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re: A&M/LSU 6:30 Thanksgiving Night on ESPN
Posted on 6/23/14 at 12:18 pm to WestCoastAg
Posted on 6/23/14 at 12:18 pm to WestCoastAg
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we told LSU we were playing on thanksgiving when you were in college station and you guys obeyed.
According to an email from Alleva, we will only play yall on thursdays on years we have a bye week the week before. I am cool with then
bye week (opening weekend of gun season too)
A&M (guranteed win)
extra 2 days to prepare for SECCG
Posted on 6/23/14 at 12:21 pm to TheDude321
Thanksgiving has been a college football day for 100 years. A&M/Texas was a T-day battle forever. When the Big12 formed and f-ed it up for a few years, it was on Friday. Ole Miss/MSU then stole the evening of T-day for the Egg bowl. The Big 12 finally put A&M/Tex back on Thanksgiving in 2008
Posted on 6/23/14 at 12:21 pm to Bamatab
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If the tv ratings turn out to be really good, do you think there will be enough support on LSU's side to have it on Thanksgiving Day when it is played in Baton Rouge? Or do you think that the LSU folks will keep in on Friday or Saturday at all cost when they are the home team?
as long as we have a bye week the weekend before, I am cool with it.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 12:22 pm to flyAU
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Glad there is a good game to watch. Also glad it isn't my team.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 12:24 pm to WeeWee
quote:which will change when we tell you to
we will only play yall on thursdays on years we have a bye week the week before
Posted on 6/23/14 at 12:25 pm to WeeWee
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as long as we have a bye week the weekend before, I am cool with it.
Do you have a link that states the bye week stipulation? I don't remember that being part of it. I thought the agreement was the years it is played in College Station, it'll be on Thursday, and the years it is played in Baton Rouge it'll be on either Friday or Saturday.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 12:30 pm to Broyota2
The ratings will be wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy worse than a normal LSU/A&M game. We are competing with the 49ers vs Seahawks. Only mouthbreathing rednecks think this game will get good ratings
Posted on 6/23/14 at 12:30 pm to Bamatab
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I thought the agreement was the years it is played in College Station, it'll be on Thursday, and the years it is played in Baton Rouge it'll be on either Friday or Saturday.
Yeah that is what I thought too.
I am ok with either Thursday or Friday. Friday is more convenient, but Thursday twists the knife deeper. Alternating back and forth is kinda best of both worlds.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 12:31 pm to DFWAggie09
I liked when the Egg Bowl was on Thanksgiving Night.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 12:32 pm to MedDawg
I hate it because I have multiple family members that went to A&M. So I was looking forward to the college station away games. Now that will never happen
Posted on 6/23/14 at 12:36 pm to Bamatab
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Do you have a link that states the bye week stipulation? I don't remember that being part of it. I thought the agreement was the years it is played in College Station, it'll be on Thursday, and the years it is played in Baton Rouge it'll be on either Friday or Saturday.
from the rant that was after an ESPNBR interview. He said it in an email to TAF members too I think, but I deleted the email
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He also said that the only reason that he agreed to play A&M on Thanksgiving is because LSU would have a bye week immediately before and he wouldn't agree to play on Thanksgiving for years where that wasn't the case.
LINK
Posted on 6/23/14 at 12:39 pm to Dr. Morgus
I'm not sure I've ever seen a bigger group of whiners.
Gotta say, it's a side of LSU fandom I wouldn't have predicted.
I'm good with playing the game at 7am Christmas morning.
Or high noon on a Tuesday in September.
Or right before/after LSU's nap time.
Buncha titty babies.
BTHOLSU
Gotta say, it's a side of LSU fandom I wouldn't have predicted.
I'm good with playing the game at 7am Christmas morning.
Or high noon on a Tuesday in September.
Or right before/after LSU's nap time.
Buncha titty babies.
BTHOLSU
Posted on 6/23/14 at 12:43 pm to WeeWee
quote:Umm I think y'all gotta play aTm on thursday's any time you play in their house - it doesn't matter whether y'all have a bye week the week before. aTm doesn't care when LSU has a bye week.
According to an email from Alleva, we will only play yall on thursdays on years we have a bye week the week before.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 12:46 pm to RT1941
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Umm I think y'all gotta play aTm on thursday's any time you play in their house - it doesn't matter whether y'all have a bye week the week before. aTm doesn't care when LSU has a bye week.
I am pretty sure we haave to sign off on when we play. We always have that standing invitation to Big 12 to play as a trump card.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 12:53 pm to Captain Crown
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I'll be there
You better be, I'm gonna have a bottle of crown with your name on it.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 1:00 pm to WeeWee
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I am pretty sure we haave to sign off on when we play. We always have that standing invitation to Big 12 to play as a trump card.
...where, as a condition of acceptance, you would promptly become UTx's yearly opponent on T-Day. Home AND away.
But seriously, I understand LSU fans not liking it. I see the pros and cons, and not every Aggie likes it. But playing on that day is tradition, and that means a ton.
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