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We need to be more like Indiana and almost lose to 3-6 teams so people will think they were awesome. No one seems to like beating teams to the point where they have empty stadiums, it's boring.

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A&M fans need to be more honest. The reason we got jumped by IU to begin with was our back to back squeaker wins over really bad Auburn and Arky squads while the Hoosiers manhandled #2 Oregon on the road and then blew out three straight teams by huge margins.

Yes, we have shown momentum against a collapsing LSU squad and looked great against Mizzou but all the Ags crying about conspiracy are just cherry picking facts.

The easy answer is shoe companies. They have rigged the game.

Major recruits depend solely on two national networks that killed the traditional AAU process. If you are not featured in one of the Nike EYBL or Adidas 3SSB national events, you are not going to get in from of the major college coaches. Most recruiting is really done through a kids early junior year, and NIL has flowed into places like Link Academy and Montverde and elsewhere.

Unlike football, major prospect don't plan on being in college long. They go to Duke for a year or two at the most and the get rich in the NBA, the G League, or overseas,

These shoe companies are also in bed with the university athletic departments and coaches.

so everything gets done and dusted behind the scenes and the money have little incentive to let the various programs try to outbid each other. The colleges like it as well.

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Vandy is a good team this year although the game was pretty out of hand before we subbed our 4th stringers

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Weird. I have a lot of family in Jeffersonville Indiana and I see a ton more UK and UL shirts when I go. Guess when you go further North it changes a ton.

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That doesn't surprise me, as Jeffersonville is basically an extension of downtown Louisville that happens to be across the Ohio River in Indiana proper.

And yeah, it does change a ton. Bloomington is far south enough that it is nestled into a national forest with beautiful rolling hills. Go about 40 miles north to Indianapolis and you enter the sad rust belt section of the state. West Lafayette, South Bend etc are all flat, non-descript and reflect the death of heavy industry in Northern Indiana.

IU's campus is one of the most gorgeous in the country for those that have never been there.

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Blind faith in their team I guess. Typical homer fan crap.

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I was always surprised how little head to head history there was between IU and ND in most every sport given their proximity to each other. The football series died in the 1950s.

The basketball head to head is not surprisingly incredibly lopsided in favor of the Hoosiers but they stopped playing each other consistently starting in 2002.

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Neil Armstrong

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Neil Armstrong is from Ohio and went to Purdue.

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DFW is a complete shithole when it comes to restaurants but I recommend Muchacho in Southlake or Preston Hallow if you want extraordinary Tex Mex.

If you find yourself in the stockyards, try lonesome dove bistro or have some king crab queso at Paloma suerte.

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I think the problem is with you, not the DFW restaurant scene.

And sending someone 30 miles away to Southlake or 40 miles over to the Stockyards is not the best plan.

You don't officiating mistakes to influence game outcomes and that really seems to be the case this year.

Oklahoma was gifted a win over Auburn through sheer officiating incompetence.

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Sounds good. New Mexico is a shithole.

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You need to get out more . . . Sure NM is economically disadvantaged, has one tv network for the entire state, and generally traffics in government benny addicted wanderers. The state itself if beautiful hwoever.

Taos, White Sands, Bandolier, Santa Fe, Bisti Badlands, Shiprock, Carlsbad, etc. are all bucket list items.