Several times I thought he/she had interesting insights/viewpoints. Been missing for 5+ years.
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He was having health problems for awhile but I seem to recall Wildcat had been in recent communication with him.
And indeed he did have a unique perspective on the power brokers behind realignment. Who stood to benefit and who stood to lose given certain scenarios.
Well said sir! Well said.Kentucky Mustangs said:
Kind to be remembered
Boy, looks like some changes in the software and I have forgotten how to use this thing
My main reason for posting was big picture to see Texas A&M in the SEC and to counteract the drones from the B1G and PAC that were none to keen to see it happen. I am old school and believe balance of power is more important that absolute power as too often such power leads to meaningless destruction. As Wildcat can probably attest, I believe in people more than most anything else and we have entered an age where money has overtaken community and the self has overtaken the group.
I like discussion and am at a bit of a loss in this age of trolling. To me discussion, that may take more than just 120 characters, is preferred to mental masturbation. If I learn something from you and you learn something from me, we have both entered into a contract where both side have walked away better from the deal. I must confess hiding behind a computer and not learning anything from interactions is a bit dull and a waste of time.
Not to cause political discussion but right now this country is being torn apart by two sides believing they are right and not having the sense to see they are both wrong. Nobody will win in the end and another country will eventually displace us as we fall behind in squabbles with ourselves. Back to point, sports and competition is fun for me when there is still some honor in the game. Corporations are displacing the real fans inside the stadiums and eventually it will all collapse upon itself. Maybe I feel blessed to have seen back into a different age when it was just more fun and personal.
Attendance is falling and uniformity that can be packaged and sold from campus to campus is killing what makes each place unique unto itself. Eventually it will lose what made it fun and somewhere in some neighborhood kids may play in the streets with each other a new sport that will be the sport of their age. I may not live to see it but it is my sincere hope that is does happen. Life is far too short to not engage each other in a more meaningful way than to make us fear each other or claim superiority by how much we have accumulated in currency and material goods.
It has been far too long since I was last in College Station but I would like to swing by and see all the changes shifting conferences has wrought.
For the TLR crowd
Get out m ore often and don't just live on electronics alone.
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Get out more often and don't just live on electronics alone.
I just downgraded to a Nokia last month. No more mindlessly scrolling. It's a win.Wildcat said:Quote:
Get out more often and don't just live on electronics alone.
In the interest of transparency, I'm pretty certain that Mustangs received my text on his flip phone.
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uniformity that can be packaged and sold from campus to campus is killing what makes each place unique unto itself. Eventually it will lose what made it fun
aggiehawg said:
Great to see you, kind gentleman.
Politics aside, do you see further realignment happening in the next decade?
I had not read his posts; thanks for bringing him back. KM, great thoughts. I really hope you're wrong on the big picture ideas but if I had to guess, I think you're probably way too close to predicting our future.Caesar4 said:
Several times I thought he/she had interesting insights/viewpoints. Been missing for 5+ years.
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In closing, Santa Anna was a peenus wrinkle but his tyranny got us Texas and a stronger USA so maybe something bad can lead to something good.
Nail meet hammer. So true. Although the kids in the lower will be the last to fade as many play as a way to get out of their situation. Upper class kids don't always have the "drive" and that is what separates them in my opinion. I make my 3 boys play outside.....and drink out of the water hose.Quote:
#2 Kids I grew up with played sports in their neighborhoods, this is quickly vanishing
- When lower middle and upper lower class kids stop playing they don't support when they mature
Nothing wrong with that, put hair on their chest, and iron in their veins.nu awlins ag said:Nail meet hammer. So true. Although the kids in the lower will be the last to fade as many play as a way to get out of their situation. Upper class kids don't always have the "drive" and that is what separates them in my opinion. I make my 3 boys play outside.....and drink out of the water hose.Quote:
#2 Kids I grew up with played sports in their neighborhoods, this is quickly vanishing
- When lower middle and upper lower class kids stop playing they don't support when they mature