fratczar.. Its better for A&M in the long run, and it will be better for the SEC too. Both SEC and Texas A&M will get better recruiting. What kid doesn’t want to play in the best conference in the nation, and what conference doesn’t want to get their hands on recruits from Texas? And thats only one reason! Did you just get smarter?
TXKA, that’s the popular logic. However, when they get destroyed for several years and are the new Miss St, versus UT/OU with an easier road to championships, that recruit will be making a decision between UT/OU or LSU/Ark/Alabama. A&M recruiting will be hurt at least in the mid-term. If they can slowly rebuild their program to compete in 10-15 years then maybe it will work out for them, but for the foreseeable future it’ll hurt. Financially I think it’s a wash. They’ll take some more TV money, but they’ll lose donors when they suck worse than normal for an extended period.
Far as SEC recruiting access, I’m pretty sure Alabama can go anywhere they want. I don’t think the fact that A&M is on their schedule really increases their chances of pulling a guy out of Houston. They can already do that if they want.
Fratterson, how’s losing to Oklahoma State the last two years treating you? They all may be shitty teams with the exception of UT, but at least they could handle the red headed step child (read A&M) of Oklahoma.
Wow, Frataholic. This move has made us gain more donors and more donations than ever. Why the fuck would anyone pull back their donations and season ticket purchases when we’re playing a more exciting schedule? In fact, A&M has already secured millions in new donations pursuant to this move that A&M is planning on using to renovate Kyle Field. That was reaching at its best, buddy.
SEC teams stand to make $34MM per year with A&M in the fold. Know what they make now? $17MM. Know what A&M made in the Big 12? $20MM. Financially it’s a wash? I think not.
Finally, if you think recruits want “an easier road to championships”, you are sadly mistaken. Recruits want to go to the NFL. The SEC demonstrably provides the best training ground for that.
We’ll see. The donors are excited right now because they think they’re sticking it to Texas and going to a better conference. That’s a very temporary situation. When they are posting below 500 seasons and are completely irrelevant, the donors will have a different view, as will the recruits. Yes recruits want to go to the NFL, and that’s about exposure. Champions get exposure, doormats don’t. You put the best running back in the world behind a shit line and he’s going to look like a chump. You have an optimistic view right now, and good for you, but the SEC has a way of destroying the dreams of the weak and making them look like hipsters on bid day. Looking up at Miss St is no way to go through life. Enjoy your moment in the sun. I’m just saying mark my words so when what I’m saying comes to pass in a couple years you’ll understand why I’m laughing my ass off at your dumb ass.
Why can’t you SEC pricks stop being dicks and let us, the Aggies, be welcomed into the SEC. Accept the fact that we want to be in the best football conference in the nation because yes, the SEC does bread National Championships and we want to be a part of that. We may not win it this year or the next, but just like any other team who moves in to a different conference, give us a couple of years and we will see. I’m glad we are done with the Big XII and the SEC should be a whole different level of competition that we are ready for. Thanks, Gig’em.
Actually Barry, you retarded dumbass waste of human flesh, we won the Big 12 South just last year. And we won a Big 12 championship around its inception.
you had a three way tie for the south last year…which basically means you’re just in the upper half of the division and you won the big 12 in 98 when texas and ou were both down. Oh almost forgot to mention 0-4 against OSU last 4 years. Now thats what I call a great “tradition”
lucas, thats funny you mention that because i didn’t see you in the big 12 title game last year. tying for first doesn’t matter for shit if you aren’t playing for all the marbles.kinda funny you have to take your aggression out online, makes you sound like a little bitch but I guess sexual frustration will do that to someone.
You know what you did see in the Big 12 title game? Two teams that we beat.
All of our players have rings to prove our winning of the Big 12 last year. That’s something that the Big 12’s shitty ex commissioner signed off on, the other teams agreed to, and our teams earned. If you have a problem, consult the Big 12. But don’t say we haven’t won the Big 12 South.
Capitalism, the circumstances surrounding A&M’s win in ’98 are quite irrelevant. Barry said we’ve never won the Big 12. I said we did. Your research proves we actually did. Not really sure what you’re trying to argue.
So you know Davy Crockett was from Tennessee… where we have 2 schools in the SEC. Which he then LEFT to go to Texas. So the man you derived this from actually did the opposite.
congratu-fucking-lations. you had $5.7 billion in alumni endowments, so basically your alumni bought your bid into the SEC. this was not about your mediocre football team but how much money you would pay the teams in the conference to whoop your ass each week.
Just because A&M’s president says anywhere, anytime, doesn’t mean Texas wouldn’t continue to haze yal year in and year out. This is your typical “rivalry runaway.” Can’t beat em? Well let’s buy our way into a better conference and pretend that we can.
No one is saying that’s what it means. But it DOES clearly mean that we’re not scared of Texas whatsoever, and it certainly means that a fear of Texas was NOT the motivation behind this move.
They won’t stand for our tyranny in the Big 12? Well let’s just tell everyone they’re scared of us.
thank you, you have effectively raised both conferences GPAs
14 years ago at 5:22 pmI am pretty sure nearly all schools have a similar GPA distribution. Academic prestige would be what you are aiming for…fucking retard.
14 years ago at 5:26 pmYou either play in the Rice band, recycle jokes, or don’t attend football games. All NF
14 years ago at 6:01 pmGPAs don’t matter when you’re rich and know people in high places. A 2.0 can still land a six figure starting salary.
14 years ago at 6:43 pm^ Just ask Rick Perry
14 years ago at 7:05 pm^ I’d bet a lot of money that you aren’t rich, have no connections, and struggle to maintain that anything higher than a 2.5
14 years ago at 7:07 pmDavy Crockett, TFM. Nice Reference.
14 years ago at 5:48 pmCouldn’t win in the Big 12, still won’t win in the SEC.
14 years ago at 5:58 pmNobody has said that A&M is going to come in and win games. Overall a better move for A&M
14 years ago at 6:20 pm^Then why the fuck would you join? That literally makes no sense and I’m now dumber for reading that.
14 years ago at 8:17 pm^ If they wanted to win games they would just go to the Pac 12, but that’s not the point
14 years ago at 9:01 pmfratczar.. Its better for A&M in the long run, and it will be better for the SEC too. Both SEC and Texas A&M will get better recruiting. What kid doesn’t want to play in the best conference in the nation, and what conference doesn’t want to get their hands on recruits from Texas? And thats only one reason! Did you just get smarter?
14 years ago at 12:21 amWhat shitty football team that we beat last year do you support, red white and geed? OU? Nebraska? Texas? You’re an idiot.
TXKA is the only person here with any thinking ability.
14 years ago at 12:34 amTXKA, that’s the popular logic. However, when they get destroyed for several years and are the new Miss St, versus UT/OU with an easier road to championships, that recruit will be making a decision between UT/OU or LSU/Ark/Alabama. A&M recruiting will be hurt at least in the mid-term. If they can slowly rebuild their program to compete in 10-15 years then maybe it will work out for them, but for the foreseeable future it’ll hurt. Financially I think it’s a wash. They’ll take some more TV money, but they’ll lose donors when they suck worse than normal for an extended period.
Far as SEC recruiting access, I’m pretty sure Alabama can go anywhere they want. I don’t think the fact that A&M is on their schedule really increases their chances of pulling a guy out of Houston. They can already do that if they want.
14 years ago at 1:08 amFratterson, how’s losing to Oklahoma State the last two years treating you? They all may be shitty teams with the exception of UT, but at least they could handle the red headed step child (read A&M) of Oklahoma.
14 years ago at 12:09 pmWow, Frataholic. This move has made us gain more donors and more donations than ever. Why the fuck would anyone pull back their donations and season ticket purchases when we’re playing a more exciting schedule? In fact, A&M has already secured millions in new donations pursuant to this move that A&M is planning on using to renovate Kyle Field. That was reaching at its best, buddy.
SEC teams stand to make $34MM per year with A&M in the fold. Know what they make now? $17MM. Know what A&M made in the Big 12? $20MM. Financially it’s a wash? I think not.
Finally, if you think recruits want “an easier road to championships”, you are sadly mistaken. Recruits want to go to the NFL. The SEC demonstrably provides the best training ground for that.
14 years ago at 8:48 pmWe’ll see. The donors are excited right now because they think they’re sticking it to Texas and going to a better conference. That’s a very temporary situation. When they are posting below 500 seasons and are completely irrelevant, the donors will have a different view, as will the recruits. Yes recruits want to go to the NFL, and that’s about exposure. Champions get exposure, doormats don’t. You put the best running back in the world behind a shit line and he’s going to look like a chump. You have an optimistic view right now, and good for you, but the SEC has a way of destroying the dreams of the weak and making them look like hipsters on bid day. Looking up at Miss St is no way to go through life. Enjoy your moment in the sun. I’m just saying mark my words so when what I’m saying comes to pass in a couple years you’ll understand why I’m laughing my ass off at your dumb ass.
14 years ago at 10:53 pmYou may all go to hell, and the aggies can just go fuck themselves.
14 years ago at 6:19 pmHell ya!
14 years ago at 6:40 pmfuck yeah!
14 years ago at 7:28 pmWhy can’t you SEC pricks stop being dicks and let us, the Aggies, be welcomed into the SEC. Accept the fact that we want to be in the best football conference in the nation because yes, the SEC does bread National Championships and we want to be a part of that. We may not win it this year or the next, but just like any other team who moves in to a different conference, give us a couple of years and we will see. I’m glad we are done with the Big XII and the SEC should be a whole different level of competition that we are ready for. Thanks, Gig’em.
14 years ago at 6:20 pmbreed* stupid autospell.
14 years ago at 6:21 pmAmen brother. Gig ’em.
14 years ago at 6:32 pmFuck you.
14 years ago at 6:39 pmBut in all seriousness, I respect you guys, but you deserve significant hazing for several years.
14 years ago at 6:41 pmCOLLEGE STATION IS GEED AS FUCK
I would rather poke my eyeballs out than ever have to travel there for a game.
14 years ago at 7:28 pmI’m just picturing you saying all of this in a whiny manner with tears in your eyes
14 years ago at 7:40 pmGig ’em Aggies!
14 years ago at 8:06 pmso you never won the big 12 south and now you’re ready for the competition in the SEC? Makes sense to me…
14 years ago at 10:19 pmActually Barry, you retarded dumbass waste of human flesh, we won the Big 12 South just last year. And we won a Big 12 championship around its inception.
Take a fucking lap and shut your damn mouth.
14 years ago at 12:37 amyou had a three way tie for the south last year…which basically means you’re just in the upper half of the division and you won the big 12 in 98 when texas and ou were both down. Oh almost forgot to mention 0-4 against OSU last 4 years. Now thats what I call a great “tradition”
14 years ago at 12:11 pmlucas, thats funny you mention that because i didn’t see you in the big 12 title game last year. tying for first doesn’t matter for shit if you aren’t playing for all the marbles.kinda funny you have to take your aggression out online, makes you sound like a little bitch but I guess sexual frustration will do that to someone.
14 years ago at 7:47 pmYou know what you did see in the Big 12 title game? Two teams that we beat.
All of our players have rings to prove our winning of the Big 12 last year. That’s something that the Big 12’s shitty ex commissioner signed off on, the other teams agreed to, and our teams earned. If you have a problem, consult the Big 12. But don’t say we haven’t won the Big 12 South.
Capitalism, the circumstances surrounding A&M’s win in ’98 are quite irrelevant. Barry said we’ve never won the Big 12. I said we did. Your research proves we actually did. Not really sure what you’re trying to argue.
14 years ago at 8:43 pmDavy Crockett would be ashamed.
14 years ago at 6:35 pmAssuredly.
14 years ago at 7:51 pmfuck that, Davy Crockett was a hero. the aggies are the little red headed stepchild of college football
14 years ago at 7:11 pmyou forgot the part where the red head gets beat twice a day
14 years ago at 7:26 pmits understood their lives consist of daily beatings
14 years ago at 9:02 pmYes! Haha
14 years ago at 6:12 amSo you know Davy Crockett was from Tennessee… where we have 2 schools in the SEC. Which he then LEFT to go to Texas. So the man you derived this from actually did the opposite.
14 years ago at 7:19 pmWealthiest school in the conference
14 years ago at 7:23 pmcongratu-fucking-lations. you had $5.7 billion in alumni endowments, so basically your alumni bought your bid into the SEC. this was not about your mediocre football team but how much money you would pay the teams in the conference to whoop your ass each week.
14 years ago at 10:53 pmtheyre 37-75-5 against their biggest rival
14 years ago at 7:48 pmcut em some slack, they’re minimizing their losses, to The University of Texas at least
That’s why our President has publicly stated on several occasions that he is willing to match our teams against UT anytime, anywhere? Right?
Do Texas fans have a single intelligent piece of shit talk to put forth to A&M regarding this move? Haven’t seen one so far.
14 years ago at 12:39 amJust because A&M’s president says anywhere, anytime, doesn’t mean Texas wouldn’t continue to haze yal year in and year out. This is your typical “rivalry runaway.” Can’t beat em? Well let’s buy our way into a better conference and pretend that we can.
14 years ago at 8:15 amHoly shit thank you! He gets it everyone, this guy gets it.^
14 years ago at 10:18 amNo one is saying that’s what it means. But it DOES clearly mean that we’re not scared of Texas whatsoever, and it certainly means that a fear of Texas was NOT the motivation behind this move.
They won’t stand for our tyranny in the Big 12? Well let’s just tell everyone they’re scared of us.
14 years ago at 8:40 pm