txhog12

Oh no...
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What is it with the Freebirds references I keep seeing about College Station? You guys know that's a chain, right?

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He comes to A&M games all the time

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What a surprise

FWIW I've never heard this outside the SECr, even in AR. I thought it was like "Germans". Could be wrong, but I thought an AR fan posted something about being the flagship univ a while ago, and everyone just jumped on it.

You + are = you're. I'm generally not a Grammar Nazi, but can't help myself in this thread. I guess I did learn something after all at that embarrassing non-AAU university in Fayetteville.

My point was in response to previous posts discussing state populations as they relate to major football programs within each state.

It seems Louisiana, Arkansas, South Carolina, Georgia and especially Alabama (with 2 major programs) are doing more with less.

Especially when you consider that most Texans think "Texas football" is greater than anybody else's version, these numbers just don't add up. By that logic and those numbers, the top 4 teams in the country should always be UT, A&M, Tech and TCU.

My point is that the SEC schools are doing more with less because they have better coaches and better weekly competition, which makes for better players. A&M will benefit from both of these, and will be the undisputed football school in the state within the next few years.

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ShaneTheLegLechler

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You're a solid poster, and do a great job of representing your fan base. :cheers:

Seems like A&M and AR have the same problem when it comes to embarrassing fans representing our alma maters. :banghead:

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Do Big 12 and Texas fans in particular STILL try to sell the ridiculous notion that A&M is selling out academics and going to a sh##### academic conference?

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Before A&M and Mizzou joined the SEC, I heard this argument from both Texas and A&M fans. Always made me laugh.

If we're talking academics, bring up that argument. If we're talking football, who cares? I don't bring up football when you tell me your kid's SAT score. And people who are really serious about academics are not weighing Yale vs Texas or Harvard vs A&M anyway. Are they both excellent academic universities? Yes. Better than most SEC schools? Yes. Is that the conversation we're having Septemeber - January? No.

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Texas and Oklahoma don't give a shite about TAMU

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Gotta come to my A&M buddies' defense here. While it may be true, who cares?

When was the last time an SEC team cared about Texas or Oklahoma?

They're consistently ranked at the top of preseason polls, then lose to terrible teams, but somehow make it to a bowl, where they lose to a real team.

Who cares what TX and OU think???

But seriously, A&M... maybe you should change your song?

Good point. Must admit, it's much easier to be an AR / SEC fan in TX now than it was 2 or 3 years ago when EVERYBODY rolled their eyes as soon as "SEC" came out of my mouth. Now it's only TCU fans that do that. :workingtokeepstraightface:

I think the A&M / Mizzou change has helped the SEC brand in TX more than most people realize. It certainly opened up the discussion, at least, whereas before nobody in TX would even hear it. They just all assumed TX was better at football, period. "SEC cheats, SEC schools are academically embarrassing, SEC players are all paid" etc.

Don't hear that as much anymore.

Ok, I'm not going to argue a point like this or say who gives who a bad name. What I was trying to say was that most SEC schools have a huge percentage of the student body involved in Greek life. Your own A&M poster has said Greeks, frats, whatever you want to call them, were "ostracized". That's not the case at most SEC schools. At most (if not all) SEC schools, the corps would be the ones ostracized.

Maybe it's because we don't have other major organizations that would haze (corps, band, etc) so sororities / fraternities are the main "groups" on campus.

Lighten up, Aggie. Being a little brother for so long has made you defensive when you're not being attacked. No need to name call.