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Seriously, now. I'm not speaking in message board bravado, but how much power do you think DD has? You're telling me that a 12-0 A&M team would be treated differently than a 12-0 KSU team because Deloss Dodds & the media wouldn't want it? Or maybe you think that somehow Texas and its contingent of evil somehow convinced KSU to throw the BU game?

I could very easily see a 12-1 Alabama/Georgia ranked ahead of a 12-0 A&M team. That kind of crap happens when there's a shite ton of media down playing the strength of the big 12 when the traditional powers have 2-3 losses.

Sorry John but he is right, you are paranoid. A 12-0 A&M Team is in the MNC game period, just as any 12-0 SEC team would be.

Texas has given Aggies plenty of reason to be paranoid in the past, esp with their control of the DMN which launched multiple investigations on A&M and of course SMU that derailed both progams along with their control of the NCAA infractions committee for 3 decades through Charles Allan Wright (who stayed involved even after he stepped down as Chair). They just don't have that kind of clout anymore and they especially don't now that we aren't in their conference. Messing with A&M now = messing with the SEC and that is something Texas simply can't do. They will go ahead and treat the rest of the Big 12 like their bitch though. Feel sorry for those schools.

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Posted by KaiserSoze99

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Posted on 11/28/12 at 2:26 pm to aggressor

You sorta counter-argued yourself a bit, unless I misunderstood.

The argument is that A&M would be in the MNC at 12-0 in the big twatever. Then you gave reasons why the DMN would shoot down our MNC bid, and then said that it can't do that now because we're in the SEC. Is that right?

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Posted by Big12fan

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Posted on 11/30/12 at 3:22 am to aggressor

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Texas has given Aggies plenty of reason to be paranoid in the past, esp with their control of the DMN which launched multiple investigations on A&M and of course SMU that derailed both progams along with their control of the NCAA infractions committee for 3 decades through Charles Allan Wright (who stayed involved even after he stepped down as Chair). They just don't have that kind of clout anymore and they especially don't now that we aren't in their conference. Messing with A&M now = messing with the SEC and that is something Texas simply can't do. They will go ahead and treat the rest of the Big 12 like their bitch though. Feel sorry for those schools.

aggressor, the DMN didn't break the SMU story, it was the Dallas Times Herald & Channel 8, primarily Dale Hansen, a Nebraska grad. Regardless, SMU was doing some real dirty shite back then and it needed investigating. Hell, even the Gov of Texas, Clements, was involved in the hush money payouts by allowing them to continue.

As for A&M's problems back then, wasn't Warren Gilbert, the Ag booster who was paying Greg Hill & others to do nothing, the real evil one? Why would you blame Texas for this? Did Texas initiate the media investigation? I don't know, but even if they did, who should get the greater blame, the booster who was committing the crime or UT?

But let's set all of that aside. A&M is in the SEC now. Do you think that violations like the ones above are going to go unnoticed by your SEC sister schools? You might ask Bama fans about Tenn's involvement in ratting them out several years ago. If A&M does anything which merits an investigation today, you won't have to worry about Texas. You'll have 13 other SEC schools calling their favorite media guy wanting negative stories generated. If you haven't noticed, the SEC is more cut-throat when it comes to competing programs not operating on the up & up. Being in the same division as Bama, LSU, Ark, etc. will not let A&M off the hook, whether the problem is real or not.

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