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Posted on 10/14/14 at 2:28 pm to Spaceball 1
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I would have preferred keeping that slot open for tu when we eventually play them again.
Oh god no. I would Occupy Kyle Field if they ever threatened to ruin our November schedule with that again. We should play Texas in January, September or never! The Texas Thanksgiving game is like Bonfire- gone.
With that said, I don't think what you want will ever happen now so I am safe to say that. We kept that spot open for two years to give them time to come back around and they told us to frick off so LSU On Thanksgiving is here to stay.
Lets be honest about it- Aggies don't care about the ratings as much as we do not allowing Thanksgiving to go to the Ex in the divorce.
Posted on 10/14/14 at 2:40 pm to WestCoastAg
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When we force you to do something you don't want to do. That is bullying
Seems counter-intuitive, but as long as we keep picking up the "W" guess I have no issue with it.
Posted on 10/14/14 at 2:41 pm to Wolfhound45
And LSU will keep doing what its told
Posted on 10/14/14 at 2:42 pm to AggieHank86
How many Saw 'em off stickers and t-shirts do you have? I am sure plenty.
Probably more than actual TAMU gear.
Probably more than actual TAMU gear.
Posted on 10/14/14 at 2:42 pm to WestCoastAg
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And LSU will keep doing what its told
So, let me get this straight, we are "told" to beat A&M?
Wow. The things you learn on tSECRant. Thanks bro.
Posted on 10/14/14 at 2:42 pm to MightyYat
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A&M fans: How soon do y'all give up the Thanksgiving night game nonsense?Because of that request both LSU and A&M will have to either play 11 straight weeks or take the bye before the short week. How dead set are y'all on that time slot?
A&M normally sets aside 32,000 seats for students (we have more this year because of the expansion, but that number should gravitate back to 32k next year, or soon thereafter). That's more than anyone else in the country by a long shot. Filling those seats is one of the primary reasons why we wanted to play LSU that final weekend, and why we want the game on Thanksgiving.
Regardless of who you play that final weekend, getting students and non-students on campus for a game that weekend can be a chore. So, it needs to be an attractive game. That's why we wanted LSU.
As to the date, you've got 3 options that weekend: Thanksgiving Day/Night; Black Friday; or, Saturday.
When it comes to getting students on campus for that game, either you have to plan on them staying in town, or getting them to come back to town early.
Black Friday is the absolute worst day for students--we had a couple of games against the sips where several thousand student tickets went unclaimed and were sold, at the last minute, to whoever wanted to buy them (way too many sips). Unless you're talking about kids who live within an hours drive or so, if they go home for Thanksgiving, they aren't making the game on Black Friday. For the non-students, it still cuts into your Thanksgiving unless you live extremely close to College Station. We had to fight Disney to get the Texas game off that date and aren't interested in going back with a different opponent.
Saturday is slightly more viable in that you are still allowing students an opportunity to go home, if they live close enough where they can turn around and come back on Friday, or even on Saturday morning if they live close, and non-students also get to spend a good portion of Thanksgiving at home. Of course, Saturday is also when the Iron Bowl and several other attractive games are played, so, from the TV perspective, its kind of a waste to pile on yet another potentially good game on that day.
With a Thanksgiving game, you're just asking students to stick around an extra day, and they still get a 3 day weekend. You do have NFL games as competition, but I would imagine that playing this game on Thanksgiving will get it more exposure than it would buried under the avalanche of other big games that are played on Saturday.
Posted on 10/14/14 at 2:43 pm to Wolfhound45
More like. LSU was told to play a game on a night they didn't want to. They tried to fight it, but they ended up obeying
Posted on 10/14/14 at 2:45 pm to twk
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twk
Excellent breakdown. Thanks.
Posted on 10/14/14 at 2:46 pm to WestCoastAg
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More like. LSU was told to play a game on a night they didn't want to. They tried to fight it, but they ended up obeying
Oh.
Well, on a positive note, it is an automatic "W" so we got something out of the deal. Thanks!
Posted on 10/14/14 at 2:47 pm to Wolfhound45
And you were made a bitch in the eyes of the conference
Posted on 10/14/14 at 2:52 pm to WestCoastAg
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When we force you to do something you don't want to do. That is bullying
You mean the way we beat your arse with a substandard defense that still held your offense in check last year in Baton Rouge? Duly noted. And you would know about being someone's bitch considering A&M has lost to LSU three consecutive times. So you've got experience with that.
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Posted on 10/14/14 at 2:53 pm to cheo25
And then you turn around and get forced to do things you don't want to do. Sorry
Posted on 10/14/14 at 2:59 pm to MightyYat
A&M calling the shots. It won't ever go away. Sorry.
Posted on 10/14/14 at 3:04 pm to BigD Ag
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How many Saw 'em off stickers and t-shirts do you have? I am sure plenty.
Probably more than actual TAMU gear.
Son, I have Aggie shirts older than you are. And I don't own a "saw 'em off" shirt. Always thought they were a bit silly. But the Bible quote shirts about "sawing the horns off the wicked" was mildly entertaining the first year. Twenty years later, it is just stale.
With that being said, you were rude to SpaceBall for no better reason than the fact that you disagreed with him. It as disrespectful and more consistent with the LSU fanbase than with the behavior that you SHOULD have learned at TAMU>
Hopefully, you will learn to disagree without being disagreeable at some point after you reach the age of majority.
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Posted on 10/14/14 at 3:13 pm to AggieHank86
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Son, I have Aggie shirts older than you are.
Pop, I do believe that.
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With that being said, you were rude to SpaceBall for no better reason than the fact that you disagreed with him. It as disrespectful and more consistent with the LSU fanbase than with the behavior that you SHOULD have learned at TAMU>
Hopefully, you will learn to disagree without being disagreeable at some point after you reach the age of majority.
Good point. I will follow in your exampl....oh...wait...
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Ignore BigD. He is just trying to fit in with all the rednecks and hillbillies.
Did you fail to learn appropriate behavior at TAMU? Or is it only okay to attack the other 13 fanbases? So I know how an elder statesman behaves.
This post was edited on 10/14/14 at 3:18 pm
Posted on 10/14/14 at 3:14 pm to MightyYat
I'm not set on it at all but then again no one gives a frick what I think
write our dickbag regents
write our dickbag regents
Posted on 10/14/14 at 3:17 pm to AggieHank86
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Always thought they were a bit silly. But the Bible quote shirts about "sawing the horns off the wicked" was mildly entertaining the first year. Twenty years later, it is just stale.
I completely agree with that!
Posted on 10/14/14 at 3:20 pm to BigD Ag
quote:There is an exception for adults attempting to discipline the ill-behaved puppies amongst their own fanbase.
Did you fail to learn appropriate behavior at TAMU? Or is it only okay to attack the other 13 fanbases? So I know how an elder statesman behaves
Posted on 10/14/14 at 3:22 pm to AggieHank86
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