re: Clarett praises Texas A&M/ Sumlin & staff

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Coach Sumlin is the real deal. No doubt about that. I've been enough places to know who's real and who's not

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He was at Ohio State for what? A year or two before derailing his career there? Then what? Showing up to the Broncos training camp 50lbs overweight? Then jail?


Good for him for getting his life in order, but he doesn't know shite when it comes to football and who's the "real deal."

Maurice Clarett?
Lmao

What an ambassador.

Last week there was like 7 daily Ag posters, where do yall keep coming from? I guess that's how yall feel about us everyday

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Bro I don't do novels, I'm straight non-fiction.

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I know, hence the warning. No one likes my novels.

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Missouri was not a given, you're right. Unlike A&M, we had to work to get Mizzou

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I think that is somewhat fair to say. Mizzou wasn't going to move when they did for Junior Membership. Maybe a year later, but not on the same timeline we did.

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As for the timeline, you conflate me saying Missouri was the priority with me saying Missouri came first. They're not the same.

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If Mizzou was the priority, why wouldn't they come first? If we were the "given" then wouldn't it make sense to have us come in as the 14th team? After the deal is done?

When A&M came there wasn't certainty there would be a 14th team that year, I have many 2011 links that can prove that. Given how nasty a 13 team schedule is it would seem that if there was any doubt that the primary target of Mizzou wouldn't come then why let us come? Why wasn't our invite contingent if they were the priority?

And what logic has Mizzou (that represents a state of 6 million potential cable subscribers) as a bigger priority than A&M (that represents a state with 26 million potential cable subscribers)? No logic that's what. Which is why Texas A&M came in as 13 and not 14. We were the prize that was big enough to make the hassle of SEC expansion worth it. Mizzou simply filled out the lineup as a better than West Virginia option.

I am not crapping on Mizzou, they have added more to the SEC Network than a lot of programs. But we were the reason the SEC expanded not them. So without us coming in at 13, there is no way that the SEC expands with Mizzou inm 2011.

The other side of my claim is the simple fact that if we could have come with Arky in the 90's we would have taken USC's spot (as we are more valuable than them). At the end of the day in order to get the prize that is Texas A&M the SEC has had to take on two more programs that it optimally would otherwise. Everyone is welcome.

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As for the LHN timeline, I'm not sure how you think the timeline is messed up. What I referenced lines up easily with your narrative.

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You are saying these negotiations with Texas happened in 09/10. The LHN didn't fall into Texas's lap until AFTER the PAC 16 almost happened, pretty much as a way to prevent it from happening.

If the SEC was negotiating with Texas in 2010 and the LHN was a sticking point then those negotiations had to happen in December 2010. There is no way that is the case unless you count "Hey Texas, want some SEC?" "Nope" as a negotiation.

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Not surprised a guy who has spent half his life getting raped inside prisons enjoyed visiting Aggies

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