Yeah, I remember now. Had we played Arky when we're supposed to, we most likely would have MNC that year. We were ranked number two going into the Arky game and with UM or OSU were number one and lost that day.

It's a rarity that the Aggies win the game after beating tu. Hasn't happened since the '88 Cotton Bowl.

Yep, tv money controls all.

I'd be for playing it the week after an annual Thanksgiving BYE.

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I prefer the Thursday game, family would gather with fans of both teams and it was something most of us would engage in and do together. Thanksgiving now is just gather to eat and everyone go their own way the rest of the day. The meal was always in-between the Cowboys and the Ag/t.u. games.

I quit watching the Cowboys when Schram sold the team to the carpetbagger. I basically don't turn on the TV on Thanksgiving day anymore.

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Tex did not sell the team to Jones. The owner of the team was Aggie Bum Bright. The Bright era was a true low point in Cowboys history. Landry was fired immediately, but Tex was retained for a short time until Jerry could fully take control of the team. In many ways, his fate was worse than Landry's.

Sbisa Chef said:

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I'd be for playing it the week after an annual Thanksgiving BYE.

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Not an option. Currently, the SEC Championship Game is payed the week after Thanksgiving.

Now, the only non Championship game played after Thanksgiving weekend is the Army/Navy Game.

a simple question gets scores of thousand word essay responses and the same people try to make believe they are indifferent to the sips

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A&M's huge 1979 and 1984 upsets were played on December 1st

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I was there for the 1979 game. It was glorious. But the school refunded my student ticket because it he third deck wasn't complete so I bought a scalper ticket. Heh.

I don't remember going in 1984. Probably too just finishing up two years late after taking a gap year.

Sbisa Chef said:

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I'd be for playing it the week after an annual Thanksgiving BYE.

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So you would rather play Texas that weekend than the SEC championship game?

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Slicer97 said:

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I'd prefer we play LSU that weekend and play tu in September.

It ain't the rivalry it used to be and it's just another football game now. LSU is easy to hate. tu is just another football game.

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Right. As evidenced by the fact that around half the threads on here are about them. Hilarious when zoo posters start the "just another game" crap. Maybe if you scream a little louder about how over them you are, someone will believe you.

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It's so cute how you still pretend to be an Ag when everyone knows you are one of the biggest sip trolls on this board. And most of the threads that are started about tu are from sip trolls.

Zombie Jon Snow said:

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Some MANDELA EFFECT here....

The fact is we didn't even play the game on Thanksgiving all of the time - 9 of the last 33 games were not on T-giving. And 50 times in the series history it was not on t-giving.


Bold are not on t-giving

11/24/2011
11/25/2010
11/26/2009
11/27/2008
11/23/2007
11/24/2006
11/25/2005
11/26/2004
11/28/2003
11/29/2002
11/23/2001
11/24/2000
11/26/1999
11/27/1998
11/28/1997
11/29/1996
12/2/1995
11/5/1994
11/25/1993
11/26/1992
11/28/1991
12/1/1990
12/2/1989
11/24/1988
11/26/1987
11/27/1986
11/28/1985
12/1/1984
11/26/1983
11/25/1982
11/26/1981
11/29/1980
12/1/1979
12/2/1978

It was a lot more consistent from 1934-1977 only four were not on t-giving
11/29/1974
11/29/1951
11/30/1950
11/30/1939

but prior to that it was not actually on t-giving very often
11/30/1933
11/29/1928
11/29/1923
11/30/1922
11/20/1917
11/30/1916
11/19/1915
11/13/1911
11/14/1910
11/8/1909
11/29/1908
11/9/1908
11/28/1907
10/12/1907
11/29/1906
11/29/1903
10/25/1902
10/26/1901
11/29/1900
10/27/1900
11/4/1899
10/22/1898
10/19/1894

Those are just the games that were not between Nov 22-28. Some of those (13 more) were actually also not on t-giving even though the date falls in the range that could be t-giving.

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Dude. You need to go back a redo your list. Nearly the entire Big 12 existence the game was on Friday. Most times in the morning. It wasn't until 09 it was on Thursday again.

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Sbisa Chef said:

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I'd be for playing it the week after an annual Thanksgiving BYE.

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So you would rather play Texas that weekend than the SEC championship game?

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Well on the plus side, it keeps those clowns from an SEC title.

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- NFL. This is not 1993 when Detroit played at 11, Dallas at 3, and then the Ags-sips at 6:30. There is now a third NFL game, and to contrast with the Egg Bowl, we are a State with two professional franchises that will take eyes away from us.

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Yeah, many more eyeballs will be watching when we're on of 30 games on Saturday instead of one of 3 games.


I LOVE Thanksgiving, and I do love to watch some evening 'sip ass-kicking with my turkey sandwiches.

A lot of people actually PREFER watching a college rivalry to a mid-season NFL game that may or may not mean much. I know I love watching the Ole Miss/Miss St rivalry which I have no stake in.

I'm glad our student body will learn why it is we can't stand these jerks, and the nation should have the same opportunity.

Don't care just win the game.

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The 89 to 96 era games were impacted by NCAA violations by Sherrill and t-sips. I remember *****ing about it at the time.

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False.

The 1994 game was moved because of our TV ban. That's it. From the time UH entered the SWC until its break up, the game moved around in large part because the SWC schedule, which didn't really change from year to year, keyed off OU-Texas being the second Saturday in October. Sometimes the final weekend of play was Thanksgiving weekend, and sometimes it was the first Saturday in December. I mostly hear sips repeating the lie that Jackie was responsible for the game not being on Thanksgiving.

For those wanting to play the game on Thanksgiving, you must not care about student attendance, because, after the newness wears off, it will be weak. Back in the days of on campus bonfire, students had classes Mon-Wed and stuck around for bonfire Wednesday night. Nowadays, Wednesday is a "reading day" with no classes, and a lot of classes don't meet on Monday and Tuesday, meaning that many students take the entire week off and go home. You aren't getting those kids back to campus for a Thursday game except for extraordinary circumstances. Maybe you can get them back for a Saturday game, but frankly, I'd rather play Texas a couple of weeks before Thanksgiving, on a regular week when the campus is full and College Station is not a ghost town.

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10PennyNail said:

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The 89 to 96 era games were impacted by NCAA violations by Sherrill and t-sips. I remember *****ing about it at the time.

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False.

The 1994 game was moved because of our TV ban. That's it. From the time UH entered the SWC until its break up, the game moved around in large part because the SWC schedule, which didn't really change from year to year, keyed off OU-Texas being the second Saturday in October. Sometimes the final weekend of play was Thanksgiving weekend, and sometimes it was the first Saturday in December. I mostly hear sips repeating the lie that Jackie was responsible for the game not being on Thanksgiving.

For those wanting to play the game on Thanksgiving, you must not care about student attendance, because, after the newness wears off, it will be weak. Back in the days of on campus bonfire, students had classes Mon-Wed and stuck around for bonfire Wednesday night. Nowadays, Wednesday is a "reading day" with no classes, and a lot of classes don't meet on Monday and Tuesday, meaning that many students take the entire week off and go home. You aren't getting those kids back to campus for a Thursday game except for extraordinary circumstances. Maybe you can get them back for a Saturday game, but frankly, I'd rather play Texas a couple of weeks before Thanksgiving, on a regular week when the campus is full and College Station is not a ghost town.

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Stop being the voice of reason and reality in the land of misfit ideas, twk…

Someone please edit the title or nuke this thread. This isn't about Tulane. New Army and the diploma mill has taken over.

Build It said:

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Someone please edit the title or nuke this thread. This isn't about Tulane. New Army and the diploma mill has taken over.

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Why? You don't want to listen to Rocky Top on turkey day?

Agree. And i was at 75 game.

I originally hated losing the series, thought id miss it like hell. I didn't; too much excitemement being in SEC and watching sip flounder and realize thier massive miscalculation.

Now for once i agree w sip, if it must happen then bring it back as it was, on turkey day, dont give a **** about the nfl.

That being said, i hate it w a passion that they have been allowed to join our conference and will soon be eating it from within like the cancer they are.

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TXAGBQ76 said:

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So the game will be meaningless unless it is Thanksgiving night? The stadiums will be dead and no one will attend unless it is Thanksgiving night?

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Why are the Dallas Cowboys America's team?
One of the reasons is that they took advantage of every marketing advantage known to man....including being one of the only teams that ever wanted to annually play on Thanksgiving.

Quit thinking small time.
The late NFL game starts at 7:25 on Thanksgiving night, and ends at roughly 10:30PM.

If you start the game at 8PM you get the entire nation watching the last 1.5 quarters of the game after the NFL game ends.
You would get an whole nation wide audience of football fans (raises hands) who have no rooting interest at all in the Thanksgiving NFL night game.

Does anyone in America really care about the Egg Bowl? That would be the other rivalry game you'd be competing against on Thanksgiving night.
People all over the country are going to be fascinated to learn which school gets to earn those coveted Texas bragging rights for the year.

The Saturday after Thanksgiving is just another day, and many people are already focused on Christmas.

Sure....everyone on this board can pretend that beating the University of Mississippi, Arkansas or LSU feels the same as it does to stomp Texas.....but we all know we'd be lying.

Texas A&M will never have a rival as big as the University of Texas. Its time to make this rivalry game the biggest in the country.

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ok then.....

^ Explain why that was unequivocally NOT TRUE when we played on T-giving night before and there was no NFL competition?

We never set any ratings on fire even when there was no other game on and it was still a bitter rivalry.

Nobody cared then (outside of Texas) and they did not have other options to watch. My relatives in other states generally had no idea we were even playing back then, much less now.

But you think after 10.5 hours (11:30am to 10:30 pm) of food, drink and NFL football they are going to make sure to watch the last 1.5 quarters of a college game they care nothing about.

Ok.

Most would be either a. passed out b. tired of any and all football or c. both. Nobody other than diehard aggie and whorn fans would be watching.

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Zombie Jon Snow said:

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Some MANDELA EFFECT here....

The fact is we didn't even play the game on Thanksgiving all of the time - 9 of the last 33 games were not on T-giving. And 50 times in the series history it was not on t-giving.


Bold are not on t-giving

11/24/2011
11/25/2010
11/26/2009
11/27/2008
11/23/2007
11/24/2006
11/25/2005
11/26/2004
11/28/2003
11/29/2002
11/23/2001
11/24/2000
11/26/1999
11/27/1998
11/28/1997
11/29/1996
12/2/1995
11/5/1994
11/25/1993
11/26/1992
11/28/1991
12/1/1990
12/2/1989
11/24/1988
11/26/1987
11/27/1986
11/28/1985
12/1/1984
11/26/1983
11/25/1982
11/26/1981
11/29/1980
12/1/1979
12/2/1978

It was a lot more consistent from 1934-1977 only four were not on t-giving
11/29/1974
11/29/1951
11/30/1950
11/30/1939

but prior to that it was not actually on t-giving very often
11/30/1933
11/29/1928
11/29/1923
11/30/1922
11/20/1917
11/30/1916
11/19/1915
11/13/1911
11/14/1910
11/8/1909
11/29/1908
11/9/1908
11/28/1907
10/12/1907
11/29/1906
11/29/1903
10/25/1902
10/26/1901
11/29/1900
10/27/1900
11/4/1899
10/22/1898
10/19/1894

Those are just the games that were not between Nov 22-28. Some of those (13 more) were actually also not on t-giving even though the date falls in the range that could be t-giving.

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Pretty sure the 97 game was on Friday.

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Bonfire Game 99: 11/26/99 was the day after Thanksgiving.

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Does anyone in America really care about the Egg Bowl? That would be the other rivalry game you'd be competing against on Thanksgiving night.
People all over the country are going to be fascinated to learn which school gets to earn those coveted Texas bragging rights for the year.

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Outside of Texas, no one cares. Only way this game gets attention is if both teams highly ranked. (Has that ever happened?)

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Does anyone in America really care about the Egg Bowl? That would be the other rivalry game you'd be competing against on Thanksgiving night.
People all over the country are going to be fascinated to learn which school gets to earn those coveted Texas bragging rights for the year.

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Outside of Texas, no one cares. Only way this game gets attention is if both teams highly ranked. (Has that ever happened?)

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When the Florida schools where at their zenith everyone in the country tuned in to watch Florida vs Florida St or Miami vs Florida St.

There is no reason that A&M vs Texas on Thanksgiving night can't become the biggest rivalry in all of college sports.

BMX Bandit said:

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Does anyone in America really care about the Egg Bowl? That would be the other rivalry game you'd be competing against on Thanksgiving night.
People all over the country are going to be fascinated to learn which school gets to earn those coveted Texas bragging rights for the year.

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Outside of Texas, no one cares. Only way this game gets attention is if both teams highly ranked. (Has that ever happened?)

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1975 qualifies for that if I recall right.

Yep, very true. Was an awesome game. Can't think of another time in history though,

As much as I love my Aggies, the sip rivalry will never be bigger than Army Navy, OSU v Michigan, Bama v Auburn, etc.- we are fighting no for a slot in the NC series.

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When the Florida schools where at their zenith everyone in the country tuned in to watch Florida vs Florida St or Miami vs Florida St.

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Thanks for agreeing with my point. People tune in to watch highly ranked teams play each other.

FSU v Miami this year got a 2.2 rating. Nothing wrong with that, but hardly suggests everyone is tuning in

W said:

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A&M's huge 1979 and 1984 upsets were played on December 1st

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We played TCU the Saturday after Thanksgiving in 1984 and that crowd was small.

Then we had our Corps Trip to Austin on Saturday December 1 and had to spend the day in Austin as the game started at 6 or 7pm that night.

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Play them after they've gotten beat up by OU.