Texas House Bill 778

[ChumpDumper]

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By: Guillen H.B. No. 778



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT
relating to an annual football game between The University of Texas
at Austin and Texas A&M University.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 51.9246 to read as follows:
Sec. 51.9246. FOOTBALL GAME BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
AT AUSTIN AND TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY. (a) The intercollegiate
football teams of The University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M
University shall annually play a nonconference, regular-season
football game against one another.
(b) If The University of Texas at Austin or Texas A&M
University refuses to play the football game required by Subsection
(a) in a year, the university may not award to any student for the
following academic year an athletic scholarship, grant, or similar
financial assistance funded with state money and conditioned on the
student's participation on the university's intercollegiate
football team.
SECTION 2. Section 51.9246, Education Code, as added by
this Act, applies beginning with the intercollegiate football
season for the 2014-2015 academic year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2013.

:cheer

[DesignatedT]

No chance of passing.

[ChumpDumper]

No chance of passing.By design, it appears.

Still hilarious.

Little doubt as to what college Representative Guillen attended.

[Sisk]

He's a fucking democrat to make it even more embarrassing. I hope he is never elected again.

[coyotes_geek]

Meh. Stupid idea, but it's got no chance of passing.

[Winehole23]

Will be extra special on account of the traditional rivalry whenever the two football teams play again. UT and A&M can't avoid each other forever and probably will end up playing each other in a bowl.

[Blake]

Will be extra special on account of the traditional rivalry whenever the two football teams play again. UT and A&M can't avoid each other forever and probably will end up playing each other in a bowl.

the odds of it happening sooner than later increased thanks to the agreement the SEC and Big 12 came up with.

[Blake]

Little doubt as to what college Representative Guillen attended.

Just too good. :lol

[Tommy Tuberville]

Stupid wording of a never-will-pass bill.....

[BradLohaus]

The Big 10 is talking about moving to 9 conference games like the PAC and Big 12, so that has to be on the SEC's radar as well. That would be a rough schedule year in year out for A&M, plus it wouldn't leave much room at all to schedule a game with a different BCS school, like the LSU/TCU game next year. It would suck for Florida and South Carolina if the SEC went to 9. Also the Big 12 is trying to get into the Florida bowl games in a couple of years so that helps even more. This Aggie was sad to see it go a year ago, but now I think it's best to just say fuck it and play in a bowl every so often like WH23 said; I'm happy with LSU every Tday weekend.

[DesignatedT]

The game should and will come back eventually but I don't think it should be played anytime in the immediate future. Too much bad blood between the schools and the higher ups right now, plus A&M is doing just fine as it is.

A&M had a record 37,000 applicants this last semester. The year prior was around 28,000. The move into the SEC is one of the greatest decisions A&M has ever made (behind letting women into the school).

[The Reckoning]

ags still mad they lost the last one at home :lol

[DesignatedT]

Actually very thankful we lost that game. Would still have Sherman at the helm if we had won.

[coyotes_geek]

Actually very thankful we lost that game. Would still have Sherman at the helm if we had won.

This.