2011 College Football Offseason

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To say the A&M game is the linchpin to Texas's season is really silly. To say that it makes no difference to Texas or their fans whether they play A&M is IMO also silly. That's all I'm saying. I mean, they each reference the other team in their fight songs! The history makes it a big game for many.

I don't know anyone who is saying that.

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I'm sure they sell out. But it's still beside the point. A&M on the schedule rather than one of the 50 or so comparable or better programs doesn't make a lick of difference to Texas.

 

I would be hard pressed to come up with 50 programs better than A&M (30 possibly but not 50) and it is a big rivalry game which makes it more important that everything but the marquee matchups. I bet Texas fans will grumble if Texas A&M is replaced by a Houston but there should still be enough Texas fans for it to not really affect their attendance.

 

Comparable or better, I said. Houston wasn't one of the teams I had on mind.

 

I only said Houston because they are one of the names rumored to be a possible replacement in the Big 12.

 

If A&M got replaced with a California for example, I doubt the fans would be nearly as excited. They may be a comparable team but they are not that rival with the huge history behind it. For many Texas fans OU has become a bigger rival than Texas A&M, but the rivalry is still pretty big.

 

I'm not sure what point you're trying to make. The schedule isn't going to turn great bc of any 1 game. So add one of the other good programs to replace A&M and it makes no difference to Texas. They still are going to recruit the same and they're still going to have their season largely depend on the OU game. If a few fans are annoyed, big deal. After this little tantrums by A&M, you think Texas fans want to see the aggies on the schedule?

 

I think Texas fans would definitely want the Aggies on the schedule after this. Are you saying that as an ND fan if USC did something like this that you would no longer want them on the schedule?

 

To say the A&M game is the linchpin to Texas's season is really silly. To say that it makes no difference to Texas or their fans whether they play A&M is IMO also silly. That's all I'm saying. I mean, they each reference the other team in their fight songs! The history makes it a big game for many.

And Michigan's fight song says they're in the west. Things change over decades.

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Actually most Texas fans I have spoken too don't really care if the play A&M anymore. Its certainly not a priority. I would not be surprised to see them take a couple years off after all of this goes down then revisit it in 3-4 years once the conference dust settles. Maintaining the OU game is the 1st priority.

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Yes, making a huge fuss and applying to change conferences in August after you re-upped last year, when nothing has changed, definitely qualifies as a tantrum. This whole sequence is an inferiority complex gone rogue.

That would be true if nothing had indeed changed.

 

Okay, but "LHN HS stuff came out and aTm flipped out and switched conferences while that stuff was being banned at the NCAA level" doesn't sound any better.

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Yes, making a huge fuss and applying to change conferences in August after you re-upped last year, when nothing has changed, definitely qualifies as a tantrum. This whole sequence is an inferiority complex gone rogue.

That would be true if nothing had indeed changed.

 

Okay, but "LHN HS stuff came out and aTm flipped out and switched conferences while that stuff was being banned at the NCAA level" doesn't sound any better.

And again, it was more than just that. The conference members agreed to let the horns have their own network under certain conditions. Before the channel even started they were already going outside those terms and basically thumbing their nose at the rest of the teams in the Big 12. I guess we're the crybabies because we're the only one not bending over and grabbing our ankles for the mighty longhorns. They made a deal that was in their best interests and we are doing the same.