re: SIAP - Texas A&M via the SEC is eclipsing Texas in Major Media Markets

Farmer: you are half right. Had we left when the SWC imploded in '95 it would have been with Cougar High.

Had we left with Arkansas in '91 we would have been a package deal with tu.

It took us twenty years, but it worked out the way it was supposed to in the end - A&M in the SEC as the lone Texas school.

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it worked out the way it was supposed to in the end - A&M in the SEC as the lone Texas school.

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I didn't think there was any plan on leaving when Ark did. I thought it was a shock to everyone. It was before my time.

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I can't remember when Arkansas announced but the conference moves weren't as publicized and scrutinized as now. There wasn't a website to discuss and newspapers didn't dig deep into it all that I remember. It just sort of was.

Kind of like when the Big 12 happened, to me, it was totally out of the blue. We'd (and I say that to mean students) heard rumors about things but no one really knew anything and suddenly it was just announced.

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but I feel like I came to A&M right at their upswing.

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Well... 10-1 from '84 through '94. And yes, the date range is arbitrary and purposeful. But you won't find another stretch like that in the previous 100+ years.

But I think you're correct. Even in the 80's it felt like it was only a matter of time before it swung back. Now, I'm not so sure. It feels like t.u. really, really screwed up driving A&M off and has compounded the error since then. The "We're Texas" schtick is plum worn out.

Some track and baseball success before the SEC move... obviously theGarnetWay's enrollment has nudged A&M forward in football. I salute you, sir.

SafetySam, myself, and a collection of other old curmudgeons will be at the USC game. I'll hit you up on tailgate location before then, but be warned: most of us have children older than you.

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Some track and baseball success before the SEC move... obviously theGarnetWay's enrollment has nudged A&M forward in football. I salute you, sir

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Apparently at the expense of Carolina's football and baseball programs.

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SafetySam, myself, and a collection of other old curmudgeons will be at the USC game. I'll hit you up on tailgate location before then, but be warned: most of us have children older than you

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Which one? The Bush students are finishing up finals and papers this weekend so I think a small group of us will be able to make it to the Saturday game.

Oh, I thought we were talking baseball.

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Which one?

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I'm sure both of us would love to attend a baseball game. But I'm in Mississippi. SafetySam is in Pennsylvania. We'll be there for Halloween and hopefully cokebottleag's dad won't dress up as a cold-cut sandwich again. Inside story, but it scarred us for life. What was seen cannot be unseen.

I agree that tu never had any intention of joining the SEC. They always looked down their snotty noses at the SEC. And we seemed to be more tied to tu in the 80s and early 90s than we were later on.

I remember being a senior in '95 when the XII was announced. My friends and I all felt let down because we thought we were going to the SEC then. Little did we know how close we were later when the stories all came out. Would it have turned out different if we had the information and and ability to organize back then that we had three years ago?