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re: Would the new guys on the block have played for a title if they stayed
Posted on 8/20/14 at 5:21 pm to TxTiger82
Posted on 8/20/14 at 5:21 pm to TxTiger82
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Is there a connection between Sherman getting fired and moving to the SEC?
Sherman was not a fan of the conference move in the slightest. It was a point of contention between he and the administration.
Our AD at the time, Bill Byrne, wasn't a proponent of switching conferences either, especially without texas.
SEC move is basically the sole reason both men are no longer at TAMU.
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Posted on 8/20/14 at 5:21 pm to TbirdSpur2010
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This makes exactly zero sense in light of how realignment played out
really? you would feather be the third best team in the SEC West (in a good year) than the best team in the big 12.
I think there isn't a team in the Big 12 2012 who could ahem beat y'all.
I also think a Big 12 champ would get in over independent Notre Dame. Especially with Johnny Football at QB.
This would eat me alive like all of LSU's missed opportunities do. But y'all are just happy to get out of Texas's shadow.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 5:21 pm to TbirdSpur2010
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See, now, this is better trollbait.
Not really. It's been played out.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 5:24 pm to Mizz-SEC
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Not really. It's been played out.
It was better than the previous attempt (admittedly, that isn't saying much, but I'm tryna promote some animosity between TAMU and SC, so cut me a break
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Posted on 8/20/14 at 5:26 pm to Cockopotamus
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aTm would have lost to their big brother, so no
Short memory you have. Mr Sip, Deloss Dodds, refused to even consider playing in the Cotton Bowl if A&M was the opponent.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 5:32 pm to SafetySam
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Short memory you have.
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Series record
Texas leads, 76–37–5
I'm thinking you're the one with a short memory. aTm had only beaten UT 5 times since '95 before yall quit playing.
Talk about domination
Posted on 8/20/14 at 5:35 pm to SammyTiger
Setting aside the trolling for a bit, the SEC effect on recruiting has made us the #1 choice in Texas for recruits, w/ no possible counter by UTx/OU etc. That kind of talent influx means that "third in the SEC West" (or #5 in the nation) is not our ceiling.
We nearly lost to La. Tech in 2012. Who's to say a Baylor or OSU on the right day couldn't have closed the deal?
You really think A&M gets in over Notre Dame? I don't think that happens at all. Especially because Johnny Football in the B12 doesn't get his signature win over Alabama. He would be entertaining, but many would chalk him up as just another B12 spread QB.
Also, because it's Freaking Notre Dame! They've still got so much "mystique" they nearly got a Heisman for a mediocre linebacker w/ an imaginary girlfriend.
We nearly lost to La. Tech in 2012. Who's to say a Baylor or OSU on the right day couldn't have closed the deal?
You really think A&M gets in over Notre Dame? I don't think that happens at all. Especially because Johnny Football in the B12 doesn't get his signature win over Alabama. He would be entertaining, but many would chalk him up as just another B12 spread QB.
Also, because it's Freaking Notre Dame! They've still got so much "mystique" they nearly got a Heisman for a mediocre linebacker w/ an imaginary girlfriend.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 5:39 pm to Pettifogger
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When Oklahoma turned down the SEC and the conference turned its sights on A&M
Posted on 8/20/14 at 5:39 pm to Cockopotamus
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Short memory you have.
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Series record
Texas leads, 76–37–5
I'm thinking you're the one with a short memory. aTm had only beaten UT 5 times since '95 before yall quit playing.
Talk about domination
That, Sir, is called a non sequitur.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 5:40 pm to TbirdSpur2010
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SEC move is basically the sole reason both men are no longer at TAMU.
Once momma came calling, we had to go home. Those two fat fricks weren't going to stop us.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 5:41 pm to Gradual_Stroke
I still love Sherm for personal reasons, but he HAD to go when he did with the attitude he had. No two ways about it.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 5:42 pm to TbirdSpur2010
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SEC move is basically the sole reason both men are no longer at TAMU.
You really think we would have kept Sherman if we weren't going to the SEC? That's a scary thought.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 5:42 pm to Gradual_Stroke
For the record yall were always my #1
Posted on 8/20/14 at 5:43 pm to TbirdSpur2010
Sherm was a great evaluator of talent, a decent man, and a classy representative.
But he couldn't see the road forking 10 feet in front of him, and if he didn't feel the need for us to go home to the SEC when she called, he wasn't a true Ag.
But he couldn't see the road forking 10 feet in front of him, and if he didn't feel the need for us to go home to the SEC when she called, he wasn't a true Ag.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 5:44 pm to Pettifogger
Saying that we weren't the #1 expansion choice in all of realignment is silly and isn't worth arguing with you about.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 5:46 pm to Gradual_Stroke
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Saying that we weren't the #1 expansion choice in all of realignment is silly and isn't worth arguing with you about.
As the more South like and less Texas like school yall were the better cultural fit, but let's not act like there weren't bigger fish we looked at.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 5:47 pm to Pettifogger
You think your trolls are subtle, but they are not. I refuse to bite. Good day, petti.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 5:49 pm to Gradual_Stroke
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You think your trolls are subtle, but they are not. I refuse to bite. Good day, petti.
Ok the Texas thing was trolling and not intended to be subtle. The bigger fish thing is true, but let's just say A&M was always at the top of the realistic chance list.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 5:50 pm to Pettifogger
Keep reeling the lure in. I ain't biting.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 5:50 pm to Mirthomatic
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You really think we would have kept Sherman if we weren't going to the SEC?
Yup. He was showing improvement and tangibly "restocking the cupboard" after the debacle that was the Fran era. I think we would have been stuck with him long term had we remained in the big12.
Scary thought indeed.
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