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The Aggie Joke on Texas - Houston Chronicle
Posted on 8/28/11 at 10:50 am
Posted on 8/28/11 at 10:50 am
This was in Sunday's Houston Chronicle but apparently it's not going to make the web.. (humm.. wonder why).
UPDATE: Here is the link courtesy of Smoke Ring The Aggie Joke on Texas
UPDATE: Here is the link courtesy of Smoke Ring The Aggie Joke on Texas
quote:
This Aggie joke on Texas --
Richard Justice
I’M guessing there are plenty of Longhorns feeling just a little bit envious about how things are turning out for Texas A&M.
Oh, they’ll never admit it because, well, you know how some people are just too proud to give the other guy credit.
They’ll puff up their chests and tell you about their little television network and how the world still revolves around them.
Two or three of them may still believe it. When they say these things, be kind to them. These are tough times. They’re used to having their way. They thought they had surrounded themselves with schools happy to be in their shadow.
They just never counted on someone getting uppity, and that’s the bottom line in all of this.
Texas thought A&M was another Baylor.
The Longhorns never thought the Aggies would actually leave for the Southeastern Conference.
Actually, they believed the SEC would take Texas A&M only if it brought Texas along. That has been their mantra for the last year.
Now they’re watching the Aggies about to leave for a great adventure and thinking, “That sure looks like fun.”
It ticks them off to know the Aggies outsmarted them, and it kills them to think the Aggies are moving into a better neighborhood.
All the things the Aggies think they’re getting from the SEC ? a unique identity, more prestigious conference and greater stability ? might be true.
The Aggies are trading Waco, Lubbock and Stillwater for Athens, Oxford and Tuscaloosa, and who wouldn’t make that swap?
I have no idea how competitive A&M will be, and I still think its easiest path to a BCS bowl is to remain in the Big 12. But as they like to say in Austin, it’s about the branding.
The SEC is forever.
Regardless of how many times college football’s cards are shuffled over the next few years, A&M knows where it will be.
Meanwhile, the Big 12 remains a house of cards.
When Oklahoma finally joins the Pac-12, the Big 12 is toast. If you’re an Aggie, you’re looking at trips to some of college’s football’s iconic addresses: The Swamp.
Death Valley. Neyland Stadium. Bryant-Denny.
School of choice: BYU
The Longhorns will tell you the Aggies are going to get their heads handed to them in the SEC, and maybe they will. But that’s part of the challenge.
If you’re wondering what’s next for the Big 12, that’s easy. Brigham Young is the least threatening choice to Texas, and so Brigham Young it’s likely to be.
When that happens, it’ll re-enforce many of the gripes A&M and Nebraska had about the Big 12.
First, it’s a Texas production. As long as there are enough schools thrilled to be satellites of Texas, nothing will change.
That’s why TCU won’t be getting a call. Neither will SMU or Houston. Those three schools are threats to UT. They’ve all rebuilt their programs, hired terrific coaches and gotten themselves competitive on the field and off.
And that’s the last thing Texas wants.
All three have the potential to cut into UT’s recruiting dominance in a way BYU never will.
Remember those beatings SMU and UH delivered to Texas in the Southwest Conference? The Longhorns sure do.
And forget that talk about television markets. Texas and Oklahoma drive the ratings wagon regardless of who else is in the conference. If TCU is put on a bigger stage, TCU will do just fine in the ratings game. Likewise, SMU and Houston are exciting teams.
If America tunes in once, it’ll tune back in.
Legislators powerless
But there’s too much risk to Texas, so the Longhorns may talk up Notre Dame and Arkansas, but they’ll end up with BYU.
There are state legislators saying they will press Texas to take SMU and/or Houston. They’re wasting their breath. Texas listens to no one.
Besides, whatever Texas decides to do with the Big 12 is only temporary. The conference will be held together by the thinnest of strings.
Texas isn’t compelled to do anything to strengthen it ? say, make it a 12-team conference ? because Texas is bulletproof. When the Big 12 collapses, UT will go independent and leave the others scrambling to find a rung on the ladder.
Texas A&M decided not to wait for that day. When the Big 12 blows up, the Aggies will have the upper hand on Texas. This time, the Aggie joke is on the Longhorns.
This post was edited on 8/28/11 at 10:56 pm
Posted on 8/28/11 at 11:47 am to GerryDiNardo
Richard Justice is going to get his UTa degree taken back for writing the things he has about the longhorns over the last 6 weeks
Posted on 8/28/11 at 11:49 am to Big Kat
UT may have just backed themselves into a difficult corner.
Posted on 8/28/11 at 11:58 am to GerryDiNardo
This about the first article I've seen from the Chron actually criticizing the Horns. Everything I had read to this point was attempting to make the Aggies look like idiots and fools.
Posted on 8/28/11 at 12:09 pm to GerryDiNardo
did you just re-type this? why no link?
Posted on 8/28/11 at 12:17 pm to Chicken
It was re-typed by someone else and sent to me. There's no link because it's print-only.
Edit: The guy who sent it said he thought it should be available on the web tomorrow. Who knows?
Edit: The guy who sent it said he thought it should be available on the web tomorrow. Who knows?
This post was edited on 8/28/11 at 12:20 pm
Posted on 8/28/11 at 1:15 pm to GerryDiNardo
welp, there goes Mr.Justice's chance to be a guest host again on PTI Soon.
Posted on 8/28/11 at 1:28 pm to BayouBengal
quote:
This about the first article I've seen from the Chron actually criticizing the Horns. Everything I had read to this point was attempting to make the Aggies look like idiots and fools.
Justice, a Texas alum, has written article after article praising the aggies and slamming Texas. He is thrilled by the current circumstances. Even he admits, in this piece and elsewhere, that A&M will struggle in the SEC but he sees this conference change as a monumental event. He sees it as something to be celebrated. It is a very big deal to him personally.
Posted on 8/28/11 at 1:34 pm to Dr Drunkenstein
He didn't say A&M would struggle. He said it's possible. It's also possible we don't.
How about we play the games and find out
How about we play the games and find out
Posted on 8/28/11 at 1:37 pm to Big Kat
quote:
How about we play the games and find out
I'll be there Oct. 1st
Posted on 8/28/11 at 1:39 pm to GerryDiNardo
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The SEC is forever.
Favorite line of the article. Way to go Ags.
Posted on 8/28/11 at 1:52 pm to GerryDiNardo
I really wish we could get UTx in the SEC. I know a lot of y'all don't like Texas, especially you LSU and Arky fans, but I would love it.
Even without them, it's going to be fun watching Longhorn and Aggie fans go at each other on the Rant.
Even without them, it's going to be fun watching Longhorn and Aggie fans go at each other on the Rant.
Posted on 8/28/11 at 1:53 pm to caribG8R
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Even without them, it's going to be fun watching Longhorn and Aggie fans go at each other on the Rant.
I don't think it will happen as much as you expect. Both sides really want to move on from each other.
Posted on 8/28/11 at 2:13 pm to Dr Drunkenstein
Dr. Drunkenstein please go to hornfans.com and leave us ALONE!!!
Posted on 8/28/11 at 2:23 pm to LSU1860
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Even he admits, in this piece and elsewhere, that A&M will struggle in the SEC
He never said that Doc, reread it.
As for both parties wanting to move on, that's pretty true for the most part.
Posted on 8/28/11 at 2:55 pm to caribG8R
quote:
I really wish we could get UTx in the SEC. I know a lot of y'all don't like Texas, especially you LSU and Arky fans, but I would love it.
Even without them, it's going to be fun watching Longhorn and Aggie fans go at each other on the Rant.
I don't think I would like drama they bring with them but I have always wanted to crush them in a bowl game.
Posted on 8/28/11 at 3:14 pm to HooDooWitch
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I don't think I would like drama they bring with them but I have always wanted to crush them in a bowl game.
Just like the last time the 2 schools met in a bowl?
;)
Posted on 8/28/11 at 3:14 pm to HooDooWitch
quote:
I don't think I would like drama they bring with them.
I/we are exhausted w/ their shenanigans...it will be a thrill to be rid of em.
Btw, thx for posting the text of this article...appears to be the only place on the web to read it.
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