Syd REALLY likes to use caps to MAKE STRONG POINTS. I mean this guy WILL LET YOU KNOW when he feels PASSIONATE about something.

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i also won 14 heismans.

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allsome!

"...you're killing your father Larry..."

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Byrne on the other hand is rather well-known for his dislike of the University of Texas and that stems from the founding of the Big 12. It's rather ironic that he hasn't gotten over the hump yet in football with regard to the Horns.

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Texas has pretty much owned Nebraska since the Big 12 formed. Upsets in 1996, 1998, and 1999 spoiled Huskers' seasons when they were a power. That and Texas' (and A&M's) demand -- as a condition of the formation of the Big 12 -- that the Big 8 schools drop all the partial qualifiers that they used to get in talent football teams they competed against for recruits were unable to admit (all the Cali, AZ and Texas kids that Texas, A&M, Pac 10, and Big 10 schools could not admit).

Since Texas and A&M brought with them the coveted Texas t.v. market and recruiting base (very little talent in the Big 8 states and even less of a t.v. market), Big 8 AD's had to cave to the demand, placed the Big 12 office in Dallas, and SWC head Steve Hatchell was placed as the first commissioner. It was the golden rule: he who has the gold, makes the rules. The Big 8 had to cave because they needed t.v. markets and recruits -- in this day and age t.v. deals are so important (for revenue and recruiting exposure). Think about it -- you get the Texas media markets you get Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin. In Big 8 country they have nothing. Had they not agreed Texas and A&M would have been two of the most sought after programs in college football. So any Big 8 person that tells you they did us a favor is full of it. The proof is in the pudding by the Big 8 agreeing to Texas' schools demands and the Big 12 commissioner/offices -- that tells you all you need to know about who needed who more.

The PQ thing has hurt Nebraska the worst (OU got lucky in hiring a brilliant coach and they are close enough to Texas to recruit well when they are winning). What's funny to me is that Nebraska was trumpeting their altruism in taking PQ's and bragging how 95% of them earned degrees and that we should continue such a worthy program. Grad rates are b.s. How do kids who could barely manage to get out of high school and earn a SAT score not much over the score you get for signing your name graduate at a 90-95% rate. That strongly suggests academic fraud or some kind of degree plan that should not merit a college diploma.

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what, are you posting from a gun position in Baghdad right now?

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Yes, because every person in the Military is deployed to the ME right now, they don't let us rotate in and out...

But you are right, you should only be considered in the Military if you are in a Combat position...

I will pass that along to all the support personal that are back stateside...Obviously you aren't very educated in the way the Military works, thats ok I wasn't expecting much, but just to point out, not everyone in the Military is currently deployed (hard to believe, I know)

RC's career record: 123-47-2 (72%)
RC's worst 3 year record: 21-15

Fran's career record: 171-92-2 (65%)
Frans's 3 year record at A&M: 16-19

What's done is done, but noone can convince me RC would have gone 16-19 over the last three years. I hope Fran turns it around.

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Watson is one of the few t-sipper I could have a drink with. Nice facts and I agree, but I still wish we had gone to the SEC. Can you just imagine tu, us, Arkansas, lsu, Alabama, and Auburn in the same division. Talk about some fun road trips, wow!

I like that new phrase.... 10 percenter! A couple more years of this, I'll be a 50 percenter

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What's done is done, but noone can convince me RC would have gone 16-19 over the last three years. I hope Fran turns it around.

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Just take a look at his last three years at the helm...

He did a great job coaching the Ags up until about 1998, then things started to slip...

I agree he probably wouldn't have gone 16-19, I think he would have done worse especially if the coaching carosoul at OC had continued...

For his last three years you could predict what was going to happen on offense...

Run up the middle
Run to the Left/Right
Pass for 5 yeads when they needed 7

Im not knocking the guy cause he did do a great job, I just think that if you look at his last three years the program would have been in very bad shape had he been left in charge