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re: Theory: A&M will never win anything of actual meaning, because they are a cult.
Posted on 6/14/20 at 8:40 am to lastfan
Posted on 6/14/20 at 8:40 am to lastfan
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Oklahoma would have been a good addition, but I don’t think they would have separated from Okie State.
After talking to an OU booster, I don't think they can due to their state legislation. They would love to go somewhere else but they have to be a package deal.
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Posted on 6/14/20 at 10:15 am to turnpiketiger
I just posted a pretty lengthy link above in my response to Texas Horn. The whole Big 12 fiasco is imprinted on the minds of most participants. There are plenty of books written about all this.
But the timeline alone should be obvious. Nebraska left the Big 10 in 2010 and the LHN was announced in 2011.
Most of the subsequent moves were a product of years long discussions. Another good article.
100 year Decision article
A&M was exploring the Pac-10 courtship in early 2010, well before the LHN announcement. The SEC discussions predated the LHN.
But the timeline alone should be obvious. Nebraska left the Big 10 in 2010 and the LHN was announced in 2011.
Most of the subsequent moves were a product of years long discussions. Another good article.
100 year Decision article
A&M was exploring the Pac-10 courtship in early 2010, well before the LHN announcement. The SEC discussions predated the LHN.
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"The Longhorn Network popped up and that's the straw that broke the camel's back after Nebraska and Colorado left," Adams said of UT's $300 million deal with ESPN in January 2011 that prompted A&M to again look at joining the SEC -- a topic that had been discussed by various coaches and regents since the 1990s. "UT doing their own network pretty much eliminated them from joining the SEC. We knew the SEC wanted a Texas team. We had the fan base, the alumni, the academics. And we fit in with them culture-wise.
Posted on 6/14/20 at 10:22 am to Windy City
But to the OPs point . . . .it is not a cult like attitude. It is more the good old boys at the 12th Man Association, Athletic Department, and the Board of Regents. They have done what they feel comfortable with . . . not what is needed to compete at the highest level. They swing form bold moves to retreating to what they like.
Jackie Sherrill was the bold move. R.C was Slocum was much better . . . .they overlooked that couldn't close the deal despite having some of the best talent in the country every year.
They then got impatient and made the bold move of hiring away Coach Fran. That obviously was an epic mistake and they retreated back to comfort in Mike Sherman and Kevin Sumlin.
They got antsy again and now we are in Jimbo Fisher bold move phase.
Jackie Sherrill was the bold move. R.C was Slocum was much better . . . .they overlooked that couldn't close the deal despite having some of the best talent in the country every year.
They then got impatient and made the bold move of hiring away Coach Fran. That obviously was an epic mistake and they retreated back to comfort in Mike Sherman and Kevin Sumlin.
They got antsy again and now we are in Jimbo Fisher bold move phase.
This post was edited on 6/14/20 at 10:23 am
Posted on 6/14/20 at 10:29 am to Windy City
Posted on 6/14/20 at 11:37 am to Harry Rex Vonner
Is that a LaTech banner, now you talking about a cult and not even a very good cult in cult terms. If Davis or Davison ever moves on the cult will dissolve quickly and become Grambling East.
Posted on 6/15/20 at 12:52 pm to TchPowDog
I saw the A&BM campus for the first time last summer. It sits out in a pasture in the middle of nowhere. As I got closer, I wondered if it was actually a secret government lab or a missile factory. It was that ugly. I walked into a brand new gym facility and the whole lobby smelled like rotten walrus/ B.O. And the sunofabich was brand new. How could it already reek of B.O.???
Of course I'm comparing it to the OU campus, widely considered one of the top 10 most beautiful campuses in the nation.
Of course I'm comparing it to the OU campus, widely considered one of the top 10 most beautiful campuses in the nation.
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