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re: I am not traveling to College Station or Columbia Missouri for a football game.
Posted on 8/27/16 at 11:01 am to Mister Tee
Posted on 8/27/16 at 11:01 am to Mister Tee
they ARE rich. they are also smart, handsome and very social. if you don't think so, just ask 'em.
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Posted on 8/27/16 at 11:12 am to The Balinese Club
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What's your school? Is it The Citadel? VMI? Virginia Tech? Or North Georgia? Norwich University?
If it isn't one of those, then it isn't a SMC. Do all of those schools equally irritate you because of their "fake" military?
My school is Alabama. I know they aren't an SMC, but they do have an ROTC program. It doesn't really irritate me, but I also have no reason to think of the Citadel, VMI, North Georgia, or Norwich University. I've also never thought of Virginia Tech and made a connection to the military. On the other hand, if you ask anyone about Texas A&M, one of the first things they will probably mention is the ROTC. That's one of my reasons for saying they weren't a good fit.
This post was edited on 8/27/16 at 11:13 am
Posted on 8/27/16 at 11:18 am to pvilleguru
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On the other hand, if you ask anyone about Texas A&M, one of the first things they will probably mention is the ROTC. That's one of my reasons for saying they weren't a good fit.
Too bad
Posted on 8/27/16 at 11:24 am to G2160
So other than geography, us being known for a ROTC program makes us a bad fit?
Lol. Most everyone I've met from the Deep South loves the military. You, however, are the exception.
Lol. Most everyone I've met from the Deep South loves the military. You, however, are the exception.
Posted on 8/27/16 at 11:35 am to The Balinese Club
Hoedehoe - so now you claim that without a&m, there would be no SEC network??? Where do you come up with this weird shite? texas? As for what parts of texas or moomoo that don't fit in the Southeast? Google maps, type in southeast United States and point to where your fricking state is. Please secede.
Posted on 8/27/16 at 11:41 am to Vols&Shaft83
Vivid imagery
Posted on 8/27/16 at 11:50 am to KoachKletus
Ok. We will hop right on that. Thanks for your suggestion.
Posted on 8/27/16 at 11:52 am to pvilleguru
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My school is Alabama. I know they aren't an SMC, but they do have an ROTC program. It doesn't really irritate me, but I also have no reason to think of the Citadel, VMI, North Georgia, or Norwich University. I've also never thought of Virginia Tech and made a connection to the military. On the other hand, if you ask anyone about Texas A&M, one of the first things they will probably mention is the ROTC. That's one of my reasons for saying they weren't a good fit.
UT has the oldest non-Academy land-grant military program in the country. Our band is older than our football program as it was a part of our military program that predates ROTC. The color guards uniforms which are worn at every home game are a tribute to the University of Tennessee Volunteer Dragoons that fought with both Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812 and more famously in the Mexican-American War.
General Robert Neyland was a Professor of Military Science as well as the coach of our football team. Our very name comes from our long military tradition. The SEC and its member universities have a long established military history - this region sends more soldiers to war than anyone for heaven's sake.
While TAMU developed and maintained more academy like culture than other schools, to say that TAMU's military history makes them less of a fit is simply wrong. They're simply different in their expression of their school's military history and tradition.
Posted on 8/27/16 at 11:55 am to Prof
Interesting history. Thank you for sharing that 
Posted on 8/27/16 at 11:55 am to Prof
Alabama was also a military college back during and before the civil war, but we don't really celebrate it a day still prop it up. A&M is the only one in the SEC that still does.
Posted on 8/27/16 at 12:01 pm to texag7
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Interesting history. Thank you for sharing that
You're very welcome. UT is very much connected to our military history and of course fighting in the War of 1812 but especially fighting for Texas is how we solidified our name.
Posted on 8/27/16 at 12:08 pm to pvilleguru
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Alabama was also a military college back during and before the civil war, but we don't really celebrate it a day still prop it up. A&M is the only one in the SEC that still does.
Their Corps is certainly a different expression of their military history but I don't see a problem with being different. I mean it's fun to pick on them every now and then for keeping around a vestige of the past but at the same time it's not really all that weird for anyone in the South to celebrate the military. The military is very much ingrained in our overall culture.
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Posted on 8/27/16 at 12:56 pm to Prof
Thanks for sharing!
Posted on 8/27/16 at 1:10 pm to Mister Tee
Damn! You got to be the Auburn version of Sheldon Cooper.
Posted on 8/28/16 at 4:13 am to BoarEd
So, basically, A&M and Missouri serve as advertising whores sponsored by the SEC. Is this really why we added them?
Did we really need their money that much?
We were doing fine without them.
Did we really need their money that much?
We were doing fine without them.
This post was edited on 8/28/16 at 4:29 am
Posted on 8/28/16 at 7:29 am to Mister Tee
Mister Tee: Sorry. For a minute, we forgot you were there.
Posted on 8/28/16 at 10:23 am to Mister Tee
Texas people showing off their little dick syndrome in this thread. Texas is Mississippi times ten, only with a few major cities to hang their hat on. Otherwise, it's miles upon miles of nothingness with neo-conservatives, inbreds, cowboys and Texas Chain Saw Massacre-looking gas stations with uncaged chickens and goats running around sprinkled in between.
Posted on 8/28/16 at 11:18 am to BradPitt
Don't forget about the chupacabras. Keep an eye on the kids and your dog when traveling through Texas.
Posted on 8/28/16 at 11:32 am to LSU GrandDad
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LSU GrandDad
I am not traveling to College Station or Columbia Missouri for a football game.
they ARE rich. they are also smart, handsome and very social. if you don't think so, just ask 'em.
Smh. Why are you trying to bring levity to an interweb slap fight?
Posted on 8/28/16 at 2:32 pm to Mister Tee
Poor aggy.
They turned their back on the rest of the state (see the constant running down of Austin, Lubbock and Waco)... and now they have been rejected by the SEC.
Poor little orphan aggy.
They turned their back on the rest of the state (see the constant running down of Austin, Lubbock and Waco)... and now they have been rejected by the SEC.
Poor little orphan aggy.
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