Tell Me About Texas a&m

[Randolph Duke 4034]

1 hour ago, South Austin said:

He was going on word count.

I am entirely indifferent to whether he wants to at at the post level and spend 30 seconds using existing functionality to block my entire posts, or focus at the word level, find some new functionality and spend thousands of hours blocking each and every possible individual word i might post.

As long as he blocks what I post so I don't have to hear him bleating, we're good.

[South Austin 53227]

2 minutes ago, Randolph Duke said:

I am entirely indifferent to whether he wants to at at the post level and spend 30 seconds using existing functionality to block my entire posts, or focus at the word level, find some new functionality and spend thousands of hours blocking each and every possible individual word i might post.

As long as he blocks what I post so I don't have to hear him bleating, we're good.

So did you laugh at my joke or not?

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

12 minutes ago, Randolph Duke said:

I am entirely indifferent to whether he wants to at at the post level and spend 30 seconds using existing functionality to block my entire posts, or focus at the word level, find some new functionality and spend thousands of hours blocking each and every possible individual word i might post.

As long as he blocks what I post so I don't have to hear him bleating, we're good.

Sydney: "You're making a mountain out of a molehill."

Randy: "MOUNTAIN (N) a natural elevation of the earth's surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit, and attaining an altitude greater than that of a hill, usually greater than 2000 feet (610 meters). 

A mountain is a large landform that rises above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak.[1] A mountain is generally steeper than a hill. Mountains are formed through tectonic forces or volcanism. These forces can locally raise the surface of the earth. Mountains erode slowly through the action of rivers, weather conditions, and glaciers. A few mountains are isolated summits, but most occur in huge mountain ranges.

High elevations on mountains produce colder climates than at sea level. These colder climates strongly affect the ecosystems of mountains: different elevations have different plants and animals. Because of the less hospitable terrain and climate, mountains tend to be used less for agriculture and more for resource extraction and recreation, such as mountain climbing.

The highest mountain on Earth is Mount Everest in the Himalayas of Asia, whose summit is 8,850 m (29,035 ft) above mean sea level. The highest known mountain on any planet in the Solar System is Olympus Mons on Mars at 21,171 m (69,459 ft)."

Sydney: "I don't need you to explain to ME what a mountain is, I'm telling you you're making too big a deal out of something trivial, it's just a figure of speech."

Randy: "A figure of speech is figurative language in the form of a single word or phrase. It can be a special repetition, arrangement or omission of words with literal meaning, or a phrase with a specialized meaning not based on the literal meaning of the words.[dubious – discuss] Figures of speech often provide emphasis, freshness of expression, or clarity. However, clarity may also suffer from their use, as figures of speech can introduce an ambiguity between literal and figurative interpretation."

Sydney: "Jesus Christ you idiot."

Phlegm: "I'M WACKY!"

Phlegm: "I'M ZANY!"

Phlegm: "LOOK AT HOW WACKY AND ZANY I CAN BE! OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN!"

Phlegm: "WOCKA WOCKA WOCKA!"

Randy: "Jesus (c. 4 BC – c. AD 30 / 33), also referred to as Jesus of Nazareth and Jesus Christ,[f] was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader.[12] He is the central figure of Christianity. Most Christians believe he is the incarnation of God the Son and the awaited Messiah (Christ) prophesied in the Old Testament.[13][14]

Virtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed historically,[g] although the quest for the historical Jesus has produced little agreement on the historical reliability of the Gospels and on how closely the Jesus portrayed in the Bible reflects the historical Jesus.[21][h] Jesus was a Galilean Jew[12] of Judea who was baptized by John the Baptist and began his own ministry. He preached orally[24] and was often referred to as "rabbi".[25] Jesus debated with fellow Jews on how to best follow God, engaged in healings, taught in parables and gathered followers.[26][27] He was arrested and tried by the Jewish authorities,[28] turned over to the Roman government, and crucified on the order of Pontius Pilate, the Roman prefect.[26] After his death, his followers believed he rose from the dead, and the community they formed eventually became the early Church.[29]"

[Randolph Duke 4034]

15 minutes ago, South Austin said:

So did you laugh at my joke or not?

I got the joke.

The level of aggy cluelessness just stuns me at times.

A&M develops maroon carrots, UT gets awarded a $1B+ no-bid Pentagon contract to conduct highly classified military research.

A&M gets training flights over their stadium on game days and UT gets the U.S. Army Futures Command command requesting to be able to locate their HQ offices in the same UT building where the UT Regents have their offices, and specifically stating their decision to locate the command in Austin was in no small part based on the intellectual capital associated with UT Austin

Rick Perry throws some government welfare toward A&M in the form of the Los Alamos contract, but is only able to do so with the caveat that UC Berkley and Battelle actually make all the meaningful decisions and the aggys just sit in the corner and don't touch a thing.

As you well know, I could go on, and on, and on.

When the defense of our country calls for dweebs in silly 1890s cavalry costumes yelling at our enemies to not walk on "sacred grass" and to remove their hats, I am sure the President will take the silly aggy fake army fraternity off reserve status and call them to active duty. Until then....

 

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

14 minutes ago, Randolph Duke said:

When the defense of our country calls for dweebs in silly 1890s cavalry costumes yelling at our enemies to not walk on "sacred grass" and to remove their hats, I am sure the President will take the silly aggy fake army fraternity off reserve status and call them to active duty.

use them like the 54th Massachusetts at Fort Wagner

[Landomatic 3813]

49 minutes ago, SwanderedTalent said:

Sydney: "You're making a mountain out of a molehill."

Randy: "MOUNTAIN (N) a natural elevation of the earth's surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit, and attaining an altitude greater than that of a hill, usually greater than 2000 feet (610 meters). 

A mountain is a large landform that rises above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak.[1] A mountain is generally steeper than a hill. Mountains are formed through tectonic forces or volcanism. These forces can locally raise the surface of the earth. Mountains erode slowly through the action of rivers, weather conditions, and glaciers. A few mountains are isolated summits, but most occur in huge mountain ranges.

High elevations on mountains produce colder climates than at sea level. These colder climates strongly affect the ecosystems of mountains: different elevations have different plants and animals. Because of the less hospitable terrain and climate, mountains tend to be used less for agriculture and more for resource extraction and recreation, such as mountain climbing.

The highest mountain on Earth is Mount Everest in the Himalayas of Asia, whose summit is 8,850 m (29,035 ft) above mean sea level. The highest known mountain on any planet in the Solar System is Olympus Mons on Mars at 21,171 m (69,459 ft)."

Sydney: "I don't need you to explain to ME what a mountain is, I'm telling you you're making too big a deal out of something trivial, it's just a figure of speech."

Randy: "A figure of speech is figurative language in the form of a single word or phrase. It can be a special repetition, arrangement or omission of words with literal meaning, or a phrase with a specialized meaning not based on the literal meaning of the words.[dubious – discuss] Figures of speech often provide emphasis, freshness of expression, or clarity. However, clarity may also suffer from their use, as figures of speech can introduce an ambiguity between literal and figurative interpretation."

Sydney: "Jesus Christ you idiot."

Phlegm: "I'M WACKY!"

Phlegm: "I'M ZANY!"

Phlegm: "LOOK AT HOW WACKY AND ZANY I CAN BE! OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN!"

Phlegm: "WOCKA WOCKA WOCKA!"

Randy: "Jesus (c. 4 BC – c. AD 30 / 33), also referred to as Jesus of Nazareth and Jesus Christ,[f] was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader.[12] He is the central figure of Christianity. Most Christians believe he is the incarnation of God the Son and the awaited Messiah (Christ) prophesied in the Old Testament.[13][14]

Virtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed historically,[g] although the quest for the historical Jesus has produced little agreement on the historical reliability of the Gospels and on how closely the Jesus portrayed in the Bible reflects the historical Jesus.[21][h] Jesus was a Galilean Jew[12] of Judea who was baptized by John the Baptist and began his own ministry. He preached orally[24] and was often referred to as "rabbi".[25] Jesus debated with fellow Jews on how to best follow God, engaged in healings, taught in parables and gathered followers.[26][27] He was arrested and tried by the Jewish authorities,[28] turned over to the Roman government, and crucified on the order of Pontius Pilate, the Roman prefect.[26] After his death, his followers believed he rose from the dead, and the community they formed eventually became the early Church.[29]"

Needs more love.

[SydneyCarton 49504]

Bleating. Ok man. I was trying to help you. But yeah, carry on. 

[nnm 37906]

7 hours ago, Halohal said:

 

 

Aggy with a better record vs. FBS independent, MAC, and MWC. Advantage aggy. 

[markstanco 12788]

17 hours ago, tantric superman said:

 

Is the man on the right about to take a shower or is he popping jiffy pop on his head?

Maybe he is going to cook some breakfast. 

[Armybrat 41408]

9 minutes ago, markstanco said:

Maybe he is going to cook some breakfast. 

They don’t have a Waffle House yet.

[Leanderman 2367]

Really surprised the gomers have not tried to sail that ship up the Brazos from Galveston A and M for the pregame?

[Hiphopopotamos 21191]

 

[utee94 16088]

Carrots were originally maroon (purple).  Just FYI.

[Hank Chinaski 6360]

18 minutes ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

 

Exactly. The ags are always on the brink, and transcendence is always right around the corner, the worm is always turning, etc. 

[Homesickhorn 2219]

Sydney: "You're making a mountain out of a molehill."
Randy: "MOUNTAIN (N) a natural elevation of the earth's surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit, and attaining an altitude greater than that of a hill, usually greater than 2000 feet (610 meters). 
A mountain is a large landform that rises above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak.[1] A mountain is generally steeper than a hill. Mountains are formed through tectonic forces or volcanism. These forces can locally raise the surface of the earth. Mountains erode slowly through the action of rivers, weather conditions, and glaciers. A few mountains are isolated summits, but most occur in huge mountain ranges.
High elevations on mountains produce colder climates than at sea level. These colder climates strongly affect the ecosystems of mountains: different elevations have different plants and animals. Because of the less hospitable terrain and climate, mountains tend to be used less for agriculture and more for resource extraction and recreation, such as mountain climbing.
The highest mountain on Earth is Mount Everest in the Himalayas of Asia, whose summit is 8,850 m (29,035 ft) above mean sea level. The highest known mountain on any planet in the Solar System is Olympus Mons on Mars at 21,171 m (69,459 ft)."
Sydney: "I don't need you to explain to ME what a mountain is, I'm telling you you're making too big a deal out of something trivial, it's just a figure of speech."
Randy: "A figure of speech is figurative language in the form of a single word or phrase. It can be a special repetition, arrangement or omission of words with literal meaning, or a phrase with a specialized meaning not based on the literal meaning of the words.[dubious – discuss] Figures of speech often provide emphasis, freshness of expression, or clarity. However, clarity may also suffer from their use, as figures of speech can introduce an ambiguity between literal and figurative interpretation."
Sydney: "Jesus Christ you idiot."
Phlegm: "I'M WACKY!"
Phlegm: "I'M ZANY!"
Phlegm: "LOOK AT HOW WACKY AND ZANY I CAN BE! OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN!"
Phlegm: "WOCKA WOCKA WOCKA!"
Randy: "Jesus (c. 4 BC – c. AD 30 / 33), also referred to as Jesus of Nazareth and Jesus Christ,[f] was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader.[12] He is the central figure of Christianity. Most Christians believe he is the incarnation of God the Son and the awaited Messiah (Christ) prophesied in the Old Testament.[13][14]
Virtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed historically,[g] although the quest for the historical Jesus has produced little agreement on the historical reliability of the Gospels and on how closely the Jesus portrayed in the Bible reflects the historical Jesus.[21][h] Jesus was a Galilean Jew[12] of Judea who was baptized by John the Baptist and began his own ministry. He preached orally[24] and was often referred to as "rabbi".[25] Jesus debated with fellow Jews on how to best follow God, engaged in healings, taught in parables and gathered followers.[26][27] He was arrested and tried by the Jewish authorities,[28] turned over to the Roman government, and crucified on the order of Pontius Pilate, the Roman prefect.[26] After his death, his followers believed he rose from the dead, and the community they formed eventually became the early Church.[29]"

[atomheartbevo 90650]

18 hours ago, tantric superman said:

 

Is the man on the right about to take a shower or is he popping jiffy pop on his head?

So, today I learned that not only did Uncle Fester have a son, but Uncle Fester's full name is Fester King.

Edited September 6, 2019 by atomheartbevo

[texasdago 7770]

11 hours ago, TrashMaster G said:

Jack Daniel's?  Seriously?

What else do you think they drank 50 years ago.  It was that or kerosene.

[Pancho 46311]

18 hours ago, po elvis said:

why did they use a pic of that WR with a shower cap on his head? or did y'all photoshop that?

In Black culture, you put on a silk cap because Black hair is fragile.  Underneath said cap, he looks like this:

[Dennis Taylor 19355]

32 minutes ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

 

so the rumors of SBB's mental illness are true 

[texasdago 7770]

29 minutes ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

 

Wait wait wait... aside from the sheer lunacy of the post, am I seeing a Sports by Brooks???

 

https://awfulannouncing.com/twitter/sports-by-brooks-just-tweeted-for-the-first-time-in-five-years-and-everyone-is-freaking-out.html

"In October 2016, Pearlman appeared on The Chris Mannix Show. While he didn’t go into details, he did confirm the longstanding belief that mental illness may have played a role in Brooks’ disappearance." 

Based on his recent posts, I'm going to say that's the case.  Perfect fit for the aggy fanbase.

[Dennis Taylor 19355]

10 minutes ago, texasdago said:

Wait wait wait... aside from the sheer lunacy of the post, am I seeing a Sports by Brooks???

 

https://awfulannouncing.com/twitter/sports-by-brooks-just-tweeted-for-the-first-time-in-five-years-and-everyone-is-freaking-out.html

"In October 2016, Pearlman appeared on The Chris Mannix Show. While he didn’t go into details, he did confirm the longstanding belief that mental illness may have played a role in Brooks’ disappearance." 

Based on his recent posts, I'm going to say that's the case.  Perfect fit for the aggy fanbase.

 

[LW Goatman 1129]

 

 

[sushihorn 3249]

1 hour ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

 

They should schedule their coming out party jointly with chin pubes.

[TexMexBuddha 998]

aggy existential crisis

http://www.thebatt.com/opinion/letter-to-the-aggie-community-it-s-time-to-make/article_8748b1ae-cfa1-11e9-929e-db590733c274.html

[Cairn Horn88 8502]

2 hours ago, Armybrat said:

They don’t have a Waffle House yet.

I hear it’s a 100 year decision if/when that happens.

[THEHORN5561 2583]

32 minutes ago, TexMexBuddha said:

aggy existential crisis

http://www.thebatt.com/opinion/letter-to-the-aggie-community-it-s-time-to-make/article_8748b1ae-cfa1-11e9-929e-db590733c274.html

RedassRyan Sep 6, 2019 8:39am

 

No. No no no no no no no! Those arrogant, holier-than-thou socialists in Austin still, TO THIS DAY, continue to refer to A&M as "Little Brother" and "Aggy" even though A&M, as an institution, is older, larger, and more highly rated than our counterparts in LaLaLand-Austin. If our SEC brethren are scheduling 'sips as opponents, perhaps it is not because of their vaunted ranking, but because they are synonymous with a big payout for little effort. Texas is not "back"...they just have ESPIN as a marketing team. It matters not what USED to be...it matters what WILL be. Who will we be. Will we be forever looking back or moving forward? The divorce has been final for a looong time. Let's not start dating again.

😂

[markstanco 12788]

35 minutes ago, TexMexBuddha said:

aggy existential crisis

http://www.thebatt.com/opinion/letter-to-the-aggie-community-it-s-time-to-make/article_8748b1ae-cfa1-11e9-929e-db590733c274.html

First comment is aggy defined. 

[sushihorn 3249]

43 minutes ago, TexMexBuddha said:

aggy existential crisis

http://www.thebatt.com/opinion/letter-to-the-aggie-community-it-s-time-to-make/article_8748b1ae-cfa1-11e9-929e-db590733c274.html

aggy doesn't need to be addressing Existentialism.  They haven't even resolved the basic duality of Being vs Becoming...

[NeverMarryAStripper 22300]

I don’t get the whole idea that they have to root for one or the other. I frequently watch games without rooting for either team. If it’s a game that involves two teams I can’t stand then I watch and root for crappy plays by both teams.

[LW Goatman 1129]

7 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

I don’t get the whole idea that they have to root for one or the other. I frequently watch games without rooting for either team. If it’s a game that involves two teams I can’t stand then I watch and root for crappy plays by both teams.

Their lives revolve around talking about Texas, this is a great way for them to pass some time.

[WBT 20978]

1 hour ago, LW Goatman said:

 

 

good going, we're all obligated to call child protective services now

[LonghornSean 4103]

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/27541845/big-weekend-texas-texas-rivalry-exist

 

Quote

It's a big weekend for the Texas-Texas A&M rivalry that doesn't exist

 

 

At the geographic center of the Greatest College Football Rivalry that isn't, as the natural laws of Texas likely demand, stands a barbecue pitmaster.

Gerald Birkelbach, the smoke-infused owner of City Meat Market in downtown Giddings, Texas, is hunkered over charred pits in the back room of a brick building at the corner of Texas Highways 77 and 290 -- precisely 54.6 miles southwest of Kyle Field, home of the Texas A&M Aggies, and 54.4 miles east of Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, home of the Texas Longhorns.

This weekend, those two teams will participate in the single largest shared evening of football in recent memory for the Lone Star State's most hallowed college teams. The 12th-ranked Aggies will travel east to face top-ranked Clemson (3:30 p.m. ET on ABC, ESPN App). Meanwhile, No. 9 Texas will host sixth-ranked LSU (7:30 p.m. ET on ABC, ESPN App).

 

The walls of Birkelbach's place aren't painted in the colors of either team. They've been cooked into a crispy black hue since the 1960s. He inspects four metal poles draped in homemade sausage -- 80% beef, 20% pork -- and he eyeballs their color. Nope, not brown enough yet. He slams down the metal lid of the smoker and peeks out the door into the dining room, where the line is getting long. A family of four is dressed in their Longhorn burnt orange. They are lined up just ahead of another family of four, adorned in block maroon A-T-M's.

"By the time y'all get to the front of the line, those will be ready," he promises. He points to their wardrobes and winks. "Try to not kill each other before you get up there."

It is the Saturday afternoon of Labor Day weekend, T-minus one week away from the big Week 2 matchups. The Texas A&M fans -- the Wallaces -- are on their way home to San Antonio after watching the Aggies truck their way through Texas State 41-7. The Texas family -- the Stuarts -- are on their way to Austin from Houston to watch the Horns dispose of Louisiana Tech 45-14.

Seven days from this moment, both families plan to be right back in this line. The Wallaces will then return to College Station to watch their team play No. 1 Clemson on TV with extended family. The Stuarts will head back to Austin for what will easily be the Longhorns' biggest home game in a decade.

"Maybe we will cross paths again and talk trash about whatever happens in our big games," says Hank Wallace, patriarch of the A&M crew, as he gnaws on a rib, pointing toward the Stuarts and pushing words past the charred meat stuffed in his cheek. "Hell, I guess that that's all we can do, right?"

It is. It's all anyone can do.

 

Texas-Texas A&M is a rivalry that started in 1894 and instantly became, well, Texas-sized. They played 118 times, taking a place alongside Army-Navy, Ohio State-Michigan, the Iron Bowl and the like. A Thanksgiving weekend staple as permanent as the firmament of the Lone Star earth and the flow of the oil below it. But then, in 2011, it stopped. A relentless train of college football that had managed to keep churning even through World War II and the assassination of a president in its backyard, stopped in its tracks by the gray-haired power brokers of conference realignment. In 2011, Texas started its own cable channel (operated by ESPN). That same fall, Texas A&M announced it was leaving the Big 12 for the green pastures and bank accounts of the SEC. Aggie administrators slammed the door as they stormed out and their Longhorn counterparts nailed that door shut.

Now, nearly a decade later, it is still kept off of those tracks by gray-haired power brokers, some who were there for the divorce and others who are new to the effort. They have built an ever-shifting, increasingly complicated labyrinth from which this forced-upon-us separation might not ever find its way back.

It's been eight years now. And with their nonconference schedules both booked for the foreseeable future, it's guaranteed to be much longer than that. When the end came in 2011, Texas-Texas A&M was the third-oldest FBS game rivalry. Since then, it has been passed on that list by seven other series, from Cal-Stanford and Army-Navy to Auburn-Georgia and even Cincinnati-Miami (Ohio).

A century-plus of delicious slow-cooked football hatred, reduced all at once to a freefall down all-time greatest lists and glares across a barbecue joint.

 

In February, on the floor of the Texas State Capitol, just a few blocks from the home of the Horns, Governor Greg Abbott spoke on the issue during his annual State of the State address, voicing support for House Bill 412, proposed by Rep. Kyle Larson, a political rival of Abbott's. The bill proposed a state law that would require the series to be reinstated, citing polls of both schools' student bodies that overwhelmingly asked for the game to return. Larson also included the lyrics of each school's fight song, both of which include references to a rival they no longer play ("Goodbye to Texas University, so long to the orange and white"; "Texas fight, and it's goodbye to A&M"). But in May, that bill died in committee, suffering the same fate as a previous House effort in 2013.

But that doesn't mean the topic is going away. Just ask the still-new coaches at the helms of both teams and their bosses, the still-new athletic directors at both schools. In June, when Texas A&M introduced Ross Bjork as its new AD, a Texas-series-renewal question was the first topic thrown at him when he faced reporters. He said it was among his first topics to address with his coach and his bosses, but has since been quick to point to nonconference schedules locked up through 2030, filled with immovable games for both schools (Texas vs. LSU, Alabama and Ohio State; A&M vs. Miami and Notre Dame).

A few weeks later, Tom Herman and Jimbo Fisher were both hit with "When are y'all gonna play again?" throughout their preseason media appearances, especially during their midsummer conference media day gauntlets. Herman said "I'd love to see the rivalry renewed. I think it's great for college football." Fisher, just this week, said "I am focused on the team I am coaching against this weekend. But this is my second year here now. I know these people in this state live this rivalry every day, whether we're on the schedule or we aren't."

In January, when the governor brought reinstatement back to the front burner, Texas AD Chris Del Conte said he'd like to see the game come back. At the same time, his boss (Texas president Greg Fenves) and A&M president Michael Young both told the Austin American-Statesman that they supported a rivalry renewal. But one month later, the Dallas Morning News published emails Young sent to those who reached out to him following those comments. His CTRL+C response to each was "The topic is of interest to many for or against and we're open to the discussion in line with what is best for the schools ... There are a variety of reasons that this will be unlikely to happen, including separate conference schedules and scheduling many years out."

And therein lies the twist in our tangled Texas tale. The majority of those emails Young received were not from Aggies supporting his suggestion of reestablishing the Texas game. It was the total opposite. They wanted nothing to do with it. Much of the animosity was fed in the early days of the split, when Texas A&M hoped to keep the game, but then-Texas AD DeLoss Dodds said, "They left. They're the ones that decided not to play us. We get to decide when we play again."

As one Aggie wrote to the president, they preferred to see Texas "die in their pathetic conference and irrelevant schedule."

 

"There is actually much more of that around here than anyone outside of Texas would ever expect," explained Douglas Thompson, a maroon-covered patron of Good Bull Barbecue, a joint located across the street from Kyle Field. Sitting in his truck and throwing down on a Yell Boy Taco (brisket, pulled pork, sausage, white queso, mac & cheese and Mama May's Sauce), Thompson spoke as his brother Tim tried to clean a spot of sauce off of his work shirt. "Why in the hell would we go back to playing them? Just so that we can get screwed by Big 12 referees again? Or so we can play on their TV channel? Give me Alabama and LSU and Clemson. We don't need Texas. We never needed Texas."

In Austin, there are those who agree with Thompson and the like, with whom they'd typically never agree on anything. They view A&M as traitors to their southwestern roots. Why in the world would they reward such turncoats with the honor of ever playing in Austin again?

In February, the University of Texas and the Texas Tribune conducted an exhaustive two-week poll among 1,200 Texans that covered topics ranging from border security to property taxes to the performance of the Trump administration. It was deep, divisive, thought-provoking stuff. So, of course, it included questions about the Texas-Texas A&M game.

Of those polled, 40% supported reestablishment of the rivalry and 4% said they opposed it. But 46% said they didn't care.

For now, the youngsters caught in the middle of it all still do. In February, a Texas A&M student group "Reinstate the Rivalry" put a referendum in front of the student body to ask that the series be resurrected. It passed with 89% of the vote. In 2017, a similar effort at Texas passed at 97%.

The concern among those who love the game they participated in is: How long will those percentages will remain in their favor, and how long might it take for it all to wither on the vine while everyone waits for game No. 119?

"The danger zone you start stepping into is indifference," says Jackie Sherrill, head coach at A&M from 1982 to '88 and the man who reignited the Aggie side of the rivalry that had laid dormant for years prior to his arrival. He won three Southwest Conference titles and posted a 5-2 record against Texas. "People think that it's always been here so people will always care, but if you let anything wander off for too long you end up raising a generation of kids who never saw these teams play. One day they are adults who are like, 'So, what's the big deal about this game, Grandpa? I don't care about this.' That's sad."

 

For now, the heat between College Station and Austin remains at a City Meat Market-ish temperature. In a souvenir store in College Station, there is still a giant longhorn head on the wall amid racks of A&M hats, its horns broken and pointed toward the floor. There are still multiple options if one is looking for anti-Horns apparel, like the sweatshirt that reads: "'I will cut off the horns of all the wicked ...' Psalms 75:10." An hour and a half away, a Longhorns fan roaming the streets of Austin prior to the Louisiana Tech game wore a T-shirt that read: "My wife's name was M-aggie. So I made her change it."

That's the current state of Texas-Texas A&M. The game that brought us Ricky Williams rushing records, Jackie Sherrill's turnaround, the gut-wrenching emotions of a post-JFK assassination matchup with a Texas national title on the line, and that lasting image of Justin Tucker being dogpiled after his 40-yard game-winning field goal, Texas 27, Texas A&M 25 ... all of that, reduced to vicious T-shirt rhetoric.

"If you really make it a priority, then you can make it work," Longhorns fan Tommy Stuart says, his fist clenched on the plastic red checkerboard tablecloth at the City Meat Market. "South Carolina and Clemson make it work. Georgia and Georgia Tech make it work. Florida and Florida State make it work. And we're better than all of 'em."

One table over, A&M loyalist Hank Wallace eavesdrops and nods. Stuart sees it and points.

"I do hope we play again. But in the meantime, I'll just hope that Clemson whips y'all's ass."

 

[Dennis Taylor 19355]

1 hour ago, TexMexBuddha said:

aggy existential crisis

http://www.thebatt.com/opinion/letter-to-the-aggie-community-it-s-time-to-make/article_8748b1ae-cfa1-11e9-929e-db590733c274.html

Quote

to watch two of our oldest rivals square off

Aggy is a combined 4-16 against these "rivals" since 2000

[RomaVicta 30590]

1 hour ago, LW Goatman said:

 

 

You're honor, the attorneys are neither mentally competent nor intelligible.

 

 

WBT beat me to this:Somebody call Child Protective Services!

Edited September 6, 2019 by RomaVicta

[Player 4611]

About what I expected from aggy law graduates.

[Beau Vine 55867]

3 hours ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

 

He needs to stick with posting pics of girls with huge jugs.

['stache 22143]

9 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

He needs to stick with posting pics of girls with huge jugs.

That would be relevant to my interests.

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

1 hour ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

 If it’s a game that involves two teams I can’t stand then I watch and root for crappy plays by both teams.

double bonus if someone is injured on the crappy play

[ABSR 5370]

5 hours ago, Armybrat said:

They don’t have a Waffle House yet.

I have never understood the Aggie Waffle House fascination.  A Waffle House is where you go if you are young, drunk and/or poor.  It has it's place...but it most certainly is not a feather in the cap of any city or even neighborhood.

Now I guess that College Station is so Shitty that it doesn't even have a Shitty Waffle House is noteworthy, but the entire Waffle House discussion is basically saying "Look at us, we are a little less shitty now!"

[Bill Lumbergh 7351]

 

 

This should be a really, really fun tweet to revisit tomorrow.

 

Edit to add:. He's right though, I will definitely be carving out time to witness what will be exposed in this game.

[TrashMaster G 18093]

1 hour ago, SwanderedTalent said:

double bonus if someone is injured on the crappy play

Or loses because of a bad call be the refs.

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

12 minutes ago, ABSR said:

Now I guess that College Station is so Shitty

you guess right

most people in Bangladesh live there because they're born there and don't have the means to not live in Bangladesh. 

most people in College Station have means enough to live anywhere else and are thus guilty of making a conscious choice to live there

I believe in hell because of this exact kind of free will

[deft 7059]

Aggy is a combined 4-16 against these "rivals" since 2000

They’ve been single handedly defeating ISIS ya dumb sip.

[Funk Doctor Spock 13287]

On 9/5/2019 at 9:41 AM, Chad said:

What the fuck is this shit? They're acting like Zeke committed to play for the aggy. Gomers gonna be gomers.

#teamnoplay

[BigSwingingD 719]

2 hours ago, ABSR said:

I have never understood the Aggie Waffle House fascination.  A Waffle House is where you go if you are young, drunk and/or poor.  It has it's place...but it most certainly is not a feather in the cap of any city or even neighborhood.

Now I guess that College Station is so Shitty that it doesn't even have a Shitty Waffle House is noteworthy, but the entire Waffle House discussion is basically saying "Look at us, we are a little less shitty now!"

Farmers fight...People of the land...you know...morons.

Waffle House is right up their alley.  It blows.

[SubliminalHorn 7009]

2 hours ago, ABSR said:

I have never understood the Aggie Waffle House fascination.  A Waffle House is where you go if you are young, drunk and/or poor.  It has it's place...but it most certainly is not a feather in the cap of any city or even neighborhood.

Now I guess that College Station is so Shitty that it doesn't even have a Shitty Waffle House is noteworthy, but the entire Waffle House discussion is basically saying "Look at us, we are a little less shitty now!"

I pretty much realize I’m in a shittier area of town when I see one 

[deft 7059]

I love Waffle House but my rule of thumb is you can count the number of bullet holes in the window as it’s own Michelin star system. The more the better.

 

 

[Bill Lumbergh 7351]

I have never understood the Aggie Waffle House fascination.  A Waffle House is where you go if you are young, drunk and/or poor.

Reread those sentences back to back a few times and I think you'll answer your own question.

[Steel Shank 9556]

I ate at a Waffle House once. Not sure when or where.

[TonyTexas 10772]

aggy Waffle House infatuation is driven purely by its desire to keep up with its SEC brethren. They won’t be happy until they beat the 29 locations in Athens