Texas A&M Notifies Big 12 of Intent to Leave Conference
by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Aug 25, 2011 2:12 PM CDT
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PrintOn Thursday afternoon, Texas A&M officially notified Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe and the rest of the conference that the school is "exploring options related to the institution's athletic conference affiliation." In other words, the Aggies let the seemingly hapless commissioner know that the school is on the way out of league, requesting that the conference outline the withdrawal process.
Here's the statement from Texas A&M president R. Bowen Loftin:
As I have indicated previously, we are working very deliberately to act in the best long-term interests of both Texas A&M and the State of Texas. This truly is a 100-year decision. While we understand the desire of all parties to quickly reach a resolution, these are extremely complex issues that we are addressing methodically.
Ultimately, we are seeking to generate greater visibility nationwide for Texas A&M and our championship-caliber student-athletes, as well as secure the necessary and stable financial resources to support our athletic and academic programs. As a public university, Texas A&M owes it to the state's taxpayers to maximize our assets and generate additional revenues both now and well into the future.
In terms of generating additional revenues, the Aggies might not actually make more money in the near future in the SEC, according to Pete Thamel of the New York Times, who notes that the average member of the conference receives $18 million dollars, less than the $20 million the Aggies are slated to receive from the Big 12. Additionally, the Big 12's television deal expires in four years, while the SEC is locked in until 2025, though it could be re-negotiated before that time. Throw on top the exit fee from the Big 12 that could reach $15 million and suddenly the Aggies stand to lose a significant amount of money overall.
But, whatever you want to do Aggies. Just GTFO and don't expect to ever play Texas again in football.
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Good writeup, but this seems just a little bit... Aggie of you:
But, whatever you want to do Aggies. Just GTFO and don’t expect to ever play Texas again in football.
Greg Davis haikus; a lot like his offenses; always go sideways.
by pleaseplaykindle on Aug 25, 2011 2:16 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
I don't think it's particularly Aggie of him
We can put someone better in that game nearly every year. Why bother to put them in our schedule when we backed out of joining the PAC-16 to hold a rivalry together since they were looking at going SEC, only to have them decide to abandon that one year later.
I do feel bad for their students though. The legislature is going to be pretty dirty when they cut their funding to just about nothing.
TEXAS FIGHT
Big 12's going to fall apart anyway, so why not bail?
UT and A&M stayed together because of one thing: MONEY! SEC would get TV shares in Dallas/Houston/San Antonio and the Pac 10 wanted those same shares. Instead of splitting the shares, Beebe called them together to keep Texas dollars in Big 12.
Then the LHN happened.
The greediness by Texas in early 90’s that pushed Arkansas out of the SWC is now making A&M bolt. And how can you get a better game on the sked than the Aggies? A&M has won 3 of the last 5 and will probably win again this year. Do you mean an EASY-WIN game? A&M will not lose money. Instead, they’ll wind up getting more money as well as those borderline recruits.
"Excuse me while I whip this out."
Please educate us
Specify the “greed” shown by Texas which pushed Arkansas out of the SWC. Or are you just another Aggie making shit up again?
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by Hopkins Horn on Aug 25, 2011 3:04 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
specification
Texas brought in more revenue than any other team (and only equal liability with the other teams), and they were looking to bolt with A&M to the Pac 10, virtually bringing an already dwindling SWC to its knees with Arkansas and a bunch of teams that were either bad, on probation or about to go on probation.
Plus, Arkansas would not have gone into new Big 12 conference as they wanted four TX schools and the Big 8 … So money and not giving a damn about the others led Arkansas to Option 2, which was the SEC
BTW … not an Aggie, nor an Ark guy … didn’t go to either and don’t root for them
"Excuse me while I whip this out."
Your timeline is all screwed up there
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by Hopkins Horn on Aug 25, 2011 3:32 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I think he/she should take a break a flowchart things.
proud to swim home
by learned hand on Aug 25, 2011 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Wow. Thats a well thought out reply.
Where is it screwed up?
To begin with
unless the Arkansas administrators had a crystal ball, they had no idea what the Big 8 wanted when it extended invitations to the TX schools (1994) when they announced the move to the SEC (1990).
Thanks for the clarification.
Nothing like a little info.
I was typing on my mobile...
…so I had no desire to type a lengthy response pointing out the error when I had a hunch someone knowledgeable like gwh65 would chime in with the details.
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by Hopkins Horn on Aug 25, 2011 4:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Easy there HH
You must not know Freedom (he’s clearly not an Aggie). He’s been posting here since before I arrived. He’s got a UID of 75 for crying out loud!
It's a Horns' world. Even Aggies play hoops with a burnt orange ball.
So, basically, you're just as greedy as that which you loathe?
Thanks for clearing that up, I guess. Aggie hypocrisy rears its ugly head again.
A&M will not lose money. Instead, they’ll wind up getting more money
wait..what?
“Then the LHN happened.”
yall aggies made it sound like we sprung one on the Big 12-2. I am…100% sure everyone knew this was happening. It probably sounded more like this
Dodds: we are going to make our own network and in return we will stay in the big 12
Byrne: oh yah.. yah, sureeeee own network wink wink
Dodds: no, we are serious. you okay with this?
Byrne: oh of course…like you’d ever get a network.
one year later
Byrne: YOU NEVER TOLD ME YOU ARE GOING TO GET A NETWORK WITH ESPN!!!!
Dodds: uh.. yes we did
Byrne: WHY DOESN’T A&M HAVE ONE?
Dodds: no one wants to give you one?
Byrne: THAT’S IT! WE’RE GONE. WHEN I AGREED I NEVER THOUGHT YOU ACTUALLY DO IT!!!
by superden on Aug 25, 2011 3:21 PM CDT up reply actions 5 recs
There's also the part where we asked them to do a joint UT-A&M network.
Let’s not forget about that.
Greg Davis haikus; a lot like his offenses; always go sideways.
by pleaseplaykindle on Aug 25, 2011 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions
I keep seeing that repeated
But have never seen it in writing, is there any source on that? (not that I’m doubting the veracity of the story)
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I nexised it
I’ve only seen it one place, in Kirk Bohls’ column:
This entire Texas A&M-to-SEC situation might well have been avoided if Texas and A&M had been able to reach an agreement on a proposal three or four years ago that would have created a joint television network that would have broadcast the two flagship schools’ Olympic sports like volleyball, women’s basketball, track and field, and swimming and diving but only within the state’s boundaries. Was to be called the Flagship Network. “It never went very far,” A&M athletic director Bill Byrne said Sunday after returning from France where the Aggie men’s basketball team was touring with exhibition games. “We had a real interest in it, but they had other interests.”
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by windycityhorn on Aug 25, 2011 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Everyone knew the LHN was happening
before you guys decided to stay. Don’t be an idiot and pretend that we hadn’t made our intentions perfectly clear.
by mnHorn on Aug 25, 2011 4:22 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I mean better as in a ND or a USC or other higher level program
The LHN shouldn’t have been a major problem. The problem was ESPN execs pushing stuff. Everyone in the conference knew the LHN was coming.
Also, A&M is standing to LOSE money in this deal because they’re going to a conference where they’ll be making 18m granted the deal for the SEC isn’t completely reworked and boosted a bunch. In the Big 12, they’re making 20m a year. What you also don’t count here is state funding which WILL be cut by angry Baylor, Tech, and UT grads in the legislature for messing with the other universities in the state. On top of that huge loss, A&M will be forced to pay a hefty fee to leave the Big 12 of up to 30m plus legal fees if they try to fight it.
TL;DR A&M is boned if they go through with this.
TEXAS FIGHT
Oh, give me a break
Ya’ll are tucking tail and running because you haven’t got the ability nor the courage to compete with Texas
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by Snide Aside on Aug 25, 2011 11:25 PM CDT up reply actions
He was a helluva lot kinder than many of us would have been.
But then,,I’m ancient and it’s hotter than Hades and I’m oh so weary of aggywhine.
If a man is alone in the woods and he speaks, if no one hears him,,is he still wrong?
He wouldn't have upper-cased "Texas" had he been truly like an Aggie
I wholeheartedly endorse this particular sentiment of GoBR.
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by Hopkins Horn on Aug 25, 2011 3:00 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
I'm agreeing with GoBR
He’s actually being diplomaticer than I would be.
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by Hopkins Horn on Aug 25, 2011 3:20 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Yep
I fought a lonely battle here last year contending that the “Adios! – F-You!! – don’t let the door hit you on the way out” attitude toward Nebraska was petty, juvenile, and emotional.
Interestingly, Nebraska was actually acting in their rational best interests, and are in an infinitely better position today than they were one year ago (and it had little to do with Texas).
On the other hand, I will concede that Aggie has gone completely batshit on us, is acting in every way against their own interests, and it has everything to do with Texas, so, uh…yeah. We’re about to see some serious escalation around here.
by BrooklynHorn on Aug 25, 2011 4:27 PM CDT up reply actions
Pick your fights, BH
This one won’t be one of them. :)
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by Hopkins Horn on Aug 25, 2011 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions
I'll miss the Thanksgiving day rivalry
I’m not afraid to admit it.
Every great program needs a power rival and an uppity, little brother rival. Michigan has Ohio State (power) and Michigan St. (brother). USC has Notre Dame (power) and UCLA (brother). Say what you want, but Texas football, whether you’re talking about the brand or the good, old-fashioned, on-field product, is better with A&M on our schedule.
That said. I hate the Ags. I hate them even more after the events of this past week. But in my eyes, that’s all the more reason to keep playing them. This is the stuff of which great rivalries are made. Can you imagine the intensity in the stadium for that first game in separate conferences?
by BrooklynHorn on Aug 25, 2011 4:59 PM CDT up reply actions
So I’m petty, juvenile, and emotional? I’m hurt, BH.
SEC- Southern Evangelical Cheaters. Since Jesus didn't specifically mention cheating in football in the New Testament, they are good to go.
by dimecoverage on Aug 25, 2011 4:52 PM CDT up reply actions
If it makes you feel any better
Adios, Horns! down there is pulling me over to your side…
by BrooklynHorn on Aug 25, 2011 5:04 PM CDT up reply actions
I have a feeling he's not long for the BON world...
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by Hopkins Horn on Aug 25, 2011 5:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Sad. I feel like our conference doesn't have a punchline any more.
Well. Time to play the conference shuffle.
by notsofst on Aug 25, 2011 2:17 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Bye bye now Aggie!
"Football's so important in Texas. On the West Coast, it's a social. On the East Coast, it's a culture. Here, it's a religion."
-- Major Applewhite
Hey Aggies
Have fun at the bottom of the SEC becoming a perennial losing team while making less money than you are now while taking a 30 million dollar hit to leave the conference plus legal fees if you try to fight that penalty. Oh, and be aware that all the Baylor grads in the state legislature are about to push for your funding to be cut to shreds.
TEXAS FIGHT
by Darklust on Aug 25, 2011 2:22 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Why would we not want to play A&M anymore?
I am as anti-Aggie as the next guy, but to me this has always been the biggest rivalry in sports. It would be a shame to stop playing one another, regardless of conference affiliation.
For the past decade, no. In the '90s, yes.
It really just depends on who is the biggest rival to a conference title, at the time.
That's not how rivalries work
And if the sonofabitches are gone, then it is goodbye. Good enough. nt-whills
by run Bevo run on Aug 26, 2011 7:44 AM CDT up reply actions
As far as comparing Texas/OU to Texas/Texas a&m ... yeah, that's exactly how it works.
aggy was a bigger rival in the ‘80s & ’90s when the ’Horns were struggling and the ags were streaking. The sooners also struggled, for the most part, during the same time period so it wasn’t as earth-shattering of a game. Don’t get me wrong. Texas/ou was still full of bitter hatred back then but the Texas/a&m series was much more important and competitive to the ’Horns since the ags were beating us to conference titles. At the end of a loss to ou back then, you were bitter for about a week. After a loss to aggy back then, you had to miserably watch them in the Cotton Bowl a month later and then take ridicule and be bitter during the entire off-season. Since ou is in conference with UT now and amuT has struggled, the bitterness towards the sooners is beyond description. If aggy leaves us, the rivalry and bitterness will drop down several notches. As far as rivalries go, conference supremacy is a HUGE factor in breeding hatred. Just compare Notre Dame/USC & FSU/Miami w/ Ohio State/Michigan & Texas/ou. The former set are marquee games but the latter set defines bitter hatred.
I go back to what Em said
And if the sonofabitches are gone, then it is goodbye. Good enough. nt-whills
by run Bevo run on Aug 26, 2011 9:23 AM CDT up reply actions
Well, she can BE facetious, even though she doesn't always RECOGNIZE facetious.
(I’m kidding, Em.) Regardless, I hope we can all agree that there is no debate whatsoever that the sooners are a much bigger rival and Texas/OU a much bigger rivalry right now. She was right to point out to the troll that history matters. And a sustained history of competitiveness matters even more. We don’t have a rivalry w/ Rice & TCU anymore but, decades ago, it was very influential towards titles. UT vs. Arkansas was white-hot in the ‘60s & ’70s but, after the Hogs bailed on us, there has been zero shred of rivalry. I hated the SWC implosion & subsequent death of UT’s rivalries but, like many here have said, things evolve – and we gotta roll with it.
As to what bfaut said, as much as it consumes me around Turkey Week, UT vs. a&m is NOT the biggest rivalry in the sport or even of national title importance. As far as in-state rivalries go, it is easily trumped by Auburn / Alabama. Those two rednecks have a pretty even record, which aids in the competitiveness, but UT / a&m has been fairly lopsided. For an even sillier in-state “rivalry”, check out the Bedlam Series in which OSU has lost over 80%. Embarrassing!
I recognize facetiousness when the context indicates it
The internet makes that difficult sometimes. Let’s drop it.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
Take it easy. We're all friends here. It's okay to have a sense of humor.
“(I’m kidding, Em.)”
I just thought it ironic & humorous that you were being facetious too. That’s all.
Just don't bait me or be condescending, and we're fine. I thought it was dropped, and I'll continue to treat it as dropped.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
A&M was the FAR bigger rival in the 90's
by BrooklynHorn on Aug 26, 2011 2:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Again, that's not how rivalries work.
And if the sonofabitches are gone, then it is goodbye. Good enough. nt-whills
by run Bevo run on Aug 26, 2011 5:46 PM CDT up reply actions
By your logic
isn’t A&M still the bigger rival, then? The rivalry with OU didn’t really take off until the mid century, while our games against A&M were pretty nasty from the beginning. Technically, OU is Johnny-come-lately here.
by BrooklynHorn on Aug 27, 2011 1:29 AM CDT up reply actions
I really think there are different kinds of rivalries.
One not necessarily better than the other. Auburn vs. Alabama has some serious in-state hatred to it but hasn’t that frequently had national (or even SEC) title implications. The same would be true of Horns vs. ags. Then you’ve got FSU vs. Miami, Michigan vs. Ohio State, Texas vs. ou, etc…, all of which usually have big-time national implications. Each one has a certain decided hostility to it. Either way, it really just depends on who the fan is, what they care about, and what kind of season each team is turning out by the time the game is played.
I'd love to see you diagram my logic
Using my 5 words
And if the sonofabitches are gone, then it is goodbye. Good enough. nt-whills
by run Bevo run on Aug 27, 2011 11:16 AM CDT up reply actions
I suppose the brevity of your comment
leaves a lot to be assumed. So what would have been the proper interpretation?
by BrooklynHorn on Aug 27, 2011 5:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Rivalry yes, but...
not the biggest rivalry in sports and – by far – not our biggest rivalry. That would be the land thieves.
Not the biggest sports rivalry for sure.
But definitely on of the biggest rivalries outside of sports. If that is something
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by TxHorns247 on Aug 25, 2011 4:47 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Leaving the conference
indicates that the Aggies don’t care about the rivalry. If they cared about the rivalry, they would stay in the same conference. Without the conference stakes and context provided by playing the same teams, the rivalry isn’t the same. I personally have no interest in ever playing them again if they leave.
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by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Aug 25, 2011 2:27 PM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
ditto
Is there a suggestion box for Deloss in which we could all leave our desire to never play them again?
After they blow up our conference and open the state to SEC scum recruiters, we don’t need to be doing them any more favors as far as national exposure via our game.
they dont care about the rivalry because we kick their ass all the freaking time…
by vanterminatorhorn on Aug 25, 2011 2:42 PM CDT up reply actions
I never want to see the Automatic Teller Machine helmets again
Buh-bye.
Why would we reward the Aggies by continuing to play the only A&M game that anyone outside of the state of Texas watches every year?
Sorry, let’s dance with someone prettier.
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by windycityhorn on Aug 25, 2011 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Yepper
UT vs. A&M carries zero national interest.
People watch it because it's football
and it’s something to do besides talk to the family and eat turkey sandwiches.
It could be Cornell vs. Fordham, people will watch.
But I really, really hope it’s UT vs. any team that spells our name with a capital T.
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by windycityhorn on Aug 25, 2011 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions
I grew up in California
and watched that game every Thanksgiving.. and that was when Texas was unranked. I always preferred it to watching the Cowboys or Lions.
by BrooklynHorn on Aug 25, 2011 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions
"atm"...
…does not mean "automatic teller machine.
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http://cfn.scout.com/2/1070636.html
by burntorangehorn on Aug 26, 2011 8:35 AM CDT up reply actions
OU's bigger and this is like a slap in the face
We stayed in the Big 12 rather than going to the PAC whatever to keep this rivalry together. Then they leave one year later? Naw
TEXAS FIGHT
Have we ever "Wanted" to play aggy? Ever? Really?
If a man is alone in the woods and he speaks, if no one hears him,,is he still wrong?
Money Talks
If the money makes sense for Texas to keep playing Ag, it’ll happen….all the other SOS and hurt feelings arguments are moot.
Personally, I’d like to see us go our separate ways for a few years. If Ag can figure things out in the SEC, then they can come back on more of even playing field and the "rivalry" may finally realize its full potential like TX/OU did.
Be nobody but yourself in a world that desperately wants you to be like everybody else.
Like you guys really need any more money.
I vote leave ’em in the cold, not like my opinion matters at all.
by BracketCat on Aug 25, 2011 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
I'd like us to schedule an actual BCS-calibre school for Thanksgiving
A Notre Dame, USC, or Florida-type school would do the trick.
What if we schedule TT or Baylor during Thanksgiving
And pick up Notre Dame or another non-conference oppenent with no “championship” game to play in December?
9 member Big 12 is hurting for games in December
Lots of eyes nation-wide on that Thanksgiving time-slot
But a late game with ND would be sweet.
Florida type school? What the hell is that?
ND and USC are terrible right now. Maybe Boise State?
I'd prefer a program with tradition and staying power
BSU is good right now, but it’s anyone’s guess how they’ll be in a decade. I’d rather Texas play a team that would make an enduring tradition. USC, ND, Michigan, etc. would all fit that bill.
I think arkie’s a rivalry that could turn into a pretty nice one. The embers are still glowing. Just throw lighter fluid on it.
QB Garrett Gilbert was the Beavis & Butthead episode of the 2010 college football season. Even when things were going well there was always one bad decision that meant he wasn’t going to score.
http://cfn.scout.com/2/1070636.html
by burntorangehorn on Aug 26, 2011 8:39 AM CDT up reply actions
Playing a big game in Texas again ...
… will be HUGE for the Hogs’ recruiting abilities. Back when they won back-to-back SWC titles in the ’90s, they were loaded with all kinds of top Texas talent.
I've seen several people suggest it would be a purely emotional reaction if Texas decides to not schedule A&M moving forward
But to borrow from Corso, I’d say not so fast! The further removed both schools are from A&M’s decision to leave the Big XII-II the clearer it will become that it’s in the best interest of Texas to not
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um, hit post too early.
The further removed both schools are from A&M’s decision to leave the Big XII-II the clearer it will become that it’s in the best interest of Texas to not play the Aggies every year. It doesn’t align to our yearly goals (win conference, win a bowl game), it’s a wash recruiting-wise and reduces scheduling flexibility.
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Not to mention it virtually guarantees them a losing season every year.
Eight or nine SEC games + an annual drubbing by Texas? And you thought Iowa State had it bad…
Why would you
have anything to do with an exwife after a nasty divorce?
We're not ignoring
Baylor & TT until they’re grown & on their own.
by ole tnhorn on Aug 25, 2011 4:36 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
RIF RAF, CHIF CHAF, LET'S GIVE'M A HORSE LAFF!!
Adios, muchachos!
To quote an aggy,,"adios mofo"
If a man is alone in the woods and he speaks, if no one hears him,,is he still wrong?
They're so full of S&#T!
They’re trying to prove that they can be big boys and wipe their own @ss! Well good luck doing that when you have the SEC’s foot up there for the next 50 years!
Good riddens!
I heard...
Byrne sent Deloss a cookie bouquet with the note…curiously, the horns were already bitten off the Longhorn cookie. That f*cker.
Arriving at the same time, an “I Choo-Choose you” greeting card from Byrne to the SEC.
I hope the Aggies realize they just lost their identity. They’ll gain a new one in the SEC, but something tells me putting an upside down Razorback-on-a-spit" sticker just won’t be as fun.
Regardless, it’s probably better this way. Time for little brother to figure out that it wasn’t really big brother keeping them down all these years. The Ags are just awkward to begin with.
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by 54b on Aug 25, 2011 2:31 PM CDT reply actions 4 recs
Any Ralph Wiggum
reference deserves a rec
"I want to be remembered as the guy who gave his all whenever he was on the field."
-Walter Payton
Given the Ags penchant for small farm animals and Ralph Wiggum basically being Porky Pig in human form...
I thought it appropriate.
Be nobody but yourself in a world that desperately wants you to be like everybody else.
Here you go
http://www.simpsonssoundboards.com/pages/Ralphy_Wiggum_Soundboard.htm
The one I wanted to link: “I’m a brick.”
QB Garrett Gilbert was the Beavis & Butthead episode of the 2010 college football season. Even when things were going well there was always one bad decision that meant he wasn’t going to score.
http://cfn.scout.com/2/1070636.html
by burntorangehorn on Aug 26, 2011 8:43 AM CDT up reply actions
Next time Byrne should just send a build-a-bear. Much classier, and much more fun. nt
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This made me laugh. A lot.
“Ultimately, we are seeking to generate greater visibility nationwide for Texas A&M and our championship-caliber student-athletes,”
Too bad they're not thinking of the rest of their students
I mean, they’re only the majority of the student body.
TEXAS FIGHT
Yeah, what championships are they talking about?
Track and field, which will only get harder for them in the SEC? Good luck with that.
Women's equestrian.
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by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Aug 25, 2011 3:20 PM CDT up reply actions
It won't get harder for them in the SEC
Ability to win the national championship in track isn’t going to be affected by conference. At all. That’s not how track works.
They might have a tough time winning the SEC championshpi in track, with legendary programs like Arkansas, LSU, and Florida there, but their national chances won’t change one bit. And it’s not like the Big 12 is any cakewalk either, with teams like Texas, Iowa State, and Baylor in the mix.
QB Garrett Gilbert was the Beavis & Butthead episode of the 2010 college football season. Even when things were going well there was always one bad decision that meant he wasn’t going to score.
http://cfn.scout.com/2/1070636.html
by burntorangehorn on Aug 26, 2011 8:46 AM CDT up reply actions
This caught me funny.
“…it’s not like the Big 12 is any cakewalk either, w/ teams like Texas, Iowa State, & Baylor in the mix.”
Dude, even for track, that grouping of teams just sound funny being compared evenly. It’s true, though.
It really felt weird equating Baylor and Iowa State with winning, but...
…Jeremy Wariner and Michael Johnson were just plain sick.
QB Garrett Gilbert was the Beavis & Butthead episode of the 2010 college football season. Even when things were going well there was always one bad decision that meant he wasn’t going to score.
http://cfn.scout.com/2/1070636.html
by burntorangehorn on Aug 26, 2011 9:21 AM CDT up reply actions
Not to mince words
but did they officially notify of their intent to leave
or
to explore options?
:)
JP in ATL
That where I'm at
I got all excited and then saw they were only exploring options. I understand its legal mumbo jumbo, but disappointing nonetheless
The SEC STILL has to invite them, right?
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by Hopkins Horn on Aug 25, 2011 3:02 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Valid
Been talking to a few of my friends who are big SEC school fans and none of them are for adding Aggie or any more schools for that matter.
That’s certainly not evidence to the contrary, but it is worth asking, why would SEC West schools want to play Aggie every year at the expense of only getting to play teams Georgia, Florida and Tennessee twice every 8 years in a 16 team conference format?
Be nobody but yourself in a world that desperately wants you to be like everybody else.
No, Don't you understand? TEH SOOPERCONFRANCEZ R DA FUTURE!!!
why would SEC West schools want to play Aggie every year at the expense of only getting to play teams Georgia, Florida and Tennessee twice every 8 years in a 16 team conference format?
Ever heard the ole saying....
“one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” ? Well, there ya go. If the conferences are going to expand, and believe me they are, then why not take a team that is on your list now rather than wait for someone else to make the first move?
Who would have thought
That you could get the entire contents of a double-wide into the trunk of a 1998 Saturn?
Can't get rid of them soon enough..
All the drama is laughable and Aggies will never get it..File this as the latest Aggie joke..
And it's goodbye to A&M.
It’ll be so sweet to sing that line knowing we may finally be rid of them!
by TexasTexasYeehaw on Aug 25, 2011 3:10 PM CDT reply actions
I'll take a dozen T-shirts
with “And it’s goodbye to A&M” on it, please.
Meh. I honestly think that this move might work out well for them.
They needed a differentiator to compete with Texas, and with the roll out of the LHN I think they see Texas as becoming the dominant “brand” in Texas football.
If they can carve out a niche as “The SEC in Texas” that may work for them, at least to out-recruit Texas Tech.
I’m not sure what the difference is between SEC and Big 12 recruiting standards, but maybe they can improve their talent level a little bit.
Wherever Texas ends up, the SEC A&M can still sell the idea that A&M is the “South” of Texas while UT is the “West Coast”/“City Slicker” school.
Even if you have trouble seeing it...
I can definitely see A&M slowly choking to death in the Big 12.
The LHN hits them the hardest, and over time will grind them down if they don’t have a “brand” to push.
Here's an irony
Remember last off-season’s Realignment Apocalypse That Wasn’t? Had Texas bolted for the Pac-10, as many of us thought they would (and should), it would have been the domino that forced a dramatic restructuring of the college football landscape.
It didn’t happen, of course. Let’s remember, though, that the Aggies WOULD HAVE COME WITH US into the Pac-10. Which is not to say that UT was looking out for the interests of all its conference mates, but the big ones (OU, A&M, others depending on how it shook out) would have been taken care of.
One year later, the Aggies are tickling the domino that could lead to Realignment Apocalypse Part II (For Real This Time) — depending on if the SEC says yes (they will) and decides to add a 14th team (they will).
And our friends in College Station are accusing US of greed and only wanting what’s best for ourselves. Which confirms what we’ve long suspected: that no one in College Station can define “chutzpah.” (Much less pronounce it.)
Simplicity is always the secret, to a profound truth, to doing things, to writing, to painting. Life is profound in its simplicity. - Charles Bukowski
by windycityhorn on Aug 25, 2011 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Was this ever true?
Let’s remember, though, that the Aggies WOULD HAVE COME WITH US into the Pac-10.
Pretty sure they balked and batted their eyes at the SEC, which is what helped to scuttle the whole deal (along with Larry Scott’s preemptive “no Baylor” Colorado gambit.)
June 12, 2010
From the AP:
[Larry] Scott next intends to fly to Texas, where he’s expected to hand out invites to Texas, Texas A&M and Texas Tech.
The Texas board of regents has called an 11 a.m. meeting Tuesday, for “discussion and appropriate action regarding athletic conference membership.” Regents at Texas Tech will meet later that afternoon. Formal announcements from both schools to join the Pac-10 are expected later that day.
Texas A&M reportedly will put off taking a Pac-10 invite as it explores the possibility of joining the SEC, which appears to be gaining steam.
Who knows what was said in those meetings but at the very least an informal offer went out from the Pac-10 to College Station. It’s not our fault the Aggies said no.
And if leaving out Baylor scuttled a conference move for the flagship(s), why is that not the case now?
Simplicity is always the secret, to a profound truth, to doing things, to writing, to painting. Life is profound in its simplicity. - Charles Bukowski
by windycityhorn on Aug 25, 2011 4:05 PM CDT up reply actions
The only reason Texas isn't in the Pac-16
Is because Aggy has more in common with Starkville than Palo Alto
http://www.twitter.com/orlansky_40as
http://www.twitter.com/JayMashBON
A perfect excuse...
…to link to this classic from the heady days of the Pac 16.
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by Hopkins Horn on Aug 25, 2011 4:45 PM CDT up reply actions
Well, A&M to the Pac-10 was the theory
I think the Aggies were ready a year ago to bolt, from us, from the Big 12, from the Paco-10 deal . . . but the SEC didn’t give them a sure-fire invite. Also, at that point, the Aggies were promised a bunch of unbudgeted money from the restructured Big 12 TV deal, plus there was the money they’d get from Colorado’s and Nebraska’s exit fees. Remember, it’s been just 18 months or so since Aggie had to layoff athletic department employees because of budget issues.
All this has changed. The LHN is a good excuse for getting out because the A&M decision-makers could play the “unfair” card to Former Students to inspire donations.
I don’t blame A&M for wanting out — but they’d have been smarter and better off financially to ally with other Big 12 members a year ago to prevent Texas from starting the network — or at lease forcing some revenue-sharing from the venture.
Maybe that bluff would have worked, maybe not. Bailing now is extremely cost ineffective, not to mention the blood-lettings that are coming on many Saturday afternoons.
More fun with Nexis
KC Star, June 16, 2010:
The New York Times reported that Texas asked Scott for the ability to have its own cable TV network in addition to the network Scott was planning for the 16-team Pac-10 and that Scott told Texas no, which served as a deal-breaker.
[Chip] Brown read the situation differently. He said Texas did not want to go to the Pac-10 without longtime rival A&M.
"That’s why they did an about-face," Brown said. "They did not want to be the reason that Texas and Texas A&M came apart."
But of course it’s still our fault they’re going…
Simplicity is always the secret, to a profound truth, to doing things, to writing, to painting. Life is profound in its simplicity. - Charles Bukowski
by windycityhorn on Aug 25, 2011 4:18 PM CDT up reply actions
Baptist Lawyers Fixing to Take A Big Ole Bite
Outta that sweet, sweet SEC payout.
JP!
Are you back in Atlanta???
I moved to Manhattan at the end of May.
by Jeremy Sharp on Aug 25, 2011 4:45 PM CDT up reply actions
holy sh*t
what up, dude? ha
I asked around about you but never heard anything. yep got back in March of last year.
I bet you’re happy to be in the little apple again.
what are you doing trolling a Texas board, buddy?
JP in ATL
I was interested to see what you Longhorns had to say about this
(I knew you would have plenty).
I check out BON every once in awhile just to see what the Conference is up to (joking).
Yes, I am loving being back in the Little Apple. Can’t wait to go to a full season’s worth of football games (opposed to the one per year I came back for when I was in Atlanta).
by Jeremy Sharp on Aug 26, 2011 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions
A&M is the "South" of Texas
Yep, it highlights their intestinal parasites, inbreeding, and substandard hygeine.
we are working very deliberately to act in the best long-term interests of both Texas A&M and the State of Texas
Hahaha what horseshit. Someone please explain how this benefits the state of Texas at all. As I mentioned and now GOBR pointed out also, A&M will actually profit less by moving to the SEC than sticking with the Big XII brethren. This move will also completely eliminate any possibility of a future UT/A&M joint network which would’ve benefited both schools and clearly benefited the state.
On top of that, this will further strengthen the recruiting trail from the state of Texas to the SEC. This means more high school players from the state of Texas will be participating in college sports outside the state of Texas.
by goingforthecorner on Aug 25, 2011 3:20 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
And this
This truly is a 100-year decision.
… which we made in 10 weeks.
Simplicity is always the secret, to a profound truth, to doing things, to writing, to painting. Life is profound in its simplicity. - Charles Bukowski
by windycityhorn on Aug 25, 2011 3:26 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
No sh*t
As a public university, Texas A&M owes it to the state’s taxpayers to maximize our assets and generate additional revenues both now and well into the future.
So are the Ags planning to kick in some of that revenue to the taxpayer? Maybe shore up those public school funding cuts?
By the way, how hilarious would it be if A&M lost to SMU
all year we’d get to tease them about moving to the SEC while not even being able to beat a CUSA opponent.
Meanwhile, this would be huge for the SMU program, and they would certainly use this win as further justification in deserving a Big XII bid.
by goingforthecorner on Aug 25, 2011 3:31 PM CDT reply actions
It's true that June Jones needs a big skin on the wall.
Stranger things have happened (see: Appalachian State).
Or TCU over OU
Or Troy over Mizzou. Happens all the time.
QB Garrett Gilbert was the Beavis & Butthead episode of the 2010 college football season. Even when things were going well there was always one bad decision that meant he wasn’t going to score.
http://cfn.scout.com/2/1070636.html
by burntorangehorn on Aug 26, 2011 8:50 AM CDT up reply actions
AMF'n Sheep dippers!
I am not going to even waste another second of my day thinking about these petulant Short Bus riders!
"The only problem about Basketball is that it isn't Football"- One of my wife's more cogent observations
Who wouldn't want to compete with Miss St for 6th in the SEC West?
When a chance like that comes around, you have to jump
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http://www.twitter.com/JayMashBON
by 40AS on Aug 25, 2011 3:35 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Especially considering Miss State and A&M were separated at birth
Somewhere Jackie Sherrill weeps with joy over the news that his two progeny programs have finally decided to give inbreeding a shot.
For the rest of the SEC West, it’s deja vu all over again.
Be nobody but yourself in a world that desperately wants you to be like everybody else.
by 54b on Aug 25, 2011 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
This is my only reaction.
SEC- Southern Evangelical Cheaters. Since Jesus didn't specifically mention cheating in football in the New Testament, they are good to go.
by dimecoverage on Aug 25, 2011 3:42 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Finally we won’t have to deal with that male cheerleader school anymore
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by horns1025 on Aug 25, 2011 3:55 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned this but
http://espn.go.com/dallas/ncf/story/_/id/6895752/smu-goes-public-interest-joining-big-12
Andy's Kolb was really bad so Andy hatched a plan, when his Kolb said play me now, Andy shouted no and ran. Andy tricked his mean old Kolb and traded him to the Cardinals, The Cardinals didn't know Kolb sucked, because Andy never told them
New Aggy War Hymn
Hullabaloo, Caneck, Caneck
Hullabaloo, Caneck, Caneck
Good luck to dear old Texas Aggies
They are the boys who show the real old fight
“the eyes of Texas are upon you”
That is the song they sing so well
So good bye to texas university
We’re gonna beat you all to…
Chigaroogarem, Chigaroogarem
Rough, Tough, Real stuff, Texas A&M
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by 40AS on Aug 25, 2011 3:58 PM CDT reply actions 6 recs
They can always make Tennessee their new rival.
SEC- Southern Evangelical Cheaters. Since Jesus didn't specifically mention cheating in football in the New Testament, they are good to go.
by dimecoverage on Aug 25, 2011 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions
or they can sing about sawing the tiger claws off that would work for several SEC schools
formerly "Horns102591"
I've always wondered:
Does atm’s song mean that Texas A&M is junior varsity?
QB Garrett Gilbert was the Beavis & Butthead episode of the 2010 college football season. Even when things were going well there was always one bad decision that meant he wasn’t going to score.
http://cfn.scout.com/2/1070636.html
by burntorangehorn on Aug 26, 2011 8:52 AM CDT up reply actions
Seems to be a BON theme…
SEC- Southern Evangelical Cheaters. Since Jesus didn't specifically mention cheating in football in the New Testament, they are good to go.
by dimecoverage on Aug 25, 2011 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Now if only
you’d make that the official BON sentiment to beergut…
by GoHorns on Aug 25, 2011 4:04 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Just made it my signature
I was due for an update…
75-37-5. Now GTFO.
by Peter Bean on Aug 25, 2011 4:15 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
"But... but... our games only counted after 1975"
by goingforthecorner on Aug 25, 2011 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Didn't take long
See the Troll Manifesto below…
Simplicity is always the secret, to a profound truth, to doing things, to writing, to painting. Life is profound in its simplicity. - Charles Bukowski
by windycityhorn on Aug 25, 2011 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions
And you can't count those games when everyone was required to be in the Corps! Not fair!!!
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by Hopkins Horn on Aug 25, 2011 4:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Historic Move or Historic Blunder
With no SEC invitation, what’s the equivalent of aggy’s quitting the Big 12
Cortez arrives to the New World and burns his ships to motivate his conquistadors
Trying the Naked Man on the first date
Being the first in a relationship to say “I Love You.” That’s a pretty big matzoball!
Homer quits job a nuclear plant and literally burns a bridge on his way out
They would have never gone this far if the SEC vote was in question.
They will be accepted within days of their application. I would look to this all happening before the first game of the year.
Not sure about that
If the delay was for legal purposes, then how would aggy know for sure they would be accepted by the SEC schools? If there is a consensus among SEC schools to accept aggy, when did they decide that? They would have to avoid any paper/email/phone trail that showed a de facto acceptance/interference prior to this date.
If the delay was to get their house in order to add another school, why did they even bother for a record vote. Doesn’t add up.
There is such a thing as a consensus. Don't think for a second that............
this hasn’t been discussed between the schools and Slive. What would a phone trail prove? Slive talks to SEC schools all the time. This would be easier to accomplish than the bag man getting $180,000 to Cam Newtons dad in broad daylight.
It'd be comms between Slive and aggy, not Slive and current SEC schools, that could prove problematic
QB Garrett Gilbert was the Beavis & Butthead episode of the 2010 college football season. Even when things were going well there was always one bad decision that meant he wasn’t going to score.
http://cfn.scout.com/2/1070636.html
by burntorangehorn on Aug 26, 2011 8:55 AM CDT up reply actions
FakeDanBeebe is just firing them off right now.
His bylaws for leaving the conference:
Successfully divide by zero
You have to successfully drink an entire gallon of milk in a half-hour and not barf
Last bonfire has to be held at 50-yard-line. During third quarter
“Yell leaders” must lead renditions of “The Eyes Of Texas” instead of whatever the hell it is they do
12th man being declared permanently ineligible
Little do @TAMUS_Regents know, the new by-laws for withdrawing from the Big 12 include dissolving your athletic program
I really don't know why I'm laughing hysterically at the milk bylaw.
It’s really not that funny. I just can’t stop laughing about all-things-aggy right now.
Divide by zero really got me
but then, as established by the genius below, I am a huge nerd.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
Divide by zero was my favorite too.
The intersection of being a math major and a Longhorn fan is relatively rare, so I revel when I can.
Greg Davis haikus; a lot like his offenses; always go sideways.
by pleaseplaykindle on Aug 26, 2011 12:04 AM CDT up reply actions
Unreal.
For lack of a better way to say it, some of the comments here are unreal. Seriously- what world do you people live in? Fantasyland? I think so.
Texas holds the football series edge, handily, but that’s old news- since the advent of scholarship limits in the ’70’s, isn’t the series more less TIED? Of greater relevance, A&M handed your beloved Horns their asses LAST year on Thanksgiving, and A&M spanked your Horns three of the last five times they’ve played you. This is data that’s extant not tied to hopes, history, impressions or dreams it’s now; the current state of things. Yet some of the mental giants here have posted things suggesting that Texas is some kind of unassailable knight; some sort of royalty that does A&M a favor by playing them each year. Wrong. Confucius say, “He who write check with mouth must be ready to cash with ass!” What were you, 5-7 last year? Ha! You lost, you’ve lost to us a lot, and until you regain scoreboard, you’re just a bunch of entitled losers. With attitude, though- woo! Commendable.
“But… but… we’re TEXAS!” Ha. Capitol One Cup? Scoreboard. Director’s Cup? Scoreboard. Football? Scoreboard. Sorry, those-who-sip… I’ll say it again: scoreboard. We own it, and you don’t.
Seriously, the arrogance on display in this thread underscores the reasons that programs with options want out of the Big 12 and as much distance as possible between themselves and your beloved University.
Think of it this way: when your wife hands you a divorce, hey, it may or may not be your fault. If it happens to you a second time, though, then a year later, a third, maybe it’s time to start looking in the mirror. Colorado & Nebraska last year, and now Texas A&M… yet you dummies insist the blame lies with A&M. Um, okay.
We’ll just disagree, and we’ll leave. Take what millions your Horn-sycophant commissioner extorts, keep the house and the car, but tell you what- Texas A&M will reserve and retain the right to decide what’s in the best interests of Texas A&M. And it’s NOT in Texas A&M’s interest to stay in a conference with you. So we’re outta here. And most of the posters here are too stupid, too self-absorbed and too narcissistic to see Texas A&M for what it is: one hell of a hot, valuable commodity that’s WAY better off without you.
We say, “Tomato”, you say, “We want all the tomatoes”, so it’s irreconcilable. Horns, we just see things differently- and we certainly don’t see The University of Texas the way you see yourselves. Maybe you can try match.com to land someone who’s more receptive to your self-image, though. Try key phrases like, “Petulant narcissist seeks submissive”. As a Texas A&M Former Student, ergo, one of those unfortunate people who’s been married to the Horns and seen you both with & without your morning warpaint – and seen you for what you are- trust me when tell you: DON’T post a picture!
And one more time… scoreboard.
Lol obvious troll is obvious. Oh btw one last time HISTORY!!!!!!!!! We’ve beaten you 75 times to your 36. And you haven’t won a Championship since the FDR administration
formerly "Horns102591"
by horns1025 on Aug 25, 2011 4:55 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
And they shared that title with other teams.
SEC- Southern Evangelical Cheaters. Since Jesus didn't specifically mention cheating in football in the New Testament, they are good to go.
by dimecoverage on Aug 25, 2011 4:56 PM CDT up reply actions
yes you beat us one year
We’ve beaten 75 years. Little brother you really need to get over your obsession with beating Texas
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by horns1025 on Aug 25, 2011 5:03 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Let him have it. It's all he has. That, and the nut-grabbing.
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by Hopkins Horn on Aug 25, 2011 5:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Hmmm
DON’T post a picture!
Now Texas-based -- at last!!!! So I'm available for all your family photography needs, especially in DFW (though I travel throughout the state frequently). Stop on by and check out my work!
by Hopkins Horn on Aug 25, 2011 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Rick Perry
I assume that’s some sort of green screen picture. Those books certainly don’t look real.
I just threw up in my mouth
formerly "Horns102591"
by horns1025 on Aug 25, 2011 5:00 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
be honest. How long have you had that typed up and prepared to post that?
serious question
by Texastriplecrown on Aug 25, 2011 5:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Uh, not too long, my friend. Took me about six minutes, I think; which is less time that I spent laughing at some of these posts:-)
by Adios, Horns! on Aug 25, 2011 5:07 PM CDT up reply actions
be honest
the fact that Texas is better at everything in football compared to A&M just kills you inside doesnt it?
formerly "Horns102591"
the superiority extends well beyond the football field
I’m quite confident.
by BrooklynHorn on Aug 25, 2011 5:10 PM CDT up reply actions
What? Will you translate, “everything in football” for me?
by Adios, Horns! on Aug 25, 2011 5:14 PM CDT up reply actions
certainly
overall wins, Championships both National and Conference, Heisman winners, records against rivals….you get the idea?
formerly "Horns102591"
Ah. I get it. You’re looking back to the future. I see. Well. All I know is A&M’s beaten Texas more than the other way around, ever since I first started following college football. What the hell. I should’ve kept looking, huh? You got me there.
by Adios, Horns! on Aug 25, 2011 5:25 PM CDT up reply actions
so your argument is that you don't have an argument because the "facts" you have based on your narrow experience aren't actually the whole story.
impressive.
Official Member of the Joe Bergeron Fan Club
The “whole story”? What bearing, oh wise one, does the score of a game back when helmets were leather and pads were cotton have to do with the current state of things? Oh. I forgot. You’re Texas.
by Adios, Horns! on Aug 25, 2011 5:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Your argument is irrelevant,
your measurement is arbitrary. For someone who starts watching college football this season, what does last season mean? In your case, jack shit. Move along troll.
Official Member of the Joe Bergeron Fan Club
Every year that we've beaten your sorry ass
has contributed to a long history of dominance that has fueled your jealousy and hatred to the point that you are leaving the conference just because of us. Every one of those wins is precious. Now take your marbles and go home . . I mean to Tuscaloosa. Oh, wait, those aren’t marbles. Those are your nuts. Shouldn’t squeeze so tight.
See ya later, alligator.
by Paleface Horn on Aug 25, 2011 5:45 PM CDT up reply actions
For an institution that so values " tradition"...
You have a Procrustean short memory.
Let me tell you what I remember. 1974, sitting in the north end zone of Memorial Stadium. Agros came into the game 8-2, and thinking this is the year for a rare Austin win. Some doofus is a few rows below us – maroon polyester leisure suit, white belt, white shoes. Yelling, crotch grabbing, carrying on all before the game. Can’t wait to see his team kick our azzez. Ags take the N end zone and receive, so the kick off is right in front of us. Ags field it, and fumble. Horns recover, and score two plays later. Barely a minute off the clock. He’s back up cheering, before the kick. Ags field it, fumble, Horns run it in. 1:10 off the clock, 14-0, and we go on to win 32-3.
That experience cemented in my mind that agros, singular, and in the aggregate, are classless, in victory and in defeat. And the latest petulant act, and the blame shifting, are just the latest example. I’d have complete respect if y’all would just say that you can’t develop an identity in the same conference as UT – that you are leaving to develop a better, more lasting athletic image. I’d respect THAT. But instead, it is all about Texas – as it always is. Good ’effin riddance. When we start our new Thanksgiving tradition with ND, I will view you guys the same way I now view sex with my ex-wife. Which is, how did I ever convince myself THAT was good?
I like this logic
Things that happened before I started paying attention never actually happened.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
by LonghornEm on Aug 25, 2011 5:28 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
Don’t believe I said that, but thanks for clarifying;-) I believe my point was that if it happened before I was of age to remember it, it hasn’t got a lot of bearing on things “in the now”. How relevant was the, oh, , say, 1954 Texas-Texas A&M score to either team last year?
by Adios, Horns! on Aug 25, 2011 5:34 PM CDT up reply actions
about as relevant as your team will be in a couple of years, by that logic
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by drbadass on Aug 25, 2011 5:35 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
My point that it's an extremely arbitrary way of looking at things
A person who graduated in 1970 is going to have a totally difference frame of reference than a current student at either school, for example.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
In 1954...
You lost. Just sayin’…
http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/stats/54/UT-A&M.HTM
Hook 'em
Be kind to him - I'm sure he is quite capable of dumbing things down.
"I have a theory that the defense determines whether you win or lose. Offense determines by how many." Manny Diaz
by Snide Aside on Aug 25, 2011 11:51 PM CDT up reply actions
You shouldn't use your entire vocabulary in a single post.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
More where that came from- sorry if you had to look anything up;-)
by Adios, Horns! on Aug 25, 2011 5:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Protip
That comment meant that you know so few words that in an inane several-paragraph post you exhausted your entire vocabulary, not that mine is inadequate to understand the big words you used.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
Did an Aggie really just ask if we live in fantasyland?
I love the internet. I really do.
75-37-5. Now GTFO.
by Peter Bean on Aug 25, 2011 5:05 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
Yeah, I'm pretty sure the capital of Fantasyland is College Station.
Its motto? “We can compete in the SEC.”
Rick Perry is running for president of Fantasyland.
fify
Rick Perry is running for president of DreamLand. Fantasyland is the 6" between aggie ears.
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Hey, you gotta cut this guy some slack!
In the whole post, he never once said “t.u.”, “t-sip”, or “texas”. He capitalized Texas the entire time. Amazing & impressive, to say the least. I say, give him a few free passes of delay when it’s time to ban him later on.
I want YUMC to say something.
Anything.
Greg Davis haikus; a lot like his offenses; always go sideways.
by pleaseplaykindle on Aug 26, 2011 12:07 AM CDT up reply actions
since when is a 7 point loss getting your ass handed to you?
hell we turned the ball over like 3 times and you still only beat us by 7?
formerly "Horns102591"
Just Like in a Fight
When you can’t beat them, run! This surprises me that a school that prides itself on military fundamentals runs once they realize they can’t defeat the mighty opponent. It’s VERY Un-American. I think that’s why I have a problem with this. For over 100 years we’ve been fighting and now you are scared because we have turned into the true USA? The true capitalist? You’ve always had your “runs” where you’ve been better (like now), but you still are chicken shit and realize you can’t EVER beat us. We will never apologize for becoming what we have always aspired to be. You shouldn’t be pissed at that and you are and it’s just like the jealous sibling. So, in this case, we have to say good luck and don’t expect a red ass cent of inheritance.
The slow wave is our best weapon.
This whole link between A&M and the military is fantasyland, too
Yes, the school has a big ROTC program, but that’s ROTC. ROTC isn’t the military, and those who go through it and earn commissions become officers, who generally do more paperwork than real military operations.
I don’t know about any of you other veterans on BON, but I personally find it laughable when I see A&M fans equating the school with military principles and discipline.
QB Garrett Gilbert was the Beavis & Butthead episode of the 2010 college football season. Even when things were going well there was always one bad decision that meant he wasn’t going to score.
http://cfn.scout.com/2/1070636.html
by burntorangehorn on Aug 26, 2011 9:15 AM CDT up reply actions
Several of my best friends growing up became aggy corps turds.
And NONE of ‘em ever went into the military, even for just a 4-year stint. It’s certainly an interesting avenue to take in college, and I can’t argue that it does teach structure to yound idiot boys like we all once were, but it really has no formal connection to our American military. Fantasy-land is right. Texas’ DKR Memorial Stadium has more to do with honoring the military & veterans than does the aggy corps.
I'm a prior Army officer
And I’m glad this came up. In complete seriousness, the worst junior officers that I came in contact with were aTm grads. They required so damn much de-programming. They tended to treat their soldiers like dirt, thought they were better than their peers, and got a lot laughs behind their backs. This was not borne of bias…I didn’t go to Texas and really didn’t know much about aTm before I was commissioned. It’s just true, and it was a widely held observation.
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I stopped reading after the first line.
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by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Aug 25, 2011 8:27 PM CDT up reply actions
I suspect that the Texas / Texas A&M rivalry cannot be saved at this point
Too many bridges are being burned. I suspect that this has spoiled relations between the athletic departments to the extent that they won’t be able to work together on scheduling out of conference games for a while.
Too bad, in my view. But what can you do. Life goes on.
Future students will miss out on something that we all got to experience — the annual Texas / Texas A&M game.
Clearly, Texas A&M and its alumni base are mad enough that they don’t care about these things. Nothing to be done at this point.
I am on Twitter @jeffchaley
Why are you so sad?
I thought we were the reason you were leaving the conference. I would think you wouldn’t want to play us again.
See ya later, alligator.
by Paleface Horn on Aug 25, 2011 5:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh, I don’t think anybody on our side necessarily wants the series to end. Just the conference affiliation. If the series ends, it’s sad.
by Adios, Horns! on Aug 25, 2011 5:27 PM CDT up reply actions
All of life and aggy validation is over ...
… if the series ends. What other reason would they have to wake up every day?!
baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
See ya later, alligator.
by Paleface Horn on Aug 25, 2011 6:58 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
You can't put a price on good wool
QB Garrett Gilbert was the Beavis & Butthead episode of the 2010 college football season. Even when things were going well there was always one bad decision that meant he wasn’t going to score.
http://cfn.scout.com/2/1070636.html
by burntorangehorn on Aug 26, 2011 9:15 AM CDT up reply actions
gotta love a good piece of wool
See ya later, alligator.
by Paleface Horn on Aug 26, 2011 9:38 AM CDT up reply actions
So beaten down by this
I can’t even fake outrage and animosity. Just go already, please!
Who are you?!
I'm Kick Ass!
who wants to make a bet that "adios horns" and "losbats4life" are the same person on two accounts?
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No, I checked
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by Hopkins Horn on Aug 25, 2011 5:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Actually
Losbats4life could be using a TOR, troll coming out of Germany?
http://www.twitter.com/orlansky_40as
http://www.twitter.com/JayMashBON
We're onion-proxy trolling now?
That’ll get you street cred.
proud to swim home
by learned hand on Aug 25, 2011 5:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Nope- I’m an original. Airline pilot who’s stopped in Germany after bringing a planeload of happy, happy troops on the first leg of their journey home from Iraq. Just stopped in to read what you guys think. Now I know, so I’ll go;-)!! Take it easy!
by Adios, Horns! on Aug 25, 2011 5:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Damn replies aren't working.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
hahahahaha.....
alright….nice quote. obviously UT has a better record. they are a better football program. they get better recruits. i went to a&m, but i’m no hater. i root for texas when they are playing in bowl games outside of conference or when it benefits the aggies in big 12. i just still can’t figure for the life of me why yall care that a&m is leaving…..someone, anyone???
Because we're sick of your damn whining and delusions and ready for y'all to STFU and GTFO.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
by LonghornEm on Aug 25, 2011 5:15 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Let's see
Because it weakens our conference. Because even though we compete on the football field, we used to have feelings of brotherhood towards the Aggies (I was at UT during the bonfire accident, I saw it firsthand). Because it’s inviting the SEC deeper into Texas recruiting, with all the wonderful benefits that brings with it. And because the Aggies have told anyone that will listen that Texas drove them to this, and some of us feel obligated to defend our school.
In a nutshell: Do what you’re gonna do, but don’t try and make it our fault.
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by windycityhorn on Aug 25, 2011 5:20 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
also….why would yall not wanna play against a&m? how can you hate on a team willing to play 8 SEC teams and Texas. gotta give em love for that, right???
because #1 i doubt you will have a bye week on thanksgiving
and #2 its a lose/lose for Texas if we win oh well Texas is supposed to beat A&M if we lose well then we are up shit creek without a paddle
formerly "Horns102591"
well in that case you guys got the right formula going….don’t wanna play tough teams in pre-conference? keep scheduling rice every year.
by losbats4life on Aug 25, 2011 5:18 PM CDT up reply actions
Okay, if y'all keep scheduling Arkansas State and losing to them in pre-conference.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
by LonghornEm on Aug 25, 2011 5:20 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
yeah, we do that a lot….haha. just like yall go 5-7 a lot. come on dude…
by losbats4life on Aug 25, 2011 5:22 PM CDT up reply actions
yeah, we played SFA, but yall do the same thing….at least we put one good matchup in there. yall ain’t played anyone good in pre-conf. since Ohio State. if i remember right. you were probably in junior high
by losbats4life on Aug 25, 2011 5:24 PM CDT up reply actions
if you say so…..guess i forgot em. good for yall….yall win?
by losbats4life on Aug 25, 2011 5:26 PM CDT up reply actions
sick of their whining?? come on mane….stop reading the news then….obviously yall are at least a little bitter about something……
Y'all are coming on our blog bitching, so we have to hear about it.
Also, “mane” = man? I’m not a man.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
And with that kind of defeatist attitude, you never will be.
Greg Davis haikus; a lot like his offenses; always go sideways.
by pleaseplaykindle on Aug 26, 2011 12:10 AM CDT up reply actions
WAY TO CRUSH MY DREAMS!!
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
.........really?
dude if the game isnt on thanksgiving why play it at all? you wanna play it week one or something?
formerly "Horns102591"
who cares? its about the game and the state…..you must be some out of state student from oregon or something….its about bragging rights with your friends….placing friendly wagers….none of that got nothing to do with turkey
H-town is usually Houston, but that sentence was just incomprehensible
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
H-town?!?!?!
I am from Houston, born and raised. I hate that. Please don’t talk like an uneducated ass, even if you are one. Also, if you do talk like an ignorant thug, there’s no need to type like that. Time to grow up and attempt to articulate a thought like an adult. This includes things you write, not just say. “It’s better to have people think you’re stupid than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.”
I don't understand "t-sip" as an insult. I like drinking tea, and when is being classy a bad thing?
if yall don’t know h-town, i know yall ain’t from texas. or yall are just some straight squares. should’ve known. wow, all i can say, wow. next thing you’ll tell me you never heard of UGK. hahahaha
sorry im not a wannabe gangsta you see...
when im talking about Houston or any other city i use the actual name not some stupid made up nickname for it
formerly "Horns102591"
Let's stop making a new post every two minutes
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by Hopkins Horn on Aug 25, 2011 5:27 PM CDT up reply actions
"H-town" was the only part of that sentence I understood.
Syntax: learn it.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
jesus….grammar police? yall are insane. jeez yall are some nerds. why? but….i do like that whataburger picture next to your deal. man, i miss that place
WAAH WAAH H-TOWN MANE WAAAAH NEW POST NEW POST NEW POST NERDS GRAMMAR AAAAAAH WHATS WRONG WITH YOU ELITIST TEXAS SQUARES NEW POST NEW POST NEW POST
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born and raised in texas, never heard that much good grammar over there….at least not from the guys and gals i ran around with. but maybe we were just country
by losbats4life on Aug 25, 2011 5:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Really, dude? Because he doesn't use a capitalized "t" in Texas. Thats just stupidity...
or arrogance.
All we're asking is that you make your sentences understandable to people other than you.
It’s a low bar, and you have still failed to reach it.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
Well, hey, he figured out how to use the Reply function
Gotta start somewhere, I guess.
We'll carry the banner high!
Bring On The Cats
by TB on Aug 25, 2011 5:32 PM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
how do you know what her hair looks like
See ya later, alligator.
by Paleface Horn on Aug 25, 2011 5:31 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Thanks, mane.
See ya later, alligator.
by Paleface Horn on Aug 25, 2011 5:33 PM CDT up reply actions
I will cut you if you get that going as a thing
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
I promise never again.
See ya later, alligator.
by Paleface Horn on Aug 25, 2011 5:36 PM CDT up reply actions
You're welcome, womane.
How ’bout some lo-mane?
See ya later, alligator.
by Paleface Horn on Aug 25, 2011 5:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Sounds like a bad omane for my abdomane
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
might result in to-mane
See ya later, alligator.
by Paleface Horn on Aug 25, 2011 5:46 PM CDT up reply actions
I might end up looking like Beergut and needing to go post over at iamthe12thmane.com
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
by LonghornEm on Aug 25, 2011 5:49 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm wondering as a hispanic
if he was trying to use the bastardized man or “mang” that some of us use. Like: What’s up, mang?"
Who are you?!
I'm Kick Ass!
by TexasGarcia37 on Aug 25, 2011 5:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, I've heard "mang" before, but never "mane"
But apparently that makes both of us not real Texans.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
My birth certicate would disagree with him
Though it does say that I’m “white” on it.
Who are you?!
I'm Kick Ass!
by TexasGarcia37 on Aug 25, 2011 5:52 PM CDT up reply actions
Mine would disagree with him too
But oh well, the use of grammar doesn’t lie.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
That's what I thought, too
But you don’t f’ with Tony BONtana, mang!
See ya later, alligator.
by Paleface Horn on Aug 25, 2011 5:48 PM CDT up reply actions
or
maybe he really loves Kenny Mayne?
Who are you?!
I'm Kick Ass!
by TexasGarcia37 on Aug 25, 2011 5:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Maybe we're overthinking this
He might just really love lions.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
Or maybe he's a fan of this guy's hair
Who are you?!
I'm Kick Ass!
by TexasGarcia37 on Aug 25, 2011 6:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Banned -- ignored clear warning above
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by Hopkins Horn on Aug 25, 2011 5:32 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Again...
…a quick ban all things considered, but don’t come over here and start beergutting this place up even after being warned. Go to 12thman if you want to play with yourself like that.
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by Hopkins Horn on Aug 25, 2011 5:33 PM CDT up reply actions
We're usually a tolerant bunch
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by Hopkins Horn on Aug 25, 2011 5:35 PM CDT up reply actions
HH, you're so mean!
I think the whole “mane” bit between Em & Paleface was the hardest I’ve laughed since, like, I heard the SEC might actually let aggy in!
Also, I love that "beergutting" has become an extremely descriptive verb.
I’m totally stealing that.
by BracketCat on Aug 25, 2011 5:34 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm hoping Beergut notifies BON soon of his intentions to troll elsewhere
Be nobody but yourself in a world that desperately wants you to be like everybody else.
by 54b on Aug 25, 2011 5:37 PM CDT up reply actions 8 recs
Honest question
If someone begins “beergutting this place up”, why isn’t beergut banned himself? Isn’t he the originator of “beergutting”?
It's when someone is posting tons of comments to himself
It comes from the iamthe12thman game threads, which consist solely of Beergut’s comments.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
Aahhhhh ok.
Here I thought it was straight trollin’.
The Aggie hate is seeping out
We typically reserve all the hate bashing for our northern suck its because, well, aggie is so lacking in worth. But what a breath of fresh air to get this out in the open and off our chests. Ahhhhhh.
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Why don't you guys just ban all Aggies in the future?
They will no longer be in a conference with us. They will no longer be our rival. They really no longer have any business here. Yes, we do allow intelligent discourse from other OOC schools, but we’re not likely to get intelligent discourse from them anyway.
See ya later, alligator.
C'mon. We ride above that.
We’re not here to ban thought or comments that comply with our stated membership standards. It’s your job to police. Be pithy and witty and don’t degrade the colors. That’s the best way to deal with a troll….don’t deal with ’em.
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Tell that to the Boll Weevil
Be nobody but yourself in a world that desperately wants you to be like everybody else.
I hate the high road.
It makes me so dizzy.
See ya later, alligator.
by Paleface Horn on Aug 25, 2011 5:49 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm just so damned tired of hearing about the drought and about Aggies to the SEC.
They make it sound like it will have a profound, game-changing effect on our environment as we know it and will lay waste to all in its wrath-driven path. What has started here, they say, will change the world. Let’s not EVEN talk about the drought.
See ya later, alligator.
by Paleface Horn on Aug 25, 2011 6:55 PM CDT up reply actions
How about this?
Maybe we should declare a moratorium on stories about umat leaving.
See ya later, alligator.
by Paleface Horn on Aug 25, 2011 5:59 PM CDT up reply actions
How many times can I vote?
I’m from SoTx.
See ya later, alligator.
by Paleface Horn on Aug 25, 2011 7:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Wait a minute
So am i getting this right? You want to ban whoever doesn’t agree with the ’horns? I sure hope your opinion is in the minority here. Love giving and taking but a comment like that…
That's not what I said. Can't you read?
See ya later, alligator.
by Paleface Horn on Aug 26, 2011 11:03 AM CDT up reply actions
Yes
I can read…and what i read is that you basically talked about banning an entire school of fans because of…why? You are tired of them? I’m sure it was some kind of stupid knee-jerk reaction on your part,but you really should think before commenting.
Lighten up, Francis.
Paleface is being facetious and halfway serious and you’re just trolling trying to incite an argument. Get a grip. YOU are definitely in the minority here, no matter what you say. Your big red is showing.
Are you sure you can read?
Here’s what I said.
They will no longer be in a conference with us. They will no longer be our rival. They really no longer have any business here. Yes, we do allow intelligent discourse from other OOC schools, but we’re not likely to get intelligent discourse from them anyway.
Here’s what you said I said.
what i read is that you basically talked about banning an entire school of fans because of…why? You are tired of them?
See ya later, alligator.
by Paleface Horn on Aug 26, 2011 12:46 PM CDT up reply actions
The problem is that you didn't mention the corn crop this year - he is offended.
"I have a theory that the defense determines whether you win or lose. Offense determines by how many." Manny Diaz
by Snide Aside on Aug 26, 2011 12:56 PM CDT up reply actions
gotta love the drought!
See ya later, alligator.
by Paleface Horn on Aug 26, 2011 1:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Strange
Here is your quote copied
“Why don’t you guys just ban all Aggies in the future?”
but anyways,i’ll stop bothering you all now,sorry if i misunderstood your intent
You're kinda slow, aren't you?
See ya later, alligator.
by Paleface Horn on Aug 26, 2011 5:03 PM CDT up reply actions
See ya.
Enjoyed the banter, folks. See you this [perhaps final] Thanksgiving.
Don't let the door hit your sheep on the way out
Be nobody but yourself in a world that desperately wants you to be like everybody else.
jou putting a strane on my brane, mane.
See ya later, alligator.
by Paleface Horn on Aug 25, 2011 7:06 PM CDT up reply actions
the rane in spane false manely on the plane . . ..
See ya later, alligator.
by Paleface Horn on Aug 25, 2011 7:07 PM CDT up reply actions
de plane?
de plane, deplane, bossmane!
See ya later, alligator.
by Paleface Horn on Aug 25, 2011 7:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Paleface, you're really going off the rails on a crazy trane
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
i need football
football withdrawal . . . the visions, the anger
See ya later, alligator.
by Paleface Horn on Aug 25, 2011 8:31 PM CDT up reply actions
the pane?
Greg Davis haikus; a lot like his offenses; always go sideways.
by pleaseplaykindle on Aug 26, 2011 12:13 AM CDT up reply actions
Remember Arkansas?
That used to be a big, big rivalry and not just in football. But since they left for SEC, who cares about them anymore? So it will be with Aggie.
Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. If they get mad, you're a mile away AND you have their shoes.
You're going to hurt Aggie feelings
and their inflated sense of worth with that kind of talk.
See ya later, alligator.
by Paleface Horn on Aug 25, 2011 6:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Yawn
I really don’t get the hate and anger. A&M has been irrelevant for so long that it is hard to get worked up about them. OU is the real rivalry.
A&M is finally doing well in athletics. Let them go to the SEC. We all know they will be irrelevant there in no time.
by everything horns on Aug 25, 2011 6:14 PM CDT reply actions
We have to take out our aggressions somehow.
GD’s gone (thank you, Jesus) and FB’s not quite here yet!
See ya later, alligator.
by Paleface Horn on Aug 25, 2011 6:48 PM CDT up reply actions
This threat was quite enjoyable
My sister went to Aggieland, I went to UT. I do enjoy the rivalry, and just laughing at everything aggies say or do, and the funny responses Longhorns quip back, it’s great. I will be sad that they allowed lil bro syndrome to leave kill the rivalry (no matter w/e other reasons they say they are leaving) My favorite game during college was when I went to Aggieland for the 09’ ATM v UT game. The atmosphere, the crowd (despite the hissing every time I went for water down the stairs), the stakes, and goodness that offensive shootout. There was this giant dude behind me who had HUGE hands, so every time my room mate and I shouted obnoxiously loud for Colt and crew making an awesome play, he would be silent. But when ATM fired right back, he would clap those monstrosities right next to my ear and we were silent. After the game, as everyone was leaving, he asked “We played yall pretty hard didn’t we?” I told him harder than OU. Great memory, great rivalry, leave it to the Ags to mess it all up..
Great story from the great rivalry!
I think I sat in front of that guy at a T-ball game this summer.
Will
well, now i have to change my will. no any lawyers?
my aggie relatives will get a box full of -well-if you saw pink flamigos you know.
life is not fair.
congratulations to the entire aggie family by making complete fools of yourselves
with very little effort. i did not know it would be so easy for you. that’s when the doctor
says “this won’t hurt much”
75-37
my favorite game will also be 2009. oh i believe we won because you have to play for
60 minutes!
now GTFO
ut1ou2 for texas-ou weekend
I have a feeling that this whole SEC thing will go about as well for the Aggies as...
…firing R.C. Slocum.
The Aggies are still looking for that upgrade, that one little tweak, or that one hire that launches their program to levels that matches their elevated sense of self-worth that is so divorced from reality.
Maybe a tougher conference will do it. Then maybe A&M will get the respect Daddy never showed them. But chances are that they’ll sink further into mediocrity.
So long, bitches. 75-37-5.
Great comparison to the Slocum firing.
I knew that was bad as soon as they did it. Be careful what you wish for, aggy!
"Championship calibre student-athletes"
Good luck to the jock itch champs. The limping livestock all agree, those sheep seem to be itching for the SEC now too!
We need to beat the living dogshit out of them in November
I mean deliver an ass-thrash embarrassment as they limp off, sniveling, into the sunrise.
We're going to play like we're in a bad mood.
This. And we'll call it the "Lone Star PuppyChow-Down".
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beergutting
is beerguttting the same as noodling(sp?)
where is beergut anyway? send out an amber alert
ut1ou2 for texas-ou weekend
Longhorns are delusional as they are arrogant.
You killed this conference. Remember that when you’re swimming out alone as independent or when you’re the king of a lesser Mountain West. Uneven revenue sharing was a folly and you should have seen this coming from a thousand miles away. By the way, you’re not a national program. Never have been. Never will be. Eat it.
by Rutherforvangleason on Aug 27, 2011 9:10 PM CDT reply actions
HAHAHAHAHAHahahahahaha
By the way, you’re not a national program. Never have been. Never will be
Nothing like ending on a shameful note. Terrible trolling is terrible.
Hahaahahahahhaahahahaaaa
The rest of the nation is laughing at you…you know that, right? Of course you don’t, you’re Texas.
by Rutherforvangleason on Aug 27, 2011 9:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Were you born a dumbass,
or was that your major, Aggy? If the latter, congratulations on being in the honors program
.
See ya later, alligator.
by Paleface Horn on Aug 28, 2011 7:49 AM CDT up reply actions
#1
In athletic program revenue and in merchandise sales. Ranked by Forbes as the most valuable college football program. And the first school to have a cable channel – the very source of your severe case of panty wadding.
Yeah you’re right. We never were a national program.
by nvrfrgt63 on Aug 28, 2011 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’m already salivating over the prospect of another national championship.
See ya later, alligator.
by Paleface Horn on Aug 28, 2011 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions
how many do they have?
See ya later, alligator.
by Paleface Horn on Aug 28, 2011 4:10 PM CDT up reply actions
talk about national irrelevance
See ya later, alligator.
by Paleface Horn on Aug 28, 2011 4:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh child please
I’ve lived all over the country and my Longhorn gear is not only commented on frequently but a positive conversation starter. People around the country have no clue who A&M is and that isn’t my fault.
If you want to leave…leave. Don’t get nasty because we simply don’t care to see you go. Yes, we would have loved to preserve the tradition with your school but we aren’t going to beg.
Painting UT as the big bad greedy capitalists is silly. We are the most profitable brand in college football and that’s why we have our own network. We offered pieces of the pie to the Big XII and to you individually and you said “NO”.
Get out. Forgive me if I dont shed a tear.
Now I see why they call you "DreadedOne."
awesome rebuke
See ya later, alligator.
by Paleface Horn on Aug 28, 2011 8:03 PM CDT up reply actions
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