Please don't be this stupid. A&M and Texas are playing every year regardless of whether they're in the same pod or not. Fact: A&M (and every other team) was asked to which teams they'd prefer to play annually and I know with 100% certainty that Texas was on the list. https://t.co/gPIlYhlXSN

— Billy Liucci (@billyliucci) May 13, 2022

This should make for a fun thread

Looch is as well connected as anyone in the industry, so there's a 99.99% chance he's right about this one.

I was as ticked off as anyone here when the SEC gave sips an invite, but now that it's inevitable… I'm ready for the rivalry to be a rivalry again. Flame me for it I don't care. Btho tu

Would probably get banned for speaking my mind so just gonna wish y'all fine folks a good evening and be on my way.

I don't give a damn if we play t.u every single year or not.
Just hoping we beat their azzes whenever we do play.
..Make them regret ever signing on with the SEC.
And no matter how much money...trust me...when t.u. loses enough games...they will leave.

bv86ag said:

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I don't give a damn if we play t.u every single year or not.
Just hoping we beat their azzes whenever we do play.
..Make them regret ever signing on with the SEC.
And no matter how much money...trust me...when t.u. loses enough games...they will leave.

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Vanderbilt ecstatic they won't have to be the doormat of the SEC anymore

Of course, we should play those **ssies every damn year, in every sport. Geography alone should dictate that. Egg Bowl, Iron Bowl, FSU-UF, Clemson-South Carolina, UK-Louisville, UT-Vandy, UGA- Georgia Tech, Bama-Auburn, UGA-UF (WLOCP), OU-t.u., A&M-t.u.........these should each happen every year. Period.

Going forward, it won't be like it used to be, vs. tu.

Gonna be great having to deal with those sacks of **** again.

Chip Brown's sources are gold. Why not just double tap him above the ear with this and be done with it.....

We should absolutely want to play tu every year. The only people who don't are losers or still somehow suffering from BAS.

The last 10 years have been a net positive for A&M football in almost every way. The only regret has not having been able to go 10-0 or 9-1 vs tu during that span.

FACT: A&M doesn't want Texas in their pod when they join. I am A&M and this is how I feel so I assume everyone else feels the same. It's settled then!

Lot to unpack here.

First, I may be in minority but I dont want to play them every year. We only have 12 games and I don't necessarily care to waste one on them every year when there are better options.

Second, what I care more about is that Texas and OU are forced to play teams like Alabama and LSU every year. Any pod system that allows them to puss out and not have to play those games EVERY year is bull crap.

Third, if we have pods it is inherently unfair to have certain teams in your pod that get neutral site games when others don't. Texas/OU must move to home and away in Austin/Norman.

It was the sips that refused to keep the rivalry going when we left for the SEC.

It was to our advantage (in brand and recruiting) to let them rot with crappy schedules by remaining in the little 10.

Now that they have realized their mistake and are joining the SEC, I have no problem with playing them every year and kicking their butts. In time, they may catch up, but I don't see them having the same inflated influence in the SEC as they did in the Big 12.

BTHOtu!!!

Sorry Billy, but sports media including ours(and Billy) want this game because it's good for website view, articles, and overall nation attention.

Sorry but we should avoid playing those snakes and at minimum keep them at arms length. Honestly the best way to handle the sips is to ignore them and let them rot in perennial overrated irrelevancy.

Also for the ones that want the game back if that means that we have to be in the SWC/Big12 reunion pod with OU and Arkansas to get the game then your d*mn right I don't want to play them. Give me LSU/Ole Miss/MSST over that rerun.

Still way too many Ags that would rather talk smack at the office cooler the monday after thanksgiving than win a championship in January and it's absolutely pathetic. Sadly we needed about 2 generations of old ags to die off before resetting the rivalry. Instead we rolled over and let Snakey sneak them in through the kitchen window after barely a decade in the conference. My only comfort here is that the SEC officially has an expiration date and I hope Snakey bears the shame he deserves as his legacy.

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We should absolutely want to play tu every year. The only people who don't are losers or still somehow suffering from BAS.

The last 10 years have been a net positive for A&M football in almost every way. The only regret has not having been able to go 10-0 or 9-1 vs tu during that span.

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what if the net positive was due to being separated from the sips?

If you play with a snake and it bites you, don't get mad at the snake. It's just being a snake.

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hunter2012 said:

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Honestly the best way to handle the sips is to ignore them and let them rot in perennial overrated irrelevancy.

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Going forward, I think the best way of handling them is to whip their asses on the field, year after year.

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even going 2 for 3 against them will still be a net win for them based on how the media will spin it. Just wait til they start stacking the deck and we inexplicably lose to them.



I've explained this many times, it's not about the d*mn game, it's the fact that they are and will forever be terrible business partners that will poison and corrupt every organization or deal that they touch. This includes the game.

I would have loved to have played them in every bowl for the last decade exactly because they can't fudge with a 3rd party selected game like that. But as far as a contracted game or being stuck in the same conference with them, the less interaction the better. I really hope they get enough curb stomping and their culture erodes to the point that they eventually go independent. Get away from us.

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Lot to unpack here.

First, I may be in minority but I dont want to play them every year. We only have 12 games and I don't necessarily care to waste one on them every year when there are better options.

Second, what I care more about is that Texas and OU are forced to play teams like Alabama and LSU every year. Any pod system that allows them to puss out and not have to play those games EVERY year is bull crap.

Third, if we have pods it is inherently unfair to have certain teams in your pod that get neutral site games when others don't. Texas/OU must move to home and away in Austin/Norman.

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This sums it up perfectly for me, especially the 2nd point. Let tu and OU go through the meat-grinder of the SEC West for, oh, five or six seasons. See how they like that.

Now, don't get me wrong. Jimbo now has the Fightin' Texas Aggie Football team on par with the Bamas and any other Line-of-Scrimmage team. (Mississippi State seems to always have some big boys with "humongous motors" on the backside, if you know what I mean!) Meaning: WE would be the LOS a$$-whoopin team against both Sooner and Horn alike. But they need to enjoy the full menu that the SEC provides.

And yeah... the Red River Shootout is a suspect target, but no less than the business heavyweights of the DFW area would let loose the dogs of war on that issue. That's gonna be a hard one to unpack, but I totally agree about the inherent advantage that venue holds. (THAT should have been a consideration point by the SEC negotiators in that deal.)

Mostly, though, I just don't trust the Sips. Not a chance. I'm Class '79, and while I haven't seen everything - some of y'all have probably seen more than I have - I've seen too much of my fair share of Horn Manipulation & Connivances. It's not just the game itself; it's the whole PR/journalism surrounding it. I call it: The Burnt Orange Menace.

Look, longtime NBC sportscaster Bob Costas said it best some 25 years ago when he was initially talking about the Olympics: "The business of covering sport is becoming BIGGER than the business of sport itself." Geez... that was a quarter century ago! Today's coverage dwarfs whatever Costas was trying to highlight back then. Sadly, Horn dominates that "covering sports" business scene.

And I just don't trust them. Never have, never will.

But bring 'em on the gridiron. We'll stomp 'em in the ground like a cigarette butt... no matter what the Burnt Orange Menace will say about it.

Gig'em, Aggies!

There is no team that is 5-7 that anyone should ever fear. None.

I've heard some would rather not have tu in the conference at all. Win win for everybody.

tu joining the SEC is a nightmare that I wish would just go away. I don't want to be in a pod with them, nor do I want to be scheduling partners. They are never going to be a cultural fit, nor will they ever respect the leave for what it is. The SEC will be dimished by tu.

Somethings just need to be undone.

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Austin radio running with chips story. Saying the sec will put A&M in line and tell them they will have to play Texas every year

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Illustrative of why I have no interest in ever playing tu again in anything. They're insufferable when we aren't playing them. It's a whole different level when we do, win or lose. I've watched my last A&M tu football game.