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re: The reason the Aggie/Longhorn series has never had national relevance
Posted on 5/11/24 at 10:24 am to Mr Sausage
Posted on 5/11/24 at 10:24 am to Mr Sausage
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Nice job OP of presenting statistical data to the discussion.
It's funny. I read the title and the first thing that popped into my head was that it seemed like Texas and Texas A&M never seemed to have vintage teams in the same season.
Then I read the OP and obviously that was exactly what it was about.
That hurts the game some in terms of the national focus.
But I also think the Thanksgiving day tradition actually hurt it a bit nationally as people aren't as focused on football that evening as they are on a regular Saturday.
I think the Thanksgiving day schedule for both it and the Egg Bowl also limits the type of hijinks you see from the students and crowds like you might otherwise get at rivalry games.
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Posted on 5/11/24 at 12:34 pm to Gunga Din
quote:It's always been the last game of the year, other than 1969. Same issue with other rivalry games, Alabama-Auburn, Michigan-Ohio State, USC-UCLA, etc. The loser of the last game has a very low probability of finishing in the Top 5, unless they were Top 3 and lost to a Top 5.
Nice job OP of presenting statistical data to the discussion.
it seemed like Texas and Texas A&M never seemed to have vintage teams in the same season.
That hurts the game some in terms of the national focus.
But I also think the Thanksgiving day tradition actually hurt it a bit nationally as people aren't as focused on football that evening as they are on a regular Saturday.
I think the Thanksgiving day schedule for both it and the Egg Bowl also limits the type of hijinks you see from the students and crowds like you might otherwise get at rivalry games.
There used to be 3 TV games on Thanksgiving; The Cowboys, The Lions and Texas-A&M in prime time. Time honored traditions, like James Bond and Clint Eastwood movies opening in theaters over the holidays.
When A&M was banned from TV, the game wasn't televised and lost the premier time slot in college football.
T+1 and a Saturday game never had the same vibe.
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