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Re: Aggies to the SEC
No - F is a Future Aggie. Whole other category. :-)
To me, it feels like the TU fan base grew by leaps and bounds when they won a national championship. The people who were suddenly fans, that had never cared before, also can be the most obnoxious. I'm speaking from personal experience, not a blanket statement.
I'm glad we're going to the SEC. yes, we'll get our butts kicked for a while, but I think it will be a good thing in the long run. If we use it to our advantage and go out and find the players that the SEC attracts, AND play they games the big SEC teams are playing it will be worth it. Also, I've been an Astros fan for ages...we're always "rebuilding." I can handle an Aggie team "rebuilding" for a while.
this statement really sums it up. The people I call tu t-shirt fans are the ones who suddenly decided to be tu football fans after they won. And lord have mercy, all of a sudden they could do nothing but trash A&M. As usual, a few idiots give off an image for an entire group.
I think Louisiana and Texas are very different in this sense. Virtually everyone in the state of La is an LSU fan ---if you went to bpcc, tulane, tech, what have you or in my case North Texas. I can't wait to take my dh to an LSU/Aggie game in Baton Rouge. And he thinks Kyle Field is fun....
Well, not Tulane, especially not if you were there when they played LSU. My dad is a Tulane grad and he doesn't even like to admit he got his MBA from LSU
But really, this happens everywhere. In Alabama the majority of residents who are not affiliated with a school are Bama fans. I bet it's the same with any big state school.
My cousin is a bigger LSU fan than any of you are for your school. He was unfortunately unable to go to college because of some serious learning disabilities, but he can tell you what the weather was like and who scored the winning touchdown in a 1962 game. His knowledge of LSU baseball stats is even more impressive. Do not tell him he is not a Tiger.
I was just thinking, "Didn't we have this same discussion a year or so ago?"
I guess if you hang around long enough, though, most of the discussions are retreads.
I think it happens every season.
But t-shirt fan aside, and back to the subject of A&M in the SEC, LSU used to play A&M pretty frequently when I was in elementary school. So much so that we told aggie jokes as much as Texas fans do. Back then LSU almost always creamed them.
Hmm, lessee... I was there in-person for the Cotton Bowl in Jan to see it for myself: LSU 41 - Aggies 24
That same season they lost to Arkansas by 7 pts, but that wasn't as bad as the 2009 matchup where the razorbacks beat the aggies to the tune of 47-19, followed later by a loss to Georgia 44-20 in the bowl game.
Needless to say, I think the Aggies will definitely have their hands full and I wish them luck in representing our great State in the new conference. I'll miss the Turkey Day rivalry talk w/ some of my family members who wear maroon, but I won't be crying a river over it. I'll be more crushed if the OU Rivarly goes by the way-side (which could happen) rather than losing the annual Aggie game.
Good luck to the Aggies, you are gonna need it.
T-shirt fans bring on the PR and ticket sales! I welcome them!
I graduated from UTMB (UT's medical branch) We sang the Eyes of Texas
and UH for grad school. I root for them and consider myself a Longhorn and Cougar!