Building the trenches with developing HS players over time while bringing in skill targets through the portal seems like a really, really smart strategy.
Thinking of it this way.... Pig is actually #2 for me, probably.
Physical aversion factor:
1 - Arkansas (scum humans, trash people, disgusting)
2 - OU
3 - A&M
Power to make me want to die if we lose to them:
1 - OU
2 - Arkansas
3 - A&M
Happiness level when beating them:
1 - OU
2 - A&M
3 - Arkansas (to rub it in their faces I would have to engage with them... detestable)
Amount of respect I lose for someone when learning of their affiliation:
1 - Arkansas
2 - OU
3 - A&M
"Fuck them, but... gotta hand it to 'em sometimes, they really know what they're doing" quotient:
1 - OU
DNQ - A&M
DNQ - Arkansas
Pig is a distant 3rd.
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Rice/Tech/whatever
The idea of not playing OU is unacceptable, I would write dozens of sternly worded letters if that game stopped. Not playing A&M is painful, but overall its fine. I forget Arkansas even exists.
We have two huge rivalries. One is more important than the other, but they're both huge. It's very good that we're playing both every year again, starting next year.
Exactly. I obviously hope A&M doesn't get Lagway or anyone else they want, but it's not like Florida is a magnet for the best of the best and seeing bright things in their future.
Garbage fire program right now.
Watching A&M lose is one of my favorite things to do. And there are some Aggie defeats that I'd MUCH rather re-watch than some Longhorn victories. Different forms of pleasure.
Letting the mercenaries and leech coaches walk isn't the issue. Bad attitude kids/garbage coaches need to be gone and that's always a good thing. The issue is the new HC's skill at bringing in quality replacements and whether or not that happens quickly enough to impact the results on the field.
Can THE ELK do that? Not an A+ so far, that's for sure.
An Aggie friend has been very defensive lately and said they are getting Florida State's DC. He is not big league donor or anything, so I'm sure he's hearing that from their boards or $9.95ers or whatever.
Elko sat down with Bisontis and Diggs and had a hard talk with them about how they didn't have a future in the new, lunchpail, workman, football-dude culture. Tough to have to break kids' hearts, but Elko is not afraid of doing the right thing.
I think Elko just hired two of them from Duke, the OL and CB coach. I don't know how many Duke assistants I'd be wanting if I was an Aggie fan, though. Can aim higher with that kind of pay pool.