Tired Horn

They are a name program. Specifically, they're that other school in Texas. You know, the weird one.

It's also only year 12 of the 100 year plan (based on the hundred year decision). So they've got time. They just need to worship the dead dogs harder, and squeeze that left nut a little harder.

So, to sum this up, in a decade that has been an embarrassment to Longhorn fans, A&M has slightly outperformed us, a loss in the SEC takes more coaching ability than two wins in the Big 12 cuz the SEC is so awesome, and Quinn and Arch are both overrated, although Arch is more overrated than Quinn. At least mostly, And did I mention that the SEC is awesome?

Well, despite the plaque eating Jerry's brain, which it certainly is, this year looks like the Boy's best chance in a while. Pretty solid defense that could be quite good if they ever toughen up against the run. Offense that will score a lot even with the whole Dak question. But most importantly, there aren't many teams that look Super Bowl ready in the NFC. I count Philadelphia and the 49ers (if they're QB situation solidifies). Anybody else stepping up would be a surprise. This could finally be the year for at least an NFE title appearance, understanding that the wrong collection of injuries can wreck anyone.

All you can do is wait until he announces. It's his life and his decision to make.

My least favorite Chuckles memory is when he had to drag the administration into begging the Tulsa OC to consider our offer. Unfathomably grim times. But it could have been North Texas St., so I guess we had that going for us. Jesus...

2. They have never been one of the most hated programs. A huge chunk of the country barely knows they exist. As you note, the people who know them best either laugh at them or regard them with incredulous disdain. 4. Does anyone else find this "our league" or "our conference" stuff funny? I'll take that crap from Alabama, or Tennessee, or Ole Miss. You know, some team that has actually been in the SEC forever. But the Aggies act like they're one of those SEC ancestral programs, which is one of the things that seems to annoy their neighbors. Particularly since they hired f**king Jimbo, they've acted more and more like they should be acknowledged as one of the SEC's elite programs. I mean, who can forget that buffoonish turn in the half-time University spot, where they did their tired 12th man bit while implying the rest of the SEC was afraid of them. 8. By all means, fight the good fight back, you stupid dickwads.

I think the Aggies have mistaken annoyance and disdain with hatred. The later is an expression, however begrudging, of respect for the competence of a foe that can hurt you. The former is an expression of contempt for a cult that is completely clueless as to its own cult-like nature. When I talk to SEC fans, the question that typically comes up is "what the f**k is wrong with A&M?" They've been in the SEC for little more than a decade, and they've already got the neighbors backing away slowly without making eye contact.

Because heaven knows baseball teams aren't accustomed to playing multiple games within a few days of each other. Whoever heard of such a thing--Stanford should protest.

Most pawns have more self-respect.

Well, they did beat LSU, proving in their minds that they would have been SEC West champs if they had only "come together" sooner. So, it's only natural to assume they'll win the West this year since they've, you know, "come together"and will be squeezing that left nut for all it's worth.

Hey, App St. was the best 6-6 team in the country. They had to be to beat the best 5-7 team in the country. And anyway, A&M didn't lose--they just ran out of time. Texas A&M--running out of time since 1939.

I know Aggie is the king of doublethink, but I still find it weird how on the on hand they say they've transcended us via the immaculate hundred-year decision, but on the other hand they're so pathetically desperate to be acknowledged as our primary rival. I was on a business trip the other day and had dinner with a group that included an Aggy. Out of nowhere, he brings up Oklahoma and insists they could never match our rivalry with A&M. He just wouldn't quit, so I finally explained it to him. In my lifetime, Texas and OU have both been in the Top 25 when they played more than thirty times. They've both been in the Top 10 almost twenty. That makes for games that really feel important. A&m and Texas have both been in the Top 25 when the played less than ten times. They've both been in the Top Ten once, almost fifty years ago. That makes for games you play because they're on the schedule. Now admittedly some of that is a whim of scheduling. Texas and OU play early with less chance to have shit the bed on a season already, while Texas and A&M play at the end. But it is what it is. Oklahoma is a rivalry because you feel it in your bones, remember the great wins and the heartbreaking losses. A&M is a rivalry because you're told it is. The guy looked like he was going to cry. WTF?

Maybe they should just go independent and sink into oblivion.

Because A&M has measured up so well to Alabama, Georgia, and LSU. As I recall, while those programs have been winning national titles, A&M has been talking about all the national titles they will win when they're great, which they always have been, but they'll be even greater soon. Something, something Jimbo. Just you wait.

That's right. The SEC has been quaking in terror of the greatness that is A&M. Every thought they have, every single thing they do, is aimed at keeping A&M from overwhelming their picayune conference (that they were stupid enough to allow it to join). Aggy is a God-like giant of a program. Just ask them. It's really a shame that all these conference conspiracies (SWC, Big 12, SEC) have kept the awesome A&M down for 83 years. Who knew conference conspiracies could be so effective.

Juts be glad they didn't draft somebody recovering from a horrific injury.

Of course the concept of a blue blood doesn't just go away. But who is considered a blue blood absolutely can and does change in all walks of life. The things that made Nebraska a blue blood aren't operative anymore, and they're well on their way off to being off the list no matter what happened decades ago. If the honor of Nebraska football is that important to you, I'm sorry to have offended it. But that's just how I see things, and I'm hardly alone in that.

Things never get awkward for a cultist. The cult is always right.

That's how life works. Nebraska entered a new world when they went to the Big 10 that has cut them off from both their history and their historical recruiting edge (which had already been somewhat degraded in the Big 12). They are simply not what they were and never will be again. The spell has been broken--they're just a middle of the pack destination in a lower-middle-of-the-pack state that lacks amenities. They might have a good season every now and then, but really, who cares? Texas has underperformed a lot since 1985, which I suppose can fairly be used to question our blue blood status. What keeps us in the conversation is the fact that we're rich, and we're the flagship university of a huge state that produces a lot of football players. We innately have the potential to be what we've been at times and always will have that potential.

Who the fuck still thinks Nebraska is a blue blood program? Historically yes. Now, just so much corn row trash.

Well, they did sort of make him into a demigod over their tribe ("Don't care, got Jimbo"). I can't wait him to snap and scrawl "exterminate the brutes" before pronouncing final judgment of College Station on his deathbed: "The horror! The horror!" Maybe they can add that one to yell practice.

Yeah, but dealing shows initiative, right?

Thanks. Hope you're right.

As I recall, it appeared first as the "college bit" advertisement on football games. You know, the one at halftime where you get to present your school as more than a football factory and is usually full of fresh-faced young people changing the world. That sort of generic, good-natured thing. Leave it to Aggie to reduce the "college bit" to nothing but football, and then to compound the ridiculous hubris of it all by presenting the SEC as being intimidated by them and their stupid 12th man. That's what's important to them as a UNIVERSITY. The chef's kiss is closing out with that rancid hobbit Jimbo smiling knowingly into the night. That is what they think presents their school in a positive light. Fucking weirdos.