harley spoon

That Texas job has been open 3 times in the last 8 years and has been filled with Charlie Strong, Tom Herman and Steve Sarkesian. That's all you need to know about how good this job it is.

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A few of my thoughts on the hate from TCU and the other little sisters of tu/OU:

1. About half the TCU/Baylor fans I know owned at least one tu jersey back in the 1990's and late 2000's when their teams sucked so bad. They learned to hate A&M as tee shirt horn fans when their teams sucked for so long.

2. The Big 12-2-2+1+1 didn't add TCU in response to A&M's departure. They added West Virginia when A&M left and added TCU when Mizzou announced their departure.

3. There didn't used to be much of a difference in size or academics between A&M and the other SWC schools not named tu until A&M started growing and progressing in the 1970's. Many of the older alumni of the little schools saw an equal suddenly become much larger and much more respected on a national basis. That didn't/doesn't sit well with them.

4.Leaving the Big??? and going to the SEC has removed the shadow of tu over A&M and shined a light on our stature (both academic and athletic) to those outside of Texas that really never knew A&M as a small "country" school or ever heard an Aggie joke.

5. Aggies act like they think they are special and are quick to enlist the help of the Aggie Network which is powerful. This bothers a lot of people.

So that replacement candidates will know they will get paid handsomely if the come to A&M and win...and maybe even if they sort of win. Kind of the same reason you tip the valet at both ends when you're rich and don't want your Mazerati damaged. Kind of hard to appreciate the concept if you're not rich.

"My momma is a fish."

Bob Bullock that pulled all the strings....not Ann Richards. Folks outside Texas have an understandably difficult time understanding the governor of Texas has very limited power as compared to the Lieutenant Governor. It's a response to reconstruction.....governor has very little power and the legislature only meets once every two years and only for sixty days. Lieutenant governor sets the agenda of the legislature....so nothing gets debated without the lieutenant governor's blessing. And there is limited time to pass any laws.....so few debated let alone get passed unless there is a real consensus they are needed.

Actually, I think the players voted on whether he should play.

Can we just have a Missouri Compromise and be done with it?

You can debate if Bama would have won more, but there is no debate whether A&M could have won as much with AJ. Always keeping in mind that Manziel was a red shirt freshman.

When I was much younger with a much stronger Texas accent, I once asked this cute little waitress in Canada if I could have some ice with my coke. The waitress looked surprised and made me ask for "ice" three more times before she ran and got her manager who threatened to kick me out of the place if I didn't quit sexually harassing his waitress. True story.