re: How A&M stacks up with SEC

TAMU


Arkansas


TAMU must including women sports to make their national titles not look so pathetic.

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No. Look at the NCAA tourney last year and see which conference fared better.

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Big XII was 3rd best conference per RPI. SEC was 6th. NCAA tournament results don't directly correlate to conference success since match ups are so important.

.. and we're 5 years removed from the last Arkansas National Title. Since then, A&M has 8. Just sayin'.

EDIT: Beat me to it.

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Bob Ag
How A&M stacks up with SEC
So your saying that in the last 5 years A&M has 8 national championships and the hogs have zero.
You're really killing it arent you.

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Arkansas can sit on the sidelines for 2 decades and you still won't be Arkansas in national titles. History repeats itself it's just a matter of time.

You still dont seem to understand that everyone was talking about the present and not the past. In fact, not one time did anyone mention anything about historical success. Why? Because it has no bearing on how A&M will succeed in the SEC. What does Bob Ag? Well, that would be the current time that we live in, sunhog.

See this isn't so hard, but I understand its difficult for someone like you to process these things. Might as well be simple jack.

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Sad for such a large university, better athletic program and more money.

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Yeah, I don't think anyone is saying that it's not sad the A&M program had been so bad for so long, but they've really turned it around recently. There's no reason to figure they can't keep that level of success going in the SEC, especially with the resources available.

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Bob Ag
How A&M stacks up with SEC
You still dont seem to understand that everyone was talking about the present and not the past. In fact, not one time did anyone mention anything about historical success. Why? Because it has no bearing on how A&M will succeed in the SEC. What does Bob Ag? Well, that would be the current time that we live in, sunhog.

See this isn't so hard, but I understand its difficult for someone like you to process these things. Might as well be simple jack.

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Wrong,

Historical indicators are a large reason for business decisions. You think this is all new, ha, wrong. There is a reason historical facts are always relevant.

TAMU has always had money, unreal recruiting base, massive alumni base and turns multiple players into the NFL..

Yet, they've constantly underachieve, that was evident last yer against Arkansas and LSU. Texas A&M is the most underachieving program in the entire nation.

Why is that? Leadership, coaching? fine.. But you've had 100 years of bad leadership in multiple sports to which the lack of national titles supports this.

You are telling me you're just going to turn that 180 degree angel and overcome 100 years of bad direction next year?

You are also entering a league with a team who dominates you record wise in all sports (Arkansas) and is in the top middle of the conference in revenue, merchandise, all time wins etc..

You'll be competitive because you can't be any worse than you've been for the past 100 years and being located in Texas.

Texas A&M has it'self to blame for being the most underachieving program of all time with SO many advantages.

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I couldn't disagree more. You're telling me that the state of an athletic program in 1930 or 1950 or 1980 or 2000 impact what will happen in 2012 more than the state of programs in 2011? Get outta here. You hog fans are all grasping at straws here...

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Again, throwing out the women's shite, and that's what it is, you're talking about a golf title you won over Arkansas and talking track smack to a fanbase that wipes their asses with NC banners.

Your golf and 3 T&F titles really mean jack shite. Trust me. Arkansas has the best T&F facilities on the planet and a banner hanging from every rafter AND NOT A GOD DAMN SOUL IN THE SEC GIVES A frick. I really feel the need to inform you that as you move to the SEC there is most certainly balance among the programs but you hardly hear about it because football is King.

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Didn't pat henry win like 17nc while at LSU? I could easily be wrong but seems like that be hard to have more if true.

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John McDonnell is the most succesful coach in the history of NCAA Athletics

NCAA Championships: 42
NCAA Triple Crowns: 5
SWC Championships: 38
SEC Championships: 46

30-time national coach of the year
49-time conference coach of the year
62-time region coach of the year

I think one thing that gives most Aggies optimism for the future is that A&M was a relatively small school until the 1970's. The total enrollent before the school became non-millitary/coed was generally in the 10-15K range. The small older classes that are dying out which may have graduated out 2-4K each are being replaced by classes graduating out 6-8K. The earliest large classes from the 1970's are now hitting their peak giving years and it should only go up from there. While the school may not have the favorable demographic history many of its geographical peers have, its future looks good.