Briles doesn't run the defense any longer similar to Kubes. Baylor has Rice, Kansas State and Iowa State coming up. Hopefully, we'll take care of business and go into Kyle Field at 5-0. @ A&M and @ OSU look like losses on paper but you never know. I think we can handle Missouri at home and @ Kansas the weeks after. OU will be a loss. We finish the season at home against Tech and Texas. We should beat Tech and the Texas game will be competitive. I don't see 6, 7 losses as you proclaimed as long as RG III is suited up and ready.
You don't know what's going to happen. RG III has refined his passing game. Kendall Wright is a beast. It's in Waco. It'll be competitive as long as our QB is healthy.
What do you call competitive? Did you watch the UCLA game? It just seems unlikely to me. I'll watch it though. Wait, is it on the LHN?
What worries me is Baylor's pedigree from last year. Their 6 D-1 wins came against some pretty horrid teams with a combined record of 26-47. I see them dropping a game to either ISU or KSU, and definite losses against Texas, A&M, Oklahoma State, Missouri and Oklahoma. Tech is a toss-up, and may be the deciding factor on whether you make a bowl game or not. I think KU is a win, and Rice should be but they're not a pushover. RG3 is nice, but just like Kolb for us, he doesn't play defense or cover kicks.
http://m.espn.go.com/wireless/story?storyId=7005596&wjb Wow .. Dan Beebe gets to continue sitting on the NCAA Selection Committee for the NCAA Tourney for the next 3 years. I guess A&M and OU are going to get bad seeds and bad draws for the next 3 years. OK so A&M will because we all know OU won't deserve to be in the tourney anyway.
Great spin. You should work in politics. Piece specifically is looking at non-conference games in years the Aggies had questionable outlooks. Having a better slate of conference games in SEC will help, along with them actually staying somewhat relevant in the college. Not even talking about being Top 10 every year. Even being simply ranked every year, and those attendence numbers will go up.
I was actually at that game at least a 2 hour delay due to weather... i remember we had to exit due to lightening.
Mizzou didn't say they were committed to anything. They said they had discussed it and would continue to "work at those goals", but the only talk that things were decided came out of Norman, Oklahoma. Most of the insiders at Mizzou say they're more convinced than ever, after the press conference last night and talking to MU officials afterward, that they might go. I'm skeptical, but it's definitely a possibility - no commitment has been made.
Its sports. Attendance fluctuates. Go look at TAMU's attendance historically. Its near the top of the nation. 1 pic from 1 game? Get out of here. 10 pics from 10 games? STILL, get outta here. I mean seriously, do you really think TAMU's attendance is generally poor? What about when attendance is "poor" -- how many seats are filled? 55,000?
i don't know about your family from BU...but there's no one on this message board from BU that I'm aware of who would disagree with what you're saying, generally. it's why i kept saying over and over, the release is all BU had left. that's why they and the others that did held on to their rights. i disagree with the UH comment, but that's arguing hypotheticals.
Here is another article that disproves that ATM doesn't need to win to fill up their stadiums. http://www.chron.com/sports/college/article/Blowouts-set-A-M-back-lower-attendance-1591647.php The point I've always made is that ATM will have even harder time winning in the SEC which will lead to lower attendance and worse recruiting. There are exceptions to the rule like Boise and TCU. If they hit the jack point in talent evaluation and Sherman just kills it coaching, they could possibly win in the SEC. Don't think for second that joining the SEC is about winning football games or even the quality of the opponents. This move was about money and sticking a middle finger at Texas.
That was exactly my point. If you win, attendance will be good. If you lose attendance will be poor. Only Nebraska is immune to that. The average aggie doesn't want to go pay to see Alabama/Florida/LSU/Aubun curb stomp them on a regular basis.
http://texas.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1269385 A source close to the situation told Orangebloods.com that Texas will agree to "grant rights" on Tier 1 and Tier 2 television agreements involving the Big 12 for the next six years. The Longhorns are ready to make tier 1 and tier 2 concessions that haven't previously been in play. This is a major concession for Texas, which has opposed the granting of rights on Tier 1 and Tier 2 television agreements since the inception of the Big 12 16 years ago. This shows how serious Texas is about keeping the Big 12 together, the source said. The granting of rights means that the Big 12 owns the rights to televise the majority of Texas football and basketball games over the next six years. Texas would retain its rights at the Tier 3 level, where the Longhorn network operates. Industry sources have said the reason the Big 12 has been vulnerable to breaking up in the past is because without the granting of rights, every school is essentially a free agent. But when a school turns over its rights to a conference the way the nine remaining schools in the Big 12 have verbally agreed to do, that conference controls a school's television rights at the Tier 1 and Tier 2 level, even if a school was to leave the Big 12. In other words, if Texas joined the Pac-12 or any other conference over the next six years, the Big 12 would still control the rights to air Texas games, even in the other conference. My take: This is the show of solidarity that the rest of the conference was waiting for to ensure an iron-clad commitment to hold the conference together. In the past, schools have agreed to certain forms of revenue sharing at the Tier 1 and Tier 2 level but have never turned over their rights to the conference. This should ensure the Big 12 is here to stay, for at least six years.
self-interest. everyone acted in self-interest and there's no one in place to look out for the "good of the game." A&M did it...UT did it...OU did it...BU and the rest did it. all about self-interest.
Oh, the Ags will love this: http://blog.chron.com/sportsjustice...-willing-to-put-his-money-where-his-mouth-is/ Drayton says the Aggies aren’t going to the SEC, and he’s willing to put his money where his mouth is OK, I’m just going to lay out what I know to be the truth: 1. Drayton McLane told David Barron that Texas A&M wouldn’t be going to the SEC. 2. When David expressed skepticism, Drayton offered to bet a Whataburger on it. 3. When David expressed more skepticism, Drayton upped the bet to two Whataburgers. I’d normally dismiss such silly talk, but Drayton doesn’t throw money around. If he’s willing to put a fin on something, he must have a reason to believe it. I can think of only two scenarios in which this could happen. 1. Chuck Neinas has such a good relationship with the Aggies that he convinces them to take a second look at the Big 12. 2. Baylor declines to waive its threat to sue, and the SEC doesn’t invite the Aggies. Again, I’m as skeptical as you are about this. But since this whole thing began weeks ago, Baylor has been lobbying hard to keep the Aggies in the Big 12. Could those conversations finally have gotten somewhere? I know why the Aggies believe they have to go. First, they can’t trust Texas, and since it’s unlikely that hurdle can be crossed, the other issues don’t matter. Second, the Longhorn Network creates an uneven playing field. Third, the Southeastern Conference offers a permanent landing spot. Unlike every other member of the Big 12, the Aggies will know where they going to be for the next hundred years. They’ve been invited to join the best football conference in the country, and Aggies are excited about visiting Knoxville, Tuscaloosa, Oxford, etc. The Longhorn Network may be something Texas can sell to recruits, but the Aggies will have something unique to offer as well. On the other hand, they’d be giving up something. That is, the rivalries with Baylor, Texas and Texas Tech. And it’s true that nothing has been the same—or as good—since the Southwest Conference broke up. Sixteen years ago, the Aggies played conference games against Rice, Houston, Baylor, Texas, SMU, TCU and Texas Tech. Now that conference made sense. It was full of meaningful rivalries, and the schools were close enough together that fans could attend all their favorite team’s games. No matter how things shake out, this new arrangement is not better. It’s not better for A&M. It’s not better for Texas. Texas could make it a bit better by inviting TCU, SMU and Houston back into the conference, but that’s not happening. The Longhorns are going to make a run at BYU and come with some silly talk about TV footprints and all that stuff. To repeat: Someone put Boise on national TV once, and it was such a good show that someone else put Boise on. Pretty soon, Boise was a national brand. That’s how it would be with SMU and Houston. They have really good coaches and really exciting teams, and if fans around the country watch them play once, they’ll want to watch them again. But Texas will not be raising a finger to give those programs credibility, so there’s no use fretting about. And it’s that kind of power and influence and arrogance that has prompted Texas A&M to leave. Other schools surely would like to leave, but for a variety of reasons they can’t. I’d be sold on A&M leaving if Drayton hadn’t put those Whataburgers on it. I know how careful he is with his money. But I sure want to be there when he pays off the bet. I’ll bet there are tears shed. I’ll bet David doesn’t have the guts to ask for an order of fries.
Oh noes! Carnival Barker bet two WHAT-A-BURGERs that A&M isnt leaving. What are we going to do?! We're doomed!!!
