re: Great Moments in Arkansas-A&M history

1986 was the best Arkansas-A&M game

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TCU wouldn't be in the BDF if it weren't for A&M's move to the SEC. Gotta be happy about that

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You're not using the right perspective.

Remember the timeframe that all the realignment activities happened: Summer-Fall 2011.

TCU ended the 2010 season fresh off a Rose Bowl victory over Wisconsin and a final ranking of #2. They had just agreed to join the Big East Conference, finally getting their shot into a BCS league after leaving the lesser schools in the Mountain West. They saw the writing on the wall after their primary competition in the conference, Utah, got an invite to a BCS league (PAC 12) over them.

With Boise State joining the Mountain West effective for the 2011 season, they were just going to bide their time before finally taking their place amongst the elite in Texas, especially after a disastrous 2010 season for the Longhorns.

Lo and behond, August and September 2011 happens and the SEC accepts Texas A&M as its 13th member. WTF!! How can this be?! TCU is the #1 team in the state of Texas, not Aggy!!! Combine that with the impending collapse of the Big East and they saw their prospects for relevance dwindling DESPITE their recent success.

When they joined the Big 12, DeLoss Dodds and all of the sip media claimed that "TCU is an upgrade over A&M" and that was used to shut Baylor up. Furthermore, TCU finally was vindicated after the breakup of the Southwest Conference and given the lifeline they so deserved.

Nevermind the fact that, to this day, they still do not have a full member's share in their new conference in year 3, they considered themselves better than the Aggies and the Longhorns.

Then 2012 happens: A&M goes 11-2 in the SEC, Johnny Manziel wins the Heisman, and TCU goes 7-6 in the Big 12.

Then 2013 happens: A&M goes 9-4 in year 2 of the SEC while TCU goes 4-8...and just like that, TCU is rendered irrelevant, and it's all because of A&M. It's A&M's fault that Baylor filled the power vacuum left by A&M. It's A&M's fault that TCU was unable to capitalize on the Horned Frogs' 2010 season, etc.

So when you look at it from THAT perspective, it makes sense.