Level of Intensity - Texas vs. A&M

LEVEL 10: A&M fans

God help these people. Their entire self-valuation of human worth is wrapped up in this game. Losing to Texas is the pinnacle of physical and emotional destruction for this group. Winning is even nastier. It brings out the unchurched, boastful side of Aggie, and it isn't pretty.


LEVEL 9: A&M coach

Elmo sees what this means to his employers. He is shiteing in his pants over this. And he is correct to do so. He could have lost every game this season but he damn sure better win this one. His honeymoon ends with this game. Win, and he is Hero of College Station. Lose, and he's just fat arse, bad-hire slob. Even the local Golden Corral will turn him away.


LEVEL 8: Texas fans

Again? Shite we just kicked OU arse, battled Piggie to a tough win, and now another freaking rivalry? Damn when does it end? Oh well, just life as a Texas fan. Another school wants what we got. In this case, these are those self-righteous brats that we have to share the State with, so we might well beat that arse while we're at it. In fact, we damn well better beat that arse because it is our birthright. We don't wanna listen to these post-modern Wally Cleavers all year.


LEVEL 2: A&M players

These guys see their coach and fans tripping from all this. They know there's another game first, but they forget who it's against. The hysteria over Texas is all in their face, but damn it seems like everybody needs to chill. At any rate, they do know some Texas players from high school and so of course they would like beat their arse. And yes, going to the playoffs would be cool so yeah they'll show up for a throw down. But they're still trying to figure what about this other game that happens first? Players have to live in the now. But they feel like everyone else has checked out.


LEVEL 1: Texas players

Looking to make a good show vs. Kentucky. Hoping this is when the offense shows back up. They hear about the A&M game but hell, every damn time they turn around they hear "rivalry" game. So that's cool, after all it is another Texas school. And some of them have seen a few tapes of Justin Tucker's field goal when they were 8 years old. But that can wait, right now let's go for the defensive shutout and hope Ewers wakes up. They realize there's still lots of football left to play so one day at a time.


LEVEL 0: Texas coach

Sark is not from around here. He's looking at the reality, he's not emotionally affected. He looks at A&M and sees a team that got absolutely skull drug by a mid-tier bunch of roosters. He scratches his head and thinks what's the big deal. Then he goes back to thinking about Kentucky.