re: Texas A&amp;M, for once, has a chance to one up Texas

Posted by Carlos Santannaclaus

Houston

Member since Jan 2008

3272 posts

Posted on 6/11/10 at 5:44 pm to Rex

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Would you prefer to see Los Angeles, Seattle, the Bay Area or Athens, Auburn, Baton Rouge, Tuscaloosa?

I'd prefer to "see" LA, Seattle and SF. I'd rather see a football game in Athens, Auburn, BR, or Tuscaloosa. Hands down.

Posted by mrbayoublu

Acadiana

Member since Jan 2004

2940 posts

Posted on 6/11/10 at 5:44 pm to Xenophon

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every market in the SEC watches every SEC game.. people in Los Angeles dont give a frick about watching anybody but USC and UCLA.. and people in Dallas and Houston will not give a frick about watching Washington St and Cal..

You got that right!!! Hell, even the USC and UCLA fans don't like watching their own teams sometimes.

Football in the south is forever!!!!!!!!

Posted by molsusports

Member since Jul 2004

37127 posts

Posted on 6/11/10 at 5:45 pm to Ross

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I wonder if we will see another game slot added to schedules to accommodate these megaconferences in the future

I would be very surprised

NCAA went from 11 or 12 to 12 regular season games every year only within the last ten years of play

Lots more teams will be playing a 13th game before bowls because of more conferences with 12 or more teams

I'd also be real surprised to see any conference look to play more than 8 conference games in a year - it means lost revenue from home games and the gates are hard to pass up for anyone with a decent sized stadium

Posted by tiger perry

Member since Dec 2009

25668 posts

Posted on 6/11/10 at 5:45 pm to Xenophon

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every market in the SEC watches every SEC game.. people in Los Angeles dont give a frick about watching anybody but USC and UCLA..

and people in Dallas and Houston will not give a frick about watching Washington St and Cal..

This is true.

Posted by mrbayoublu

Acadiana

Member since Jan 2004

2940 posts

Posted on 6/11/10 at 5:47 pm to Carlos Santannaclaus

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I'd prefer to "see" LA, Seattle and SF. I'd rather see a football game in Athens, Auburn, BR, or Tuscaloosa. Hands down.

That a whole boat load of truth and nothing but the truth!!!

I mean, really, on game night I'd rather be sitting in one of them southern town any night.

In Los Angeles or Seattle, their fans ain't going half the time anyway, much less tailgating, if it is allowed.

SEC SEC SEC

Posted by arrakis

Member since Nov 2008

21168 posts

Posted on 6/11/10 at 5:47 pm to molsusports

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Playing WSU sucks more cause their teams are bad than because of their city)

I wouldn't call Pullman a city....a shithole in the middle of nowhere is more like it.

The scenic Palouse

Posted by Xenophon

Aspen

Member since Feb 2006

42629 posts

Posted on 6/11/10 at 5:48 pm to arrakis

ahh.. the Washington desert..

Posted by molsusports

Member since Jul 2004

37127 posts

Posted on 6/11/10 at 5:49 pm to Xenophon

I actually like that kinda stuff - but then I think the desert is cool too

now live there? uh no

Posted by Baloo

Formerly MDGeaux

Member since Sep 2003

49645 posts

Posted on 6/11/10 at 7:25 pm to arrakis

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A good number of politicians will look for ways to stick it to A&M; including funding.

Yeah, because A&M's got no pull in the state whatsoever. I'm a Baylor alum (law school, not undergrad), and the Baylor fans I know blame Texas. So the legislature isn't so firmly in Ut hands that it could "punish" A&M. Also, those oil wells which generate those huge endowments are typically on land owned by Aggies. They aren't gonna see their school get hosed and ship their money to Texas.

I think the petulant threat to pull funding is a bluff. UT doesn't have that kind of pull.

Posted by arrakis

Member since Nov 2008

21168 posts

Posted on 6/11/10 at 7:35 pm to Baloo

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Yeah, because A&M's got no pull in the state whatsoever.

Counselor, where did I say they had no pull?

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So the legislature isn't so firmly in Ut hands that it could "punish" A&M. Also, those oil wells which generate those huge endowments are typically on land owned by Aggies. They aren't gonna see their school get hosed and ship their money to Texas.

Doesn't the PSF own the land and mineral rights?

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The real property holdings of the PSF are substantial. The fund owns 15 million surface and mineral acres in Texas. Upland acres, mostly west of the Pecos River, comprise 747,522 acres of the PSF’s land. In addition, the fund owns 12.4 million mineral acres, including 4 million acres of submerged coastal lands. One million riverbed acres are also held by the fund, and the revenue received from all mineral extraction from these areas goes directly to the PSF. The PSF also accepts oil and gas in lieu of cash royalty payments, which it then sells at discounted prices to public entities such as schools and cities, earning the fund more than cash royalties would provide.

Posted by Chd1478

Member since Jun 2009

1815 posts

Posted on 6/11/10 at 7:41 pm to arrakis

Remember, R.C. Slocum? Only the winningest coach in A&M history who is from Orange, Texas and attended McNeese STate University in Lake Charles. What is Slocum up to now?

R.C. Slocum is currently a special advisor to the president of Texas A&M University and works for the Texas A&M Foundation.

I say A&M is coming to the SEC.

It is no secret during his many years as A&M coach he stated there was no comparison between the SEC and Southwest Conference Football.

Hopefully, Stallings and Slocum convince A&M to make the right move!

This post was edited on 6/11/10 at 7:44 pm

Posted by MisterGreenjeans

Ellis Zoo

Member since Oct 2009

265 posts

Posted on 6/11/10 at 7:59 pm to lsutigerbrian

Texas playing football on the West Coast is like George W. Bush going out to Palm Beach to go mountain biking with Nancy Pelosi.