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A&M and Mizzou fans...
Posted on 5/12/13 at 4:38 pm
Posted on 5/12/13 at 4:38 pm
you have almost completed your first year in the SEC. What are your observations of your new league in the big 3 football, basketball and baseball compared to what you thought about the SEC say 3 years ago? Road trips, hosting new opponents, TV coverage. Happy, sad or indifferent? Just wondering what you guys think?
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Posted on 5/12/13 at 4:51 pm to kc4usc
Mizzou had a travel curfew today because they were flying commercial, not charter, back home so we had a very real chance of ending that game in a tie. Still hard to call baseball 'big 3' with football and basketball as much as we may want too.
But I don't want to deter this thread, IMO A&M is going to turn out just fine, but Mizzou is going to be awful across the board for agile to come.
But I don't want to deter this thread, IMO A&M is going to turn out just fine, but Mizzou is going to be awful across the board for agile to come.
Posted on 5/12/13 at 4:54 pm to kc4usc
Football was a lot easier than expected 
Posted on 5/12/13 at 4:54 pm to kc4usc
Posted on 5/12/13 at 4:58 pm to kc4usc
Honest answer is I've been an SEC fan my whole life. I knew about fans, etc etc. no surprises.
As far as competing...
Football was an odd year. Such drastic flops by AU and Arky made for a few easy games and Sumlin/Johnny were unknowns that turned out very pleasant. Would've been interesting to see what Sherman would have done if we had joined the SEC a year earlier.
We did worse than expected in hoops. Our coach needs to resign whether we were in B12 or SEC.
Baseball is the biggest difference. Our team this year would be 2nd or 3rd in the B12. It's damn near last in the SEC. There's just not any easy weekend series to bust a slump and right your ship. Just relentless. So brutal.
As far as competing...
Football was an odd year. Such drastic flops by AU and Arky made for a few easy games and Sumlin/Johnny were unknowns that turned out very pleasant. Would've been interesting to see what Sherman would have done if we had joined the SEC a year earlier.
We did worse than expected in hoops. Our coach needs to resign whether we were in B12 or SEC.
Baseball is the biggest difference. Our team this year would be 2nd or 3rd in the B12. It's damn near last in the SEC. There's just not any easy weekend series to bust a slump and right your ship. Just relentless. So brutal.
Posted on 5/12/13 at 5:03 pm to kc4usc
My impressions aren't that different now, compared to what they were before. Most of the day-to-day fandom stuff is the same, regardless of geography. Big Friday night baseball games in the Big 12 aren't any different from big Friday night games in the SEC. The uniforms are just different.
Some of our biggest changes are coming from within our program--so it's tough to distinguish between what we're doing as a university from the changes we've undergone in a new athletic conference. It was time for us (A&M) to move on. That's the bottom line. It's been fun welcoming different groups of fans to College Station. If we never play Baylor or Texas Tech again, it'll be too soon.
Some of our biggest changes are coming from within our program--so it's tough to distinguish between what we're doing as a university from the changes we've undergone in a new athletic conference. It was time for us (A&M) to move on. That's the bottom line. It's been fun welcoming different groups of fans to College Station. If we never play Baylor or Texas Tech again, it'll be too soon.
This post was edited on 5/12/13 at 5:08 pm
Posted on 5/12/13 at 5:04 pm to kc4usc
I feel this gif can sum up how both of our first years went
Posted on 5/12/13 at 5:15 pm to kc4usc
There was a lot less chew stains on the cement in the Faurot visitors section than I expected after the Alabama game.
Could have been the weather though.
Could have been the weather though.
This post was edited on 5/12/13 at 5:16 pm
Posted on 5/12/13 at 5:22 pm to kc4usc
It has pretty much been a year long party.
New opponents, new stadiums, new hate..not the in-state/SWC type of hate(minus the same shite you hear on the internet). Friends that work in the athletic department have had nothing but praises to sing about the other conference members. Completely different outlook then in the Big 12.
I said it at the beginning when we joined, and i'll say it again now. It feels like home.. whether i am in College Station for games or anywhere else. It never felt that way when i traveled in the big 12.
I have made some good friends in the Dallas area from other schools that i probably never would have met if not for this move.
NO REGRETS!
New opponents, new stadiums, new hate..not the in-state/SWC type of hate(minus the same shite you hear on the internet). Friends that work in the athletic department have had nothing but praises to sing about the other conference members. Completely different outlook then in the Big 12.
I said it at the beginning when we joined, and i'll say it again now. It feels like home.. whether i am in College Station for games or anywhere else. It never felt that way when i traveled in the big 12.
I have made some good friends in the Dallas area from other schools that i probably never would have met if not for this move.
NO REGRETS!
Posted on 5/12/13 at 5:48 pm to kc4usc
Baseball proved what we already knew...that Childress is not ready for prime time.
Men's Basketball also proved what we already knew...that Billy Kennedy was a huge turd that Bill Byrne left for us.
Football proved what we already knew...that you don't get better by playing scrubs. Had we not had the SEC schedule, there's no way that we humiliate Oklahoma like we did. It also proved how poor of a college coach Mike Sherman was.
Men's Basketball also proved what we already knew...that Billy Kennedy was a huge turd that Bill Byrne left for us.
Football proved what we already knew...that you don't get better by playing scrubs. Had we not had the SEC schedule, there's no way that we humiliate Oklahoma like we did. It also proved how poor of a college coach Mike Sherman was.
Posted on 5/12/13 at 7:38 pm to kc4usc
Happy. Its the ultimate measuring stick in football/baseball.
Posted on 5/12/13 at 7:43 pm to kc4usc
My observation is Kevin Sumlin is going to win a natty at A&M. Deal with it.
Posted on 5/12/13 at 8:03 pm to kc4usc
Year long party.
We did better than I was hoping in football
Basketball....no.
Baseball is the deepest of the three competition wise. This conference is just stacked top to bottom.
Wish we would have come to the SEC back when I was a student. Jealous of the games these students will be seeing at Kyle.
We did better than I was hoping in football
Basketball....no.
Baseball is the deepest of the three competition wise. This conference is just stacked top to bottom.
Wish we would have come to the SEC back when I was a student. Jealous of the games these students will be seeing at Kyle.
Posted on 5/12/13 at 10:00 pm to kc4usc
To be honest, I thought we'd do alittle better in football and baseball. Basketball was going to be our strongpoint but turned out that womens softball was pretty good too.
I'm eager to get another football season underway to see where we might stand with a healthy O-line.
Somewhat indifferent with TV coverage as I got most if not all the games while in the B12. All in all, glad Mizzou was invited to the SEC conference as it is the penical of college sports. Can't go anywhere but up now.
I'm eager to get another football season underway to see where we might stand with a healthy O-line.
Somewhat indifferent with TV coverage as I got most if not all the games while in the B12. All in all, glad Mizzou was invited to the SEC conference as it is the penical of college sports. Can't go anywhere but up now.
Posted on 5/13/13 at 1:00 am to kc4usc
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TV coverage
TV coverage is absolutely amazing. I don't think I missed a Missouri game in Hawaii.
Conversely I never got to see Missouri play when I lived in North Carolina, (Big 12 timeframe) when Missouri was quite a bit better than they are now.
It's also nice playing a powerhouse nearly every weekend. Have seen it writen many times before, but every weekend in the SEC is like watching the best of the bowl games at the end of the year, if not better.
Posted on 5/13/13 at 11:17 am to kc4usc
First impression:
Needs more snow.
And more soda pop.
/damn it feels good to be a Yanksta.
Needs more snow.
And more soda pop.
/damn it feels good to be a Yanksta.
Posted on 5/14/13 at 1:34 am to kc4usc
The sleeping giant has awoken
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