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re: Theory: A&M will never win anything of actual meaning, because they are a cult.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 10:27 pm to Farmer1906
Posted on 6/12/20 at 10:27 pm to Farmer1906
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1. Oklahoma was never an option because their market is shite. Plus they’ll never get off their burnt orange leash.
Their tv market is better than Arkansas and South Carolina
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Posted on 6/12/20 at 10:32 pm to turnpiketiger
What’s your point, time traveler?
Posted on 6/12/20 at 10:42 pm to TchPowDog
Time for you to put down the Michelob and go to bed. That job at the plants comes early tomorrow brother.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 10:43 pm to Ag_16
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Time for you to put down the Michelob
Not Michelob, Bud Light Lime.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 10:43 pm to CGSC Lobotomy
I live here, the beer of choice is michelob for LSU fans
Posted on 6/12/20 at 10:46 pm to Mr Sausage
Offended because we would rather have bigger brand name teams even if one is a has been than a never was team?
Posted on 6/13/20 at 1:22 am to turnpiketiger
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I’ll never change my mind about preferring that the SEC snagged Texas or Oklahoma over these rejects.
UTex wanted no part of the SEC.
Wipe the drool from your chin and move on with life.
Posted on 6/13/20 at 7:01 am to turnpiketiger
quote:I’m tired of reading this quote from a few of my Tiger brethren. The Ags were a great addition to the SEC, and they were actually excited to join our conference. Yeah, they have a few fans on this site who are annoying as all get-out, but it’s not like we don’t have trolls of our own.
I’ll never change my mind about preferring that the SEC snagged Texas or Oklahoma over these rejects.
Posted on 6/13/20 at 7:48 am to turnpiketiger
Try again Timmy
This post was edited on 6/13/20 at 7:50 am
Posted on 6/13/20 at 11:02 am to lastfan
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The Ags were a great addition to the SEC
And Texas or Oklahoma wouldn’t have been? Let’s stop acting like if given the choice, we would have not chosen A&M. They were there we had a slot to fill. It’s not some special fit that was meant to be like they make it seem.
Posted on 6/13/20 at 11:10 am to TchPowDog
OP: that is fricking insightful. I wish I were as enlightened as you.
Do you have a newsletter we can all subscribe to?
Do you have a newsletter we can all subscribe to?
Posted on 6/13/20 at 11:26 am to TchPowDog
Posted on 6/13/20 at 11:26 am to turnpiketiger
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And Texas or Oklahoma wouldn’t have been?
Texas = prima donnas. They’re a great program, but I’m not sure they would have been good for our conference. They would have never agreed to the profit sharing scheme we have. Hell, they have their own network.
Oklahoma would have been a good addition, but I don’t think they would have separated from Okie State.
Posted on 6/13/20 at 11:42 am to TchPowDog
Tone of reasons for them to be mired in mediocrity but that’s not one of them.
Posted on 6/13/20 at 11:46 am to lastfan
You are correct on both. This is all hypothetical. If they never did the LHN which by the way ruined what was once a decent league, then Texas would been a no brainer. Their revenue is usually #1 in all athletics. They’re a flagship brand name. They belong in a league with the likes of LSU, Alabama, Florida, Georgia etc. not the likes of Kansas, Iowa State, West Virginia etc. The same goes for Oklahoma. These brands are too historical to be associated with low tier programs. They both belong in either the SEC or big10.
I don’t understand why Oklahoma or Texas are content with the big12. SEC aside, why not play in a conference with other blue bloods instead of beating up on basketball schools like Kansas? What’s the average stadium size these teams play in besides their own?
I don’t understand why Oklahoma or Texas are content with the big12. SEC aside, why not play in a conference with other blue bloods instead of beating up on basketball schools like Kansas? What’s the average stadium size these teams play in besides their own?
This post was edited on 6/13/20 at 11:49 am
Posted on 6/13/20 at 11:51 am to turnpiketiger
Yeah, that league they’re in isn’t forcing them to be better (well, at least that can be said for Oklahoma right now, but Texas is really close to righting the ship). It would be great to see them in one of the two strongest conferences.
Posted on 6/13/20 at 11:56 am to TchPowDog
Try hard thread is try hard.
Posted on 6/13/20 at 11:58 am to turnpiketiger
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And Texas or Oklahoma wouldn’t have been? Let’s stop acting like if given the choice, we would have not chosen A&M.
People have total amnesia about conference realignment. A&M to the SEC was a marriage of convenience but one that made sense for both parties.
OU, even with their trophies and legacy, had only marginal appeal to various conference decision makers around the country. It is is a crappy plan B academic institution which made it problematic for conferences like the Pac 12 or Big 10 that at least try to balance academics with athletics. They have very little national draw and basically are a parasite for the North Texas market. TV sets, which all that anyone cared about at the time, were not something the school could deliver. People also forget that Stoops was on a backslide at the time. The Sooners finished 4th in the Big 12 that year behind K-State, Baylor, and OSU.
Texas had national draw and academic appeal in spades but they recoiled in horror at the thought of hitching up with the various SEC Schools. They thought it would dilute their academic rep and prevent them from fully monetizing their brand. They were and still are not team players and would have been crappy partners from the get go.
A&M was an easier fit. Despite its less impressive win/loss record it was a superior economic machine to pretty much every SEC school and lifted the academic profile of the conference. We escaped the sinking ship that was the Big 12 and the SEC advanced their overall profile.
Posted on 6/13/20 at 12:38 pm to turnpiketiger
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If they never did the LHN which by the way ruined what was once a decent league, then Texas would been a no brainer.
This is also wrong . . . .Nebraska, Colorado, Missouri, and others were all looking for the exits well before the Lonnghorn Network was even a concept.
Posted on 6/13/20 at 1:50 pm to EKG
Some sidewalk fans are much better fans and reps than plenty Ags. Don't forget that.
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