Tell Me About Texas a&m

[Bateshorn 9928]

1 hour ago, 89Horn said:

I wish I had more aggy friends like this.  It would add just a little more unexpected joy to life.  Unfortunately, I have a 2%er aggy brother in law and a few other well-educated, intelligent, rationally thinking aggy friends that went to the school solely for an engineering degree.

My Cousin's husband is a full blown koolaid drinker. He's a great guy, but man, they cray. 

[LonghornBreeder 550]

4 minutes ago, alincoln said:

I wouldn't say that is their biggest issue.  The disturbingly bizarre "cult"ure together with being located in an absolute shithole are their biggest issues.

Yeah, but how much of the "cult"ure is built upon their insane drive to set themselves apart from and above their big bro: "varsity"?

I'm from a family of ags. The answer is "all of it."

[gofuckyourself 8350]

3 minutes ago, LonghornBreeder said:

I'm from a family of ags. 

Username doesn't fit.

[Bateshorn 9928]

34 minutes ago, Dennis Taylor said:

 

I'm Sure DeBeor could make it work for a Fisher level deal, but I can not over emphasize how amazing the UW campus is.  The main library hall is legitimately one of the most beautiful rooms I've ever been:

[Pimphand 5820]

13 minutes ago, TrashMaster G said:

Wtf am I looking at?

The chat replay from the last ever hobbiton midnight yell

[Pimphand 5820]

Just now, Bateshorn said:

I'm Sure DeBeor could make it work for a Fisher level deal, but I can not over emphasize how amazing the UW campus is.  The main library hall is legitimately one of the most beautiful rooms I've ever been:

I literally wanted us to join the Pac-16 back in 2011 just so we could get trips to play UW ever 4 years.  Also getting a trip to either Phoenix or LA every year wasn't going to be bad either.  Now we get to go to less shitty destinations than the BDF but still very meh in terms of would I ever go there on purpose if it wasn't for football....

[South Austin 52525]

1 minute ago, Pimphand said:

I literally wanted us to join the Pac-16 back in 2011 just so we could get trips to play UW ever 4 years.  

UDub is currently my daughter's No. 1 choice and I'm hoping she goes there next year.  I've taken a tour of the campus with her, and would love to see a game at Husky Stadium.

[Mileslong 4728]

Any relation to Carl? Might as well shoot for the stars. 

[Orange&White 5528]

2 minutes ago, South Austin said:

UDub is currently my daughter's No. 1 choice and I'm hoping she goes there next year.  I've taken a tour of the campus with her, and would love to see a game at Husky Stadium.

Good idea. You probably need to get her far away from her grandmother.

[Pimphand 5820]

3 minutes ago, South Austin said:

UDub is currently my daughter's No. 1 choice and I'm hoping she goes there next year.  I've taken a tour of the campus with her, and would love to see a game at Husky Stadium.

I was up there on my motorcycle in 2016 for the Stanford game where they ripped the doors of McCaffery's squad and outside of getting a parking ticket (which I never paid) I had an absolute blast.

They celebrated the 1991 Emtman squad's 25th anniversary at halftime and I felt really old right about then.

Edited November 15, 2023 by Pimphand

[South Austin 52525]

1 minute ago, Orange&White said:

Good idea. You probably need to get her far away from her grandmother.

[Deej 76865]

18 minutes ago, gofuckyourself said:

Weird. It was unrestricted on mine.

Here ya go:

Texas A&M football will pay any price, but winning can’t be bought

 

"BOMC. The liberal media will run with any sip bullshit."

[The Dog 44073]

25 minutes ago, alincoln said:

I wouldn't say that is their biggest issue.  The disturbingly bizarre "cult"ure together with being located in an absolute shithole are their biggest issues.

I'd say it's both - the weirdo cult and that their ENTIRE football identity is represented by a massive inferiority complex with Texas.

[linux 1661]

23 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

The funny thing is in and of itself Jimbo wasn’t some spectacular hire but he was more than fine.

It was the cult of aggy with the ridiculous contract, the failure to acknowledge the warts (almost all hires have them to some degree) and the irrational exuberance that is what took a fine hire and made it disastrous.

Everything aggy touches dies. They will do it again.

I 100% agree with the premise but Jimbo was a disaster hire, his failure at FSU near the end, his quiet quitting, his OL collapse, the players he picked sucked.

All of it was leading to the inevitable failure we are all expecting.

Aside from Kingsbury there is not a single glaring failure in the list of coaches they are looking at.

But yeah aggie culture would fuck up even Saban.

[NoName 16365]

34 minutes ago, Js1 said:

I'll believe Baylor is open when I see it.

Baylor and the BMDs just dropped/committed $90 million for the new football center and $125 million for the new basketball arena (city ponied up $65 million of the total cost)

they cant keep Dave at this point. he's toast.

i know folks who know folks who say he's toast and that's been a decision made a few weeks ago.

[CoTex 1160]

25 minutes ago, Dennis Taylor said:

You mean again, right?

Irony (from Ancient Greek εἰρωνεία eirōneía ' dissimulation, feigned ignorance' ), in its broadest sense, is a rhetorical device, literary technique, or event in which what on the surface appears to be the case or to be expected differs radically from what is actually the case.

[NoName 16365]

33 minutes ago, Sir Ulrich said:

Listened to Billy on Texags radio. Here are some basic notes 

• Schumann won't be a candidate. Not on the Lanning/Smart track right now

yeah, he's Kirby's right hand man, has been for years since he was a GA, was Kirby's first hire at Georgia and isn't on the Kirby Smart career path? lol

that's a "we called, they said after the season and we said nevermind" response if i've ever seen one.

[Dennis Taylor 18849]

17 minutes ago, Bateshorn said:

I'm Sure DeBeor could make it work for a Fisher level deal, but I can not over emphasize how amazing the UW campus is.  The main library hall is legitimately one of the most beautiful rooms I've ever been:

But do they have a water tower?

[JFKFC 4891]

14 minutes ago, South Austin said:

UDub is currently my daughter's No. 1 choice and I'm hoping she goes there next year.  I've taken a tour of the campus with her, and would love to see a game at Husky Stadium.

UW is great, but just like Texas, certain majors are very difficult for OOS applicants. I hope she gets accepted. 

[Not a cat 5660]

9 minutes ago, South Austin said:

I legit love the fact that south Austin has a whole library of gifs ready for responses to mom jokes.  

[South Austin 52525]

Just now, JFKFC said:

UW is great, but just like Texas, certain majors are very difficult for OOS applicants. I hope she gets accepted. 

Yeah, I think she’s designating communications or liberal arts, not computer science or engineering.

[EZ$ 2105]

Anybody have the quote where the AD or President said they gave Jimbo 10 years because they couldn’t do 15?

[ClubWhatever 12154]

Just now, EZ$ said:

Anybody have the quote where the AD or President said they gave Jimbo 10 years because they couldn’t do 15?

That post is no longer available.  

[South Austin 52525]

14 minutes ago, NoName said:

they cant keep Dave at this point. he's toast.

i know folks who know folks who say he's toast and that's been a decision made a few weeks ago.

If that truly is the case, I can see Baylor hiring Traylor.  He's about the best that program can get right now.

[Js1 85451]

2 minutes ago, South Austin said:

If that truly is the case, I can see Baylor hiring Traylor.  He's about the best that program can get right now.

The best birthday present I can think of would be aggy dicking around with other big name candidates because Traylor is "beneath them," being turned down by everyone, including Elko, and then they turn their eyes back to Traylor and he's already in green and gold. 

[Dennis Taylor 18849]

12 minutes ago, EZ$ said:

Anybody have the quote where the AD or President said they gave Jimbo 10 years because they couldn’t do 15?

It was just the chancellor 😆 

John "Not Very" Sharp 

 

 

[Deej 76865]

38 minutes ago, Bateshorn said:

the main library hall is legitimately one of the most beautiful rooms I've ever been:

You were a library hall?

[Redneck Mutha 8007]

59 minutes ago, Sir Ulrich said:

• Kiffin wants the job but they don't want him

[Not a cat 5660]

24 minutes ago, NoName said:

they cant keep Dave at this point. he's toast.

i know folks who know folks who say he's toast and that's been a decision made a few weeks ago.

A friend of mine is a Baylor regent.  Let's just say Dave's seat is very very toasty. 

[nnm 36486]

1 hour ago, LateAughtsHorn said:

To be fair, Dabo proved more over a longer period of time than Jimbo ever did. He was basically pre-VY mack before DeShawn Watson came along. 

Therein lies the rub.

[ClubWhatever 12154]

1 hour ago, Sir Ulrich said:

ERob could end up being a real candidate especially if they beat LSU. 

This scenario would be really fun to watch.  Hire ace recruiter based on one game and some "players love him" vibes.  Don't forget "he loves aggieland".   Then find out later if he actually has any real HC skills.  Profit.  

[South Austin 52525]

2 minutes ago, nnm said:

Therein lies the rub.

[South Austin 52525]

Just now, ClubWhatever said:

This scenario would be really fun to watch.  Hire ace recruiter based on one game and some "players love him" vibes.  Don't forget "he loves aggieland".   Then find out later if he actually has any real HC skills.  Profit.  

If this is at all a realistic possibility, I'm going to be rooting like a motherfucker for aggy against LSU.

[Pimphand 5820]

18 minutes ago, Dennis Taylor said:

It was just the chancellor 😆 

John "Not Very" Sharp 

The replies to that are absolute gold.  It's remarkable that twitter randos are more well plugged into reality than the aggy chancellor who somehow still has a job...

[LonghornBreeder 550]

55 minutes ago, Bateshorn said:

I'm Sure DeBeor could make it work for a Fisher level deal, but I can not over emphasize how amazing the UW campus is.  The main library hall is legitimately one of the most beautiful rooms I've ever been:

That looks like a converted Cathedral. Did it start as a Catholic school?

[orangebird 1079]

3 hours ago, F250 said:

Talked to an aggy friend yesterday evening. His thoughts.

Everyone in CFB at the time was convinced that Jimbo was a great hire. It wasn't a bad decision.

The firing of Jimbo shows aggy commitment to excellence.

He expects the next hire to be big.

Elko and Traylor are beneath aggy. It will be an Urban type hire. Also, Traylor is a tsip hack.

 

Does he, by any chance, ride the short bus to work?

[nnm 36486]

1 hour ago, Sir Ulrich said:

Listened to Billy on Texags radio. Here are some basic notes 

• Lanning's total buyout is closer to $50 million all in
• Kiffin wants the job but they don't want him (LOL)
• Schumann won't be a candidate. Not on the Lanning/Smart track right now
• DeBoer will get a real look but not sure if they could hire him (he has a $12 million buyout).
• ERob could end up being a real candidate especially if they beat LSU. 

Need a giant earthmover to cut through this load of BS.

Kiffin wants the job but they won't offer. LOLOLOLOLOL

ERob could end up being a real candidate.  If they fired their $125mm man just to hire an assistant--WOW.  

Best case for the lulz would be they screw the pooch and have to hire ERob because they spent so much time chasing Dabo that UW ties up DeBoer, Duke ties up Elko, Traylor goes RapeU, while Patterson goes Pig.

Icing on the case would be if Freshwater and Bilbo agree to a $1/year contract where Bilbo only has to work one week a year--the year preceding the aggy game.  Freshwater trolling aggy by having them pay $7.5mm every year for an analyst that helps to beat them would be the ultimate schadenfreude.  Just hook it to my veins.  

[TexasMan 10947]

Apparently Looch said he expects the hiring of the new coach right after the LSU game, so I'm assuming it's either Elko or Traylor. 

[LonghornBreeder 550]

6 minutes ago, South Austin said:

If this is at all a realistic possibility, I'm going to be rooting like a motherfucker for aggy against LSU.

This. Especially because the even more likely scenario after he wins is this:

-big money ags realize he has no experience as HC and get cold feet.

-eRob gets pissed and leaves

-90% of players and recruits bail on the ags

[TexasBeta 1265]

1 hour ago, Bateshorn said:

I'm Sure DeBeor could make it work for a Fisher level deal, but I can not over emphasize how amazing the UW campus is.  The main library hall is legitimately one of the most beautiful rooms I've ever been:

That is way too inspiring.. Bring me the soul crushing UGL ambiance. 

 

Edited November 15, 2023 by TexasBeta

[Dennis Taylor 18849]

7 minutes ago, Pimphand said:

The replies to that are absolute gold.  It's remarkable that twitter randos are more well plugged into reality than the aggy chancellor who somehow still has a job...

JNVS was also responsible for this. His stupidity is truly mind blowing . About 1:25 for Jimbo but the whole thing is unbelievable.  "Here Coach Carthel, is a $12 plaque for actually achieving something, which this system is certainly unaccustomed to. And for you Jimbo .."

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 15, 2023 by Dennis Taylor

[Pimphand 5820]

6 minutes ago, Dennis Taylor said:

JNVS was also responsible for this. His stupidity is truly mind blowing . About 1:25 for Jimbo but the whole thing is unbelievable.  "Here Coach Carthel, is a $12 plaque for actually achieving something, which this system is certainly unaccustomed to. And for you Jimbo .."

 

 

 

To Bilbo's credit he didn't look too pleased and was in a hurry to GFO after shaking the bozo's hand......

[markstanco 12586]

53 minutes ago, NoName said:

they cant keep Dave at this point. he's toast.

i know folks who know folks who say he's toast and that's been a decision made a few weeks ago.

He will be unemployed for about 5 minutes.  Smart D minded coach. 

[Cairn Horn88 8277]

1 hour ago, Surly Bevo said:

The funny thing is in and of itself Jimbo wasn’t some spectacular hire but he was more than fine.

It was the cult of aggy with the ridiculous contract, the failure to acknowledge the warts (almost all hires have them to some degree) and the irrational exuberance that is what took a fine hire and made it disastrous.

Everything aggy touches dies. They will do it again.

Does aggy not understand that they can’t hire a coach that “fits “, someone who knows all about aggy and their glorious traditions?  Bringing in such a “fit “ means you remain in the same old rut……mediocre.  They have to hire someone  who is 180 degrees different than themselves, doesn’t give a shite about their traditions, tells them that he wants girl cheerleaders and no milkmen on the field…so, I’m not sure that coach exists.

[Dennis Taylor 18849]

Just now, Pimphand said:

To Bilbo's credit he didn't look too pleased and was in a hurry to GFO after shaking the bozo's hand......

Oh yeah he knew how asinine it was but probably bit a hole through his tongue, or his meditation chant of "hommmm 75 mil guaranteed....hommmm" helped him through it

[Henry Hill 3156]

10 minutes ago, Dennis Taylor said:

JNVS was also responsible for this. His stupidity is truly mind blowing . About 1:25 for Jimbo but the whole thing is unbelievable.  "Here Coach Carthel, is a $12 plaque for actually achieving something, which this system is certainly unaccustomed to. And for you Jimbo .."

 

 

 

 

 

Jimbo: “I hope I fill in a couple.”

Narrator: Jimbo did not, in fact, fill in a couple, carrying on a treasured Texas A&M tradition of pairing the highest of expectations with the most mediocre of results.

[Cairn Horn88 8277]

1 hour ago, LonghornBreeder said:

I'm from a family of ags. The answer is "all of it."

What do you call a family of ags…..?

[orangebird 1079]

1 hour ago, South Austin said:

Sure, but the 3-4 time zone differences can suck.  And it's not just for games, it's for recruiting as well.  

This.  It's common for a lot of teams playing a team on the opposite coast to travel out a day early, just so they can acclimate to the time change.  I haven't seen how the new Big Ten is going to schedule conference games, but having to do this as many as 3-4 times a year seems like it would get old, particularly when teams like Washington and Oregon have to go play teams like Rutgers and Maryland.  The new Big XII will have similar issues with Arizona and Arizona State playing West Virginia and Cincinnati.

 

[CoTex 1160]

9 minutes ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

Does aggy not understand that they can’t hire a coach that “fits “, someone who knows all about aggy and their glorious traditions?  Bringing in such a “fit “ means you remain in the same old rut……mediocre.  They have to hire someone  who is 180 degrees different than themselves, doesn’t give a shite about their traditions, tells them that he wants girl cheerleaders and no milkmen on the field…so, I’m not sure that coach exists.

tldr - hire Kiffin.

[Not a cat 5660]

6 minutes ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

What do you call a family of ags…..?

I believe it's a moron of aggys