a death sentence.

If I'm rationalizing this, then I'm fine with that -- it just means the horns aren't living in my head rent free.

All this just to make the game happen again. And here I thought we were not their rivals.

I prefer a win / lose with tu. Always.

The sips joining the SEC would be a tremendous negative to the program, let alone the national story of how this all went down and the egg running down the faces of our leadership.

Acknowledgment of facts is the first step to working to a solution.

I find it funny the spin of how this is actually a good thing. If it had been 30 years and tu had really gotten to the point of no return, that's one thing. But now? This is a steroid shot just before the death blow.

Eric Forman said:

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If they are kept out, the rep they lose is delicious

If they are allowed in, they followed us after having all that lip about us leaving.

I don't mind either way, they're the ones who lose in some fashion no matter what.

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All things being equal, the sips usually win out over us in recruiting. I guess you can put your head in the sand, but this move would hurt A&M more than it will help Texas, and trust me, this will help the sips big time.

Guaranteed that something is going to happen with them leaving. Now that this is out, there's no way either of them could recruit anyone if they didn't.