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  1. We may not win a Bowl game for a long time and it is our own fault for selling out bowls in about 15 minutes. WE always end up playing over our talent level because we insure a bowl to be a sellout. We could make a showing like Tech and fill up half the Cotton Bowl in the Ticket City Bowl. Pathetic. I had rather be a supporter than hide behind keyboards.
  2. The only thing I know about TCU is we use to beat the #### out of them and that they did not have enough guys for their parties and we would load up and drive in from College Station and have some great looking dates. They don't get invited into the Big 12 and do a heckuva job building a football program. I do know they use to be better known in the North than around here.
  3. They are in football. Are they in academics?
  4. That is a million dollar question. He understands tha Aggie culture and is doing and saying all of the right things. He has done a good job coaching. If he had Texas' talent there is no telling how good of a team he could put out. The problem is that I do not know that he can get Texas type talent in here. This recruiting class is not very well thought of and in today's environment he is now recruiting 2012. If we take no steps backwards next year and 2012 recruiting class is better, then I would say he is the man. A no answer to either and I would say he is not the man.
  5. A lot of our Bowl woes have come from being pitted against a superior opponent. We are always going to a bowl above our performance level because we are going to sell the place out in about 15 minutes. Everybody wants us because we travel well. This year, we have the toughest opponent of all Big 12 bowl games. With the exception of the MNC game it is about selling seats, not quality matchups.
  6. I just got an early Christmas present...two tickets to the Cotton Bowl! Whoop!
  7. You are right we are not the wrecking crew of old and probably never will be. We are just doing the best we can with all the 2 and 3 star recruits we can get. Unllike the top 5 recruiting class every year can do.
  8. He was goofy and he is not going to the announcer Hall of Fame. However, he was like part of the family.
  9. I would take Stump because there is always the chance that Kinne would transfer at halftime.
  10. Updated: Monday, June 14, 2010 Dearest A&M officials and decision makers, I want to thank you for giving your loyal fan base a couple days of happiness and anticipation. It was well deserved. I mean, we’ve all sat through the garbage that has been presented every fall Saturday during the last 10-year run of inconsequence, unimportance and irrelevance. Sure, the best record we’ve seen was a very fortunate 9-4 campaign under Fran, but still we’ve packed Kyle Field religiously for the better part of every blowout, every disappointment, every embarrassing loss to an inferior opponent. That’s of course because you’ve always got that Aggie spirit to fall back on. That no matter what product you put forth, come Saturday afternoons, your former and current students will stand in the sweltering heat, wear maroon and yell at inconceivable levels for absolutely no reason. You know you’ll pocket from the Aggie family because Aggies always stick together, right? Of course, it was nice to envision a capacity crowd welcoming in Alabama or Arkansas or LSU to Kyle Field. But I guess we’ll settle for Baylor and Iowa State. Pretty entertaining squads, if you ask me. Heck, the Cyclones made a bowl game last season! Yeah, today, y’all had the opportunity to free this great university from the firm hold that our rivals in Austin have had on us for the better part of 14 years, but we can understand that you enjoy resting in Texas’ shadow. It’s cooler and more comfortable there. Nobody in the country expects anything from you, so you can only exceed expectations, right? Sound logic, for sure. Yeah, yeah, I get it. I understand we’ve only beat Texas four out of 14 years on the gridiron. It’s not that big of a deal, I guess. Those four times were super-fun and extremely memorable. I get that their program is the most prominent and prestigious currently constructed in the country. It’s not like we share the same recruiting base as them… How could you turn down the Big 12’s — wait, it’s the Big Ten, now right? — offer of increased, guaranteed revenue? It’s like these fans don’t understand that we’re currently in a multi-million dollar hole the size of the Grand Canyon. Heck, we’re still paying off Fran. Of course, we have to go after the gold. I guess we’ll ignore that Texas is going to make millions more annually than us. That this move makes them the Yankees of our conference. Besides, equal revenue sharing is boring. Everybody does it. We’re A&M. We like to be unique. Fine, we’ll also ignore the little fact that Texas is now going to be capable of starting their own television network. I think they’re going to call it the “Longhorn Sports Network.” Pretty creative name if you ask me. They’ve always been the more creative types down there. Just think about it. They were able to play not only the Pac-10 but also their supposed brethren here in College Station. They’re going to get a television network that will only increase their brand name across the country — hard to do considering it already is the most recognizable name in college athletics. They’re going to get to dominate this pathetic excuse of a conference for five more years, make unholy and unparalleled amounts of money and bolt as an independent entity — like Notre Dame — leaving A&M and the Big 12 in shambles. I get it, I get it. It was awkward being in a position of power for once. If you play too close to the sun, you’ll get burnt. Too many expectations. Lots of heat. Not worth it. Sure, we could’ve been the sole school from this recruiting hotbed of a state in the most powerful, prestigious conference in the country. It would’ve been a pretty good selling point to the best players in Texas. “Hey, come play on national television against the best players in the country in front of boisterous, sell-out crowds. It’ll be sweet.” Sounds like a pretty good pitch to me. A lot better than “Yeah, we’re still second-fiddle to the empire of Texas — and yeah, our conference is a failing one built on a faulty foundation, but have I told you about Northgate, our gorgeous campus and our time-honored traditions?” But I can see the other side. You want Coach Sherman to earn that fat contract. Make him work for these recruits’ devotion. I mean, we could’ve been like the University of Florida. Same premise. Fertile recruiting state. In the best conference in America. Did you know they’re the same team that has won two national titles in five years and is one of the top three programs in college football? That’s probably just a stupid coincidence. But I get it. That’s not us. We’re Texas A&M. Besides, that 1939 National Championship is still fresh on all our minds. And who needs more than one conference championship every 15 years? Wait, what is the date again? June 14, 2010. Oh, that’s right. The day A&M could’ve, for once, been proactive. The day A&M could’ve made an audacious, bold move into an unknown abyss. The day the Aggie athletics program could’ve taken the next step — the key step — towards national relevancy. Instead, we’ll remember this as the day everything stayed the same. The day A&M proved that money, and not its devoted fans, is all that matters. The day A&M crept back into its cave of insignificance. The day A&M showed its contentedness with being Texas’ redheaded stepchild. The day this university’s decision-makers lost my respect. With love,
  11. Texas could have joined the SEC and not have worried about being not ranked when it deserved it. Oh, but then they would have had to play powers, oh never mind.
  12. Where would they go? I know alot of people from west Texas, nobody that moves to there.
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