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Just stuff about a competing site.

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Competing site? I have a ****ing subscription over here as does cuppy. Every single offseason this **** starts.

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Honestly, GBH and some other sites post much more entertaining material than TexAgs during the offseason. TexAgs doesn't even post a lot of free stuff during the offseason. I only come here to have fun and blew time at work. I don't see why it's a big deal if someone posts something about a free site in here. I'm going to go to both regardless, and I'm not going to get a subscription for the offseason. Posting insider stuff from TOS or some kind of sports analyses, I can understand editing that. Something on old rivalries or something dumb/funny just makes me roll my eyes.

Have you all heard of google.com? cnn.com? Leamon party? Meat spin?

[This message has been edited by Deputy Travis Junior (edited 2/16/2014 2:36a).]

I'm going to trademark the letter "e" and the "@"symbol. Seems reasonable if you can trademark the word Texas.

TexAgs mods:

I have a feature request. For the many thousands upon thousands of pageviews I've helped generate, I hope you'll do me a solid.

I'd like the phrase "Randolph Duke" to be automatically translated to "UpDuke" anytime it's used. You can do "Harvey UpDuke", but I think just "UpDuke" is preferable.

- <3 Telco

How about Charles UpSatterfield too?

Still want to know WHY HE CARES SO MUCH ...

Why?

Bowtie.

They're circling the drain, and Duke sees himself a modern-day, uh, what....?

I dunno. It's just funny to watch him work in the threads. He constantly contradicts himself, and his main complaint to this point is that TAMU doesn't care enough. The good thing is that no one cares. Especially not after that thread.

He had home field advantage and he squandered it with petty hatred and a compulsion for redirecting when presented with legitimate opposition. Just look at the Jinx quote cuppy laid out that he ignored.

It's like a troop of baboons.

He would have been better off letting the dominant males of the group do the fighting for him. Instead, he stuck his ass out there to find potential suitors. When foreign males came to take a peek, other members of the troop came out to defend their territory, not necessarily the female. The foreign males recognized that the female baboon really had nothing to special to offer, and are now walking away.

Once the foreigners leave, the dominant males of the troop go back to ignoring the female. They don't really care about her. They'll go on with their lives while she rears her children in silence. They'll protect her from foreign invasion, which she may see as a sign of value, but they're just protecting the territory, and don't care if she leaves the troop one day.

The weaker males of the troop will visit the female once in a while, and they'll ride her to make the best they can out of their situation. They don't really like her ugly red ass, but it's all they have.

Telco with more boomstick.

Charles/RD,

Since you ready this thread OFTEN, even tho you don't care about a team that is not your team's "real" rival ...

Answer one question: Why do you care about the Aggies so much?

I'll hang up and listen. Thanks.

That might be the most applicable and perfect metaphor I've read on Al Gore's intertubes.

I don't use the blue parachute often, Telco. You've earned this one, my friend.

Who knows. I'm just gonna ignore the thread at this point. I went in there to talk about it and actually agreed about the "other subs" available argument until I found that "16 awards" article, only found 16 names discussed as being at the game, and saw additional names of players who were in Dallas that weren't even listed on the program depth chart, and were designated as injured prior to game time. At that point the analysis becomes questionable at best, and I have no idea how many players you were actually allowed to dress in bowl games back then either.

But, when he started spinning the argument towards "dishonesty" I just lost any interest in having a rational debate. Guy wouldn't even consider modifying his piece to include additional resources, but wants me to propagate his intellectual dishonesty to A&M? Lol.

I was legitimately his best chance of ever having that story amended because I believe in historical accuracy, and have the valuable trait of being annoyingly persistent. He just lit that bridge on fire as far as I'm concerned.

Now, I'm just glad he helped build a compilation of insanity that I can point anyone towards who considers taking him seriously.

REPORT FOR RD ...

Charles/RD,

Since you ready this thread OFTEN, even tho you don't care about a team that is not your team's "real" rival ...

Answer one question: Why do you care about the Aggies so much?

I'll hang up and listen. Thanks.

I think Telcoag finally figured out that Charles isn't the least bit interested in truth.

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At the end of the day, that guy is a solid combination of intelligent and obsessive. It's too bad for him the obsessive part kills his ability to be reasonable. He can't get out of his own way.

I'm still the biggest idiot in all of this for going over there in the first place. I brought every single piece of that on myself. I can empathize with guys like him though.

It's like my Manziel thing in pre-season. Some people think I'm an idiot for that, and some people think I was setting the world on fire. Truth be told, it's a fine mix of both, but it went to far. When I started it, it was because I asked myself if I could find those numbers. I wasn't trying to fulfill an agenda, but it did come later. After other people start getting involved, your original motivations start to shift. It never seems to end with the same intent it began with.

To some extent, I didn't think it was his fault. I thought he was just being incredibly defensive because he couldn't face backing down after receiving so many pats on the back. Turns out, his hate for us is deeper than that, and I have no idea where it comes from.

I'm just gonna leave the guy alone to do his thing. I hope everyone else will too. People deserve their anonymity on the internet even if you don't like what they're saying. It's not the guys on this thread you have to worry about. It's the guy that he or anyone else pisses off somewhere else, who isn't stable, that eventually takes it too far. Even keyboard warriors with pseudonyms are real people, and deserve to be treated as such.



[This message has been edited by TelcoAg (edited 2/16/2014 9:46p).]

Duke is the psycho column of this chart

That sh**** thread is full of nut jobs. Like that bad_teammate fool. Why is he so concerned with our lawsuits and gives absolutely zero ****s about the aggressive lawyering from the horns protecting their stolen, fraudulent trademarks?

I built an image of him in my head that I couldn't push out to take him seriously anymore, so I stopped responding. I was just going to be a smart ass anyways.

He could have just googles "protecting your trademark" and found answers from more than a handful of IP lawyers, but, w/e.

I give a **** for the same reason everyone here gives a ****. I grew up a fan of one of the teams in the biggest in-state rivalry in Texas. I don't care what the bigwigs decide about conference alignment. I'm a Longhorn and you're Aggies and it is our God-mandated duty to give each other hell at every turn. I've got Aggie friends I've talked smack with since I was a sprout and that ain't gonna change anytime soon.

Many of UT's trademarks are stupid. Telco brought up UT suing that heavy metal t-shirt company. That's stupid. It doesn't hurt UT in any way. No one was going to confuse UT for a heavy metal t-shirt company. Lawyers gotta justify their existence and it makes us look like greedy, dumb *******s.

If Texas were to sue Ford over the F-150 "Texas Edition" I'd say Bellmont is up to its dumb tricks and call it out as stupid.

So is this an auto-delete/auto-ban situation since I'm a Longhorn? Had to enter my phone number and everything...

Ah well, I'm a sucker for attention.

You make a lot of good points. So **** off.

What about the fact that all your claims have been proven false?

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I give a **** for the same reason everyone here gives a ****. I grew up a fan of one of the teams in the biggest in-state rivalry in Texas. I don't care what the bigwigs decide about conference alignment. I'm a Longhorn and you're Aggies and it is our God-mandated duty to give each other hell at every turn. I've got Aggie friends I've talked smack with since I was a sprout and that ain't gonna change anytime soon.

Many of UT's trademarks are stupid. Telco brought up UT suing that heavy metal t-shirt company. That's stupid. It doesn't hurt UT in any way. No one was going to confuse UT for a heavy metal t-shirt company. Lawyers gotta justify their existence and it makes us look like greedy, dumb *******s.

If Texas were to sue Ford over the F-150 "Texas Edition" I'd say Bellmont is up to its dumb tricks and call it out as stupid.

So is this an auto-delete/auto-ban situation since I'm a Longhorn? Had to enter my phone number and everything...

Ah well, I'm a sucker for attention.

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This isn't the shag. We don't ban for differing opinions. We welcome the dialogue. Saddle up *****.

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So is this an auto-delete/auto-ban situation since I'm a Longhorn? Had to enter my phone number and everything...

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So delusional

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I'm a Longhorn and you're Aggies and it is our God-mandated duty to give each other hell at every turn.

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here's what i dont get. it seems like folks on that thread are obsessed with giving "****" **** and proving their supposed superiority...almost to the point where their life revolves around it.

yet somehow A&M is the obsessed one.

that makes no sense to me.

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So is this an auto-delete/auto-ban situation since I'm a Longhorn? Had to enter my phone number and everything...

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Absolutely not. Unlike your forum full of St. Edwards gym selfies, lawyers "making bets with their friends", and some fat ass wannabe "gangsta" and his flat brim hat named Derka Derka(?), this forum doesn't get sand in its vagina like you guys.

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I give a **** for the same reason everyone here gives a ****. I grew up a fan of one of the teams in the biggest in-state rivalry in Texas. I don't care what the bigwigs decide about conference alignment. I'm a Longhorn and you're Aggies and it is our God-mandated duty to give each other hell at every turn. I've got Aggie friends I've talked smack with since I was a sprout and that ain't gonna change anytime soon.

Many of UT's trademarks are stupid. Telco brought up UT suing that heavy metal t-shirt company. That's stupid. It doesn't hurt UT in any way. No one was going to confuse UT for a heavy metal t-shirt company. Lawyers gotta justify their existence and it makes us look like greedy, dumb *******s.

If Texas were to sue Ford over the F-150 "Texas Edition" I'd say Bellmont is up to its dumb tricks and call it out as stupid.

So is this an auto-delete/auto-ban situation since I'm a Longhorn? Had to enter my phone number and everything...

Ah well, I'm a sucker for attention.

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Now that is some refreshing honesty from a sip. Well said.

Frankly, I'm glad Duke doesn't work for me. He's got to be one unproductive SOB.


That - and he rapes children.

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Actually, my position toward UT-Austin is really one more of indifference. You're a minor program in a minor conference. I think of UT-Austin the same way I think of the University of New Mexico.

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If Texas were to sue Ford over the F-150 "Texas Edition" I'd say Bellmont is up to its dumb tricks and call it out as stupid.

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If you can't see the difference between this example and Seattle using our trademark, there is no purpose in even discussing this with you.

UT-Austin and UNM? You’re trying too hard, Ag.

We’re all obsessed. We wouldn’t be on the damned Internet yelling at/about each other all this completely unimportant stuff if we weren’t.

There wouldn’t be a 25-page thread there if we weren’t obsessed.
There wouldn’t be a 22-page thread here about that 25-page thread there if y’all weren’t obsessed.
If you are reading this, you are obsessed.

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If you can't see the difference between this example and Seattle using our trademark, there is no purpose in even discussing this with you.

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No one asked you to say **** to me, darlin’.

The “Texas Edition” thing was never presented as analogous to the “12th Man” situation. It was merely a hypothetical example of trademarks-gone-nuts.

A&M didn’t invent loud, passionate fans. A&M didn’t invent the idea that a loud, passionate crowd could provide an advantage. A&M didn’t invent the idea of a “12th Man”. A&M didn’t even say it first. A&M trademarked it. There’s a difference.

Seattle had strong fan interaction from the jump of their franchise. They didn’t sit silently reading newspapers until nationally famous* Texas A&M gave them a brainwave to maybe have the fans do some cheering.

A&M saw an opportunity to capitalize on the success of an NFL franchise going to the Super Bowl in 2006 and again in 2013. In the non-Super Bowl years things on the “12th Man” front are a hell of a lot quieter.

Also, A&M doesn’t want the nation to associate Seattle with “12th Man”. The problem is that “12th Man” was not a national sensation until Seattle got good. A&M had never elevated it (or themselves) past a regional flavor. That’s not just because A&M hasn’t won much of anything worth mentioning in the last 70 years, it’s because the NFL is a juggernaut compared to NCAA Football (and everything else in the world).

Seattle does the 12th Man concept very proud. Their fans are kick-ass and they’ve had tremendous on-field success. They are not devaluing the idea of 12th Man at all. Not only have they brought it to national attention, the people who are now aware of the 12th Man concept who were not before love it and think it’s awesome.

A&M has benefitted from Seattle’s use of “12th Man”, but still acts petulant and whiny in the public space for seemingly no reason at all.

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I'm a Longhorn and you're Aggies and it is our God-mandated duty to give each other hell at every turn.

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here's what i dont get. it seems like folks on that thread are obsessed with giving "****" **** and proving their supposed superiority...almost to the point where their life revolves around it.

yet somehow A&M is the obsessed one.

that makes no sense to me.

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See Troop of Baboons.

My favorite part of that whole thing was watching them display all of the qualities of the "****" they claim to despise.

Meh. Internet. There's smart and dumb everywhere.

All those words, and you still can't address the facts.

What the hell facts are you talking about?

(What's this diamond mean?)

Jokingly referred to as a blue parachute. Not sure what it's for.

All the facts listed in this thread refuting your claims. A&M was using "The 12th Man" far longer than you claim. Hell people have posted newspaper clippings that blow your crazy ideas out of the water.

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UT-Austin and UNM? You’re trying too hard, Ag.

We’re all obsessed. We wouldn’t be on the damned Internet yelling at/about each other all this completely unimportant stuff if we weren’t.

There wouldn’t be a 25-page thread there if we weren’t obsessed.
There wouldn’t be a 22-page thread here about that 25-page thread there if y’all weren’t obsessed.
If you are reading this, you are obsessed.

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If you can't see the difference between this example and Seattle using our trademark, there is no purpose in even discussing this with you.

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No one asked you to say **** to me, darlin’.

The “Texas Edition” thing was never presented as analogous to the “12th Man” situation. It was merely a hypothetical example of trademarks-gone-nuts.

A&M didn’t invent loud, passionate fans. A&M didn’t invent the idea that a loud, passionate crowd could provide an advantage. A&M didn’t invent the idea of a “12th Man”. A&M didn’t even say it first. A&M trademarked it. There’s a difference.

Seattle had strong fan interaction from the jump of their franchise. They didn’t sit silently reading newspapers until nationally famous* Texas A&M gave them a brainwave to maybe have the fans do some cheering.

A&M saw an opportunity to capitalize on the success of an NFL franchise going to the Super Bowl in 2006 and again in 2013. In the non-Super Bowl years things on the “12th Man” front are a hell of a lot quieter.

Also, A&M doesn’t want the nation to associate Seattle with “12th Man”. The problem is that “12th Man” was not a national sensation until Seattle got good. A&M had never elevated it (or themselves) past a regional flavor. That’s not just because A&M hasn’t won much of anything worth mentioning in the last 70 years, it’s because the NFL is a juggernaut compared to NCAA Football (and everything else in the world).

Seattle does the 12th Man concept very proud. Their fans are kick-ass and they’ve had tremendous on-field success. They are not devaluing the idea of 12th Man at all. Not only have they brought it to national attention, the people who are now aware of the 12th Man concept who were not before love it and think it’s awesome.

A&M has benefitted from Seattle’s use of “12th Man”, but still acts petulant and whiny in the public space for seemingly no reason at all.

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Seems like Seattle fans care less than you do. People in this thread aren't obsessed with you as a collective. They hate Randy.

I don't hate longhorns. I married a sip. I hate dumb dishonest people, regardless of their race, heritage, or higher education choices.

Randolph is the level of obsessed that draws attention. Other than the rare ones like him, IDGAF. Enjoy his BBQ meetup or whatever.

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A&M didn’t invent loud, passionate fans. A&M didn’t invent the idea that a loud, passionate crowd could provide an advantage. A&M didn’t invent the idea of a “12th Man”. A&M didn’t even say it first. A&M trademarked it. There’s a difference.

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We invented smarter common-sense fans.

You can still **** off.