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re: Do you want Arkansas or Texas A&M as end of year "Rival?"
Posted on 6/8/12 at 10:36 am to Ghostfacedistiller
Posted on 6/8/12 at 10:36 am to Ghostfacedistiller
eaTme
While the Arky game has become a good one, I have no real feeling for those guys or their fans.
I really dislike the Ags and have since LSU routinely played them in the 80's.
My only issue is to not have it fall on Thanksgiving Day. Assuming we care about being in a position to play for SECW Title each year and a trip to Atlanta, a Thursday game against a quality opponent within our division at the end of the year is no way to go about that. It either means LSU has a short week to prepare, or it means we somehow get to set our open date the week before, which would mean LSU would be forced to play 11 games in a row before hitting the bye week.
Regardless of the Holiday issues, this just isn't smart...and if eaTme is in any way part of making this happen, I'll hate them even more.
While the Arky game has become a good one, I have no real feeling for those guys or their fans.
I really dislike the Ags and have since LSU routinely played them in the 80's.
My only issue is to not have it fall on Thanksgiving Day. Assuming we care about being in a position to play for SECW Title each year and a trip to Atlanta, a Thursday game against a quality opponent within our division at the end of the year is no way to go about that. It either means LSU has a short week to prepare, or it means we somehow get to set our open date the week before, which would mean LSU would be forced to play 11 games in a row before hitting the bye week.
Regardless of the Holiday issues, this just isn't smart...and if eaTme is in any way part of making this happen, I'll hate them even more.
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Posted on 6/8/12 at 11:16 am to GeauxTigerTM
quote:No, we were very upset when LSU ended the game, but we acknowledge that they had every right to if they wanted. Ags really want to play LSU...We respect your team, fans, school, food, culture, and we're very excited about joining your conference in 22 days.
Funny thing is, by the time we actually got to the end of that contract, the 1996 season was upcoming and A&M was part of the new Big XII, which also played 8 conference games, so they probably would have wanted to end it by then, too.
Re: the Aggie War Hymn (our 'fight song') we sing that every game against any opponent, including LSU back from '86-'95. I get that this may be counter-intuitive to non-Aggies, but when we sing that song, it's about us, not about the sips, and it fits perfectly appropriate to continue singing it just the way we have for decades.
I'm sensitive to you guys' family time on Thanksgiving, and also t.u. will probably play on Thanksgiving in that same time slot, which also now has an NFL game, too, so I'm not sure on which day it will be played. However, in Texas, families just fold it in to our Thanksgiving celebration with our families, and it's not ever been complained about to my knowledge, by anybody's family members. In fact, lots of Ags aren't gonna know what to do with themselves after the Cowboy game in the afternoon if we're not playing the sips or whomever. If it happens, once you and your families adjust, it'll become a part of that great holiday, and my guess is that you love it! Geaux Tigers, and Gig 'Em.
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