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$4 mil each for 06, 07, 08 and 09. That was the original $16 mil (interest free) they tried to hide from the media and the taxpayers. They agreed to start repaying $1 mil/ yr, but then the conference switch happened. Again in 2012 they couldn’t pay their bills and had to borrow an additional $5.2 mil. A total of $21.2 from the academic side. Last I knew, it was scheduled to be repaid around 2030, but that may have been extended. All interest free. The foregone interest of roughly $1 mil/ yr deprives the students and constitutes an unreported subsidy from the academic side to aggy athletics.

And an update on the aggy 12th man copyright infringement case. Ending the Fifth Circuit’s reliance on Porter would also help to solve a circuit split that has developed on the question of copyright’s status as property for purposes of the Takings Clause. In a footnote in the original panel decision, the appellate court recognized that Porter’s holding creates tension with decisions of the First Circuit and Second Circuit, both of which have found that the Takings Clause extends to claims that government actions have infringed upon copyright. Appellants: No ‘Clear and Certain’ Post-Deprivation Remedy Existed to Cure Due Process Violation Bynum and Epic Sports’ petition for rehearing also pushes back on the Fifth Circuit’s conclusion that meaningful post-deprivation remedies existed under the Texas Constitution, thus avoiding a due process violation under the Fourteenth Amendment. The Fifth Circuit had determined that such a remedy existed under the Texas Supreme Court’s recent decision in Jim Olive Photography v. University of Houston (2021). That case, however, rejected Takings Clause claims under both the federal and state constitutions. “Appellants are aware of no cases in this circuit or elsewhere holding that a legal theory that has never been recognized by the state courts can nonetheless bar a procedural due process claim,” Bynum and Epic Sports’ petition reads. Such a ruling arguably flies in the face of the Supreme Court’s 1995 holding in National Private Truck Council v. Oklahoma Tax Commission, in which the Court found that a “clear and certain remedy” under state law must first exist before it can be considered a remedy that satisfies due process under the Fourteenth Amendment. In Jim Olive, the Texas Supreme Court noted that the state’s takings clause is comparable to the Constitution’s language in the Fifth Amendment. According to Bynum and Epic Sports, this finding offers no support for the Fifth Circuit’s conclusion that a takings remedy exists under the Texas Constitution without a comparable remedy under the Fifth Amendment. This argument is bolstered by the fact that Jim Olive involved takings claims under the Texas and U.S. constitutions, and the Texas Supreme Court treated those claims analogously. A concurrence in Jim Olive hypothesized that claims under Texas constitution for copyright infringement might be available under provisions governing property “applied for public use” or “damaged for public use” rather than claims for regulatory takings. However, “[t]hese speculations about what potential remedies might be available cannot satisfy Due Process,” Bynum and Epic Sports argued. Cases in which a post-deprivation remedy has been upheld as satisfying due process under the Fourteenth Amendment have all involved remedies that are generally uncontested and well-established. “Appellants have found no decisions rejecting a due process claim on the basis of a potential state-law remedy that no court has affirmatively recognized,” Bynum and Epic Sports argued. While the Fifth Circuit had relied on language from its 2009 decision in McClure v. Biesenbach to find that post-deprivation remedies are adequate “if it allows the prospect of compensation for the loss suffered,” Bynum and Epic Sports pointed out that Parratt v. Taylor (1981), which the Fifth Circuit cited for the proposition made in McClure, indicated that state remedies had to be in existence at the time of the deprivation and capable of fully compensating the property owner for his loss. The petition concludes: It is, of course, too late for Appellants to pursue a Takings remedy under the Texas constitution. And it is hardly reasonable to tell Appellants that they should have sought these never-before-recognized remedies in state court rather than filing their claims in federal court. A requirement that federal plaintiffs guess correctly about what remedies a state court might someday recognize—at the hazard of losing their federal claims—is the antithesis of due process of law. On September 24, the Fifth Circuit requested a response to the petition for rehearing en banc from the Texas Attorney General by October 4.

You are correct. I remember the QB was a shitshow, but it was the Sr who was the shithow. I stand corrected. 50% chance of rain in Farmville Saturday night. Shouldn't affect the game much.

Leach started a true freshman qb in that game last year. 99 yds on 22 pass attempts (a 16 qbr), -27 yards rushing, 1 pick, 1 fumble. Calzada had a 40.1 qbr vs Colorado and a 29.9 qbr against Arky, so imagine how bad the Mississippi St kid was against aggy last year. A&M was only up by 14 at half and ended up winning by 14. And that was against he greatest aggy team since 1939 that was robbed of a chance to play for the national championship. If that qb from Mississippi St can elevate his game to the level Calzada played against Arkansas, Mississippi St has a shot at winning.

"UltimateSuperGenius 11:16a Sip fans are desperate. It has been 12 years since they have been a blip on the college football radar. They will never have what we have, and it kills them." https://texags.com/forums/5/topics/3232222/replies/60299005

Our old friend Mike Leach visiting College Station this weekend. From the history vault: ["A&M wants to rip on our fans and all that. Our fans are as good as their fans are. One thing our fans don't do is sit around and whine about other teams' fans. A&M spent a significant part of the week whining about what our fans are like. Why don't they worry about what themselves are like?"] https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2017/12/28/15024328/mike-leach-quotes-best-funniest-washington-state-head-coach ["It's interesting to me that all these Aggies—whether they're at A&M or here—are sitting around with halos over their heads and they have some divine expertise on fanmanship. I just don't believe that's the case. For the record, I think our fans are better than the Aggie fans." "How come they get to pretend they are soldiers? The thing is, they aren't actually in the military. I ought to have Mike's Pirate School. The freshmen, all they get is the bandanna. When you're a senior, you get the sword and skull and crossbones. For homework, we'll work pirate maneuvers and stuff like that."] https://bleacherreport.com/articles/78729-leachisms-quotes-from-the-pirate-king

The guy sure has his thumb on the pulse of aggy football. Not much of his stuff ages well.

It would be an Open Records Act request. Here’s the original. Not sure if the extension has been finalized yet. https://2michy3wy0l30d34041dt1et-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/football/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2015/10/Jimbo-Fisher-Texas-AM.pdf

Is it made of wood?

A&M has about 2,800 kids in the corps. They commission about 225 students each year through their ROTC program. In 4 years, roughly 900 kids commission theough the A&M ROTC program. 900/ 2,800 = 32% So, less than 1/3 of the kids you see in their silly costumes will eventually obtain a commission through A&M's ROTC program. That rate fluctuates between 25% and 35%.

Dude, it's college football. Chill the fuck out. Remember, this is one of "the finest fans in all of college sports™." "Players can get paid right? Spiller can and should sue the SEC tomorrow. They can take the 15 yard penalty and the game and shove it up their azzes. Either the call is to protect them or it's just another bs call used to control narrative by each crew. To think, we were penalized for bs late it last game against TU that was a love tap. This crew saw this happen twice and was even slowed down during review. Somebody didn't want the penalty to affect the outcome of the game or else he would have been protected. If not then every time a ball is tipped it's open season to destroy someone's career or paralyze them. I couldn't have been on A&M defense after that. I would have jumped offsides and went straight at Arky QB's head." "Not only was this targeting, dangerous and illegal, this was premeditated and Arkansas LB's were looking for an opportunity to hurt/injure Spiller." "Dudes a pusssy and he's gonna get his when he least expects it. On the field or off. Punk ***** knew what he was doing as the ball was sailing over their heads. What goes around comes around on the field or the streets." ”Deal bro. Now go back to banging your cousin and being 309 pounds over weight with 4 teeth. Dudes a ***** that took a cheap shot towards the head/neck against someone who will be playing on Sunday's while ge sells insurance. And your right, it is football and congrats on being 1-9 the last ten years. He's gonna get his” https://texags.com/forums/5/topics/3231194/last

First game ever at War Memorial Stadium, Austin, Texas.

That's roughly the story I also understand them to be claiming, but we are talking about aggys, so until I dig into the origin of the term personally, I'm not entirely relying on the aggy version of history. The problem for the ags is they know UT Austin had far greater numbers serve and die during WWI and UT Austin was well recognized for its overall contributions during that war. So no, they don't have a legitimate reason to make the claim they were "out winning America's wars." It is true UT students were not treated as cannon fodder by the military establishment and weren't killed needlessly because (how do I say this delicately?) no society wastes its best and brightest as cannon fodder.

I’ve never regretted shunning a trade school education and obtaining a legitimate university undergrad degree. “Quit worring about tu until a&m plays them and start being concerned about what a lousy season this is goiong to be. YES, I'M DAMNED MAD AT LAZY, SLOPPY, UNMOTIVATED FOOTBALL!!!!! A&M IS GETTING SCREWED BY EVERY BIG MOUTH COACH THAT COMES ALONG. Think about all the academic scholarchips that could help underpriviledged kids that is wasted on this football program!!!!!” https://texags.com/forums/5/topics/3231780

It's how trade school students do things. Notice how they constantly ask "someone else should do this for me."

You left out the fact that in 2014 they commenced a capital campaign for the academic side of the university. It raised roughly $4 billion. And after they received the money, their net financial position dropped. Only aggys could raise $4 billion and end up with less money than they started with.

"This was a frustrating loss for the Aggies, but this does look like it's going to be a strange year in College football. I'm still very excited about what Jimbo is building here. The young talent on this roster is big time. One thing you can't rush is experience. There's way too much cliff jumping going on." https://texags.com/forums/5/topics/3231687

And every recruiting class is "a sign of great things to come." And every new head coach is "a quarterback whisperer." Pure comedy gold.

You people laugh at me, but the deeper you look into their pain, the more aggy it becomes. They are a fascinating sub-species.

Jesus! That guy believes in brevity like I do. That’s a classic.

This is one of those very few days I wish I had more friends who are aggys.

I recently took the time to pull up the Supreme Court case that deals with the "A&M was required by the Morrill Act to offer military instruction and A&M has always been a military school" fairy tale. Hamilton v Regents 293 U.S. 245 (1934) https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/293/245/#259 aggypedia has the background of aggy being founded as a reform school for boys and a military-style disciplinary structure was created to keep the brats in line. The 1934 Sup.Ct case pointed out: "We take judicial notice of the long established voluntary cooperation between federal and state authorities in respect of the military instruction given in the land grant colleges. [Footnote 4] The War Department has not been empowered to determine, or in any manner to prescribe, the military instruction in these institutions." further... "So long as its action is within retained powers and not inconsistent with any exertion of the authority of the national government and transgresses no right safeguarded to the citizen by the Federal Constitution, the state is the sole judge of the means to be employed and the amount of training to be exacted for the effective accomplishment of these ends." So the SupCt pointed out the federal government (War Dept) never had been given legal authority to prescribe what military training was or was not given at Land Grant colleges. And there you have it. The Morrill Act did not require A&M to offer military training. The federal government is not permitted to speak on the type of military training offered by the states (if any). The entire time aggy has offered any type of fake army costume club it has entirely been at the discretion of the aggy school administrators. Participation in the costume club was made optional by the aggy school administrators in the early 1960s and today the aggy corps is no more a part of the nation's defense than the Cub Scouts.

None of the names you gave were listed. Mitchell didn't have enough for any of his heirs to be listed. Typical clueless aggy. "We gots tons of billionaires." Not one. This is so typical of the "aggy education." No effort whatsoever to ascertain any facts or to establish even the flimsiest basis for an opinion. Quite typical of a trade school education.

"Our redneck brethren" over on Secrant started talking about the Forbes billionaire, pridefully pointing out "all the wealth" of the SEC footprint. Of course an aggy had to chime in: "Texas has at least 56 Billionaires though and Aggy got a ton of it, gotta love the oil business." https://www.secrant.com/rant/sec-football/not-only-is-the-sec-very-rich-but-each-sec-state-has-its-billionaires-too/98509338/ So I pulled up the list of Texas billionaires as listed by Forbes. Not only does aggy not "got a ton of it," in fact I can't find a single person on the list that even meets the low bar of being an aggy "former student." I couldn't even find one who had a kid who went to A&M. Does "not even one" count as "a ton"? https://www.dallasnews.com/business/2021/04/07/theres-a-new-richest-man-in-texas-and-hes-a-california-transplant/