General College Football discussion

[rjv]

I also would lobby that we get Texas Tech as a permanent out of conference game. I think they hate us as much as ATM, ARky and OU do.
Maybe ATM would do the same, but I doubt it. It would be too scary. Tortillas and such...

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[pgardn]

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Oh yeah. The skewering attempt.
They absolutely hate ATM...

But as far as playing them, ATM considers them... no.
And apparently so does UT. Which imo is sad. Because they do not like UT, at all. Especially after Beard.

And now way back in history I read this:

1. During a 1973 game against Texas A&M, Rice’s marching band made fun of several Aggie traditions. The band marched out to the field in a military-style goose-step and turned the Aggie War Hymn into "March of the Wooden Soldiers.” The band also made fun of Texas A&M’s school mascot, the dog Reveille, by forming a fire hydrant. An angry group of Texas A&M students gathered outside Rice’s stadium, and the band eventually had to be transported out via food service trucks. The performance has since been dubbed “The Halftime of Infamy.”

Good times as long as no one got hurt.

And..... Damn what a great halftime band!

1. During a halftime game against UT-Austin’s Longhorns in 2007, the MOB mocked some UT football players' run-ins with the law. The MOB’s narrator said: "In the two years since the MOB last visited Austin, your team's demeanor — and misdemeanor — has changed.” The narrator added that the game’s program included “Mack Brown's wrist-slap Top 10 and a photo guide to the next episode of America's Most Wanted." Meanwhile, band members carrying cardboard police cars chased others dressed as UT-Austin football players.

[rjv]

Oh yeah. The skewering attempt.
They absolutely hate ATM...

But as far as playing them, ATM considers them... no.
And apparently so does UT. Which imo is sad. Because they do not like UT, at all. Especially after Beard.

And now way back in history I read this:

1. During a 1973 game against Texas A&M, Rice’s marching band made fun of several Aggie traditions. The band marched out to the field in a military-style goose-step and turned the Aggie War Hymn into "March of the Wooden Soldiers.” The band also made fun of Texas A&M’s school mascot, the dog Reveille, by forming a fire hydrant. An angry group of Texas A&M students gathered outside Rice’s stadium, and the band eventually had to be transported out via food service trucks. The performance has since been dubbed “The Halftime of Infamy.”

Good times as long as no one got hurt.

And..... Damn what a great halftime band!

1. During a halftime game against UT-Austin’s Longhorns in 2007, the MOB mocked some UT football players' run-ins with the law. The MOB’s narrator said: "In the two years since the MOB last visited Austin, your team's demeanor — and misdemeanor — has changed.” The narrator added that the game’s program included “Mack Brown's wrist-slap Top 10 and a photo guide to the next episode of America's Most Wanted." Meanwhile, band members carrying cardboard police cars chased others dressed as UT-Austin football players.

yeah, it was a solid rivalry and genuine dislike. not to mention that the pirate owned the aggies.

[pgardn]

yeah, it was a solid rivalry and genuine dislike. not to mention that the pirate owned the aggies.

Oh forgot that as well.
The dropped interception by Blake Gideon in TT and Crabtree scoring to beat us...

I am so sad I did not get to see The Mob from Rice.

[rjv]

Oh forgot that as well.
The dropped interception by Blake Gideon in TT and Crabtree scoring to beat us...

I am so sad I did not get to see The Mob from Rice.

They were great. They once made a fire hydrant in 'honor' of Reveille and did a goose step march to spite the corps of cadets (classic). of course, a bunch of fascist ags threatened to assault them on a couple of occasions and the band members had to be carefully led out of the stadium. good times.

[Blake]

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[pgardn]

The SEC now considering an 8 game conference schedule with 4 out of conference puffball games.
This is pure . UT and Oklahoma were invited to make good compe ion almost every week for teams.
UT was thought to get the pleasure of playing OU, Aggie and Arky EVERY year along with good games with other SEC foes.

Now there is pushing back because everyone in the SEC wants to make a bowl game. So take an automatic 4 wins and go from there?
What a bunch of chicken s... And ATM wants nothing to do with playing us every year? Only OU wants that.
Pitiful scheduling move if it happens. This almost the same reasoning the SEC and ATm never wanted to play UT in a bowl game.
Lets get out of the season looking good with the record and make some money? Lets get all the teams we can into the playoffs? Pure Bull .



I normally dont agree with this guy on everything but the main points are right on.

[pgardn]

And disagree with his point to google the out of conference schedule.
Here is ATMs first year in the SEC

SMU
South Carolina State
Louisiana Tech
Sam Houston State

This is with perhaps the best player to ever play college football, Johnny Manziel.

[GAustex]

It’s for the best
UT can’t handle Iowa State
There is no way they can run a SEC gauntlet

[pgardn]

It’s for the best
UT can’t handle Iowa State
There is no way they can run a SEC gauntlet

Fk that thought.
If we cant then we lose.
Tough luck. We should not have entered. We entered to get better players to recruit. We have finally done that. Lets see how it plays out.
Good teams every week is good viewing. Fk the record. If we are good enough we will have a good record.

[pgardn]

SEC more worried about teams individual records than quality of games.
They went to 8 conference games for 2024 it appears.
If it stays this way, OU is the only team we will play every year. NO atm, arky every year. Just sad stuff.

What a chicken conference.
We will recruit better players, and play a crap schedule possibly unless we dont choose 3 or 4 teams to slaughter every year as out of conference games.
the two biggest reasons to enter this conference was to get better recruits AND to play better teams.

[Blake]

And disagree with his point to google the out of conference schedule.
Here is ATMs first year in the SEC

SMU
South Carolina State
Louisiana Tech
Sam Houston State

This is with perhaps the best player to ever play college football, Johnny Manziel.

I thought they had new rules in place making at least a few of those OOC games be from power 5 conferences

[pgardn]

I thought they had new rules in place making at least a few of those OOC games be from power 5 conferences

they may indeed. But that was ATMs 4 powerful opponents out of conf FIRST year in the conference they craved to play in because of "better" compe ion.

Everyone is now likely lining up Washington St. for a game.... or some other downtrodden Power 5 teams before they go away because no "Power" conference wants them.
, I dont even know what a power conference will be two years from now. I guess its too much to ask to play OU, ATM, and Arky every year and mix in 6 one year and the other six SEC the following year. Btw I personally would love to have TT every year as well. Thats another team that loved to beat us. these are the best types of games imo.

The unfettered joy TT had beating up ATM while Leach was there, ya gotta miss that.

Btw we are supposed to play Michigan home and home coming up in a bit. I hope we keep that.