this is their a-game. at home. the game they’ve saved it all up to play all year. and they still lost. for us, it’s just another game on the road to bigger and better things. for them, this is everything. and they still lost. you gotta feel bad for them. well not really. what’s the deal with the guys in overalls acting all … unmanly? i thought this was a tough country bumpkin school…

They took a very young team and tore up a Muschamp coached defense. Some of their traditions are childish, but I am certain they are as proud of theirs as we are ours.

Instant classic? Has to be! Rivalry game can go either way. You watch this will be a awake call for both Alabama & Forida.

couldn’t say it any better.

you’ve said everything I can’t in my inebriated state.

HOOK ’EM!

Next week I expecct no con contest fo the ggod guy!!!

Put down their program and tradition? Sure, I wouldn’t say that their program is in a golden era and the “tu” thing annoys the hell out of me (I’m an English major), but to put down their fans shows a lack of class. I know that sounds strange coming from a no good tortilla-tossing scarlet and black clown, but it’s the truth.

If the Aggies want to stay after the game and work on their chants then let them. If you’ve ever been to a game in College Station, you would know Kyle Field is one of the best venues in all of college sports. The people are (generally) pleasant and hospitable. Even though I wore a scarlet jersey, I was offered more burgers and brisket in an hour than I had been previously in my entire life. If the Aggies had won they would have poked some fun at Bevo and a few other small things, but that’s about it. They surely wouldn’t have resorted to putting down your team, traditions, and worst of all – your fans. I had to endure an embarrassing loss at home to them, I know. Not once was I called a classless clown or a member of a second-rate university (as I imagine some of you might call me after I post this).

A&M’s team fought valiantly tonight. They won’t be getting my pity (ok, the defense might get a little pity, but the team as a whole won’t). To call A&M a country bumpkin school is not only offensive, but it’s just plain incorrect. Believe it or not (even though it is an agricultural school) Texas A&M is a top-notch university (not to mention it was founded before THE University of Texas).

There’s a reason why people hate Texas fans. You people are unbearable in defeat (last year’s game against Tech comes to mind), but words can’t describe how horrible Longhorn Nation is in victory, especially when you beat a rival.

Jealousy isn’t part of my general loathing for the ignorant, self-glorifying cult that makes up 90% of UT fans, so don’t play the “we have a national championship” card. I recognize that Texas has a better athletic program than Tech. Your school has gotten to hand pick recruits for most of its existence. Tech hasn’t been a lock for a bowl game until Leach came to town and we’ve still had some tough years. Yes, we have the proverbial egg that we lay at home every year. HOWEVER, most Tech fans are gasp classy (once you get past the drunk college students, but that’s a part of every university’s fan base; Tech just takes the brunt of the criticism).

The main reason why I can’t stand the majority of UT fans is this: the overwhelming disillusioned majority of you think Texas is entitled to a BCS bowl game every year. When I’m in Austin (and elsewhere), THE ONE AND ONLY University of Texas is God’s team, your campus is the Promised Land, UT is PERFECT IN EVERY WAY. It’s not true.

The fans are greedy. When you win the Fiesta Bowl, you’re upset that you didn’t win the national championship. When you win the national championship, you expect the same the next year, even though you lost some major defensive players, your RB and Vince Young. McCoy is gifted penalties (yes, Tech has gotten off the hook because of penalties this year, like every other team, but more often than not, they go the other way). When the Kansas player’s helmet goes into McCoy’s chest and moves upward to the facemask due to impact, it’s a personal foul. When Taylor Potts gets a UT defender’s helmet to the earhole, it’s a great hit. This seems to be the case every time Tech plays UT. The no-call block in the back on Shipley’s punt return for a TD last year, Filani’s catch and run for 10 yards, drop (fumble), and scoop that was called an incomplete pass, the phantom pass interference call on defense #25 (RB Baron Batch), the list goes on and on.

You should be happy to have such a prestigious program. Very few schools have a program that rivals yours, except OU, OSU, Michigan, and Florida (all of which surpass your program based on national championships). Be happy with what you’ve got. Don’t put down other schools because you beat them. That’s rude and has no place in college sports. Let the flaming and Haterade commence.

If the Aggies had won they would have poked some fun at Bevo and a few other small things, but that’s about it. They surely wouldn’t have resorted to putting down your team, traditions, and worst of all – your fans.

You sure about that? You’ve obviously never visited texags.

In general, I think it best to leave the Aggies alone to insult themselves (they put on quite a show tonight on national television). And say what you will about not earning your respect, they definitely got mine tonight. Jerrod Johnson led an offense that stared down a #1 overall defense and ate their lunch.

The biggest thing I took away from the game last night was the poise and field command demonstrated by McCoy. You could just see the maturity and determination on his face on the sidelines. The sports analysts/pundits always comment on this when talking about Tebow. McCoy showed that same leadership. I hope they were watching.

This time the offense stepped up for the defense. I have faith that things will back to normal against Nebraska. Cornhusker hate week starts early.

Damn Aggies.

I will agree with what you said about the fans. They are a sad bunch that I really would rather just stay away from. However, it was noted on the post-game celebration thread that this group of Aggie players is much more likable than recent groups. I was thinking about the game, and other than when they entered the stadium to start the game I don’t remember seeing a single player throw the horns down that has become so popular among Aggie players after every 3 yard gain in the past. For that I respect them (players) more. They seemed to have the right perspective: We are A&M and we’re more concerned about who we are than spending every waking moment talking about how much we hate “tu”.

If only Aggie fans could learn the lesson their team, and surprisingly their coach, seem to have learned.

Yeah I’m like you guys in scratching my head about the defense last night. However I think we need to acknowledge that Earl Thomas broke the all time Texas record for interceptions in a single season. Muschamp is tearing them boys a new ass today I bet. . Congrats Earl and 12-0. HOOK EM HORNS

Short week for prep.

Texas D played as poorly as they could.
  
Aggies played as well as they could.
 
Speial teams coverage was horrific.

I am confident that this team will learn from this spirited rivalry and be looking for blood next weekend.

Hook’Em!!
 
McCoy tightened the Heisman race.

And PB, you hit it right on the nail with your commentary except I do not feel pity. No pity for anyone. This is the retribution train and we are rolling down the line. We can’t win by a large enough margin to suit this longhorn fan. I want bodies all over the field. I want defenses shredded. I want QB’s put out of the game. I want violence. I want heads. This is our time. This is our year. NO PITY! This will now be my post-season rallying cry.

Hook ’em Horns! All In & Leave No Doubt. NO PITY!

It reminds me of why I would never go to A&M, or send my kid there. It is just a totally different culture than Texas is.

That is all.

I say Texas “should” have blown you out. Texas’ defense played horribly. Take that statement, wrap it it up and smoke it along with whatever else you agriculturists grow in aggieland. You ag’s are now going to walk around campus getting back-slapped and hearing things like ’We’re back’ and ‘We should have won’ and ’Can’t wait til next year’. Just know deep inside your heart that what happened last night was nothing more then a fluke. An anomaly in the fabric of the 2009 FBS.

BTW Colt’s on the Dan Patrick show now.

Aggies have severe penis envy. That is all.

A&M chose this fate when they decided to continue their fake-tradition, fake-army, fake-big time program identity crisis garbage. Show me a time when they’ve been successful when they haven’t been an outlaw program and I’ll show them my respect.

Pretending to show them deference and respect only encourages further and more obnoxious aggy behavior. Good post, PB.

Look, I am as proud as anyone of the way the Aggies performed last night. I, for one, would love to see their program return a little bit of it’s former pride and “glory” – both for the benefit of the big 12 overall, as well as to provide more games as entertaining as last night’s.

But… the sad fact remains that come Monday I’m going to have to go to work and listen to all the Aggie fans puff out their chests and talk about how they were “robbed” and that they “clearly were the better team”, blah, blah, blah. I have to tell you that I work for one of the more prestigious law firms in Texas. I say that not to brag, but to illustrate that I’m not talking about some “country bumpkin” wanna-be alumni. These folks are some of the most intelligent and talented lawyers I know. But when it comes to Aggie football, their naivety is downright scary.

It’s sad to know that I won’t hear about JJ’s incredible performance, or the heart Michaels showed by running hard through a phenomenal defense - but rather about how “Will Muschamp sucks”, or how “Texas will get destroyed once they play a real team.” When did this great rivalry ever turn so one sided that losing by less than two touchdowns is a victory? When I was growing up, winning the hated rivalry granted that team bragging rights for a year. Now there’s a spread?

Ugh. That’s why I pity the Aggies. I don’t hate your team. I don’t hate your traditions. I don’t hate your players, fans, or coaches. I’m just baffled by your attitude. When we were losing game after game to Oklahoma, I never once thought, “Well, if we can keep it within two touchdowns this year then I’ll have shit talking rights to Sooners.” C’mon already. You lost. It sucks for you. Sure, you can feel good about next year’s prospects. But at least until next Thanksgiving, deal with the fact that we won.

I went with some aggie and Longhorn friends. I wore Longhorn shirts while I was there and got a lot of angry stares, etc. One time I had a Longhorn chick on my shoulders yelling out Texas Fight and almost getting my ass kicked by some aggies. The meanest looking dude in the bunch offered to share his flask of whiskey with me and we all hung out all night. I’ll never forget that guy and he changed the way I feel about them. I love the smack-talk because that in and of itself is a tradition but for the most part, they’re really good people.

Who cares what an Aggie or a Tortilla thrower think about this site. It isn’t for them. Aggies live for the mundane junior high traditions and we have an elite school and football team. To each his own.

During a game ole smokey’ was shot off after we scored, an Aggiefriend looked at me and said that they have a real WWI cannon. I laugh everytime ole smokey cuts loose thinking of the pride in that stupid Aggie had over his real cannon, but our real football program.

My babysister and her husband are Aggies, and I definitely think of Aggies as a little brother. I don’t consider them a rival, much to their chagrine.
 I wish they’d beat OU, OSU and Tech but they seem unable. They play us like it is their last stand-if only they would play that way against the rest of the Big XII they wouldn’t be a joke. Poor Aggies.
But, that said, they played a decent game last night. They played better O than we have seen from anyone-for that I give them props. But, since it was a fluke it doesn’t mean I all of a sudden have any less pity for their poor program. Don’t hate Texas for being more concerned with winning than making up traditions, and for being willing to say it out loud.

-You convince all these alumni and fans to give you alot of money annually even though your program has been sucking for past 20 yrs.
-Your “aggie ring” costs at least $1000 (girls is like $500)
-Your senior corp member wears $1000-custom made-butt-ugly boots that require your fishes to help out daily
-Your laynes chicken fingers are freaking over-rated

Traditions; The University of Texas has the most recognizable “Hook’em Horns” hand sign in the world. I personally have been in another country and another Horn will recognize my necklace, ring ect and I instantly have found a friend.

The atm also has their “gig’em” hand sign but refuse to use it. The must mock ours.

Could someone please explain why? Do the aggs forget they have their own sign? Or is it they have too many “traditions” and sometimes don’t remember?

atm played a good game and they should be proud, but as it has been mentioned many times before, all they will remember is “we should have won, just wait till next year.”

I’m not going to dwell as to whether this was classless or just plain ole trash-talkin’ because who gives a damn. PB runs the best damn blog on the interwebs for college sports. I think he has earned the right to collectively stomp his foot down and be an “ass” if he wants to. Hell, I do it every time I get on.

Speed Kills Bitches!

Their extraordinary play actually earned them enough respect to get the trash talk. The Aggies should take it as a compliment