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  2. Ole Miss better spin those safeties down. They getting bully-balled.
  3. Gonna win a lot of football games if you can pound the rock inside the 5
  4. love the o-lineman picking him up and throwing him into the endzone
  5. tough run, impressive drive Miami is going to end up with about 45 minutes TOP at this rate
  6. There is something refreshing about watch a team power run into the endzone
  7. Miami kind of reminds me of Texas last season.
  8. Miami made some plays on that drive.
  9. That's a nice fucking run. And that's the other type of back Sark is looking for.
  10. More from Essay Patna: "The Truth about 78-37-5 When college football debates its greatest rivalries, the conversation usually begins and ends with all-time records. For Texas A&M fans, seeing the headline number against the University of Texas can feel frustrating without context. But to understand the Texas A&M–Texas rivalry honestly, you have to acknowledge one critical truth: This rivalry did not start on a level playing field. The Myth of the “Equal Start” Many of college football’s most famous rivalries began between institutions that were fundamentally alike. Take Michigan and Ohio State. Their rivalry began in 1897. From the very beginning, both were large, co-educational, civilian state universities. They recruited from similar populations, offered similar campus life, and built their programs using nearly identical institutional models. They started the race at the same starting line. Texas A&M and Texas did not. Two Very Different Institutions For roughly the first 80 years of this rivalry, Texas A&M was not a typical college campus. It was a small, all-male military institution where membership in the Corps of Cadets was mandatory. Every student lived under military discipline, with daily formations, strict conduct codes, and limited personal freedom. Texas, meanwhile, operated as a large, co-educational civilian university in a growing metropolitan area, offering a traditional college experience and drawing from a far broader recruiting base. Imagine trying to build a modern football powerhouse today where every player is required to live in barracks, wake up before dawn for drill, and follow a strict military code, while your rival across the state offers a conventional “big city” college environment with a student body several times larger. That was Texas A&M’s reality until the mid-1960s. When “Going to War” Was Literal World War II magnified this imbalance to its extreme. Because Texas A&M was a mandatory military school, its campus served as a direct pipeline for officer training and active duty. When the nation called, Aggie upperclassmen didn’t simply leave for the draft. They were expected to serve. By 1943, the Aggie football roster had been so depleted that the team consisted largely of 17-year-olds, earning the nickname the “Kiddie Corps.” Civilian universities like Texas were impacted by the war as well, but in a fundamentally different way. Programs such as the Navy V-12 allowed elite athletes to remain on campus while receiving military training. In the 1943 Texas–A&M game, Texas fielded several players who had actually played for A&M the year before but were reassigned by the military. That era alone accounts for a significant portion of the lopsided all-time record. Same rivalry. Same war. Very different conditions. The Most Skewed Stretch From 1940 to 1983, Texas posted a dominant 36-7-1 record against A&M. This period is often cited as proof of superiority, but it reflects more than coaching decisions or talent cycles. It reflects two programs operating under completely different institutional constraints. Texas was expanding resources, recruiting reach, and national stature. A&M was still balancing athletics with a unique military mission that restricted roster depth, recruiting flexibility, and continuity. When the Playing Field Finally Leveled The rivalry did not truly normalize until Texas A&M fundamentally changed. Women were admitted in 1963. In 1965, membership in the Corps of Cadets became voluntary. Over time, A&M evolved into a large, co-educational university capable of competing for talent under the same basic conditions as Texas. Once that transformation took hold, the results changed. From 1975 until the series paused in 2011, the rivalry stood at 19-19. No dominance. No imbalance. Just two comparable programs trading wins. Context Over Comparison The all-time record between Texas and Texas A&M is real, but it is not self-explanatory. It is a historical artifact shaped by decades when one institution accepted constraints that no modern football program would willingly take on. For Aggies, those early losses are not a source of embarrassment. They are evidence of an institutional mission rooted in service and sacrifice. While other rivalries grew up as equals, this one was forged between two entirely different worlds. Understanding that context doesn’t erase the record. It explains it."
  11. Maybe you should downgrade to a slower modem. I recommend this one.
  12. Nah, I'm pulling for 3 straight years of no secsecsec in the championship game
  13. I easily take Fletcher or the Ole Miss RB. But mostly I admire Fletcher's ability to move the pile 3 plays in a row.
  14. IT This is probably going to get resolved. It’s not done yet but a DFW source said it’s being worked on.
  15. The only Surly poster whose opinions I respect less than Greenspoint is Helobious. And it’s close.
  16. I have YTTV....Miami just got a 1st
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