Texas legislator trying to force A&M to play the Horns

[gator85jd]

Reminiscent of the old stories that the Florida legislature tried to force UF to play its weak little sister from Tallahassee. Although this is for different reasons.

A&M's OOC opponents last season were:
SMU (W 48-3)
South Carolina State (W 70-14)
Louisiana Tech (W 59-57)
Sam Houston State (W 47-28)

"Ryan Guillen, a democrat from House District 31, filed a bill Monday that would require the Longhorns and Aggies to play each year.

The schools played annually since 1915 until last season, when the series ended when Texas A&M left Texas and the Big 12 for the SEC last season."

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...s-rivalry-game

[geauxgator1]

Originally Posted by gator85jd

Reminiscent of the old stories that the Florida legislature tried to force UF to play its weak little sister from Tallahassee. Although this is for different reasons.

A&M's OOC opponents last season were:
SMU (W 48-3)
South Carolina State (W 70-14)
Louisiana Tech (W 59-57)
Sam Houston State (W 47-28)

Ryan Guillen, a democrat from House District 31, filed a bill Monday that would require the Longhorns and Aggies to play each year.

The schools played annually since 1915 until last season, when the series ended when Texas A&M left Texas and the Big 12 for the SEC last season.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...s-rivalry-game

You'd think they would have more important things to take up their time, but here they go again. Just let it go, guys.

[KronoGator]

No reason at all for them to not play.

[elrongator]

There's a ton of reasons for them not to play and all of them start with $$.
The real question is what the hell do we get out of playing the cheating, POS, ref aided, REFsu clowns? I really wish we'd replace that series with the ability to set a random and changing home and away series.
Their program would probably collapse.

[Tebowism0823]

Originally Posted by KronoGator

No reason at all for them to not play.

I'm sure you meant to say there's no reason why the government should involve themselves in college football.

[tim]

^ precisely

[sgtfury]

It is the other way around. Texas is ducking A&M. A&M tried to make it work Texas dealt them the current hand.

[CHFG8R]

Originally Posted by sgtfury

It is the other way around. Texas is ducking A&M. A&M tried to make it work Texas dealt them the current hand.

Smart move if you're Texas, huh?

A buddy and I were talking about A&M the other night and I remarked that it was amazing how they were able to maximize the juice from their first year in the SEC. Heisman, win at Bama and just a curb stomping of the "other" big Texas school (in terms of recruiting), Oklahoma. . l. and at Jerry's world no less.

What's amazing is where all these teams were 2 years ago. Texas was clearly in the catbird seat then with the Big 12 and UT network nonsense. Then A&M makes the move and does so in very impressive (and well publicized fashion).

Tell me, after last year, if you are a top recruit in Texas, where do you want to play?

Texas is in trouble, IMO, and if I'm A&M I would care less if the chumps wanted to play or not. Frankly, at this point, it's in Texas' interests to play A&M not the other way around (sound familiar?).

Lastly, the SEC (specifically the west teams) may have created a monster in A&M, especially if they become "the destination" for the top talent in Texas.

[atlantagator86]

A&M wanted to continue the game after they left for the SEC. Texas is the one who cancelled the series.

[kryptonite]

Originally Posted by CHFG8R

Lastly, the SEC (specifically the west teams) may have created a monster in A&M, especially if they become "the destination" for the top talent in Texas.

This is what I have been saying over the past year. If LSU wants out of their yearly clash with UF, the SEC should oblige them and match up aTm and the good guys every year. That would be the premier regular season game of the year in the future.

[tedunderhillstab]

I can tell you this. TEXAS dodged a major bullet by NOT having them on the schedule this year . SEC baby!

[CHFG8R]

Originally Posted by tedunderhillstab

I can tell you this. TEXAS dodged a major bullet by NOT having them on the schedule this year . SEC baby!

Werd. Look what OU did to Texas. And what aTm did to OU. Would have added insult to (recruiting) injury.

[GatorLaw]

One of Texas' main problems IMHO is that they're doing an FSU-Bowden with Brown. He seems to be way past his prime but for some reason they're afraid to tell him to resign.

[gator85jd]

Originally Posted by GatorLaw

One of Texas' main problems IMHO is that they're doing an FSU-Bowden with Brown. He seems to be way past his prime but for some reason they're afraid to tell him to resign.

I get that same feeling. I wonder if Muschamp saw the writing on the wall and didn't want to wait around indefinitely.

[Gatorrick22]

Originally Posted by Tebowism0823

I'm sure you meant to say there's no reason why the government should involve themselves in college football.

Back in the day the state of Florida made us play FSU....... Although, I'll be they couldn't pull that feat off today.

[gatorev12]

UT will always grab its share of top-tier talent in the state because it has the resources, facilities, fanbase, and tradition.

Granted, A&M could very easily rise in the next few years and become an equal to UT in terms of power and prestige...but that'll greatly depend on A&M managing to start competing for (and winning) conference and national championships in order to sustain the success long-term.

[ArtDeco]

Originally Posted by CHFG8R

Smart move if you're Texas, huh?

A buddy and I were talking about A&M the other night and I remarked that it was amazing how they were able to maximize the juice from their first year in the SEC. Heisman, win at Bama and just a curb stomping of the "other" big Texas school (in terms of recruiting), Oklahoma. . l. and at Jerry's world no less.

What's amazing is where all these teams were 2 years ago. Texas was clearly in the catbird seat then with the Big 12 and UT network nonsense. Then A&M makes the move and does so in very impressive (and well publicized fashion).

Tell me, after last year, if you are a top recruit in Texas, where do you want to play?

Texas is in trouble, IMO, and if I'm A&M I would care less if the chumps wanted to play or not. Frankly, at this point, it's in Texas' interests to play A&M not the other way around (sound familiar?).

Lastly, the SEC (specifically the west teams) may have created a monster in A&M, especially if they become "the destination" for the top talent in Texas.

Absolutely true, every word of it. Texas was the one punishing A&M by cancelling the series. Now, I'm sure UT is the one wanting to renew the series. If I was A&M, I'd tell them where to stick it. Can someone find out the loyalty of the legislator? I suspect he's a Longhorn.

Also, as mentioned above, what chumps the Longhorns were. All they had to do was keep A&M on the schedule, and they could have also leveraged this by saying "Hey, we beat an SEC team" the years they beat A&M. Conversely, A&M played this move perfectly, the boost they received from the SEC is unreal. An 80 yr old Aggie patient of mine who's a top booster said A&M has never seen money and prestige like this in his entire life. Now if we can convince them to drop all the UT references like "Varsity", "sawing horns off" and T-sips, etc. That's bush league.

[atlantagator86]

Originally Posted by CHFG8R

Lastly, the SEC (specifically the west teams) may have created a monster in A&M, especially if they become "the destination" for the top talent in Texas.

I said before Texas A&M was in the SEC that Texas A&M would become the UF of the SEC West, not just if football but in overall athletics. I also stated that I thought they could become the dominant athletics program in the entire state of Texas ... as bug or bigger than Texas.

A&M is the one school in the SEC that has the overall resources and alumni base to compete with UF. You give a school with those kinds of resources the ability to sell themselves as the one Texas school where kids can compete in the SEC and they will explode.

I don't think anybody, maybe even the SEC school presidents and ADs, realized what a monster program Texas A&M can become.

Now in fairness, I thought it would take 3-5 years before we really started to see it, so even I'm a little surprised at how quickly it seems to be happening. A&M is already recruiting for football right with Texas and I think they will out recruit Texas as soon as next year.

Almost everybody here laughed when I said that and most said Texas A&M be closer to the bottom of the SEC.

My next prediction and I'll make it now, is that when Texas realizes they have been passed up by A&M, they will realize their only option is to join the Pac-12. That may take a few years, but ultimately, Texas will realize it can't compete staying in the Big-12.

[CHFG8R]

Originally Posted by gatorev12

UT will always grab its share of top-tier talent in the state because it has the resources, facilities, fanbase, and tradition.

Granted, A&M could very easily rise in the next few years and become an equal to UT in terms of power and prestige...but that'll greatly depend on A&M managing to start competing for (and winning) conference and national championships in order to sustain the success long-term.

Well, they're certainly off to a good start and I'm sure UT is sweating just a little bit. Thing is, aTm has facilities, a large fanbase and I would argue just as much tradition as UT. Of course, now they also have the SEC card to play and all those games on the big stage.

Also, let's not forget the coaches. Mac Brown is the new Bobby Bowden (the later version), while aTm has a young, exciting and fresh offensive mind who also just happens to be African American. Trust me, that isn't hurting recruiting.

[luciaboy]

ut should not want anything to do with tam while manziel is there. of course, they would make sure it would be at least three years before the series started again