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Which Texas team shows up Thursday???
So it comes down to the annual Thanksgiving day game to end the regular season. At the beginning of the season who would have predicted that...
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: A&M 9, Nebraska 6
When a game ends with a score of 9-6, it is generally a horrifically boring game that is only considered good football if it's the SEC. Their...
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Big XII Tiebreaker Fun
Let’s take a stroll down memory lane. The year was 2008. It was a leap year, as I recall, and the Dark Knight was atop the box office. I remember it as if it were recent. In the...
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The Bugeaters vs. The Ags – Game Preview
The Ags have risen like a Phoenix since the meltdown vs. Mizzou a short 5 weeks ago. No one witnessing that game would have...
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Nebraska @ Texas A&M Preview
So here we go into the third big game in a row for the Ags. And this week, we get the greatness that is the Big XII North leading Nebraska Cornhuskers (9-1, #8 in the AP). This...
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Beating Baylor
I’ve been an A&M fan for about 15 years now. I was in school when we won the Big XII Championship, and I have had to endure the slow/fast decline into the abyss over the past...
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Texas A&M @ Baylor Preview
So, the “24 Hour Rule” states that for that length of time, you should enjoy your big win to the fullest. Drink, smoke, screw, drink some more - all with wild abandon for 24...
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Ags 33, OU 19: The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly
Hi – bandwagon A&M fan here. That's actually not true at all, but I am a bandwagon blogger. SailorRipley threatened to send an aged Laure Dern...
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Nebraska vs. Texas A&M gets Prime Time Slot
The Big 12 has announced that the November 20th game between Nebraska and Texas A&M will be televised nationally with a 7 PM Central kick-off....
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Texas A&M vs. OU Post Mortem
So, in the same way we try to temper our frustration when we lose, we should try to temper our elation over big wins. That being said, it’s hard to be anything but thrilled over...
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Dark weekend for the bandwagon fans
I was behind this guy at a stop light this morning. He appeared to be contemplating swerving off the bridge and ending it all right there - I...
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Texas A&M vs. Kansas – a Glance to the Future
After a week of vitriol, piss, and vinegar from a fan base teetering on the cusp of apathy, the 2010 Texas Aggie football team took care of business...
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Post-Mortem: Texas Tech Red Raiders
Got to sit down and watch film last night. What a great win for the program and a significant validation of what Mike Sherman and his staff are...
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Dallas continues to drive RRSO towards Arlington
DART throws away it's shovel and cranks up a back hoe. As a taxpayer of Arlington, I approve of the City of Dallas' concerted effort to drive...
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Road Trip
There is nothing quite like a college football road trip. Pilgrimages to such scenic destinations as Ames, Iowa and Lubbock, Texas build character, foster lifelong friendships, and...
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Oklahoma Post-Mortem – I guess we burn the white uniforms?
It isn't often I'm left speechless. But today is one of those days. I am OK with two steps forward and one step back, but two steps forward and...
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Texas game post-mortem
Great football game on Thursday night as two good teams duked it out in a classic rivalry match-up. Unfortunately, too many mistakes, especially on special teams, led the way to A&M...
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Earl Thomas admits going to Texas to “make money”
"You come to college to make money." Texas safety Earl Thomas, a third-year sophomore, is eligible for early entry in the 2010 NFL Draft and...
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Bowlapalooza
We are one week away from our first bowl game that will commence several weeks of good, bad, and ugly football. I don’t intend to watch every game. I’m embarrassed as a...
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Georgia Game Post-mortem
I'll be writing more later, but wanted to at least get something up today. Very hectic for me as I had a parent go into the hospital very early Sunday morning and have been involved...
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Where do we go from here?
Well as expected, Boxcar Joe is no more. I doubt there will be a shortage of applications for a $400,000 a year role. So I thought I would get a jump on a few off the wall...
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War in Texas
The greatness of the 1975 A&M vs. Texas game - one of the top 5 college games I've ever witnessed. This was old school Southwest Conference football, young-uns....
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The whole sordid deal at Katy Morton Ranch quietly comes to an end
Back in August, the story broke at Katy Morton Ranch football program being in bed with an outfit called Champion Sports Performance. The sordid...
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Aggies Get Coordinator (I think)
The details are still being knocked out, but we finally got our man. Tim DeRuyter will be named Texas A&M’s new Defensive Coordinator pending a livestock physical at the...
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A&M vs. CU Pre-Game
Frankly, this is the kind of game we need to dominate right from the get go. If we are an NCAA tournament team, we need to blow out CU. Khris Middleton continues to develop more...
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2010 Texas A&M Football Recruiting | Offense
The offseason is a cold, dreary time for introspection, single malts, and feigned interest in basketball. I am just now getting back into...
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2010 Texas A&M Football Recruiting | Defense and Athletes
Ah, defense. It is something of Grecian mythology to Aggie fans. It is a notion rooted in folklore and fables. I’m a relatively young...
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In Basketball
Billy Gillispie ready to get back into coaching
I will always love BFG (Billy Fucking Gillispie, for you non-Aggies). He resurrected Aggie basketball and made football off-season bearable again. ...
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USA over Canada Post-Game Musings
Wow. Last night’s tilt between the scrappy Americans and the Queen’s ice royalty to the North was one of the better hockey games I have seen in...
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In Basketball
A&M – Baylor Pre-Game
This is a game I have had penciled in as a "certain loss" all season. And with the record that A&M has strung together, we don't have to win this game. We just need to play well. ...
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Baylor Post-Mortem
Tough, hard fought game last night. Good job of Baylor holding their own and defending their turf. Frankly, with as bad as A&M shot from the field, I'm surprised we kept it so...
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In Basketball
Big XII Day 1 – Preview
(8) Colorado vs. (9) Texas Tech Big 12 Network 11:30 a.m. Most certainly should be the most entertaining game of the day. Both these teams want to win a couple to make a case...
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In Football
Mike Leach with some VERY hot sports opinions
Mike Leach after game speeches Wow. Orangebloods got ahold of some videos of Mike Leach's after game speeches. Good Lord. More f-bombs than a...
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In Basketball
Utah State Aggies – Odds and Ends
• New Mexico State beat them in the WAC Championship game Saturday night to break their 17 game winning streak. Yeah, no matter what conference...
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In Football
NFL Draft 2010: A Horrifying Hypothetical
It should come as no surprise that my heart of coal resides in college sports. I still naively buy into the guise that college sports are more...
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In Football
Sherman visits troops, lifetime contract follows
Texas A&M football head coach Mike Sherman is in Baghdad visiting troops. Good stuff from Sherm. If there is anything that makes Aggies wet...
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In Football
Offseason Goulash
We’re all wandering through this offseason desert together. Who is our Moses? Let’s take a stroll around Al Gore’s backyard colloquially known as “the Internet” for some...
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In Basketball
Conference Alignment Rumors
Not to rehash all the threads from other places, but I got to have a face to face conversation this past weekend with an old friend who is very highly placed at A&M. He assured me...
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A&M gets first 2012 commit – RB Dennis Smith
Dennis Smith (6-1, 205, 4.6) of Wimberley is A&M's first verbal for 2012. He's a rising junior, and he's a great catch for the Sherminator. Once...
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Ags win Big 12 Baseball conference tournament
Senior Brodie Greene had a walk off shot in the 10th inning to beat Baylor for the Big 12 tournament championship. Greene was named the...
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In Uncategorized
Bill Byrne Excerpt
A&M Athletic Director Bill Byrne sat down for an interview for the May 30, 2010 issue of the 12th Man Magazine. The final two questions of the interview got me thinking. Here...
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In Uncategorized
Is the Big XII trying to give an ultimatum to its members?
Interesting story today suggesting the Dan Beebe is getting fed up with conference members being seen publically with other suitors. So be it. ...
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In Baseball
A&M vs. FIU Pregame
A few notes prior to today's 11 A.M. first pitch: Barret Loux will be the starting pitcher. I suppose the school of thought is a 2/3 first game is "must win". I agree. However,...
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Baylor is acting like “that” girl
Fascinating stuff in e-mails obtained by the Dallas Morning News today from a member of the Baylor Board of Regents. Too much to post here - follow...
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In Basketball
And the dominoes fall…..
Today seems to be the day. UNL is pulling the Bigger 10 lever. CU is being proactive and trying to squeeze in line in front of Baylor. And our Board of Regents is meeting today...
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In Basketball
What in the Wide World of Sports is going on here?
This makes no fucking sense whatsoever. Texas wants to go west - A&M wants to go east. A&M refuse to join Texas - Texas refuses to join...
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In Basketball
The Abortion Conference
So, yesterday, we saw the still birth of The Abortion Conference. A&M Administrators gleefully jumped at the chance to be in The Abortion Conference because, to a woman, they...
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In Baseball
Texas AMC – Premiere Athletic Program in the Big XII
First of all, I am backing off the UTCS moniker and yet refusing to use the A&M moniker. Sort of like taking the Buffalo off the helmet, I shall...
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In Uncategorized
If the Big XII were chicks….
Props to a Killer Frogs posting for the idea. A good way to kill time in the off season: TEXAS Texas is the hottest, richest chick around. She can have anybody she wants....
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In Baseball
Texas AMC tops Big 12 sports rankings
The final 2009-2010 Learfield Athletic Directors Points have been posted and it appears Texas AMC has locked up the title as the premiere athletic...
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In Football
From The Jack to The Joker – The evolution of Von Miller
The Past In 2009 Von Miller was a DE in a 4-3 alignment. His position was called the “Jack” and his only job in that scheme was to rush the QB...
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TCU hopes to turn Amon Carter into “Camden Yards” AKA Dallas Nightclub
In a move that is sure to ignite some of the quality Frog-Baylor back-and-forth message board smack, TCU unveiled some douchey renderings for their...
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In Football
Sherman’s March – An Overview
Texas A&M under Mike Sherman - Readers Digest Version Season 1 started off with a low note to Arkansas State and never really got...
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In Football
Street agent in the middle of the football scandal at Southlake Carroll?
Last year, we at Spence Park Soapbox detailed the recruiting saga at Katy Morton Ranch High School. In short, street agents, namely Lionel Cryer,...
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In Football
Week 1 Viewer’s Guide
We are one week from kickoff 2010. I started tailgating in my yard a month ago. Alone. The hellacious concentration camp that is August is almost behind us. Feel that...
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In Football
Week 3 Viewer’s Guide
The first two weeks of college football often give you – the fan – ample opportunity to squelch your tempered summer nature and go manic (Michigan!) depressed (Virginia Tech!). ...
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In Football
Scatter Shooting a Box Score and Amateur Highlights: FIU
I won't pretend to have a good handle on the 2010 Texas Aggies until the September 30 tilt in Stillwater. If you're like me, you haven't been to...
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In Football
Week 4 Viewer’s Guide
It saddens me that for many of us (not Ags) that this Saturday marks the 1/3 point of the college football season. It feels like the hell that was the World Cup just ended. The...
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In Football
Why not A&M?
Why not A&M? A lot of things were taken away from this weekend - a driving rain threw off my pool chemistry – I smoked some damn fine salmon for the family - and I enjoyed a...
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In Football
We’re on the Tube! A&M at Oklahoma State
Thursdays make me nervous. Why wouldn’t they? I’m an Aggie. I remember the national embarrassments that Thursday night represents. I...
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Okie State Post Mortem
Ok, Ok – I know this is REALLY late (like a week?) but I’ve been in a funk. That’ll happen when your quarterback decides to go all Santa Claus on you at the end of a crucial...
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In Football
Week 8 Viewer’s Guide
Apologies for my hiatus last week. I trust you were able to peruse the games without the aid of my shoddy analysis and ill-crafted quips harvested in prejudice. This week, I was...
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High Expectations – Aggie Football 2011
Posted by Kilgore Trout on August 7th, 2011 under Football
If the team performs as well as I and my Koolaid drinking brethren believe we should end the regular season at 10-2 or 11-1. We could play decent and end up 9-3. Anything less than 9 regular season wins would be underperforming. That’s how I see the
Big XII to retain name
Posted by Ag_in_TX on May 24th, 2011 under Baseball
While we’ve all had a lot of fun with potential names for our new conference (The Longhorn 10 Conference, The Charlie Foxtrot Conference, The Abortion Conference), the Big XII has decided to stand pat on a name change.
Baffling choice by the league, imho. But there is precedent for
2009 – Final Team Rankings vs. Rivals Stars
Posted by Ag_in_TX on May 23rd, 2011 under Football
This is a continuation of the previous article about 2010 final team rankings vs. their Rivals stars rankings.
As before, I went back and performed an analysis of total Rivals Star points in each recruiting class that could compose the 2009 team. For the freshman class of each team (signing Class
2010 – Team Final Rankings vs. Rivals Stars
Posted by Ag_in_TX on May 17th, 2011 under Football
We spend a lot of time arguing how much talent matters in football versus coaching and development. I decided to try and play with some numbers to see how various football programs performed with the talent on hand for the 2010 football season.
Of course, talent level can be a slippery
Was Mike McKinney forced out for not supporting TPPF?
Posted by Ag_in_TX on May 12th, 2011 under Uncategorized
The big news yesterday was the announcement that A&M Chancellor Mike McKinney would leave his post effective 1 July 2011.
After serving as your Chancellor since November 2006, the time has come for me to step aside. My plan is to continue as Chancellor through the end of
Bruce Pearl is the right hire for A&M
Posted by Ag_in_TX on May 11th, 2011 under Basketball
So, the early leader for the A&M job was Buzz Williams, but word on the street is A&M wasn’t willing to put forth the cash. It isn’t that we don’t have money – there are baskets full of cash in Bill Byrne’s office left from migrant bat guano merchants. But
Mark Turgeon gone to Maryland
Posted by Ag_in_TX on May 10th, 2011 under Basketball
Yesterday was a sad day for Aggie Basketball as head coach Mark Turgeon decided to modify his address from College Station to College Park and become the next head coach of the fearsome Terrapins. Snap, snap, snap.
Frankly, I think we’ve all seen this coming for a while. His complaints about
Nebraska expelled from Association of American Universities
Posted by Ag_in_TX on May 9th, 2011 under Football
Not too many college sports fans worry about esoteric academic topics like whether their school is in the Association of American Universities – that is, unless said fan actually attended the school for which they root. And so last week, a handful of Husker fans were disappointed when the University
Tressel “volunteers” for a longer suspension
Posted by Ag_in_TX on March 25th, 2011 under Football
What a hoot.
The NCAA has upheld the original decision to suspend five Ohio State football players — four of them senior offensive starters expected to help win a Big Ten and BCS championship — for the first five games of the 2011 season for selling jerseys, rings and other
Von Miller is beasting the NFL Combine
Posted by Ag_in_TX on February 28th, 2011 under Football
On Monday afternoon, Von Miller hung a 4.46 40 yard dash at the NFL Combine. Four Point Four Six.
Damn.
That is an outrageous time after Miller gained nearly 10 pounds between January’s Senior Bowl and the Combine. Miller, who weighed in 246 pounds and 6′-3″ earlier in the week also recorded
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