Texas A&M Chancellor John Sharp would like to renew UT-A&M rivalry

[dillohorn]

HELL NO!

 

[drgilbert]

I am in favor of playing them again. I would like it to mimic the ND game of last year. Have it set for the Sunday night before Labor Day. The excitement and media coverage would be fantastic.

 

[longhorn_mig]

I assume if this game comes back, it would turn into an annual neutral site game, like Florida/Georgia. I assume the site would be Jerry World or NRG in Houston. I don't feel too great about potentially losing an out of conference home game every other year. Thoughts?

 

[primal defense]

COUNTRY REVIVAL

How the straight-talking, coyote-shooting, tobacco-chewing John Sharp has led a bonanza at Texas A&M

Despite A&M’s success in the SEC, the question keeps popping up: When will it play UT again? The two teams haven’t faced off on a football field since 2011, A&M’s final year in the Big 12, when the Longhorns defeated A&M at Kyle Field, 27–25. The Aggies’ fiercest rival is now Louisiana State University, the only team in the SEC West they have yet to beat since joining the conference. “I know a lot of people would like to see A&M play UT again,†Sharp said. “Not the kids here necessarily, but a lot of the older alumni still ask about it.â€

The problem, he explained, is A&M’s punishing conference schedule. “The players just get the shit beat out of them in those games because of the big SEC defenses. They need a full week to recover—some of them don’t even practice until Tuesday or Wednesday.†For the four nonconference games each season, the team would rather play cream puffs like Nicholls State or the University of Louisiana-Lafayette, two of the softer teams on this fall’s schedule.

Still, Sharp won’t rule out the possibility of a rematch sometime in the future. “I’d like to put the UT–A&M game back together. I know the governor wants to put it back together. UT wants to put it back together.â€

He thought about it for a minute, and a grin spread across his face.

“Man, can you imagine how much money we could make off that game?â€

http://features.texasmonthly.com/editorial/country-revival/

 

[drgilbert]

I would want it home and home. No neutral site

 

[TB14]

I would want it home and home. No neutral site

I know Herman wants it that way as well.

 

[doc longhorn]

How so? Not saying you're incorrect, just curious.

Lets start with this - Aggy recruiting base is the state of Texas.  Their biggest recruiting rival is UT. 

Exposure to the states recruits is a huge tool in recruiting.  Playing the Longhorns, makes them relevant to the states recruits - especially if they win.  Aggy's primary recruiting tool is he SEC.  Outside of this, what else do they have to sell that is better than UT?  Playing us enables them to say we can play the biggest and the baddest of the state of Texas, while playing in the biggest and baddest conference.

At least that would be a selling point for them.  And for the recruits parents.

Why give them that opportunity?  Seriously, the only thing different about aggy and Arky is aggy's location.  If collie station were in Louisiana, do you think they would be more relevant than Arkansas?  At least to the recruits of Texas?

And, financially, playing us gives them a $$ windfall they would never get playing the Sisters of the Poor.  The game would be nationally televised and, at least in the aggy's eyes, make them appear to be on the same level as UT.

Why help them with this?

 

[oldhorn2]

A&M is currently the most profitable athletic department in the country. Beat Texas out for the No. 1 spot. Again on the LSS, that is just a personal preference. I loved going to the RRS. I never missed a game as an undergrad. That's certainly one game I'm going to miss being able to go to.

I am not certain that this is factually correct either. I believe aTm got a huge surge of money that their alums poured in to help with stadium renovations and that year will prove to be an anomily.When you start deducting their debt service for that stadium for the next 25 years I suspect that "profit" will greatly dwindle.

 

[Sirhornsalot]

People in hell want ice water

 

[utparothed]

COUNTRY REVIVAL

How the straight-talking, coyote-shooting, tobacco-chewing John Sharp has led a bonanza at Texas A&M

Despite A&M’s success in the SEC, the question keeps popping up: When will it play UT again? The two teams haven’t faced off on a football field since 2011, A&M’s final year in the Big 12, when the Longhorns defeated A&M at Kyle Field, 27–25. The Aggies’ fiercest rival is now Louisiana State University, the only team in the SEC West they have yet to beat since joining the conference. “I know a lot of people would like to see A&M play UT again,†Sharp said. “Not the kids here necessarily, but a lot of the older alumni still ask about it.â€

The problem, he explained, is A&M’s punishing conference schedule. “The players just get the shit beat out of them in those games because of the big SEC defenses. They need a full week to recover—some of them don’t even practice until Tuesday or Wednesday.†For the four non-conference games each season, the team would rather play cream puffs like Nicholls State or the University of Louisiana-Lafayette, two of the softer teams on this fall’s schedule.

Still, Sharp won’t rule out the possibility of a rematch sometime in the future. “I’d like to put the UT–A&M game back together. I know the governor wants to put it back together. UT wants to put it back together.â€

He thought about it for a minute, and a grin spread across his face.

“Man, can you imagine how much money we could make off that game?â€

http://features.texasmonthly.com/editorial/country-revival/

If you need a soft non-conference schedule to make it through the season and a week to recover after every conference game are you really "good enough for the SEC???"

 

[oldhorn2]

Any post that starts..."Despite A&M's success in the sec".....cant be worth reading, but it was like a train wreck. I couldnt look away. Then when I read...

“I’d like to put the UT–A&M game back together. I know the governor wants to put it back together. UT wants to put it back together.â€

I was thinking who in hell is this moron talking to?

There is no logical reason Texas would need or even want to play aTm ever again. The aggys need it. We dont. Even if we played it again and beat crap out of them 20 times in a row all it would do is give them some credibility in this state again.

 

New aggy slogan

We Ran from This State....

Only aggy could call 3 consecutive 4th place finishes in their DIVISION of the secsecsec a success.

 

[doc longhorn]

Any post that starts..."Despite A&M's success in the sec".....cant be worth reading, but it was like a train wreck. I couldnt look away. Then when I read...

“I’d like to put the UT–A&M game back together. I know the governor wants to put it back together. UT wants to put it back together.â€

I was thinking who in hell is this moron talking to?

There is no logical reason Texas would need or even want to play aTm ever again. The aggys need it. We dont. Even if we played it again and beat crap out of them 20 times in a row all it would do is give them some credibility in this state again.

 

New aggy slogan

We Ran from This State....

Only aggy could call 3 consecutive 4th place finishes in their DIVISION of the secsecsec a success.

I know this from behind the scenes gossip.  The aggys thought they could have their cake and eat it too.  They thought they could retreat to another conference and still retain the hugely profitable aggy/UT game as well.  Bow tie and the the aggy money men got the shock of their lives when Dodds said it ain't happening.

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

Guess I'm in the minority here, but all politics aside, I'd love to see the game come back. I still remember when I was a kid looking forward to that game. Went hand and hand with Thanksgiving and pumpkin pie. My obsession with the horns began with that game. I grew up in Houston and had a ton of ag classmates. Made for a lot deal of smack talk and bragging rights. I for one say bring it back and let's kick their ass over and over again!

 

[J.B. TexasEx]

A&M is currently the most profitable athletic department in the country. Beat Texas out for the No. 1 spot. Again on the LSS, that is just a personal preference. I loved going to the RRS. I never missed a game as an undergrad. That's certainly one game I'm going to miss being able to go to.

No, they aren't Harrison. Look at their YOY profitability.

aggy got a HUGE bump in 2016 due to their fund-raising drive to upgrade Pyle. For whatever reason, those monies are accounted for as "profits" by USA Today. Oregon got the same increase in 2015 because of Phil Knight's generosity.

aggy will be back to around 10-15 next year. Watch

 

[oldhorn2]

Thanks JB....That is what I was trying to say, but didnt have the ability.

 

[Harrison Wier]

I am not certain that this is factually correct either. I believe aTm got a huge surge of money that their alums poured in to help with stadium renovations and that year will prove to be an anomily.When you start deducting their debt service for that stadium for the next 25 years I suspect that "profit" will greatly dwindle.

As of now, it's factually accurate. USA Today does it every year and published the new one this year. But yes, A&M got an influx of revenue for the stadium upgrade.

 

[Harrison Wier]

No, they aren't Harrison. Look at their YOY profitability.

aggy got a HUGE bump in 2016 due to their fund-raising drive to upgrade Pyle. For whatever reason, those monies are accounted for as "profits" by USA Today. Oregon got the same increase in 2015 because of Phil Knight's generosity.

aggy will be back to around 10-15 next year. Watch

Good point. I'll look out for that next year.

 

[Coal Harbour]

No interest in playing A&M in any sport.

 

[Sirhornsalot]

Guess I'm in the minority here, but all politics aside, I'd love to see the game come back. I still remember when I was a kid looking forward to that game. Went hand and hand with Thanksgiving and pumpkin pie. My obsession with the horns began with that game. I grew up in Houston and had a ton of ag classmates. Made for a lot deal of smack talk and bragging rights. I for one say bring it back and let's kick their ass over and over again!

My younger years were quite different. I quickly learned to hate OU. When Texas beat OU, it meant something. It meant we were on our way to a championship and bowl game. It meant we were players on the national stage. 

Playing aggy, OTOH, was always a set up game. Beating aggy will never put us on a national stage. When we beat eggy, we should have. When we lose to them, its deflating. I do not have the same fondness for that game. There's no real "win" there even when we win.

Aggy can spend 9 games in total suckage, and then play a Texas team lights-out. Which only begs the question – where was that team for the previous nine weeks?

I see aggy in a similar way to how DKR viewed TCU . . . . cockroaches.

Aggy enjoys playing the little nobodies of the world. Its the only way they ever have a winning record on the season. I just assume they keep doing that.

 

[tejasrulz]

No! Next topic?