A&M to Cotton bowl

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Like UT doesn't the bed against SEC compe ion?

lol Alabama

Ut beat louisiana state in the cotton bowl. Row williams looked like the second coming of randy moss. The alabama game was played in california. Your a tech guy so i get why you can't understand this. Its not my fault aggie and tech choke like sissies when they play sec teams in texas. Lets just hope the trend changes and the texas teams win this year.

[Blake]

Ummm... going to a better bowl reflects on the type of season you had so of course it matters. Also the certain exposure of these bowls definitely helps recruiting.

Going to the Cotton bowl is definitely better than going to the Independence bowl and I hope you aren't disagreeing with that. On another note, the Cotton bowl is the last game before the BCS bowls and the only game on Friday January 7th which means everyone will be watching. A strong showing is needed.

who will be watching a meaningless bowl game on a Friday night after the holdays are over? I guess I will if I'm at home at 7or 8pm that night.

some have projected Tech to be in the Ticketcity bowl in Dallas, which is played Jan 1st at noon on ESPNU.

I'll be curious about the difference of TV ratings of the two games.

[johngateswhiteley]

who will be watching a meaningless bowl game on a Friday night after the holdays are over? I guess I will if I'm at home at 7or 8pm that night.

some have projected Tech to be in the Ticketcity bowl in Dallas, which is played Jan 1st at noon on ESPNU.

I'll be curious about the difference of TV ratings of the two games.

ha...there will be a difference. but, thats only one of many issues.

[johngateswhiteley]

how do you think that's gone for Tech, being in a bowl game every year for the last 10+ years?



yes, UT carried that le game momentum right on into 2010.



naw, aside from the financial aspect of it, even BCS bowl games are meaningless unless you are in the le game.

1) tekk is a lower tier program. they don't have the support, resources or athletes that A&M does...nor the history

*tekk may have good years here and there, but by and large, they will never break through

2) t.u. lost some key players, that does not always happen. further, how many teams fall apart like that? one season does not make a trend, neither do other aberrations

3) spoken like a true fan of a team with no future

[MajorMike]

If you think bowls below the BCS are about anything less than $ you are severly kidding yourself.

atm got picked because:

1) uo, Neb, Mizzou and OSU are all 'theoretically' alive for a BCS bowl and therefore would not accept any other bid
2) atm allows the Cotton to start hyping it now
3) atm was hot at the end
4) atm will bring a ton of koodaid cult members even if they will just burn bonfires in the surrounding fields
5) OSU was in it last year, the B12G loser will have been there less than a month ago and Mizzou travels like crap

atm was a safe pick; a good pick for the bowl itself. It means nothing more than economics. Rarely does the B12G loser go the Cotton, because the Cotton usually makes their pick early. OSU got picked over Neb last year, and over UT, Kstate and Neb in 2003. Last time atm went they were 7-4 and were chosen over CU and ISU with same records and CU was north champ. Its all about the benjamins.


Incidently, I wouldn'y be touting your superior resources over ttek too much with a short term 16 million dollar high interest loan taken out just to keep your AD solvent.

[Sisk]

If you think bowls below the BCS are about anything less than $ you are severly kidding yourself.

atm got picked because:

1) uo, Neb, Mizzou and OSU are all 'theoretically' alive for a BCS bowl and therefore would not accept any other bid
2) atm allows the Cotton to start hyping it now
3) atm was hot at the end
4) atm will bring a ton of koodaid cult members even if they will just burn bonfires in the surrounding fields
5) OSU was in it last year, the B12G loser will have been there less than a month ago and Mizzou travels like crap

atm was a safe pick; a good pick for the bowl itself. It means nothing more than economics. Rarely does the B12G loser go the Cotton, because the Cotton usually makes their pick early. OSU got picked over Neb last year, and over UT, Kstate and Neb in 2003. Last time atm went they were 7-4 and were chosen over CU and ISU with same records and CU was north champ. Its all about the benjamins.


Incidently, I wouldn'y be touting your superior resources over ttek too much with a short term 16 million dollar high interest loan taken out just to keep your AD solvent.

You should just be happy that JJ played against yall and not Tannehill tbh imho

[johngateswhiteley]

If you think bowls below the BCS are about anything less than $ you are severly kidding yourself.

atm got picked because:

1) uo, Neb, Mizzou and OSU are all 'theoretically' alive for a BCS bowl and therefore would not accept any other bid
2) atm allows the Cotton to start hyping it now
3) atm was hot at the end
4) atm will bring a ton of koodaid cult members even if they will just burn bonfires in the surrounding fields
5) OSU was in it last year, the B12G loser will have been there less than a month ago and Mizzou travels like crap

atm was a safe pick; a good pick for the bowl itself. It means nothing more than economics. Rarely does the B12G loser go the Cotton, because the Cotton usually makes their pick early. OSU got picked over Neb last year, and over UT, Kstate and Neb in 2003. Last time atm went they were 7-4 and were chosen over CU and ISU with same records and CU was north champ. Its all about the benjamins.


Incidently, I wouldn'y be touting your superior resources over ttek too much with a short term 16 million dollar high interest loan taken out just to keep your AD solvent.

i think you're kidding yourself. i stand by my previous points...and while A&M is certainly worth more ($) to the cotton bowl, it was the right pick, nonetheless

further,

1) A&M is better than mizzou and osu, and both are going to a lower bowl/ A&M was their first pick and, incidentally, the hottest and best team in the big 12
2) A&M does have great support
3) osu got ed by ol' miss last year, and again, A&M is better
4) i don't recall '03 other than t.u. owned you guys and, again, you lost to ol' miss in the cotton bowl (t.u. must have turned them down, they were 7-1 in conference)

incidentally, i will tout A&Ms resources. where did they get the loan from? Anyway, my point is common knowledge...you cynical little .

[Blake]

1) tekk is a lower tier program. they don't have the support, resources or athletes that A&M does...nor the history

*tekk may have good years here and there, but by and large, they will never break through

that's not what you alluded to.

you stated that getting to a bowl game helps in all those facets.

move the goalposts a little more and discuss how A&M's 1939 championship has helped recruiting in 2010.

2) t.u. lost some key players, that does not always happen. further, how many teams fall apart like that? one season does not make a trend, neither do other aberrations

I've seen it go both ways.

I'm betting you have no direct source regarding "trends" other than your ass.

3) spoken like a true fan of a team with no future

na, it's the truth whether Tech will ever make it to a le game or not.


and just fyi:

2011 Rivals Recruiting Team Rankings

#18 Texas Tech
#34 Texas A&M

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footbal...k/2011/all/all

you're an idiot.

[MajorMike]

Prove atm is better than Mizzou and OSU; oh, wait, you can't because it has already been proven otherwise.

lol, cynical little . Kettle.

[DesignatedT]

It's okay cowboy, you will have fun in the Holiday bowl vs...Washington? .
in choke job. What is that 8 or 9 in a row you've lost to OU?

[Blake]

1) A&M is better than mizzou

oops no.

Associated Press
COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Blaine Gabbert moved Missouri's offense with ease and the Tigers' defense left Jerrod Johnson and Texas A&M's high-powered offense stunned.

It was the perfect combination to keep No. 21 Missouri undefeated with a 30-9 win over the struggling Aggies on Saturday.

you're an idiot.

[DesignatedT]

you're an idiot.

Recruiting rankings for the past decade.

2010
A&M- 17
tekk- 41

2009
A&M- 22
tekk- 34

2008
A&M- 16
tekk- 45

2007
A&M- 43
tekk- not in top 50

2006
A&M- 25
tekk- 26

2005
A&M- 8
tekk- 37

2004
A&M- 13
tekk- 33

2003
A&M- 10
tekk- 44

2002
A&M- 23
tekk- not in top 50

These classes are also through some of the worst times in Aggie football and some of the best times in Raider football. Regarding this year... it's a long way until signing day.

[Blake]

Recruiting rankings for the past decade.

2010
A&M- 17
tekk- 41

2009
A&M- 22
tekk- 34

2008
A&M- 16
tekk- 45

2007
A&M- 43
tekk- not in top 50

2006
A&M- 25
tekk- 26

2005
A&M- 8
tekk- 37

2004
A&M- 13
tekk- 33

2003
A&M- 10
tekk- 44

2002
A&M- 23
tekk- not in top 50

These classes are also through some of the worst times in Aggie football and some of the best times in Raider football. Regarding this year... it's a long way until signing day.

that wasn't the point of me posting it, but thanks for the lol.

[Blake]

I'm starting to like where this thread is going.

[DesignatedT]

I'm starting to like where this thread is going.

Oh alright.

btw, that made you laugh? It would make me want to cry tbh.

[Blake]

Oh alright.

btw, that made you laugh? It would make me want to cry tbh.

2002 Tech win
2003 Tech win
2004 A&M win
2005 Tech win
2006 Tech win
2007 Tech win
2008 Tech win
2009 A&M win
2010 A&M win
2011 Tech better recruiting class

[MajorMike]

It's okay cowboy, you will have fun in the Holiday bowl vs...Washington? .
in choke job. What is that 8 or 9 in a row you've lost to OU?

Funny how the Holiday would have looked amazing to you last year. And I hear Alamo, anyway.

I think its 8 in a row.

What is that, 3 in a row you've lost to OSU? And after this year you want to talk about your choke job?

[Blake]

What is that, 3 in a row you've lost to OSU? And after this year you want to talk about your choke job?

Choke jobs like that with the support, resources, athletes, history and recruiting classes that A&M has had would make me want to cry tbh.

[DesignatedT]

2002 tech win
2003 tech win
2004 a&m win
2005 tech win
2006 tech win
2007 tech win
2008 tech win
2009 a&m win
2010 a&m win
2011 tech better recruiting class

36-32-1

[DesignatedT]

And after this year you want to talk about your choke job?

Huh? This year were undefeated since the quarterback change and we are the only team ever to beat OU, tu and Nebraska in the same season..

[Blake]

36-32-1

Only having 4 more wins than a team that has been so clearly dominated in recruiting over the years would make me want to cry tbh.

[DesignatedT]

Only having 4 more wins than a team that has been so clearly dominated in recruiting over the years would make me want to cry tbh.

Don't worry, That # should go up significantly in the coming years tbh. Your time was declared over once Mike Leach was let go.

tuberville

[Blake]

Don't worry, That # should go up significantly in the coming years tbh. Your time was declared over once Mike Leach was let go.

tuberville

Leach was still in Lubbock when A&M came in and laid down that whooping in 2009.

If Tech is bringing in a better recruiting class thanks to Tubs, what's the logic that the # should go up significantly in the the coming years?

Sherman

[DesignatedT]

If Tech is bringing in a better recruiting class thanks to Tubs, what's the logic that the # should go up significantly in the the coming years?

The answer is right in front of you... Coach Fran.

Building a team goes a lot further than having high stars in your recruiting class..

[Blake]

The answer is right in front of you... Coach Fran.

so now the new answer is a still unproven Mike Sherman.

Building a team goes a lot further than having high stars in your recruiting class..

lol you bragging about high stars just a few posts ago.