Texas to Texas A&M: No Room on Non-Conference Schedule

… on the Longhorn Network.

but not surprising.

Dodds said if we didn’t do what he wanted, he’d take his ball and go home, and that is what he did.

Honestly, I’m only surprised Garrido didn’t ask to continue the baseball series. It’s been a guaranteed win for him ever since Childress arrived.

I’m sure Chris Petrucelli and Gail Goestenkors are gleeful at this news.

God help us if the Corps officers are ever required to lead anyone in time of war. You tucked tail and ran. THE University of Texas does not owe you a damned thing. Have fun playing Vandy or Miss State next Thanksgiving – we LOVE the idea of TCU replacing you!

How many is tAMU getting?

Buh-bye, now.

Now that it isnt, Im sure they regret even just alittle they way it played out. Good riddance fake Army! While we enjoy turkey and pigskin, u guys can be practiving to get your heads get kicked in by Vanderbilt…..if being a coward (as dumb aggie above suggested) is wrong I dont want to be right!

There are so many legitimate reasons not to play it going forward that I’m 100% behind Belmont. There is no reason for Texas to breach contracts or pay off schools just to keep this game going. I don’t see A&M trying to continue the Baylor game or the Tech game - games which were much more financially important to Baylor and Tech than the UT/Aggie game was to Texas.

This was an absolute consequence of leaving the conference, and I’m not sure A&M really ever believed this would happen. There may be room on the schedule after 2018, and I’ll be fine scheduling it then. But this is pure cause and effect on A&M’s part.

right aggie

So Aggies, you are not cowards for going

Tommy Williams is a degree-holding member of the agricult.

Rep. John Otto, who will be introducing the same bill in the Texas House, is a degree-holding member of the agricult, and former cadet.

If you have a link to a story, I’d like to send it up some ag noses.

and predicted it in August

I really think that Dodds & Co. are pretty apathetic towards A&M right now and are just not going to give up OOC games with ND, BYU, USC, Cal, etc. Playing the Aggies isn’t worth breaking-off a UT-USC or UT-ND game. I can almost guarantee we’ll want to play them again around 2020, once nostalgia starts creeping back in. I can also guarantee that we’ll play Notre Dame on Thanksgiving in 2015, 2016, 2019, and 2020. Dodds and Swarbick we’ll set it up.

On another note, I bet the Aggies are panicking over this news. Like it or not, Ags, you’ve built your entire history, identity, and existence through this game. Time to start a new chapter.

they walked out so keep walking. don’t look back. just keep walking.

It’s ok for aggie to shut out Baylor and Tech. No issues there not playing them. But for Texas to shut out aggie and not play them anymore is high treason. I thought everything was supposed to be about us.

How is A&M leaving for the SEC (widely regarded as the best football conference in the country) “running with their tail between their legs” by all Horn accounts?

What do they see as the logical solution? They think we are ducking/running/whatever. Who do we drop off the schedule, Ags?

…and you left. We can’t just cry in our beer and make thanksgiving a bye in hopes that you’ll come back (nor would we want to). It’s illogical to proselytize about Texas ruining the conference and utter vituperation about the LHN yet think that we still want to maintain relations with someone who thinks we are the Ike to your Tina. I don’t think I’m overstepping my bounds in saying that Texas’ attitude towards your school seems to be something akin to “GTFO.” Your school clearly was tired of living in Texas’s shadow. Go find new rivals and create new childish “traditions.” Maybe you can recycle the whole lower case thing with LSU, or do Vanderbilt’s hand sign upside down. Since we’re talking about Vandy, maybe you could reverse their initials too. Maybe you could also saw Big Al’s tusks off, I don’t know, but the world is your oyster. Have fun.

In your mind’s eye, should this rivalry continue? If you say yes, what good does it do your institution? It would make sense if Texas was asking to continue, but all reports say it’s your alma mater is the one that can’t let go.

He sounded much less certain about the future of the Texas-Texas A&M rivalry, which dates to 1894.

“We haven’t attended to that,” Powers said Wednesday. “Our focus is on stuff before us now. We did not leave the conference.”

im sure we’ll play them again sometime but for now i want to replace them with TTU or TCU on thanksgiving

I have really mixed feelings about this. The rationale side of me understands why this game has to end, at least for a little while. Aggie left the conference, and we owe them nothing, therefore we’re not going to give them the opportunity to save their season by playing us at the end of the year. We have everything to lose, and they have everything to gain. We’ll be favored in most years, and if we win, cool. We were supposed to. But, if they win, it potentially kills our season while they get redemption after getting pounded in conference play. Not worth it.

The law student side of me understands that we’re contractually obligated with other schools to play. That’s why Deloss specifically said there’s no room until ’18. Not to mention the ethical side of fulfilling your end of those respective bargains.

But, the football fan and Texan in me is incredibly upset to see this go. I saw the new Texas Monthly cover with the Longhorn and Aggie staring at each other at the 50 yard line for the last time, and I was immediately filled with sadness and melancholy. This game means so much to the people of this state. The two schools have the largest alumni bases in the state. The banter, the water cooler talk in the office, the friendly bets, the hatred, the brotherhood, the bragging rights, Thanksgiving night, family, the history, the tradition…it’s all about to be gone. I know that OU is our rival on a national scale, but here in our own state this game has always been so important. Part of me believes the people of this state deserve this game. Maybe some things should be too sacred to let to. Maybe not. Regardless, this particular part of my psyche is going to be really sad when we don’t line up on Turkey day.

Other than that, I never want to see or hear about them again. Traditions are made to be broken so lets make a new one with ND on Thanksgiving at Jerry’s World. Make it happen.

aggie, don’t go away mad

aggie, just go away

repeat ad infinitum with shredding guitar riffs

Are they gonna keep “sawing our horns off” during home games even though they are no longer associated with us athletically? That’s gonna be realllllll awkward for everyone involved

When really, we’re the ones who have been freed of their childish behavior and freaky “traditions”, not to mention the requirement of playing a lesser football program that we’re usually expected to beat. Arrogant? Maybe. Facts are sometimes arrogant, I guess.

We are going to fall into obscurity. Its all UT’s fault. SEC is the best conference in the world. Aggies are pure honest wholesome team and fanbase. Aggies are going to be the number one team in the number one conference for the next 3 score. UT will soon be begging to be playing the almighty Aggy school and they will look down from their throne on the Mount Olympus of NCAA football and cast a bone of the honor for the Longhorns to even gaze upon Kyle field again. S-E-C S-E-C

As much as I enjoy the Longhorn-Aggie rivalry, I think that a break of at least six years would be great for both schools and the rivalry in general. Feelings of betrayal on both sides will take some time to die down a bit, and their absence from the schedule will likely make both sides realize that the season doesn’t feel right without closing against each other.
And the rivalry hate never goes away, even if conferences change and there are years between games- TCU fans know what we’re talking about on this point.

Keep the game. There is no revenge or payback by giving them the brushoff. Only pettiness and eventual regret. Admit it. We like playing them on Thanksgiving and we’ll miss it when it’s gone. Keep the game.

We were rivals once but it is hard for me to remember why.

While I love the empassioned Aggie bashing concerning the potential loss of the traditional Thanksgiving Day affair (except for that short period of time when the Aggies got caught cheating, but I digress), it’s really all about the numbers.

If A&M wants to truly play to the citizens of the great state of Texas, then they should offer to pony up some of that SEC money to pay for half of the cancellation fee for Texas to "back out" of a non-conference game commitment in each of the seasons from 2012 thru 2018. Now according to texassports.com, they only have a full docket of non-conference games (3) thru the 2017 season, but that just may be semantics on the phrase "thru 2018". Either way, the reality is that Texas has 12 games scheduled for at least the next six years. Clearly, it’s not the Longhorns’ responsibility to solely incur the cost & headache of contacting a school to change their agreement. That’s where A&M could come into help.

However, after looking at the schedules, how would Texas determine who not to play? – http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/fb-future-schedules.html

In 2012, Wyoming should get the buy-out since in 2013…

In 2013, New Mexico would be the more obvious choice

In 2014, North Texas would seem to be easy target for cancellation

Now comes murderer’s row (i.e. good luck figuring out which one each season to cancel) -

In 2015, that’s the hard one as Notre Dame brings TV attention & Rice (Houston) & Cal bring recruiting trips

In 2016, similar dilemma to 2015 as UTEP game plays up to the Hispanic market

In 2017, Maryland, USC, & UCF are all opportunities for recruiting.

There are some hen-pecking of seasons that could go on where UT plays A&M, but why do that if it can’t be every year? Plus, why add A&M to the next six years & create what could be in some years the hardest schedule in college football? That’s why I hypothesize that Texas will ultimately put A&M in the corner for six years to think about what they’ve done only to resume the series in 2018.

Of course, my small disclaimer is that Jerry Jones could swoop in at any time & offer BCS type monies to secure the rights at any time to secure Texas vs A&M at Jerry World for the rest of our lives. In a subtle dig at both schools, I think we have all seen that both schools have a price. It’s just now a matter of haggling.

Hook ’em!

Offer them a 2-3 game at Ut to 0-1 game at TAMU series. Offer to be renewed at your option.
Then see if they still want to play.

…so NO BONUS HITS FOR YOU!! Go enjoy being the ugly girl in the sorority…

Texas A&M’s record against the Big 12 and SEC

Big 12 – 200 Wins / 178 Losses = 52.80% Winning percentage

SEC -79 Wins / 58 Losses = 42.66% Winning percentage
Aggie logic dictates their move to the SEC is completely reasonable.

We have no room on our schedule for you.
Now go play in that conference where you have a 42% winning record (and leave the Big 12, where you have a 52% winning record).
Be all you can be, fake army.
Gag Em.