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re: Strong's comments that A&M is a "gadget program"
Posted on 10/1/14 at 6:43 pm to AggieHank86
Posted on 10/1/14 at 6:43 pm to AggieHank86
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It is mostly the youngsters who talk this silliness about not caring whether we play the 'horns. In my opinion it is youthful posturing and nothing more.
I was 24 at the time of the SEC move. Losing the Texas game was my only regret at the time. I thought I would miss it more as the years went by.
The opposite has happened. I truly do not give a frick if we never play them annually again. Let them meet us in the postseason if they're good enough to get there. From a marketing, recruiting, and practical standpoint, there is no advantage to playing them ever again. Not to mention having to deal with having to be better than them AND the refs. Not interested in breathing life into their pittance of a schedule by putting ourselves on it.
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If nothing else, playing them would lower the volume of the complaints renour OOC schedule.
I don't give a frick about this, either. Plenty of other notable OOC teams we can play other than some big12 also-ran.
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Posted on 10/1/14 at 7:08 pm to TbirdSpur2010
It would be interesting to see a survey or poll with a statstically-valid methodology and sample size.
I have 12 first cousins. Ten of us attended TAMU (our grandfather was Class of '37) and the other two are big fans but could not get in. We had a family wedding two weeks ago for the youngest cousin (under age 30), and all of us were in agreement that we would love to see the series resume.
But we may not be a good sample, given our 80-year history with the game.
I have 12 first cousins. Ten of us attended TAMU (our grandfather was Class of '37) and the other two are big fans but could not get in. We had a family wedding two weeks ago for the youngest cousin (under age 30), and all of us were in agreement that we would love to see the series resume.
But we may not be a good sample, given our 80-year history with the game.
Posted on 10/1/14 at 7:28 pm to TbirdSpur2010
Spur,
I understand your points, even if I do not agree with them. There is no "advantage" to Bonfire, Silver Taps or senior boots, either. But they have been part of the Aggie experience for more than 100 years. So has the Texas game.
Fortunately, it is THEM refusing to play US, so we don't really have to address the issue at this time.
But if they ever stop pouting and express an interest in resuming the game, I really hope that we will not allow the practical concerns you have expressed (all of which are heavy with self-interest) to prevent a renewal. It would just seem ...small. It would reek of "little brother."
I understand your points, even if I do not agree with them. There is no "advantage" to Bonfire, Silver Taps or senior boots, either. But they have been part of the Aggie experience for more than 100 years. So has the Texas game.
Fortunately, it is THEM refusing to play US, so we don't really have to address the issue at this time.
But if they ever stop pouting and express an interest in resuming the game, I really hope that we will not allow the practical concerns you have expressed (all of which are heavy with self-interest) to prevent a renewal. It would just seem ...small. It would reek of "little brother."
This post was edited on 10/1/14 at 7:31 pm
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