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Posted (edited)

Sigh.  I was in the stands the last time A&M came to South Bend, 2000.  We opened the season with four home games vs then ranked teams: #25 A&M, #1 Nebraska, #13 Purdue (Drew Brees Sr year, beat Ohio St and lost Rose Bowl) #23 Michigan State (Nick Saban's players).  

 

I remember being very impressed by their marching band but not the team, which was the easiest of those four.  We won a fun but ho-hum game 24-10.  

Edited by notre dame joe
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21 hours ago, nnm said:

 

I'd say WTF but then...it's Aggie.

3 hours ago, TexasGolf said:

Right on time 

I love the smell of funnel cakes and scam artist yelling about the game that's easy to win the next stall over.

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3 minutes ago, Pancho said:

This is the true, bitter rivalry in the state. Don’t be pussies, a&m! do it!

 

!

Miss watching the Pirate whooping up on aggy, especially in Collie Station.  But,Joey rubs me the wrong way, not so sure I wouldn't root for aggy.

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11 minutes ago, Pancho said:

This is the true, bitter rivalry in the state. Don’t be pussies, a&m! do it!

Spoiler: Regrettably, aggy will never agree to this match-up unless Cody Campbell kicks in an obscene amount of $$$

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Grew up in a Tech household before going to A&M and have some great memories of this game in person from both sides. I would really like it to come back as an individual.

It’s a hard one (although playoffs ease some concerns) to justify on a regular basis for A&M. The first couple will get big attention but after that it’s a regional rivalry that is easy for the national networks to pre-empt. 
 

You get little credit for beating Tech but losing is a problem. And Tech will always be dangerous in that game.  If you’re on the cusp of an at large bid you’d rather have an early season loss to a helmet school than Tech in most cases. 

You’re not getting a recruiting boost, you’re not really satisfying nation-wide alums by going to Lubbock and that market. 

This is not a new problem for Tech. They used to have to schedule one season matches against name schools under Spike because the road trip to Lubbock wasn’t worth the squeeze. 
 

Like I said, I do wish it would come back but it’s hard to see the upside in the cutthroat environment. I’d like to see one home-home series scheduled at least though. 

Posted (edited)
10 minutes ago, sdm said:

Miss watching the Pirate whooping up on aggy, especially in Collie Station.  But,Joey rubs me the wrong way, not so sure I wouldn't root for aggy.

Uh no

aggy being beaten by a “BDF” conference member would serve us for months 

Edited by Js1
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14 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Uh no

aggy being beaten by a “BDF” conference member would serve us for months 

Is it me, or are we hearing less "SEC SEC SEC" chanting from aggy this past year?

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28 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Grew up in a Tech household before going to A&M and have some great memories of this game in person from both sides. I would really like it to come back as an individual

 

Well, now we at least know what’s wrong with you. 

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