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Texas A&M Football 2025 - On the Edge of Glory(holes)
Tired Horn replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
All of them. What about their endless blather being different this year don't you understand? -
So, what are the golden days of Tech football? Off the top of my head, here are the top three in my football watching lifetime: 1. 1973 - Jim Carlen and Joe Barnes produced an 11-1 season with a Gator Bowl win over Tennessee. Might have beaten Texas to finish the regular season unbeaten if the game had been in Lubbock instead of Austin. Final rank = 11. 2. 2008 - Mike Leach went 11-2 just in time for a contract extension that they ran him off to be rid of the next year. Final rank = 12. 3. 1976 - Steve Sloan and Rodney Allison (with a little known assistant coach named Bill Parcels) went 10-2 and almost went to the Cotton Bowl. Final rank = 13. As far as a sustained era, I'd pick Leach. He got Tech consistent television coverage, making them feel relevant even when they were mediocre. Good luck in winning the Medium 12, you occasionally Red, occasionally Black Raiders.
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it's a common story. You go back as long as close relatives are there, but once they all die or move, any remaining bond is severed. And yeah, Midland is no treat, either. But it does beat Odessa by a nose. I'd take Lubbock over either, though. But at least West Texas has an excuse. There's only so much you can do with that weather and terrain. It's not like Aggie, who has a fairly run-of-the-mill geography within easy driving distance of civilization, but who has deliberately chosen to be as freakish as possible.
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Bullshit. I've been to East Lansing, Ann Arbor, West Layette, and Starkville. They each have their issues, but none of them is as flat out, physically ugly as Lubbock. I don't mean that personally against Lubbock, either, because, as I said, Lubbock has done about a well with West Texas as you can reasonably ask. The problem is that West Texas is simply gruesome. It's a brutally hard scrabble land. As I told my kids whenever they complained about the Bay Area, "Daddy grew up in a post-Apocalyptic industrial wasteland, so I don't want to hear it." I wouldn't be caught dead in Stillwater, so I can't speak for it. But two points: (1) I don't recall anyone ever cutting Stillwater much slack (True joke when Pickens started contributing so much to the program; "Jesus. why didn't he rebuild the town first."), and (2) if you're comparing yourself to the backwaters of fucking Oklahoma for a cheap self-esteem hit, I think you know the truth. As far as Michener goes, let him grow up in West Texas, and he'd be singing a very different tune.
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I grew up in West Texas and have been to Lubbock innumerable times (hello, South Plains Mall). Bagging on Tech because of the location is 100% justified. Climate-wise, West Texas is the worst place I've ever lived. And that's not a close call. I respect Lubbock for having made itself about the best that it can be, but damn. Yeah, you can see forever, but why in the hell would you want to? True story: when I was a freshman at UT, Sports Illustrated voted Tech the campus most likely to be mistaken for a Federal Penitentiary. At least they have trees now.
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I don't give a shit about Tech, one way or another. If they can buy a Big 12 title, good for them. God knows they need a distraction from the cold, hard fact of living in Lubbock. I grew up in West Texas, and now that the last relatives have moved or dead, I'm never going back.
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Texas A&M Football 2025 - On the Edge of Glory(holes)
Tired Horn replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
Aggie culture is eternal. They don't half-ass their half-assing. -
Why stop there? What about the similarities between Texas A&M and Lombardi's Packers. Or the 2001 New England Patriots? Texas A&M is a program with a great future, and always will be,
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
Tired Horn replied to texifornia's topic in 🤫$9.95🤫
Well, in all fairness, he didn't say WHEN he was leaving Texas. I guess those were long-term plans. -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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If we're ever tempted to take current affairs for granted, just sit in the dark at midnight, whisper the name Steve Patterson, and tremble. You know what that assholes' resume says about his time here: "Steve dramatically increased endowments and set records for tickets, premium seating, donations, concessions, and licensing revenues while dramatically reducing costs and upgrading data management to drive further future financial successes." I guess he couldn't work in "...oversaw development of some of the most boring, embarrassingly dreary sports programs in school history, had a vision that consisted of patchwork, psychotic skinflint delusions, and barely escaped town ahead of a lynch mob." I hope a sports executive AI beats him to death with a rancid, gristly chicken-fried steak that he saved $1.62 on the ingredients in an attempt to drive future financial successes. -
Negative Recruiting Your Own School: The aggy Screenshot Megathread
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And at least Taaffe didn't cause the tragedy in question, unlike A&M with a certain pagan fire ritual everyone with a functioning brain stem knew was a bad idea. -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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Don't hold back. Tell us how you really feel. And can we shut up about the juggernaut that Texas Tech is not and never will be. -
I think Lubbock is still Lubbock, other schools are now aware of their new recruiting schtick, and Tech will settle out as a more expensive version of what they've always been. They could win the Medium 12 occasionally, but they'll never amount to much nationally. This season hinges on whether or not their transfer class is a dramatic upgrade or not. I don't personally see it, even if their OOC schedule is a disgrace. When all is said and done, Tech will settle for attention.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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I thought knowing shit about fuck was a prerequisite for most of us. Or maybe that was knowing fuck about shit.
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