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re: Sooners, why are you not playing Okie lite??
Posted on 11/29/24 at 8:18 pm to CharlotteSooner
Posted on 11/29/24 at 8:18 pm to CharlotteSooner
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We don't have an in-state rival.
Never have.
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Posted on 11/29/24 at 8:20 pm to SoonerMagic1
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Little brother, OSU, is acting up just like aTm did when Aggies moved to SEC and refused to played Texas.
Wrong.
ESPN
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Texas A&M has been outspoken about a sort of anywhere, anytime, anyplace attitude toward resuming the rivalry, but Texas, who won the final game in 2011 on a last-second field goal, is taking a rather arrogant approach to when the next game will happen.
Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds, From the Daily Texan (my emphasis added):
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“They left,” Dodds said. “They're the ones that decided not to play us. We get to decide when we play again. I think that's fair. If you did a survey of our fans about playing A&M, they don't want to. It's overwhelming. I know. I hear it. Our fans are important to us. I think there's got to be a period where things get different. I think there's too many hard feelings.”
Hey-oh! Dodds is in a power position here and doesn't sound like he has many plans to let anyone forget that. As for why this game isn't being played, it depends on who you listen to. There's merit to both sides, and it's a perfect situation in which either side feels completely comfortable blaming the other.
Texas warned A&M when it was considering a move to the SEC: "Leave and this rivalry is over."
Posted on 12/2/24 at 10:45 am to EKG
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Wrong.
ESPN
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Texas A&M has been outspoken about a sort of anywhere, anytime, anyplace attitude toward resuming the rivalry, but Texas, who won the final game in 2011 on a last-second field goal, is taking a rather arrogant approach to when the next game will happen.
Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds, From the Daily Texan (my emphasis added):
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“They left,” Dodds said. “They're the ones that decided not to play us. We get to decide when we play again. I think that's fair. If you did a survey of our fans about playing A&M, they don't want to. It's overwhelming. I know. I hear it. Our fans are important to us. I think there's got to be a period where things get different. I think there's too many hard feelings.”
Hey-oh! Dodds is in a power position here and doesn't sound like he has many plans to let anyone forget that. As for why this game isn't being played, it depends on who you listen to. There's merit to both sides, and it's a perfect situation in which either side feels completely comfortable blaming the other.
Texas warned A&M when it was considering a move to the SEC: "Leave and this rivalry is over."
Well, it seems Texas DID determine when they would play again, and as usual, they came out on top. And on top of that, they did in 3 months what A&M couldn't do in 13 years. It sucks, but it's fact.
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