This team has no BAS. If they lose they lose. Win, they win.
Any personal propagation of BAS, is self inflicted by Texags fans. It's weak and soft.
Just enjoy the season. We don't have any rights to winning anything. The players will play and hopefully do well.
Dump the extra baggage. It's not Aggie like to be so weak minded.

Clearly true. But also all my joy will turn to ashes in my mouth.

My BAS fears:

We lose to ut austin cc and we get bounced the first round of playoffs. I'll put my BAS in the garage shelf somewhere if we can overcome these two obstacles.

I enjoy every win! I have enjoyed our undefeated season,11-0! BAS robs you of that! If you are always worried we are going to lose you really have not enjoyed this great season, this great program Elko has built or the great kids who play on our team in my opinion. Only one team will win the National Championship. Everybody else will either not make the playoffs or lose in the playoffs. If the Aggies are not that one team who finishes with the championship it will still be a great season. But I believe we will win it until we do or don't.

The lunatic is in my head
The lunatic is in my head
You raise the blade, you make the change
You rearrange me 'till I'm sane
You lock the door and throw away the key
And there's someone in my head, but it's not me

Teams lose. 99%+ every year. This is not the greatest Aggie team that ever existed. They may win at all, they may not.
Don't get me wrong, I will throw some **** around the house if we lose along the way.

Gnome Sayin said:

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My BAS fears:

We lose to ut austin cc and we get bounced the first round of playoffs. I'll put my BAS in the garage shelf somewhere if we can overcome these two obstacles.

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That would just be an indication that this team wasn't good enough to get it done. That's on them and they know it. Not some other self embarrassing mental issue.

aggiebones said:

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This team has no BAS. If they lose they lose. Win, they win.
Any personal propagation of BAS, is self inflicted by Texags fans. It's weak and soft.
Just enjoy the season. We don't have any rights to winning anything. The players will play and hopefully do well.
Dump the extra baggage. It's not Aggie like to be so weak minded.

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Absolutely correct! Elko, Reed, and the entire team and staff are 'winners'. Let the past go; it's irrelevant. Just enjoy the remainder of THIS season and remember these are the good ole days.

Personally whatever happens this year I'm going to treat it like the beginning and not the end. Elko looks like he is building some good in Aggieland and I'm looking forward to seeing it. Anyone who wants to be scared of next years schedule or breathlessly wait for failure feel free.

That being said BTHO SIPs. DO IT.

If we can go 12-0 in regular season, my BAS will be minimized greatly. 11-1, though, and I'm pretty sure it will be stronger than ever just because I was given hope only to have it squashed.

The only cure for my BAS is beating the sips on Friday. Anything after that is just icing on the cake.

I don't want our perfect season to be spoiled but if it happens, I'll simply be disappointed. If it happens at the hands of the sips, it will be vomit inducing.

I thought Jimbo's Orange Bowl season was a taste of the heights he would take us to. Hopefully Elko's group gets us across the finish line

aggiebones said:

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This team has no BAS. If they lose they lose. Win, they win.
Any personal propagation of BAS, is self inflicted by Texags fans. It's weak and soft.
Just enjoy the season. We don't have any rights to winning anything. The players will play and hopefully do well.
Dump the extra baggage. It's not Aggie like to be so weak minded.

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You sound like someone trying to lessen the anxiety of possibly losing in your own mind while projecting it as a problem other people are having.

A Net Full of Jello said:

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If we can go 12-0 in regular season, my BAS will be minimized greatly. 11-1, though, and I'm pretty sure it will be stronger than ever just because I was given hope only to have it squashed.

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Do you have any idea how many teams would love to be 11-0 at this point in the season?

*checks list*

Oh that's right, all of them.

StrykerAg said:

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I thought Jimbo's Orange Bowl season was a taste of the heights he would take us to. Hopefully Elko's group gets us across the finish line

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Elko and Schmidt had a lot to do with the success of that team.

Elko and Moffit have picked up where Elko and Schmidt left off.

We're better than they are. At their place doesn't bother me.

The possibility that the players think they've already won does.

The outcome is entirely between their ears.

The irony of posting a holier-than-thou, anti-BAS thread is not lost on me.

Pizza said:

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A Net Full of Jello said:

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If we can go 12-0 in regular season, my BAS will be minimized greatly. 11-1, though, and I'm pretty sure it will be stronger than ever just because I was given hope only to have it squashed.

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Do you have any idea how many teams would love to be 11-0 at this point in the season?

*checks list*

Oh that's right, all of them.

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Sure. And I'm thrilled we are 11-0. But BAS runs deep and losing the last game of the regular season, thereby knocking us out of the SEC Championship and a first-round bye, will not help the BAS.

I'm telling yall right now to just enjoy this years wins! We may not have many more or we could win the whole thing but, next year we won't be as good. Has nothing to do with coaching but everything to do with scheduling and losing almost all of your offensive lineman starters. I hate to be the Debbie Downer but rest your BAS this year and get ready to bring it back next year.

"If they lose they lose. Win, they win."


Are there other options?

Ignore everything from 1940-2024

zag213004 said:

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The lunatic is in my head
The lunatic is in my head
You raise the blade, you make the change
You rearrange me 'till I'm sane
You lock the door and throw away the key
And there's someone in my head, but it's not me

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The last line is the lie. As is the second verse:

"The lunatic is in the hall
The lunatics are in my hall
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor
And every day the paper boy brings more"

(Though the allusion to media blaming is surprising apropos.)