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re: Texas Done w/ A&M Rivalry Unless "Compelling Reason" to Resume

Posted on 4/25/14 at 5:46 pm to
Posted by TbirdSpur2010
ALAMO CITY
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Posted on 4/25/14 at 5:46 pm to
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Big12fan


Who sent up the bat signal for your arse?
Posted by cas4t
Member since Jan 2010
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Posted on 4/25/14 at 5:46 pm to
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In this context, your comment doesn't make any sense.



yes it does. aTm wanted to get out of the conference because of the UT politics/chokehold on the Big 12.

It's been said by aTm posters on here on a number of occasions
Posted by TbirdSpur2010
ALAMO CITY
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Posted on 4/25/14 at 5:48 pm to
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A&M is content with losing to UT 76 times and is willing to let that record stand


Nobody gives a frick about balancing out leather helmet era defeats at y'all's hands when we were a military academy first and foremost and playing an inordinate amount of games on your turf while y'all were sitting on the state's talent

Do. Not. Care.
Posted by cas4t
Member since Jan 2010
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Posted on 4/25/14 at 5:48 pm to
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so then why didn't you say that off the bat? there is no way

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considering texas didn't sprint from the conference as fast as they could, yes
meant that we left because they pushed everyone aroud


this is exactly what I meant and I based it 100% off of what i've read from aTm posters on the rant
Posted by WestCoastAg
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 4/25/14 at 5:48 pm to
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aTm wanted to get out of the conference because of the UT politics/chokehold on the Big 12.
and if you had said this off the bat, people would have agreed with you
Posted by WestCoastAg
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 4/25/14 at 5:49 pm to
so responding to "the rant wont call texas a bitch by saying this" with "well since you ran as fast as you could" you meant "well a&m left the conference because texas pushed everyone around"? alright man whatever
Posted by cas4t
Member since Jan 2010
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Posted on 4/25/14 at 5:50 pm to
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and if you had said this off the bat, people would have agreed with you



it still applies to my initial statement
Posted by arkyhawk
SWMO
Member since Jan 2013
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Posted on 4/25/14 at 5:50 pm to
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However, if the rivalry resumed UTex would get exposure once a year on the SEC Network with SEC recruits watching


The game would most likely be national, so this is a non-factor.
Posted by cas4t
Member since Jan 2010
70932 posts
Posted on 4/25/14 at 5:52 pm to
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so responding to "the rant wont call texas a bitch by saying this" with "well since you ran as fast as you could" you meant "well a&m left the conference because texas pushed everyone around"? alright man whatever



what?

Dude, I said aTm ran away as fast as they could. And I based it off of shite i've read on here about Texas controlling the conference. It applies perfectly. I don't see what the hell is so unbelievable?

aTm leaves the conference, says they don't care about playing Texas anymore=looks weak

Texas stays in the conference and says the rivalry is over due to aTm leaving=makes perfect sense
This post was edited on 4/25/14 at 5:55 pm
Posted by mjw60532
Athens, Ga
Member since Apr 2014
297 posts
Posted on 4/25/14 at 5:53 pm to
Only reason for A&M to resume right now would be to maintain stronghold on recruiting in the state of Texas. If A&M played Texas this year and beat them like a drum, it would be nearly impossible for guys like Sheffield, Mack, and Jefferson to want to go to Texas (good possibility all those guys go to A&M anyways).

Only reason for Texas to resume would occur if they thought they could beat A&M and become the dominant program in Texas again. Considering A&M would be favored by two touchdowns in a neutral site game, there is no chance Texas is resuming this game any time soon.
Posted by WestCoastAg
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 4/25/14 at 5:54 pm to
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And I based it off of shite i've read on here about Texas controlling the conference
I guess what people are getting at was that you clearly said it in a sarcastic manner in which you had to know that you were going to get the responses that you did. had you just said "a&m left the conference because texas pushed everyone around" people would have agreed with you rather than disagreed
This post was edited on 4/25/14 at 5:55 pm
Posted by nc14
La Jolla
Member since Jan 2012
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Posted on 4/25/14 at 5:55 pm to
First they drop a conference championship and now this. Schedule is shaping up.
Posted by WestCoastAg
Member since Oct 2012
145248 posts
Posted on 4/25/14 at 5:58 pm to
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aTm leaves the conference, says they don't care about playing Texas anymore
except you know damn well we have adopted this position only because texas told us to shove it when we still wanted to play them directly after we moved
Posted by cas4t
Member since Jan 2010
70932 posts
Posted on 4/25/14 at 5:58 pm to
I was just being sarcastic back to your sarcastic comment.

But I definitely think it looks bad to leave the conference and then blatantly say you don't care about the rivalry. It looks worse since they've dominated the series.

I'd still want to play the game due to the fact that you now have an advantage. Texas not wanting to play it makes perfect sense in my eyes. They're way ahead in the series, and they weren't the ones who left the conference.
Posted by cas4t
Member since Jan 2010
70932 posts
Posted on 4/25/14 at 5:59 pm to
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except you know damn well we have adopted this position only because texas told us to shove it when we still wanted to play them directly after we moved



I actually did not know this. If true, UT is obviously being the bitches here.
Posted by WestCoastAg
Member since Oct 2012
145248 posts
Posted on 4/25/14 at 6:00 pm to
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But I definitely think it looks bad to leave the conference and then blatantly say you don't care about the rivalry.
they told us to shove it when we offered to continue playing. how the hell are we supposed to react to that?

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It looks worse since they've dominated the series.
that domination also looks worse when it was done on a glorified division two school and that we have the winning record when all things are equal

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I'd still want to play the game due to the fact that you now have an advantage
and after they told us to shove it, we said fine, and we moved on. the world does not revolve around that game
Posted by cas4t
Member since Jan 2010
70932 posts
Posted on 4/25/14 at 6:01 pm to
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and after they told us to shove it, we said fine, and we moved on. the world does not revolve around that game



completely agree. But I take back my comment about them being bitches, actually. I don't blame them for not wanting to have an annual game against an SEC team who they share the state with, since they lead the series.
Posted by TbirdSpur2010
ALAMO CITY
Member since Dec 2010
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Posted on 4/25/14 at 6:03 pm to
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I actually did not know this. If true, UT is obviously being the bitches here.


Let's put it this way: both TAMU and Mike Slive publicly bent over backwards to keep the final game date of the season open so we could continue our rivalry with them. Texas responded by saying they weren't interested in playing and black balled the remaining big12 members from playing us in the future.

We tried and we're willing to continue even though we were stepping up in competition. They told us to pound sand. So frick them, we have bigger fish to fry.
Posted by cas4t
Member since Jan 2010
70932 posts
Posted on 4/25/14 at 6:06 pm to
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We tried and we're willing to continue even though we were stepping up in competition. They told us to pound sand. So frick them, we have bigger fish to fry.


well in that case to aTm

and you do have bigger fish to fry

MUCH bigger (Bama, AU, LSU )
This post was edited on 4/25/14 at 6:06 pm
Posted by Farmer1906
The Woodlands, TX
Member since Apr 2009
50678 posts
Posted on 4/25/14 at 6:06 pm to
Holy shite Patterson always has something to say about A&M. I don't give a shite about playing tu. If it happens it happens, but with the 9 game schedule it makes less and less sense.
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