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Turning what would have been a small amount of negative press into a front page story on ESPN kind of symbolizes how this staff has managed things the last two years though

Call me an Aggy for saying it, but I think this is being made a bigger deal than it is because some people in the media want us to fail. We aren't sexy anymore, and we aren't a blue blood, so to them we are roadkill.

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Posted by ShaneTheLegLechler

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Posted on 5/5/16 at 8:52 am to cardboardboxer

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but I think this is being made a bigger deal than it is because some people in the media want us to fail. We aren't sexy anymore, and we aren't a blue blood, so to them we are roadkill.

Allen and Murray transferring probably has something to do with it, and I think media knows Sumlin's seat is pretty warm so they are going to jump on it. Social media in all sports these days is a story in itself.

But no, there isn't a media conspiracy against A&M. That's probably one of my biggest pet peeves about a segment of our fanbase

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Posted by therick711

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Posted on 5/5/16 at 8:54 am to cardboardboxer

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Call me an Aggy for saying it, but I think this is being made a bigger deal than it is because some people in the media want us to fail. We aren't sexy anymore, and we aren't a blue blood, so to them we are roadkill.

I think it is just a sports story that rolled into a cautionary tale that could happen to anyone (from a media narrative perspective). The story is one of negative consequences flowed from a post on a social media account. The media sees this and thinks, this will be a good story to push because everyone has a social media account and they can relate to it.

I say this because the local angles on this haven't really focused on the recruiting outside of setting up the story. They've been talking about the consequences of social media. If it was word of mouth that did this, it wouldn't be a story. Because it was twitter, the media is bleeding it. Old, stodgy sportswriters hate twitter, always remember that.

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