dermdoc said:
So why do y'all act like entitled jerks? Bama fans do not act like y'all. Clemson fans do not act like y'all.
It's a 2 way street and the reason is pretty simple. Combine a 100+ year in-state rivalry with a nasty divorce and what else would you expect?
When I was in school when the teams played yearly, it was a rivalry and it would get nasty at times, but there was a decent level of respect and much less hate compared to the rivalry with OU. I even spent a few nights at the Dixie Chicken wearing my Texas gear and it was all good times.
I can understand why A&M left for the SEC with the Longhorn network and with Texas (and to a lessor degree OU) running the conference. Like it our not, Texas is/was a huge football brand and they definitely leveraged that to their benefit. Texas did try to keep the conference together when they were considering leaving for the Pac12, but they shouldn't have been surprised that A&M and others left the conference.
A&M is better off in the SEC even if they continue to be a mid-pack team. If they can start competing for championships, they could be the next Clemson, but it will take generations of good results for a school like Clemson or A&M to have the strong brand recognition as Bama, USC, OSU, MICH, etc. That brand recognition certainly helps with polls and media coverage, but it doesn't give any of those schools the right to be entitiled jerks (Texas included). That said, all those schools have their share of jackass fans and I don't see that ever changing.