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Texas A&M chancellor John Sharp keen to resume Texas rivalry

July 26, 2017
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Just days after Texas head coach Tom Herman requested the renewal of the historic Aggie-Longhorn rivalry, Texas A&M University System chancellor John Sharp has stated his desire to see the annual competition on the gridiron resume.

In an interview with Texas Monthly, Sharp touched on many topics concerning Texas A&M's flagship College Station campus, including the Aggie football program and the likelihood that the rivalry game, which was discontinued after Texas A&M left the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference in the summer of 2012, would ever be played again.

“I know a lot of people would like to see A&M play UT again,” Sharp said. “Not the kids here necessarily, but a lot of the older alumni still ask about it.”

... Sharp won’t rule out the possibility of a rematch sometime in the future. “I’d like to put the UT–A&M game back together. I know the governor wants to put it back together. UT wants to put it back together.”

He thought about it for a minute, and a grin spread across his face.

“Man, can you imagine how much money we could make off that game?”

Despite his eagerness, Sharp noted there are a multitude of factors that must be considered before the Aggies and Longhorns can hit the field together and cited A&M's rigorous SEC schedule as a major roadblock.

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Texas A&M chancellor John Sharp keen to resume Texas rivalry

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7:34a, 7/28/17
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Noooooo!!!
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In reply to sawemoff2010 • 7:38a, 7/28/17
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cutemoff2010 said:
I'm totally good with this! Only 3 conditions:
1) t.u. Pays A&M $1M/year
2) SEC referees
3) All games at Kyle Field
1 MILLION A YEAR IS CHUMP CHANGE. UT WILL MAKE MILLIONS ON THE LHN.
TIME TO BLAST AWAY AT SHARP.
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In reply to Potcake • 8:45a, 7/28/17
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Hell no!


Can you explain this image to me? I don't get it...
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In reply to birddog7000 • 10:43a, 7/28/17
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Potcake said:
Hell no!


Can you explain this image to me? I don't get it...


I don't either.

I looked at his handle and blew it off....
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In reply to birddog7000 • 12:19p, 7/28/17
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My silver date palm has maroon (ripe) and burnt orange dates. Really has nothing to do with game, which I don't care if it ever gets played again. F'em
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In reply to P.C. Principal • 11:08p, 7/29/17
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Somebody remind him of the completely bogus PI call that cost us the last game against them.
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In reply to Our-turn-to-rule • 3:16a, 7/30/17
Our-turn-to-rule said:
He is destroying our university. he is a colossal self serving azz. Anything he supports is immediately suspect

Fire Sharp. Then Sumlin.
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In reply to yell_on_6th st • 3:18a, 7/30/17
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That lizard lookin Democrat didn't even mention the Tommy Curry "kill whitey" incident. Him and his liberal lap dog Young are turning us into diploma mill version of tu. #notanotherdime

Bowtie, the BOR, Sharp, and TPFF turned A&M into a diploma mill. Young is actually finally capping enrollment.


Fire Sharp. Then Sumlin.
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10:25a, 7/30/17
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Sharp needs to go. And never play tu again.
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10:43a, 7/30/17
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We should NEVER even consider playing that team from tu! There is ZERO interest!
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10:52a, 7/30/17
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If Sharp is talking about a lot of money, then he's looking at a neutral site. If it's a home and home, it's not going to bring any more scratch to either school. With sold out stadiums, it's just another game from a financial standpoint. However, hold it at JerryWorld and someone will pony up big bucks.

We've got one too many neutral site games now. We don't need two every year on top of any OOC kickoff classic type one-offs. And we don't need the sips.

How about this... let's focus on getting competitive in the SEC West before we worry about old rivals.
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3:49p, 7/30/17
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HTF did a cheesedick like this get into a prominent position at my university? Embarrassing.
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4:55p, 7/30/17
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John,

Not interested. In fact never, forget it.

Have a beer.

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valvemonkey91 said:
HTF did a cheesedick like this get into a prominent position at my university? Embarrassing.


He's got that golly gee whiz country bumpkin sounding voice...
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Isn't this the same buffoon who changed the seal on the diploma?

I'm not in favor of playing them, especially in the next three years. Once we get our new coach and he gets our team playing on the level of Alabama and at least beating LSU every other year, then I might consider giving it a 5% approval.
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7:02p, 7/30/17
Sharp is like every other liberal. He's stupid as hell.

Fire Sharp, Young, Woodward and Curry.

Until then, #notanotherdime
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8:12p, 7/30/17
Seeing all the hate here just confirms what I already thought: the rivalry is still alive and the burning desire to BTHO tu is still hot. This 100+ year old rivalry should be played again at some point. I'd prefer it as a home and home.

We need to quit pretending that other schools like LSU are our rivals when this three page thread makes it clear who our real rivals are.

By the way, all of this "we don't need them" snooty attitude is exactly what they used to always say about us. I guess the tables have turned for some Ags.

Flame away.
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In reply to pants • 8:43p, 7/30/17
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pants said:
Seeing all the hate here just confirms what I already thought: the rivalry is still alive and the burning desire to BTHO tu is still hot. This 100+ year old rivalry should be played again at some point. I'd prefer it as a home and home.

We need to quit pretending that other schools like LSU are our rivals when this three page thread makes it clear who our real rivals are.

By the way, all of this "we don't need them" snooty attitude is exactly what they used to always say about us. I guess the tables have turned for some Ags.

Flame away.
You're right, LSU is not a rival right now. Neither is Alabama. If we beat them a few times, that will change in a hurry. We have to become competitive in the SEC West. That should be our focus, not the effing sips.

We don't need the sips because joining the SEC has elevated our program into a better league. However, we haven't become competitive to an acceptable degree. While we are focused on climbing the SEC West mountain, we don't need to worry about any school in the dumpster fire we left.

Do I still hate the sips? Well, yeah. If the sips played ISIS, I would pull for ISIS. But I also give less of a chit about the sips every year. Honestly, I'm starting to think of them like Okie Lite. I don't like them and don't care if we play them, but if we meet them in a bowl game I want to beat the hell out of them.

And honestly, if you think a whopping THREE page thread on TexAgs means anything, you should check our former competition's sites. They are far more obsessed with us than we are with them.

Let's keep the focus on the SEC West, which is our division in our conference. Forget the rest.

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In reply to pants • 8:45p, 7/30/17
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pants said:
Seeing all the hate here just confirms what I already thought: the rivalry is still alive and the burning desire to BTHO tu is still hot. This 100+ year old rivalry should be played again at some point. I'd prefer it as a home and home.

We need to quit pretending that other schools like LSU are our rivals when this three page thread makes it clear who our real rivals are.

By the way, all of this "we don't need them" snooty attitude is exactly what they used to always say about us. I guess the tables have turned for some Ags.

Flame away.
Don't need to flame, you did a good enough job of showing your reading comprehension problem and utter ignorance. This isn't about tu, other than the petulant actions they took when we left for the SEC, this is about Sharp and the incompetent "leader" he is! Personally, i don't give them a second thought except when dumbass comments like this are brought up.
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pants said:
Seeing all the hate here just confirms what I already thought: the rivalry is still alive and the burning desire to BTHO tu is still hot. This 100+ year old rivalry should be played again at some point. I'd prefer it as a home and home.

We need to quit pretending that other schools like LSU are our rivals when this three page thread makes it clear who our real rivals are.

By the way, all of this "we don't need them" snooty attitude is exactly what they used to always say about us. I guess the tables have turned for some Ags.

Flame away.


You flamed yourself sunshine...
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7:32p, 8/7/17
Sharp is an assbag. That is all
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8:06p, 8/7/17
If we are such a great football program then why not? Why not prove that we are the best in Texas instead of hiding behind our SEC gang and living through their accomplishments.... at the end of the day we need to prove we are the best in Texas at football every year. You can't do that if you don't play the only other flagship university in the state.
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In reply to AGGies0311 • 8:47p, 8/7/17
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If we are such a great football program then why not? Why not prove that we are the best in Texas instead of hiding behind our SEC gang and living through their accomplishments.... at the end of the day we need to prove we are the best in Texas at football every year. You can't do that if you don't play the only other flagship university in the state.


All teams that play texas have to play against burnt orange biased refs. Aggies have seen this happen so many times it's ridiculous. And this will never change.

They now realize it's in their best interest to play us. Why do them any favors, when all they want to do is slit our throats? Stay the heck away from those lying cheaters.

The fact that texas wants to play us again is clear evidence that it's not in our best interests to do so.

After all the cheating/lying that texas has done over the decades, they don't deserve to play Texas A&M
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In reply to StickTogetherAgs • 8:57p, 8/7/17
That rhetoric of cheating refs and them needing us is getting really old and worn out. That university simply has to beat the cupcake 12 to re-establish itself in the spotlight. Here in Aggieland we will never win the SEC, never. Both universities can be fine without playing each other, but for bragging rights we need to establish that we are the top school in Texas.... f all those other states, f the other conferences, we need to worry about Texas, our state, our school, and our reputation. Saying the other side is cheating is just being upset that your cheating tactics aren't working...... Jackie cheated too FYI
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8:59p, 8/7/17
When the game returns I expect all of you sour Ags to forfeit your tickets....... let me see you comment once about how the game is going or being excited about it.
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9:06p, 8/7/17
But knowing how y'all are I expect you'll gladly show up to tailgate, expound about how glad you are the rivalry is back and spend your time during the game on your phone, talking to your neighbors about the rivalry, and eating your $24 chicken wrap sitting on your fat a$$es barely cheering.
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In reply to AGGies0311 • 9:54p, 8/7/17
AGGies0311 said:
That rhetoric of cheating refs and them needing us is getting really old and worn out. That university simply has to beat the cupcake 12 to re-establish itself in the spotlight. Here in Aggieland we will never win the SEC, never. Both universities can be fine without playing each other, but for bragging rights we need to establish that we are the top school in Texas.... f all those other states, f the other conferences, we need to worry about Texas, our state, our school, and our reputation. Saying the other side is cheating is just being upset that your cheating tactics aren't working...... Jackie cheated too FYI


The reason texas cheating gets brought up all the time is because they have done it so habitually each and every year

And I believe we will win the SEC one of these years
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In reply to StickTogetherAgs • 10:28p, 8/7/17
I hope you're right
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That rhetoric of cheating refs and them needing us is getting really old and worn out. That university simply has to beat the cupcake 12 to re-establish itself in the spotlight. Here in Aggieland we will never win the SEC, never. Both universities can be fine without playing each other, but for bragging rights we need to establish that we are the top school in Texas.... f all those other states, f the other conferences, we need to worry about Texas, our state, our school, and our reputation. Saying the other side is cheating is just being upset that your cheating tactics aren't working...... Jackie cheated too FYI
It's this kind of sheit that makes me wonder sometimes about whether it's a tsip on his wives account. If not then your post here just shows how ignorant you really are. And no them having cheating refs is not getting worn out according to you mensa. Ask Nebraska and the one second turn around. As Kansas and the bogus PI call that got them in the championship later. Not even counting all the rest against A&M. So stfu about this being rhetoric. Cause it aint. And yes, they give away F-250's to select players they have to. They also wet the field and moved Ricky's mother to Austin from California and put her up in a nice place. Plus payed Ricky through baseball to stay his last year. So there again, this is the tip of the ice berg not rhetoric. So stfu.
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In reply to DayAg! • 11:36p, 8/7/17
Then what do you call Johnny Manziel not taking a single physical class at A&M? Or living out at Miramont? Or being allowed to drink at NG by every single bartender in town? It's only cheating if you get caught, or the other team catches wind of it.... right ??? Sit down bus driver
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"Man, can you imagine how much money we could make off that game?"


This mindset is exactly why we have 60,000 students and a plummeting academic reputation.


72,000 students in 2020.
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Sharp should be keen on enjoying the cluster down in Sippyville and continuing to separate from the burnt orange infection!

Make Mental Asylums Great Again!
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I remain convinced this year validated our 100-year decision. We can wait another seven to nine decades to change our tactics. Our strategy worked!!!
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I remain convinced this year validated our 100-year decision. We can wait another seven to nine decades to change our tactics. Our strategy worked!!!


This is potentially our SECOND top 5 finish since joining the SEC...how many times did we do that in the sippy cluster?
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