re: Would you be in favor of this?

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As for tu, all I care about at this point is winning/competing for national titles & conference championships. If playing them every year makes that more likely to happen I’m for it

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It does. They get ranked in the top 25 just for putting on the helmet. Beating them does more for us than playing Prairie View again.

There has to be a bit on honesty here - we scheduled Clemson in 2014 - when they were ranked 16. We dropped Oregon (top 5) to do it.

We lucked out that Clemson is ranked as high as they are - and are we really working the South Carolina recruit market?

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don't know why everyone complains about that game. I like it. It's a yearly game in our own backyard and our fans consistently outnumber Hog fans. Extend that bitch as long as possible!

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This.

Hella fun game to attend, too.

Agree to disagree. Makes us look petty and weak - all the things we accuse them of.

Anyone remember “anytime, anywhere”?

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you make it sound like that line of thinking is a bad thing.

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It is a bad thing. It's a straight chicken shite I'm scared to lose mentality.

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TBird - you are better than that. Acting like it doesn’t make us look petty, but using the “na-nanny-boo-boo” defense is sad.

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Actually, my argument is from a business standpoint. t.u. has proven throughout their history that they will throw us under the bus at the drop of a hat the minute they feel they no longer have the upper hand in the athletic relationship. We've seen this time and time again. When you have a business partner that has proven themselves to be untrustworthy, it would be foolish for you to hop right back in bed with them just because they say you're "scared" to do so. Especially when jumping back into that bed not only makes you vulnerable again, but ALSO helps out that untrustworthy partner--who is in their less than savory position in the first place BECAUSE of their willingness to throw you under the bus.

No, this isn't a "na-nanny-boo-boo” defense. This is being smart and not repeating the same mistakes just to measure our dicks in the short term.

ETA: And keep in mind that I'm someone who initially was quite morose over the prospect of potentially losing the t.u. game. I grew up with the rivalry. My dad worked on Bonfire and I attended it in person on campus growing up. It's a huge deal.

I'm pleasantly surprised and thankful that I don't miss the game more, but more importantly I'm not going to let emotion dictate that I advocate for a business arrangement that will hurt my alma mater athletically. I love TAMU far more than I love to BTHO t.u.

Wrong. It's a "Fool me once, shame on me, fool me twice, I must be an Aggie."

I'm in favor of bringing the game back, but not until the playoffs expand to 8 (assuming making the playoffs is a goal of the program). Otherwise we either have an unnecessarily difficult a schedule or we're locked out of any other interesting OOC games.

And I like the idea of playing it labor day weekend, with hype building up all offseason and getting it out of the way before conference play. Conversely, it also makes a lot of sense to put it back around TDay where it's always been and in line with all the other major rivalry games.