Ags vs. Texas State, Thursday 7:30 PM

[Willinsa]

In 1998 they beat #2 Kansas State in the Big 12 Championship game in OT in St. Louis, I believe.

You are right, but I was thinking maybe Frantastic had a few of these wins.

[Ginofan]

Well I haven't been in to comment on the game since all of this hurricane stuff has had me tied but but seeing as she's about to make landfall, I thought I would come in and give a few comments.

One of my friends at work has a son that plays for Texas State so in wanting him to do well for her sake, I really didn't think a pummeling would be all that exciting. But I must admit I wasn't prepared for the Bobcats to make a run like they did. The whole "Aggies found out they were playing Thursday on Wednesday" sounds like and excuse but I do think it's a little significant. I can't shake the nagging thought that if it was t.u. or TT playing that the game would have been rescheduled for a later date like all of the other football games were.

On the game itself...just one thing....I miss the Wrecking Crew dearly.

[Ginofan]

BTW Joe, exactly how did you do in College Station? Did you check out midnight yell and the DC? Any encounters with some Ags? Give us the scoop!

[TexasAggie2005]

no, it would have emploded had texas state won, i was watching it, was a great game
reggies has been throwing the deep ball well, against smu and ts
aggies secondary does suck though
ts killed themselves with penalties

I know everyone's going to blame this one on the secondary. I guess that's partly true, they're young and still make some mistakes. But it's really more the fault of Torbush (our DC) for having them give a 5-10 yard cushion on coverage. You also have to blame the D-line. This was a D-line that was hyped up to be really good and they got NO pressure at all on the quarterback. SWT's line can't be that good. Not to take anything away from them, they played great. But a DI-AA team doesn't have the athletes or the size to compete with a real defense the way it's supposed to be playing.

[mookie2001]

400 yds by jason white torches a secondary
missourish, baylorlike an ass whooping
texas state, impailed tonsils

[Cant_Be_Faded]

So i dont get it, is A&M's defense supposed to be good?

They shoulda sung the aggy fight song harder, cuz that no name quarterback made them look like "busters"

[hussker]

And Texas Southern.

The admin made a big (albeit not big enough) push to ask the locals not to call it TSU. That failed badly.

Now, they're seeking a trademark on "State" similar to UT's "Texas" and Texas Tech's "Tech."

AFAIK, there are no future schedulings of A&M, especially @ Bobcat. This game was originally scheduled by previous coach Manny Matsakis. When he was fired for poor performance and NCAA violations, Coach Bailiff came on and tried to get out of the A&M game only to be told it would cost an extraordinary amount of money; money State doesn't have to give.

This team has a real shot at making some noise in the D-1AA playoffs and a of a shot to win the Southland.

I agree...They have a great team and they played well while A&M did not. IT was closer than the score indeed.
I am just happy we do not have to play them! (And no, I am not joking...Maine gave us a run at the OZ and they stink as a 1AA school).

For those waiting to jump on this one and on the "Huskers Suck" wagon, just remember that we still have to recruit for the huge program change. The D is still fine tuned but getting worn out by the O's inability. We will be back at the top in 3-4 yrs or Callahan will be history.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

BTW Joe, exactly how did you do in College Station? Did you check out midnight yell and the DC? Any encounters with some Ags? Give us the scoop!

Overall it was a of a night.

The Aggie athletic admin was pretty cool. SID's real nice and helpful. The view from the press box, as well as when the damn thing moves was great. Seeing 12,000 towels waving in near unison before the game was something that's great to see in person.

In the second quarter, I went down to the field to see if our photogs got one of our touchdowns (he did) and was just so amazed that I had to stay down the rest of the game.

I talked to a few of the yell leaders and they said we were making them work harder than expected and that they were impressed with what they had seen from the team and our small contingent of fans.

Some of the corps guys were s (I was the only one in our group that wore anything with State on it. It was a white polo with the athletics style-Texas State logo, different than what anybody else on the field and with the team was wearing).

A few intentionally got in the way of our shots (in the fourth quarter, I started taking pictures) and one freaked out as we were trying to set up for a good angle while within five feet of the dog. I thought we should have stopped for a dog whistle and just wreaked some havoc throughout, but we didn't do it.

As far as my view of the Aggie fans, I applaud their tradition and spirit to no bounds. Very few Aggie fans during the game gave me any and were very cool - especially these four Delta Zeta girls at the corner of the end zone.

We didn't get to yell practice or anything since they switched the game so close (and I had classes Thursday morning), so we got to the game about 2-3 hours before kickoff.

Ate at Dixie Chicken. Damn great double meat/double cheese/bacon burger. The fries were so-so. Got some good natured smack from the Ags fans, but nothing harsh - even gave some out.

We wanted to stay around, but our sports editor had class Friday morning and we hadn't talked to the SIDs assistant (Thanks, Jeanne) about getting us some shelter for the night. We probably would have whooped it up the whole night as College Station treated us great.

I just wish I could cover a full-blown, stands full game there soon so I can see it in all its Aggie glory.

Good show, College Station.

[hussker]

Overall it was a of a night.

The Aggie athletic admin was pretty cool. SID's real nice and helpful. The view from the press box, as well as when the damn thing moves was great. Seeing 12,000 towels waving in near unison before the game was something that's great to see in person.

In the second quarter, I went down to the field to see if our photogs got one of our touchdowns (he did) and was just so amazed that I had to stay down the rest of the game.

I talked to a few of the yell leaders and they said we were making them work harder than expected and that they were impressed with what they had seen from the team and our small contingent of fans.

Some of the corps guys were s (I was the only one in our group that wore anything with State on it. It was a white polo with the athletics style-Texas State logo, different than what anybody else on the field and with the team was wearing).

A few intentionally got in the way of our shots (in the fourth quarter, I started taking pictures) and one freaked out as we were trying to set up for a good angle while within five feet of the dog. I thought we should have stopped for a dog whistle and just wreaked some havoc throughout, but we didn't do it.

As far as my view of the Aggie fans, I applaud their tradition and spirit to no bounds. Very few Aggie fans during the game gave me any and were very cool - especially these four Delta Zeta girls at the corner of the end zone.

We didn't get to yell practice or anything since they switched the game so close (and I had classes Thursday morning), so we got to the game about 2-3 hours before kickoff.

Ate at Dixie Chicken. Damn great double meat/double cheese/bacon burger. The fries were so-so. Got some good natured smack from the Ags fans, but nothing harsh - even gave some out.

We wanted to stay around, but our sports editor had class Friday morning and we hadn't talked to the SIDs assistant (Thanks, Jeanne) about getting us some shelter for the night. We probably would have whooped it up the whole night as College Station treated us great.

I just wish I could cover a full-blown, stands full game there soon so I can see it in all its Aggie glory.

Good show, College Station.

Yeah, CS is great. Some of the Corps guys are peckerheads, but they exist on every campus. Still, the student body here is probably the best behaved overall that I have seen on any campus, mine included.

Dixie Chicken is great. Next time you are here, check out the Chicken Oil Co. Same ownership, good food, more mellow crowd.

As for RAZZING...I am going at it as a HUSKER OF ONE for the next 13.5 months, before my BIG RED rolls in here on 11/11/06. It's going to be a great day for me and a sad day for Aggieland!