"No red squiggly line? It must be correct." That idea almost seems universal, these days. Even respected news outlets seem to lack editors.BTW is "diluted" for "deluded" a new OBism I missed?
"No red squiggly line? It must be correct." That idea almost seems universal, these days. Even respected news outlets seem to lack editors.BTW is "diluted" for "deluded" a new OBism I missed?
Are they up there with Arkansas fans?? I've never met any fanbase as delusional as that group of nutjobs.Agree to disagree there. I think aggy fans are on a totally different level in terms of delusion/dishonesty/spin.
This is such an odd feeling. I hope Trevor has a tremendous season and wish the best for him. But damn..at the same time I keep reminding myself he is playing for A&M. I don't hate A&M like UT fans do, but I really can't stand their fanbase. Is it possible for Trevor to have an epic season, yet A&M fail miserably as a team?? Lol It's really odd feeling this conflicted over a team I"m not even a fan of....Just to add more fuel to the fire:
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/15185229/trevor-knight-named-texas-aggies-starting-qb
Trevor Knight will always be an OU fan favorite for his win over Alabama in the Sugar Bowl (I was there, food poison and all).
Im hoping he tears it up in College Station.
Agree to disagree there. I think aggy fans are on a totally different level in terms of delusion/dishonesty/spin.
This is such an odd feeling. I hope Trevor has a tremendous season and wish the best for him. But damn..at the same time I keep reminding myself he is playing for A&M. I don't hate A&M like UT fans do, but I really can't stand their fanbase. Is it possible for Trevor to have an epic season, yet A&M fail miserably as a team?? Lol It's really odd feeling this conflicted over a team I"m not even a fan of....
They aren't all bad people. I'm a UT grad, my oldest 2 are UT grads, but my 3rd is going to aggy. My brother in law graduated from UT, but is now a prof at aggy. My son went to aggy because they still give national merit full tuition scholarships and UT doesn't. If UT wasn't so damn cheap, he'd be there as well, but you don't turn down 40K when both schools have really solid engineering programs. Plus he felt like aggy really wanted him and he got the red carpet treatment. He could have gone to OU for free, but there are some lines you don't cross. Plus OU isn't the same caliber of engineering school.
My son loves it at A&M, but still pulls for UT football. He was raised on it and will probably always pull for UT. Most aggy can never live in 2 worlds like that, but my son can. He just likes sports. Oh my brother went to aggy, but he still pulls for UT as well. You can make generalizations, but the real world is always shades of gray.
Ya I prolly should have said annoyance rather than hate. I have a couple of buddies at work that are rabid UT fans. They spend 10x more time hammering at the A&M and Arkansas fans than they do me and the few OU fans at work. Make no mistake of course they have no love for OU. But they certainly get MUCH more enjoyment out of hammering at those fanbases than the OU fanbase. LolI don't hate ATM. Many of the people that I graduated with don't either. They were the little brother we beat up and then laughed at their delusion. But now their delusion is on a whole other level. I thought when they left they'd be less annoying. Somehow they are just as annoying. They can't quit us. And they still can't win any titles, yet they still talk like they do.
Are they even going to finish in the top half of their west division one of these days????
Ya'll weird...........They aren't all bad people. I'm a UT grad, my oldest 2 are UT grads, but my 3rd is going to aggy. My brother in law graduated from UT, but is now a prof at aggy. My son went to aggy because they still give national merit full tuition scholarships and UT doesn't. If UT wasn't so damn cheap, he'd be there as well, but you don't turn down 40K when both schools have really solid engineering programs. Plus he felt like aggy really wanted him and he got the red carpet treatment. He could have gone to OU for free, but there are some lines you don't cross. Plus OU isn't the same caliber of engineering school.
My son loves it at A&M, but still pulls for UT football. He was raised on it and will probably always pull for UT. Most aggy can never live in 2 worlds like that, but my son can. He just likes sports. Oh my brother went to aggy, but he still pulls for UT as well. You can make generalizations, but the real world is always shades of gray.
My son loves it at A&M, but still pulls for UT football. He was raised on it and will probably always pull for UT.
If he's paying attention that may change. It's hard to pull for a team when their fanbase is constantly demeaning and trashing the place you spent all of your precious time and hard earned money to graduate from. I found this to be exactly the case, as I was like your son.
I don't mind the football smack....but when my tshirt horn friends and family decide to speak ill of my school.....well, it ain't about football no more.
It's hard to pull for a team when their fanbase is constantly demeaning and trashing the place you spent all of your precious time and hard earned money to graduate from. I found this to be exactly the case, as I was like your son.
I don't mind the football smack....but when my tshirt horn friends and family decide to speak ill of my school.....well, it ain't about football no more.
So you just validated my point. I was a horn fan who went to A&M and loved it. Still quietly pulled for UT when they played.This is a huge reason why I hate a&m and their fans. They behave towards Texas just as you describe.
So you just validated my point. I was a horn fan who went to A&M and loved it. Still quietly pulled for UT when they played.
But now worthy of your hate due to my educational affiliation. Saw a lot of that unfortunately.
I don't hate any of you. I just subscribe to Aaron Sorkin's premise of smart and dumb.You often get back what you put out in the universe. Stop blaming others and start looking in the mirror.
OSC---- you have something in your nose........I don't hate any of you. I just subscribe to Aaron Sorkin's premise of smart and dumb.
I don't hate any of you. I just subscribe to Aaron Sorkin's premise of smart and dumb.
Surround yourself with people who disagree with you? Whats wrong with that? Aside from a few who cant behave I think most of us enjoy a lively argument.Case in point. Notice how hypocritical your response is?
You should remind your friends of that conversation.So last night I'm out on the town and bump into an aggy I've known for some time. As aggys go, he's a pretty reasonable guy, but he was hanging out with some of his old frat buddies who were obviously voted captains on the superdueshe team.
So chin wagging starts and I throw out the subject of kyler Murray and how badly aggy wanted him during recruiting season and how their entire fan base crowed, cat called and mocked Texas fans when he signed with aggy. Judging by their reaction you'd have thought I'd just given each of their mothers a dirty Sanchez. Infuriated they were. One of them went so far as to say "we only recruited him to keep him from going to tu." I shut that "tu" sh!t down right after that...... and they moved on to say such things as:
"He was never a REAL aggy"
"Spav basically cut his head off because Spav wanted allen"
"We all knew he was too small to play at this level"
"He should really have just concentrated on baseball"
"His dad is a cancer"
"We never really wanted him"
Wtf? Are these people THAT diluted?
My comment was "so now that he's a bust, he's persona non grata, and you guys bash him? What happens when he kills it at ou?"
The response I get is "well the big 12 plays no D so he should excel at ou."
These people are clinically insane.
This guy is fvcking nails.You should remind your friends of that conversation.
Nice. I have 2 brother-n-laws that are babies (aggies) and that pretty well describes them..!!You ever have a long-term relationship that you broke off and she didn't want to break it off but you still did it?
It's part of the healing cycle. you know the 7 stages of grief.
1. desperate for Answers - Why is Kyler leaving, maybe if we post nice things he will read them and stay.
2. Denial - Everything is okay, he is just upset, he will see that aggsy's love him and stay.
3. Bargaining - Kyler, if you stay I'll let you jizz in my jar with me.
4. Relapse - Coach Sumlin had a talk and he is taking some time off, he will be back next week.
5. Anger - He was never a real aggsy, his father is a cancer, He will never be any good.
6. Initial Acceptance - Now that he is gone we can concentrate on the guys that want to be here. Besides there was no way he could have beaten out (some unknown juco QB) we signed as an insurance policy. He is so much better.
7. Redirected Hope - We have Tate, he will win two Heisman trophies and three National titles.
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Can you go back to the trailer house you climbed out of? I think the Meth is burningHerman didn't flip Rising...Spencer Rattler did.
Rising got chili in his neck when he witnessed first hand the talent on the field at OU's spring game and he knew that Mordecai and Rattler were going to be in the mix. It's no coincidence that he decommitted right after our spring game. He knew he had a better chance to play at Texas.