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I have walked every SEC campus since A&M entered the league, save the one in Austin which I’ve been on many times in the past. It’s really hard to rank them. Most have some nice spots, but none of them are over the top picturesque.

The Grove at Oxford is nice.
I like the north part of the UGA campus.
The Quad in Tuscaloosa is a plus.
Arkansas has the most interesting natural landscape to work with.

I probably grade LSU lower than some would. The architecture style is the same as Texas Tech, but with 50 inches of rain instead of 20.
A&M’s disjointed architecture is well documented.
Florida’s campus theme is red brick and moss on the trees. A lot of less attractive modern buildings kind of fade into the background as a result.
OU has a nice library, but the rest of the campus is pretty blah.
The north part of Missouri’s campus is nice, but the part around the stadium looks like arse thanks to the hospital.
State is pretty utilitarian.
Auburn is nice. Kind of reminds me of Clemson without the lake.

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Actual correct answer: tRant.

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I want to thank the SEC office in Birmingham for scheduling LSU's visit to Oxford the week before A&M goes to Baton Rouge. Always good to fly under the radar.

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Dunno. 18-12 still only gets you to about 25ish in RPI with what you have left. That’s probably not gonna do it. Anything sub 10 is where they start looking at “spreading the wealth” to avoid too many teams from one conference from eating up all the host spots. 25 it would be absolutely wild to host.

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Before we went to 16, I would have said 18-12 would automatically host, but now, who ends up on your schedule, and who does not, is going to matter. Arkansas was one of five teams to get both Missouri and South Carolina on their schedule, and they missed both Texas schools (they did play Georgia), so that 18-12 would be a bit of a soft 18-12.

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Auburn @ A&M game one postoned. We’ll play a doubleheader tomorrow starting at one pm central.

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Yep. And the second game will take place while 100,000 are making their way across the street to Kyle Field for the Savannah Bananas circus. What shite show traffic will be.

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Bring your band Aggies. They always get a standing O from the Sooner faithful at halftime.

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My understanding is that the full band is making the trip.

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Go online the day before...people will be panic selling. Stubhub, craiglist, FB marketplace. Always have used them and never had an issue with them over 50 times(pro ticks, basketball ticks, etc)Never been scammed or bullshitted.

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Certainly, waiting on the secondary market is the cheapest way to get in. However, for road games, I usually prefer to sit with other A&M fans, so I order through the school. The way we do it, you submit your requests along with your season ticket application. At the time they did this, we had prices for everyone but OU. So, yesterday, they sent us an email saying, congratulations, you got tickets to OU, now we are going to charge you 277.78 per requested ticket. Just a bit of an unexpected surprise. I assume we will charge them similar prices when OU comes to College Station.

If Southern Miss's RPI continues to hold up, it will be hard to overlook them. However, my feeling is that they reward Boston College for being a northern team that doesn't suck and let them host if they are anywhere close to the top 16. BC has Clemson on the road and GT at home to finish their ACC schedule, but three RPI killers in between, so they probably need to go 3-3 or 4-2 in those conference games to have a shot. They are at 25 right now.

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Blaize sounds like a female pro wrestler

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We had a horse named Blaize :lol:

A trip to Missouri can do wonders. It got Gavin Grahovac going on a heater that still hasn’t stopped four weeks later.

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Our Saturday pitcher is out for the year and there is a lot of speculation that Jake Brown is also out for the year. Can we just flush 2026 baseball?

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No, you’re going to have to stick it out and play in the baseball NIT.

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T9. Vanderbilt (24-17, 9-9) Composite Poll Ranking: NR RPI: 72nd DSR: 40th KPI: 59th Q1 & Q2: 7-11 (.388) Series remaining: #3 Texas, @ #15 Alabama, @Mizzou, South Carolina

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This will be the most interesting team to watch for me. Two series left against two teams that would be absolute résumé movers in a positive direction with Bama and Texas, and they most definitely need to win at least one of those series and maybe even both. Then two series against teams they likely need to sweep in order to keep their slim hopes alive in Mizzou and USC.

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Vandy could get swept by Texas and Bama, then turn around and sweep Missouri and USC to finish 15-15, which, historically, has been a lock for making the tournament, but would probably leave them with an RPI over 60. Would be interesting to see what happens.