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  1. orangebird
    I'm in the same boat. My family is split between Tech and Texas alums. I haven't really talked with the Tech alum family members much about this, but they are usually pretty bitter toward Texas when it comes to athletics anyway, so I doubt this will change anything. Nothing good can come of even bringing it up with them.
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    This. If you haven't figured it out by now, everyone will bitch no matter what we do, because we're Texas. With this move, we are retaining our rivalry with OU and restarting two historical rivalries with Arky and aggy. The only longstanding series we are losing in this deal are Tech, Baylor, and TCU. I could not care any less if we ever play Baylor again, as I have zero respect for that rape and murder-enabling program. I am mildly indifferent about the other two. Since everyone is going to bitch anyway, we may as well do what's best for Texas. So here we are. Probably also worth a reminder that Herbie is an alum of Ohio State, which conveniently happens to be one of the programs that has ascended in the wake of Texas's stumbles over the last 10 years or so. I'm sure Herbie wouldn't mind keeping Texas neutered in the Big XII for as long as possible, so that Ohio State can continue to reap the benefits. Fuck them and fuck Herbie, too.
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    Porque no los todos? LOL
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    If I could rep this 50 times, I would.
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    Well, they aren't exactly the brightest bulbs in the shed...there is a reason Aggie jokes have been a thing for well over a century.
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    Hey I'm (sorta) old and I haven't subbed to a newspaper in 10 years. I kinda do miss the Sunday funnies, but most of my favorite cartoonists either died off or quit the biz.
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    It was 14-0.
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    I realize this is posturing, but what was he expecting to have happen here? "Oh - hi, Bob! It's Texas. We're going to run off and join the SEC - is that cool with you? Okay, good talk. See you later!" If Bob hasn't figured out that the Big XII has been a dead conference walking for the last 10 years, then he is even worse at his job than we thought. Apparently the Big XII blowing up was only news to Bob here.
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    It's the "no publicity is bad publicity" angle. The Spaceman knows he will generate hate clicks ($$$ from advertisers) every time he writes something stupid, particularly when it comes to Texas.
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    They were our side chick. Yeah, I suppose we need better taste.
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    They are definitely on there, too. Forgot about them. Easy mistake to make on my part.
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    Especially since it's a day trip for probably > 90% of the people attending that game. I never went to a game at Floyd Casey or whatever the fuck they call their new stadium now, but if I ever had the urge to do so when I lived in Texas, it would be drive into Waco, go to the game, then promptly get the fuck out of town again after it was over.
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    Oh yeah, the thread about this on r/CFB on Reddit is utterly convinced that this is going to be the smoking gun that blows up ESPN. Lots of Cyclone and (OSU) Cowboy fans posting in that thread, too. I enjoy my share of Reddit, but r/CFB is pure cringe at times.
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    That's not completely true. AB 1887 prevents state government entities from using taxpayer funds to travel to prohibited states. I believe Cal, UCLA, SDSU, Fresno State, and others get around this by paying for travel to prohibited states for games directly out of their athletic budgets.
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    In addition to the various outs that Texas has, as people already pointed out here, I'm sure Texas's lawyers would have absolutely no problem with tying this up in discovery and pretrial motions until the year 2100 or so. You got that long to wait, Bowlsby?
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    I wonder if ESPN would propose this as a Big XII-AAC merger to Bowlsby, perhaps with some $$$ thrown in to ease the transition, so to speak.
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    I think it was the 21-21 tie against Syracuse in 1993 at DKR. At least, that's the first one I remember. Rough times - Rice actually finished with a better record than we did that year.
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    I'm dead. Amazing work. Put this in the Louvre.
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    Burger King is hiring. Seen it all over the news lately.
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    Also not terribly impressed with Champaign, Iowa City, Bloomington, or West Lafayette, either. But Evanston is pretty rad...especially since you can just hop on the El and party in Chicago.
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    I now fully understand @SydneyCarton's salty post while ago. Just saying.
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    Amateur hour adventures such as exactly this should be Exhibit A for why we are leaving this dump of a conference behind.
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    Maybe it will play out like this: Chair: "Do we have a motion to accept Texas and Oklahoma into the SEC unanimously?" Unnamed SEC School Prez: "So moved." Chair: "Can we get a second?" Another SEC School Prez: "Seconded." Chair: "All right. All those in favor?" [almost everyone says "Aye"] Chair: "All opposed? Texas A&M, you keep your damn mouth shut."

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