Just my opinion here, they have a strange culture; but as a whole they are good people. They are not anything like UT. I don't recall ever having any kind of beef between Aggie and Husker, though I am sure such incidents exist.
Oh my gosh, yes. I once heard A&M called "The anti-Stanford". A great school, yes, but with traditions and a culture completely and absolutely opposed to everything that a Stanford or Berkeley might stand for.
It's a big deal politically. And around here politics=funding.
http://www.statesman.com/opinion/money-talks-in-college-sports-its-telling-ut-742552.html
From the posted article - I see this statement which seems like people talking out of both sides of their mouths:
If the remaining parties wish to stay together, then DO SO! WTH!! I'm so confused as to why one or two schools leaving is the ultimate downfall of 10 others, especially when I see statements like that... all the while, courting other conferences.
Well guys, I really appreciate your words in this regard. Honestly, I don't think folks down this way had any more regard for the Big 12 than did a lot of folks up your way. Many of us (like me) are still mad about the breakup of the old SWC. And I've got to tell you it was because there wasn't really any respect or love for the Big 12 that Texas took the attitude that it was simply going to get all it could out of it and to heck with everyone and everything else. Frankly, I really enjoyed playing you guys for a hundred reasons, but anyone else outside of OU, well, I couldn't give a hoot about. Don't get me wrong, I think Kansas, Missouri, etc., are all fine institutions in their own right but we had no history with them...no tradition...no nuthin'.
Well guys, I really appreciate your words in this regard. Honestly, I don't think folks down this way had any more regard for the Big 12 than did a lot of folks up your way. Many of us (like me) are still mad about the breakup of the old SWC. And I've got to tell you it was because there wasn't really any respect or love for the Big 12 that Texas took the attitude that it was simply going to get all it could out of it and to heck with everyone and everything else. Frankly, I really enjoyed playing you guys for a hundred reasons, but anyone else outside of OU, well, I couldn't give a hoot about. Don't get me wrong, I think Kansas, Missouri, etc., are all fine institutions in their own right but we had no history with them...no tradition...no nuthin'.
The apparent probability that A&M will bolt for the SEC has everyone down here more than a bit dumbfounded. As far as we can tell, they're really cutting off their nose to spite their face. And it's all because of Gene Stallings.
Unlike the tenuous associations we had with many Big 12 schools, there is 100 years of blood, both good and bad, between Texas and Texas A&M. We've fought together, laughed together and mourned together for more than a century. If they're willing to toss that away to go bet beat up in the SEC, then let 'em.
But God....this hurts.
Agreed there is no obvious answer.
