The most important thing to op is paying aggy? He's a troll
I am fine with you disagreeing with my aggy point, but won't accept being called a troll. I am a proud holder of a T-Ring, hold multiple degrees from UT, haven't missed a home game since I was 5 years old, shed tears from my seat in the Rose Bowl when Vince crossed the goal line in January 06, and am frankly the most proud Longhorn you'll ever meet.
My aggy point is based purely on my point that I love college sports because of rivalries. We currently play one rival, and it's not a home game (nor do I want that one ever to be). Anybody that wants to tell me Baylor, TCU, or Tech can fill the void of aggy is just kidding themselves. I have never, and will never, feel my blood boil when thinking about those teams. If I so much as think about aggy I get pissed off. It doesn't matter how good your team is, if you're playing irrelevant teams week-in and week-out, your fan base will become disinterested (see DKR's declining attendance, or if you want a good team, check out Alabama's attendance issues) and the national media will pay you no attention. If Texas and A&M start playing again, that will be the biggest game in college football that week and get us back in the spotlight. Also, please go take a look at our home slate in baseball this year. If you think our home football schedule is bad, you haven't seen anything yet. I think a 3 game series with aggy each year (2 and 1 at each park like it used to be) would be great from a purely fan-interest perspective.
I also think the best, and perhaps only, way to combat the aggy-SEC recruiting momentum is to beat them. Plain and simple. Until then, they will be able to continuously hold the SEC trump card over our heads in recruiting. There are a few coaches out there who could help change this (namely, Saban) but if we settle for somebody like Briles, that will not shift the recruiting momentum in the state in any way, shape or form. To deny the fact that aggy in the SEC is the biggest threat to the success of our current Athletic Department is just cynical in my opinion.
