November 10, 20232 yr @Longhornfrenzy gotta' have some real gems about of contract extensions for coaches.
November 10, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, JesusSweatDuck said: whoa, that deadspin link still works, complete with outtakes. I thought this video was off the internet for awhile https://deadspin.com/texas-a-m-made-a-really-sad-video-because-they-just-wan-5923148 Edited November 10, 20232 yr by WBT
November 10, 20232 yr Lulz. Texas A&M to explore ways to commemorate rekindled rivalry with UT As the football world eagerly awaits the clash between the Aggies and the Longhorns, a new committee will play a pivotal role in shaping the way fans from both sides celebrate this momentous occasion. As the football world eagerly awaits the clash between the Aggies and the Longhorns, a new committee will play a pivotal role in shaping the way fans from both sides celebrate this momentous occasion.(KBTX) By Rusty Surette Published: Nov. 9, 2023 at 4:13 PM CST|Updated: 4 hours ago COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - The Texas A&M University Board of Regents on Thursday directed Interim President Mark A. Welsh III to form an exploratory committee to study and recommend ways to appropriately commemorate the return of the university’s storied football rivalry with The University of Texas at Austin. The move is a nod to the intense anticipation that has built up over the 12-year hiatus, leaving Aggies and Longhorns alike eagerly anticipating the revival of a rivalry that has been embraced for generations. UT and the University of Oklahoma will leave the Big 12 Conference next year and officially become part of the Southeastern Conference, which Texas A&M joined in 2012. The committee will serve in an advisory capacity as it considers a range of possibilities. Welsh expressed his enthusiasm for the committee’s upcoming work and plans to select and charge the committee in the near future. “I look forward to seeing what the students, staff, faculty, and former students on this committee come up with. After being dormant for 12 years, I know Aggies and Longhorns all over the world are ready to rekindle the passion, camaraderie, and competitive spirit that has defined this rivalry game in the past. It will be great to have the ‘Horns back in Aggieland next Fall. It will be even better to “Saw ‘Em Off!” Although the two schools may be opponents on the field, students and alum have come together in tougher times. Recently, the rivalry was paused, when alumni of the University of Texas joined Aggies in the annual cleaning of the Bonfire Memorial site. “Rivalries don’t matter when it comes to selfless service and loss,” said Amanda Neel, collections manager for the galleries. “The Texas Exes’ participation in this year’s cleaning shows how greatly the collapse of the Bonfire affected not only the A&M community but Texas as a whole.” Read more about the partnership here and read about Bonfire remembrance at bonfire.tamu.edu.
November 10, 20232 yr whoa, that deadspin link still works, complete with outtakes. I thought this video was off the internet for awhilehttps://deadspin.com/texas-a-m-made-a-really-sad-video-because-they-just-wan-5923148“Prezdent…of texum university”. Gets me every time.
November 10, 20232 yr 9 hours ago, Getafix said: Lulz. Texas A&M to explore ways to commemorate rekindled rivalry with UT As the football world eagerly awaits the clash between the Aggies and the Longhorns, a new committee will play a pivotal role in shaping the way fans from both sides celebrate this momentous occasion. As the football world eagerly awaits the clash between the Aggies and the Longhorns, a new committee will play a pivotal role in shaping the way fans from both sides celebrate this momentous occasion.(KBTX) By Rusty Surette Published: Nov. 9, 2023 at 4:13 PM CST|Updated: 4 hours ago COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - The Texas A&M University Board of Regents on Thursday directed Interim President Mark A. Welsh III to form an exploratory committee to study and recommend ways to appropriately commemorate the return of the university’s storied football rivalry with The University of Texas at Austin. The move is a nod to the intense anticipation that has built up over the 12-year hiatus, leaving Aggies and Longhorns alike eagerly anticipating the revival of a rivalry that has been embraced for generations. UT and the University of Oklahoma will leave the Big 12 Conference next year and officially become part of the Southeastern Conference, which Texas A&M joined in 2012. The committee will serve in an advisory capacity as it considers a range of possibilities. Welsh expressed his enthusiasm for the committee’s upcoming work and plans to select and charge the committee in the near future. “I look forward to seeing what the students, staff, faculty, and former students on this committee come up with. After being dormant for 12 years, I know Aggies and Longhorns all over the world are ready to rekindle the passion, camaraderie, and competitive spirit that has defined this rivalry game in the past. It will be great to have the ‘Horns back in Aggieland next Fall. It will be even better to “Saw ‘Em Off!” Although the two schools may be opponents on the field, students and alum have come together in tougher times. Recently, the rivalry was paused, when alumni of the University of Texas joined Aggies in the annual cleaning of the Bonfire Memorial site. “Rivalries don’t matter when it comes to selfless service and loss,” said Amanda Neel, collections manager for the galleries. “The Texas Exes’ participation in this year’s cleaning shows how greatly the collapse of the Bonfire affected not only the A&M community but Texas as a whole.” Read more about the partnership here and read about Bonfire remembrance at bonfire.tamu.edu. What fucking Texas Exes are participating in that shit? Are they here on a student/work visa and don’t know any better?
November 10, 20232 yr My guess is that the Aggie aim is to establish themselves as equal in stature to UT, a co-flagship as it were. Two great giants of the college football world clashing every year! Two storied programs, equals among midgets! Either way, I don't care. I recognize the rivalry, of course, but they can try to puff themselves up however they want. They're not fooling anybody. They're afraid of somebody.
November 10, 20232 yr 4 hours ago, RomaVicta said: My guess is that the Aggie aim is to establish themselves as equal in stature to UT, a co-flagship as it were. Two great giants of the college football world clashing every year! Two storied programs, equals among midgets! Either way, I don't care. I recognize the rivalry, of course, but they can try to puff themselves up however they want. They're not fooling anybody. They're afraid of somebody. Yup, an obvious and poorly veiled attempt to promote the idea of an equal share in stature, relative to The University of Texas. As always, if it weren't for stolen valor, they'd have no valor at all. Anyway, it don't make a shit. Nobody's fooled.
November 10, 20232 yr Not sure anything describes the rivalry in such stark relief as the band performances during halftime of the last game. wish that would get some action around the cfb online world to remind everyone of how each university comports itself, as aggy tries to reframe it.
November 10, 20232 yr 15 hours ago, WBT said: whoa, that deadspin link still works, complete with outtakes. I thought this video was off the internet for awhile https://deadspin.com/texas-a-m-made-a-really-sad-video-because-they-just-wan-5923148 Man that thing is cringe. They didn't even add any background music or anything so they just look like a bunch of dorks in a dark room cheering on other schools. Edited November 10, 20232 yr by Vertigo
November 10, 20232 yr Wait, do some aggy truly believe we dodged playing them in bowl games? Both times it was possible (maybe more, don't remember) we accepted the invite BEFORE the SEC team. How tf was it possible for us to dodge anyone back then when in reality it was Slive protecting the brand by choosing what he thought was the most favorable matchups? The only SEC team in Texas losing to the flagship school from another conference wouldn't have been a good look...no matter that our teams back then were worse than aggy.
November 11, 20232 yr They always craft their own false narrative. It goes with having a collective tiny penis.
November 11, 20232 yr 43 minutes ago, Elmer_Fudd said: When he says "the win,' does he mean the hypothetical win against Texas? Because surely there isn't any other win they can point to right now.
November 11, 20232 yr 29 minutes ago, Jimmy Two Times said: When he says "the win,' does he mean the hypothetical win against Texas? Because surely there isn't any other win they can point to right now. So delusional and battered that a single win over Texas will change their trajectory. But we also suck at the same time. These people are mentally challenged
November 11, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, Elmer_Fudd said: So... next year is the year for them? It is November, after all.
November 11, 20232 yr Popular Post Jimbo Fisher's Hot Seat fueled by West Texas Oil Jimbo Fisher’s hot seat at Texas A&M is fueled by West Texas oil Story by Steven Godfrey • The Washington Post Right about the time Miami thumped Jimbo Fisher’s reliably inconsistent Texas A&M team back in September, I started trying to understand the price of oil coming out of the Permian Basin to predict the 2023-2024 college football coaching market. If the coaching carousel would start early, A&M was an obvious choice to kick things off: a wealthy brand underperforming for its deep-pocketed and frequently delusional corps of boosters. Mainly located in West Texas, the 86,000-square-mile Permian Basin is America’s highest-producing oil field, typically turning out 4 to 5 million barrels daily, and sometimes more. It is crucial to the American oil and gas industry. It is also chockablock with wealthy Texas A&M Aggies, almost all of whom vehemently regret the gaudy, 10-year, totally guaranteed $75 million contract their university feted Fisher with in December 2017. In return, Fisher has delivered an above-average 44-25 run over the past five-plus seasons, but nothing close to the national title expectations Aggies have long pined and overpaid for.CFP rankings stay steady ahead of a potentially momentous weekend. Entering this weekend, Fisher’s 26-21 record in SEC games had message boarders (and me) assuming that if oil approaches $100 a barrel anytime soon (it’s sitting at $76.42 as of this writing), cash-flush and historically squirrelly Aggies boosters would pull the trigger on Fisher’s current buyout of roughly $77 million. There are plenty of wealthy A&M boosters in other industries, but the price of chicken usually doesn’t upend global GDP in a week. And yes, Fisher’s buyout if he is fired this year is $2 million more than the total value of his original contract, thanks to a wonderfully stupid extension agreed upon after the Aggies went 9-1 during a 2020 season that was affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The new contract pushed Fisher’s salary to $9 million a year and extended him through 2031, and Fisher has responded with a 9-13 SEC record in the years since. After the Houston Chronicle’s Brent Zwerneman reported this week that A&M, at least as of now, was leaning heavily toward giving Fisher one more season despite another year of failure to meet expectations, a significant chunk of anticipation has disappeared. And here I was trying to understand OPEC’s impact on fourth-quarter pricing during a fresh Middle East conflict or potential supply constraints in the United States because of drilling consolidation. It seems — and I cannot overemphasize seems — that one of college football’s most notorious spendthrifts is exercising a modicum of reserve. One could argue that’s because Fisher’s buyout is serving the purpose it intended: Even among a social class that embodies the American stereotype of excess, $77 million to make one man go away is a prohibitive cost, crude prices be damned. Combined with the fact that A&M isn’t awful, just merely not great (each of its conference losses this season have been by seven points or fewer) amid quarterback injuries and bad assistant hires (former head coaches-turned-Fisher assistants Steve Addazio and Bobby Petrino probably aren’t long for College Station even if their boss survives), it’s at least arguable Fisher hasn’t fully earned bust status just yet. But, all that said and with every indicator both published among my colleagues and in my own off-the-record conversations suggesting Fisher is safe entering 2024, I still refuse to believe there’s zero chance he is let go. First, keeping Fisher would require a tremendous amount of calmness and maturity for a consortium that’s defined the exact opposite in the college football economy for decades. A&M is the world’s richest little brother, boasting national title finances to hide a community college trophy case. This was the football program once most famous for buying a gold Pontiac Trans-Am for a player who ultimately never signed with the program. Second, we often focus too much on the demand side of the coaching market instead of the supply side. The working idea right now is less that A&M doesn’t have a replacement in hand and more that it doesn’t have one ideal enough to eat that $77 million bill first. But supply can change quickly, and in the age of the transfer portal exodus, often very quietly. Third, crude production can never exceed the college football value of time or its paucity of patience. If A&M holds on to Fisher and weathers another fine-but-not-great season with no playoff appearance in 2024, it would still owe him $67.5 million if he is fired next year, saving the boosters a relatively scant $10-ish million. If I’m looking at the futures market, A&M’s pride is worth more than $10 million for another season of championship ignominy. Could the Aggies be better in 2024? Absolutely. Will the roster be stocked with talent? Almost assuredly. Is there a single indicator that Fisher or Petrino will evolve the offense past its plodding and outmoded form into something capable of keeping pace with LSU, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, etc.? There are years of data screaming “no.” I don’t doubt Zwerneman’s reporting at all — he broke the news that Oklahoma and Texas were joining the SEC — but his phrasing is careful to mention that it’s just now November, and things could change. The struggle here is believing in the supposed calm of the Aggies’ gilded class. Plus, I keep thinking about Texas’s suspiciously swift firing of Tom Herman after the 2020 season. Herman went 32-18 in Austin, received public support from the university as late as Dec. 12 of that year and was fired Jan. 2, 2021, after leading the Longhorns to an Alamo Bowl win. Hours later, then-Alabama offensive coordinator and former USC head coach Steve Sarkisian was announced as Texas’s new head coach, bringing direct SEC experience to a program then still in talks with the league about a potential transition. Granted, Texas only paid out around $15 million to fire Herman, while A&M would have to eat five times that. But the slickness of it all lingers: Before speculation could mount among the Longhorns’ strong roster or a leaky search conducted half in public, Sark was already in place. If I were Texas A&M Chancellor John Sharp, the man every Aggie knows will actually be making the decision, I’d be looking to preserve as much of Fisher’s pristine, NIL-soaked recruiting as possible with a quick and clean coup planned with total discretion. I’d also spend November and December pushing a public narrative that Fisher was totally safe. Texas and Oklahoma will land in the league next season, closing a decade-long SEC head-start for the Aggies that has yielded zero division, conference or national titles. During Fisher’s run, A&M has watched rivals LSU and Alabama win national titles and Georgia reset the hierarchy of power. Not to mention that Fisher is now 0-3 against Lane Kiffin’s Mississippi, a poverty program compared with the Aggies’ budget (something Kiffin has taken great public pride in). If A&M holds to its alleged word and keeps Fisher, you can consider it either a stroke of rational thought or an admission of financial defeat — that dumping $77 million before another coach can be hired is the critical mass of the wanton Texas oil lifestyle. But I can’t help but see that insane number as proof the Aggies will continue apace, even now. After all, the strongest evidence A&M is willing to buy Fisher out is the fact it offered him all that guaranteed money in the first place.
November 11, 20232 yr 10 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said: Not sure anything describes the rivalry in such stark relief as the band performances during halftime of the last game. wish that would get some action around the cfb online world to remind everyone of how each university comports itself, as aggy tries to reframe it. Please remind me I have only vague recollections.
November 11, 20232 yr 10 minutes ago, troph said: Please remind me I have only vague recollections. https://www.espn.com/blog/big12/post/_/id/40003/longhorns-band-takes-the-halftime-high-road
November 11, 20232 yr My guess is that the Aggie aim is to establish themselves as equal in stature to UT, a co-flagship as it were. Two great giants of the college football world clashing every year! Two storied programs, equals among midgets! Either way, I don't care. I recognize the rivalry, of course, but they can try to puff themselves up however they want. They're not fooling anybody. They're afraid of somebody.Everyone in the SEC is well aware there are only a handful of people alive who truly remember their last championship, but even those people were a bit too young at the time to actually be at the game or pay attention to the radio.Radio..lol
November 11, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, Elmer_Fudd said: Surely this isn't an actual thing right? Their entire strategy centers around beating us in one game to cure all of the shit in their program and then they have no plans after that? Perhaps the program becomes cool again? This thing is headed for a decade of 5 win seasons.
November 11, 20232 yr 4 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said: https://www.espn.com/blog/big12/post/_/id/40003/longhorns-band-takes-the-halftime-high-road I thought it was something like that. I’ve taken a lot of pride in our high road approach all these years over. Makes me happy. Hook ‘em.
November 11, 20232 yr 4 minutes ago, Vertigo said: Surely this isn't an actual thing right? Their entire strategy centers around beating us in one game to cure all of the shit in their program and then they have no plans after that? Perhaps the program becomes cool again? This thing is headed for a decade of 5 win seasons. Someone needs to warn sark what this shit is here. From dinesh Patel to what pato just shared to their burning desire to beat us. This is a rivalry but it’s an odd one and the only way to handle it is to bury them. We don’t get much for the win but silence and we lose so much when we let those weirdos win. Edited November 11, 20232 yr by troph
November 11, 20232 yr I just want to know what sort of figures boosters will be forced to pony up just to keep their recruiting class mostly intact with a publicly lame duck coach. Of course it will be chump change compared to shitcanning Jimbo, but some teenage boys are about to hit the lottery before ever proving they have what it takes for P5 CFB.
November 11, 20232 yr On 11/10/2023 at 5:59 AM, billfromlaketravis said: What fucking Texas Exes are participating in that shit? Are they here on a student/work visa and don’t know any better? If our game at TAMU is played Thanksgiving weekend, you can be sure they’ll make a big deal about the 25th anniversary of the bonfire collapse.
November 11, 20232 yr 12 hours ago, Elmer_Fudd said: Man, they went from "don't need them we have new friends" to the war cry we've heard from every little brother this year "as long as you beat them everything else is fine" in the blink of an eye.
November 11, 20232 yr 10 hours ago, Vertigo said: Surely this isn't an actual thing right? Their entire strategy centers around beating us in one game to cure all of the shit in their program and then they have no plans after that? Perhaps the program becomes cool again? This thing is headed for a decade of 5 win seasons.
November 11, 20232 yr 11 hours ago, Vertigo said: Surely this isn't an actual thing right? Their entire strategy centers around beating us in one game to cure all of the shit in their program and then they have no plans after that? Perhaps the program becomes cool again? This thing is headed for a decade of 5 win seasons. You must be new here. Prior to 2012, aggy always played a 1 game season.
November 11, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, statsman said: If our game at TAMU is played Thanksgiving weekend, you can be sure they’ll make a big deal about the 25th anniversary of the bonfire collapse. What could be more appropriate than the implosion of their football program on that very same date?
November 11, 20232 yr 24 minutes ago, RomaVicta said: What could be more appropriate than the implosion of their football program on that very same date? Collapse?
November 11, 20232 yr 14 hours ago, troph said: I thought it was something like that. I’ve taken a lot of pride in our high road approach all these years over. Makes me happy. Hook ‘em. Not to mention the “Bonfire” game.
November 11, 20232 yr 16 hours ago, Elmer_Fudd said: I'm still trying to make sense of this and am wondering if I'm missing something. The program is a complete dumpster fire with a lame duck coach, so if we keep him, it'll help us beat Texas? You do you, aggy.
November 11, 20232 yr 14 minutes ago, Knoxtnhorn said: I'm still trying to make sense of this and am wondering if I'm missing something. The program is a complete dumpster fire with a lame duck coach, so if we keep him, it'll help us beat Texas? You do you, aggy. It’s going to be a trap game for us if we aren’t careful.
November 11, 20232 yr 35 minutes ago, Knoxtnhorn said: I'm still trying to make sense of this and am wondering if I'm missing something. The program is a complete dumpster fire with a lame duck coach, so if we keep him, it'll help us beat Texas? You do you, aggy. They think a rebuild would ensure they’d lose to us. Checking the series history, kicking off against us usually ensures they lose. It will be their jihad game. Regardless, they don’t have the money to fire him. That’s why they extended their coaches.
November 11, 20232 yr Funny thing is how they think they “mandated” to the SEC that the first meeting HAD to be at aggy. Hell, there was only a 50-50 choice/decision, then the opposite takes place going forward. According to aggy, they should host at least the next 6-8 matchups! SEC senior member and etc.Hook’em!!!
November 11, 20232 yr 32 minutes ago, Getafix said: This guy is considered to be among the more reliable insiders. That was beyond obvious. Just like all those guys did last year. Stewart is all about Stewart. He’s not risking himself for that steaming pile.
November 11, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, ousux said: 2 hours ago, HtownHorn said: I think Stewart is gone. Hopefully joining his buddy Cook in Austin. He feels like USC to me.
November 11, 20232 yr 46 minutes ago, Post Oak said: He feels like USC to me. That would track with his decision making history.
November 12, 20232 yr Wonder if bjork knew about it, or also thought jimbo is an idiot when he was asked about it and had to make up an explanation.
November 12, 20232 yr Looking forward to the posts demonstrating that the roller coaster is back to full ascent mode. You know they’re coming after tonight’s aggy cakewalk against MissSU. 24 was always the year! ACU may well be better than MissSU. Klan aggy was horrifically bad.
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