Aggies in the Holiday Bowl

by longhornJ on Dec 28, 2006 10:09 AM CST Comment 24 comments

As a loyal Big XII'er I truly want to see all our teams, and especially the Texas teams in the Southern Div., do well. However not everyone else feels that way. Outside of the Oklahoma game, this is the most interseting Big XII game I see so I was wondering how the BON faithful are feeling. Try not to think of the spuds like Brazos when responding...remember the better the rest of the conf does improves our chances when we get to conf play next year, and kills the entire 'how tough was your non-conf schedule' argument!

Hook'em

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how will the Aggies do tonight?

They will win and usher in a new era of Aggie over confidence.

9 votes

Win by a narrow margin/get a few lucky breaks.

23 votes

Lose in a close, well fought battle with the breaks going Cal's way.

22 votes

Aggies lose big, Javorski Lane will have his worst game, McGhee gets both his sholders separated

50 votes

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Clarify...

Is this what do I want to see happen or what do I think will happen? You make excellent points about Conf. loyalty and helping us out next year but I do not feel that way. Maybe I'm too immature to think logically, but I really, really, really, really want the farmers destroyed. Horrible horrible destruction. ou as well.

That being said, I think the aggies will win in a close one. They have too much power with their rush attack for Cal to stop them. Cal will understand what old school football means after this game. This ain't the finese offenses of the Pac-10.

Street level

by UT2001 on Dec 28, 2006 10:22 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

I would really like all Big 12 Schools

to destroy their Bowl opponents, except 1, and thats o u, f*** them land thieves. So Brazos, I'll be rooting for ya'll to kick some Cal ass tonight.

Just Remember, No Matter What Happens, ou SUCKS.

by ouALWAYSsux on Dec 28, 2006 11:10 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

I concur about B12 loyalty

It can only help Texas if A&M (and OU and everyone else) win. I'm with the majority that think A&M will beat Cal (barely). I'm probably in the minority (of UT fans anyway) that think they're really on the road back. Texas is going to have a tough time in College Station next year. I would prefer otherwise, but that's what it looks like to me.

by rom on Dec 28, 2006 11:23 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

I agree

on aTm being on the right track and, yes it'll be tough in Aggieland next year.

Just Remember, No Matter What Happens, ou SUCKS.

by ouALWAYSsux on Dec 28, 2006 12:59 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

or

maybe not.

by rom on Dec 29, 2006 7:41 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Important for the Horns 2007 SOS

If you believe the Horns have a legit shot at running the table, I think you have to root for all the Big XII schools to do well in the bowls, even the Aggies and Sooners.

I never thought bowl games mattered that much, but you can't tell me all the hype surrounding the Big East this year didn't have something to do with the 2005 bowl games. WVU's win over Georgia made the Big East look legit in the eyes of the voters.

And seeing how UT's SOS will solely depend on the overall strength of the Big XII conference next year, we need as many of the teams we play to go into next season ranked highly whether it's deserved or not.

Then again, I am human and a diehard Longhorn fan, so I wouldn't go as far as to say I'd shed a tear if the Aggies and Sooners got beaten.

by 54b on Dec 28, 2006 12:20 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

so we got a pre-kickoff thought from you afterall!

54b,

I read your 12/19 post on your own blog and found it to be about the most accurate and well thought out summary of how I have felt since sometime after the K. State came, and most certainly after the Aggie loss...I too was numb to the point of (dare I say it!) not giving a hoot and holler about ANY football for awhile. That kind of numbness is saying alot since I went to UT when we bit hard in football, and you'd think I could muster a little "yeah 9-3 is still a decent year..." but it just didn't ever come.

That is until today when the combination of a potentially decent spate of games over the next 4-5 days was combined with little or nothing to do at work, and a dash of Brazos' absence from our boards for a few days, and BAM! I have been given me new life!!! I hope you feel the same 54b...

Final thought, I DO agree that the Ags (and Neb, K.State, and maybe even Baylor) are on the rise; AND I still think we need to encourage their continued success as it is the ONLY way to make the rest of the nation respect us when we go 10-2, 11-1, or 12-0. We need a really resurgent Aggie team to be in place so that when we go exact revenge next year in their house it will mean something beyond the rekindling of an age old rivalry.

Have a good trip to SA 54b, you're a good man and a better fan!

by longhornJ on Dec 28, 2006 12:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Appreciate the thoughts

Oh yeah, I've got my CFB mojo back for sure.

I don't call myself a footballaholic for nothing. I'll cry like a baby and swear up and down that I'm done, but you always come back to college football. There's definitely a thin line between passion and insanity (and beer only makes it blurier), but I figure you can't be a true fan unless you stradle that line from time to time.

And to be honest, I haven't watched an entire bowl game yet (mostly because they've all sucked), but I've seen parts of all of them, even the Directional Bowl (Central somebody vs. Middle somebody) from the other night. And that's saying a lot considering I don't bet on college football.

But just like you and most BON readers, I'll be glued to all 3 games today, in fact one starts in about an hour. It's good times and despite how bad I felt about the Horns the last month, part of me will always realize that the sun will come up tomorrow, there's always next season, and probably most importanly, that season is 8 LONG MONTHS FROM NOW!!! Better get your fix while you can.

Lastly, thank you vote of fan confidence. A few commentary readers emailed me after the 12/19 post and accused me of being way too negative and one called me a traitor. (Glad I don't post my real name.) But I think what they're really saying is "the truth hurts and it really sucks when you can't do anything about it." But would we love college football this much if we could.

Later.

by 54b on Dec 28, 2006 2:21 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I want them to lose

In the most gut wrenching way possible. I want them lining up for a chip shot field goal with 2 seconds left on the clock for the win (tie ball game) and have it blocked and returned for a TD. I want to see the Aggies heart just fall out of their chests.

The only reason: Dick heads like Brazos. They're everywhere when they win, but only in their own little burroughs when their losing. I just don't want to hear all the crap about how a&m is the best football program in the entire country having just beaten a mighty PAC 10 school.

Whatever.

If it weren't for physics and law enforcement, I'd be unstoppable.

by GoHorns on Dec 28, 2006 12:57 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

H_A_N_G_E_R_S O_N

not hanger-ons.

Much like "mothers in law" or "attorneys general" the noun, or "head noun" will become the plural as opposed to the adjective.

remember: grammar smack is seen as a last resort and usually isn't taken seriously when you dont have perfect grammar yourself.

by the other Andrew on Dec 29, 2006 10:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Ouch

Brazos playing the grammar card. And doing it horribly! L_A_M_E

by Peter Bean on Dec 29, 2006 10:33 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I want Cal to roll

70-12 Jackson and Lynch have career games and Longshore chips in too i don't care about rankings next year i care about now and A&M getting killed. McGee tears he is ACL and MCL.

Da' Horns

by number1hornsfan on Dec 28, 2006 5:38 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

It doesnt matter much to me...

Cal wins and crushes A&M's Cinderella Story (No one outside of College Station will call it this)
or
A&M wins and keeps the Big XII rolling for the Conference Bowl Cup.

Either way, I would like Kellen Heard to get a VICIOUS headknocking from Marshawn Lynch, before or after the whistle.

Know why the OU kid was crying? Brian Van Gorder had just eaten his family.

by bendj on Dec 28, 2006 6:39 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Watch This!!

I would love to watch A&M lose badly. Cal is too explosive and too overall fast and Javorski Lane will need an oxygen mask at the end of the half.

by Gibbs on Dec 28, 2006 7:27 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Cal scores a TD with 28 secs left

That made me happy.

by JohnsonUT on Dec 28, 2006 10:31 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

QB mutiny

Apparently it didn't make Tedford happy.

by Defender90 on Dec 28, 2006 11:37 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Brazos

where are you???

by bachelorette on Dec 29, 2006 8:46 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

He's probably lost

Apparently, the Aggies were so busy trying to turn the corner that they missed their exit.

by 54b on Dec 29, 2006 9:40 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm Guessing

That the "animal love" laws aren't the same in Cali. "Baaah" means "no" for future reference.

by Hornbud on Dec 29, 2006 9:51 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

ha

so we're not only responding to the trolls now, but actively calling them to post? i guess in this case, it's okay. if brazos does show up, i know billyzane will shut him down just as quickly. all is well.

by bev0wned on Dec 29, 2006 9:47 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Big 12 Conference to the tank?

As a die-hard Horns' fans, I'm very glad to see the gig got their ass kicked by Cal last nite. One more Big 12 team that I want them to lose is ou sux team.

Other than that, I want the rest of Big 12 teams to win their bowls games. Simply becuz, I dont want my conference goes to the tank.

The cat & the gig got their ass spanked yesterday.

I'm rooting for Mizzou & Tech to win today; Horns spanks Hawkeye tomorrow & corn hole bearly bypass Aurburn.

Hook'em!

by Horns98 on Dec 29, 2006 2:19 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Mizzou

Just lost on a 2 point conversion with 20 seconds left.

WOW

by Peter Bean on Dec 29, 2006 5:08 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

yea, PB

It was a tough loss for Mizzou. They just can't hold another 20 some sec. I thought they had pretty much to control the second half based on the successful running game they had.

1 thing I just don't understand why on earth their OC didn't let Temple to run more at their final drive when he had been running the ball so good. Why would they chose to throw at their last 2 down & not let the clock keep running? That's baffled me.

When OC made that kind of critical error, it definitely had cost the game regardless how good the passing and running game they had in the second half.

Just like GD on KS game, he made 2 critical errors to cost our chance to defend our champion.

He failed to realize CM is not as huskier as VY who can absorb the DL pounding. If GD really study all the players' measurement, he should not allow CM to pound the ball. When 1 yard short that kind of pounding, GD should assign the full back like Chris Ogbonnaya to go for it.
when we cant able to convert on 3&1 at the very beginning of the game, what's wrong with the field goal try? What made GD that desperated to make to the TD at the VERY BEGINNING of the game? That's baffled me. We were not behind; it was 0-0 and at the very beginning of the game. Why not just put some pt on the board by kicking the field goal? Why we had to go for the 4&1?

GD's critical error had created a "domino effect" to hurt the team that I have never seen before. When CM out of that game, the psyche of the team had affected significantly. Jammal/Selvin fumbled; Sweed dropped ball. Defense got spanked by 2 huge tricked plays consecutively.

sorry, PB. I should not hi-jack this thread to vent my disappointment & to compare our lost to KS and Mizzou lost. But when I saw the way Mizzou had lost their game, it just remind me how critical OC play calling can cost their game. I am no GD basher, to be fair with him, he indeed done a good job on Snead to try to come back to win that game but sometimes his critical errors are really drives me friggin... oh well.

To the bright side, I am glad another Big 12 team won their bowl game. I am no fan of Tech but the way they can came from behind to win the game, Tech fans should be very proud to themselves. After I watched the first half. I though it will be another Big 12 team get their ass whoop. 35-7 at the half.

But I am glad that they can hang on & came back to win. The way they played tonight, they should be very proud of themselves. It will be interesting game to watch when they visit Austin next yr.

Damn, all the Big 12 teams only won 2 out of 8 bowls so far. That's not looking good for our conference next season.

Hook'em!

by Horns98 on Dec 30, 2006 1:48 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Funny thing

I was chatting with the Oregon State blogger for SBN the night before the game, and told him, "Tony Temple is really, really good, but Pinkel and the coaches have no idea how to properly use him."

Well, they got a lot out of Temple, but still blew it. Incredible.

by Peter Bean on Dec 30, 2006 1:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs