at least that loss to Arkansas doesn’t look so bad now since they almost beat Florida.

That is the funniest thing I’ve read since Beergut’s classic statement last year when Tech was 8-0. He said he’d rather have aTm’s record, since they were on the way up! Seriously! Super Bowl? This isn’t even Tech’s red/black scrimmage. There will be a huge crowd, but it will be more like the Roman spectacles than the Super Bowl. You just missed it by a mile.

I think this, along with many many other things about Sherman’s 1.5 years here have been ominous warning signs. I think there were the same warning signs with Franchione in his first two seasons, but since he improved the record that they largely went ignored, then in a panic, Byrne extended Franchione.

The bottom line is that a good college coach can come into a school and make a huge difference immediately. What we have with Sherman and Franchione is a coach that has absolutely failed to make any sort of real progress early, then to compound things, the Athletic Department and Byrne simply sit back and preach “patience.” This team has been very bad for much of the last 7 years and I am not wanting to be stuck with Sherman for another 5.5 years.

The warning signs are there; someone needs to recognize it.

Beergut! Come on and stop the nonsense. I seriously doubt Tech considers A&M anything more than a possible trap game. Yes you guys do have the athletes but lack player development badly. While you guys talk about being a young team you fail to realize that Tech is also young along with many others. The recruiting is only going to get better at Tech and I’m sure these young kids coming out of HS want to be on TV. You need to rethink the “super bowl” thing a bit. The Baylor Bears are becoming your closet thing to a rival.

I get that Beergut is just trying to mock us and look down his nose at Tech, but the “Super Bowl” analogy really doesn’t work here. For Boise State this season, their “Super Bowl” was against Oregon, because they were the best opponent that Boise would play all year and were ranked highly at the time and they needed to make a statement against them to increase their BCS chances. In no way is the A&M game a “Super Bowl” for Tech, because beating them badly won’t do anything for our team’s perception or BCS bowl chances. I guess Beergut believes it is our “Super Bowl” because for whatever reason he thinks we only care about this game. That exact attitude from A&M fans is what makes beating them so fun. Though this has no chance of happening, I am really curious to see how A&M fans would react if they were to beat us. According to Beergut, it wouldn’t be much of an accomplishment, so the fanbase probably wouldn’t be too excited. For some reason though, I get the feeling that A&M would probably go absolutely nuts if they were to beat us.

For real. Can someone explain this to me? We get more Tech commentators than A&M ones!

I don’t think Beergut went out of his way to do anything. He was just offering his opinion. Of you look at the prices for tickets to Tech games, are the A&M game tickets the costliest? Why is there such demand fir those tickets?

I hear they are going to cut the Aggie football program to add men’s volleyball.

Tech played their Super Bowl and lost already! To Texas! Tech is improving with the new QB…I will admit that! As a Horns fan here’s the order of how I think most Texas football fans see our rivalries these days: OU, TT, Ohio State, OK St., Mizzu, PAC 10 Teams, rest of Big 12 North, rest of Big 12 South, Aggies.

By the way don’t you get a penalty for having 12 men on the field? Cheaters.

Tech wins 66 – 7 this weekend.
Horns roll 31 – 10.

Go ahead and kick me off the blog.

I thought Baylor might step up and fill the void, but injuries set them back. ATm is just getting worse and if they fire their coach after the season, it will be another 5 year Stalinist reconstruction plan. I say draft TCU or even UTEP and drop aggy into the Conference USA or MWC or Border Conference or something. North Texas vs. Aggy – the new Super Bowl!

Antiswarm

Anyways this is for Beergut, you old so-and-so

First off, I am a tea-sip; I am used to being thought of as an arrogant snob by my Big XII South brethren. Alas, I am married to an Aggie (the only capital-A Aggie I acknowledge). To sit back and read through the comments here is quite entertaining. The heathens in Lubbock still want desperately to sit at the grown-up’s table; but they’re not quite there yet, and the only ones they can still pick on are the unfortunate souls stuck in College Station – who are firmly entrenched at the children’s table.

Yes, I know, both schools have beaten the mighty Longhorns a time or two over the last few years – but, as mentioned above, anything can happen on any given Saturday. Consistency is what matters, and, on a consistent basis, the Longhorns whip both the wanna-be Red Raiders and the used-to-be aggies. Sorry. Live with it.

All of that having been said, here is how I feel (and, I suspect, most other tea-sips, too): The Red Raiders are today’s version of what TCU was back in Darrel Royal’s day: Cockroaches. It’s not so much what they carry off, it’s what they fall into and mess up. We would just as soon see the Red Raiders stay out in West Texas, maybe join the Pac-10 or Mountain West or one of those other goofy leagues where they can occasionally compete for a conference championship. We don’t like playing those guys; rarely are they better than us, but they manage to win one every so often – even when they are clearly not the better team (see last year).

The aggies, on the other hand, we would actually like to see get better. My dad is a huge UT fan; we have season tickets, and have for years. However, he’d never actually been to a UT vs. aTm game until a few years ago. In the middle of it all, he turned to me and said, “You know, I thought we hated ou, but this is just…unbelievable.” We want the rivalry to be competitive, so it’s fun again. It’s really not all that fun to beat you guys by 40 points on a regular basis (although I’ll take it). We want you to make a game of it, at least.

Sorry for being so long-winded. End of rant.

for entertainment purposes only of course.

This has got to be the best thing I’ve ever read. Not only have 3 different schools that don’t claim eachother jumped on and posted. But we’ve covered almost nothing. A&M – “reflects badly on the Tech fanbase that so many trollers from Tech are coming out here to spout nonsense”

No nonsense being spouted just facts for the most part. I love the fact that A&M stands tall no matter what. I think it’s hilarious for the most part. Shooting down our season last year for whatever reason " reflects badly on the A&M fanbase" Also, stating that this game is our “superbowl” reflects badly on your fanbase.