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Halftime at the Big-Ass-Telephone-Network-That-Used-To-Be-Known-As-Ma-Bell-In-Former-Happy-Days-Cotton Bowl and those Aggies are up by a single point. The Sooners are putting up more resistance than I thought they would and the Aggies' lead otta be more than one measly point at this stage of the game. That said, I think the sticks are falling in the right direction, but we shall see. It's been a really entertaining game so far.
The game is on Big Fox rather than ESPN and that causes me some small amount o' grief, in that ESPN is in HD on my satellite system and Big Fox is regular definition teevee. That makes for a diminished viewing experience plus there's also the minor irritant of Fox's graphics, which feature the adolescent droid-thing you see at left. I dunno exactly WHY that graphic pisses me off but it certainly DOES. Grow up, Fox... lose the gotdamned video game stuff, and get off my frickin' lawn while you're at it.
Update, 2050 hrs: Touchdown Kermie celebrates...
Aggies 34, OU 13. Oh, yeah. Fourth quarter comin' up.
Halftime at the Big-Ass-Telephone-Network-That-Used-To-Be-Known-As-Ma-Bell-In-Former-Happy-Days-Cotton Bowl and those Aggies are up by a single point. The Sooners are putting up more resistance than I thought they would and the Aggies' lead otta be more than one measly point at this stage of the game. That said, I think the sticks are falling in the right direction, but we shall see. It's been a really entertaining game so far.
Wow! I have no doubt that there is not any team in the nation that could have beaten the Aggies last night. They might possibly be the best team in Texas (including The Cowboys).
ReplyDeleteIt's stunning, really. This is a bunch that lost to LSU at home...and damn near got beat by LA Tech (Tech had their chances at the end) early in the season.
Wow. Those guys are good...
They ARE good. If they can fill the holes in their defensive line next year... look out, SEC. Hell, look out USA!
DeleteBy holes I mean graduating seniors and/or others who opt for the NFL draft. I'm sure ya knew what I meant.
DeleteI've got a feeling it's gonna be a long two or three years for us LSU homers in the SEC West.
ReplyDeleteAnd, as you noted...everybody else.
Damn...those guys are good!
Well, A&M sure made LSU look good...
ReplyDeleteI also think OU was overrated somewhat this year, btw, wasn't all that impressed w. the manner in which they gained a lot of their wins this season..
PS: Funny how the only two teams to beat A&M this year--and both at A&M--were LSU and Florida--and they both lost their bowl games while A&M won its. own...what are the odds of that do you think?
ReplyDeleteVirgil, I was not impressed at all when our beloved LSU Tigers went down to College Station, and came away with a win against A&M.
DeleteAnd, I was CERTAINLY not impressed when A&M came here to Shreveport, and almost lost to LA Tech (a good team...but not top level by any stretch).
But...that kid kept improving.
The whole damn bunch of 'em did. And, they're young. I would not worry one bit about "filling holes." After their performance in the last half of the season, recruiting will be no prob. If their corch has got sense God gave a goose, he's got a chance to build a dynasty. Seriously.
As to LSU & Flarda losing...well...my beloved Tigers just didn't seem to have the heart to win. I was stunned at the lack of luster. Not so much now...seems that about 72 Juniors plan to make themselves eligible for the NFL draft. Hell...you and I might have to suit up next season, just so we can field a team.
The Florida loss disappointed me, but really didn't surprise me. LSU played REALLY poorly against Florida...probably the worst performance of the season. And, it was A&M's first game with a Frosh QB, when they got their initiation in to the SEC in Gainesville.
These guys are good. Not just HeIsourMan...backs...receivers... As Buck noted, they need to build a little better D...but...Dayuuuuuum!
I loved the game. I love the Aggies and I hate OU. This was perfect. The Aggie coach has really turned this team around, and I hope they just keep getting better.
ReplyDeleteThe thing I find most interesting about the Aggies' turnaround is them joining the SEC, which is to say now there's an SEC team I can actually LIKE. ;-)
DeleteYour comment about the SEC leads me to point out that LSU opened the season at home for four straight years (62-65) with A&M (they were THAT bad) while I was there. The fit in the Western Div is therefore a natural as LSU also has a strong military tradition. We had mandatory ROTC in those days (1st 2 yrs) with a 5000 man cadet corps (Army & AFROTC) as well as the fact W.T.Sherman was the school's first President (or its precursor, La Military Institute) . One of Patton's WW II Generals, Troy H. Middleton (whose name appears on my diploma) was President when I was there and, of course we have a Memorial Tower dedicated to the WW I dead as well as Alex Box Baseball stadium named after a WW II grad (true) hero. Appropos of this history, LSU has long gone by the nickname of "The Old War Skul." My point in all of this is that it would be a no-brainer to commission some sort of fancy "Commanders ROTC Trophy" (a design competition could be had for further PR) to be awarded each year to the winner of the now annual game. Both schools have a military tradition none of the others in the conference have and it would be great national PR. and add luster to both the game and the schools themselves as well as est. a new layer of "tradition" as part of each school's lore.
DeletePS: During my time at LSU I lived in what are known as the "Pentagon Barracks"--Four pre-Civil War 3-story tile-roofed brick buildings arranged in the shape of a Pentagon with the street as the "fifth" base part of the "pentagon." All the scholarship athletes besides the Football & Basketball teams (who lived in the new Athletic Dorm where we "minor-sport" athletes also took our meals as well) were assigned there mixed with the student population. (The Baseball & Track teams alternated years living in the Ath Dorm in the Spring) They were also unique in that they were not built like standard dorms, but had five separate entrances & stove-piped vert. stairs which opened upon a landing w. two rooms on each side and a shared multi-stall shower/bath in between.. We had 12-foot ceilings--and needed them!--as we were one of the few dorms w.o. AC in those days. But they were wonderful places to live, spartan tho they were by today's coddled standards. All we had was a wooden single drawer desk apiece, upon which sat a giant five level bookshelf. Period. Our beds were military barracks-cot size and we each had a wooden built-in "locker" with space on top for luggage, hanging space, 5 open shelves on one side and a large, deep drawer at bottom. The room, of course, was painted standard institutional insane-asylum green. This was also in the days before micro-wave, ATMs, credit cards, PCs, the internet, etc. We DID, however, have a wall phone! (HI-tech all the way! lol) Oh, and there was a small brick bldg in the center of the courtyard with a small-grill manned in the evenings for sandwiches, etc., (later replaced by all vending machines my JR year) Heaven!! It was almost like West Point in both look and feel..
I like the idea of an ROTC trophy.
DeleteI could have used a 12-foot ceiling when I was at Keesler in '63... living in a non-air conditioned barracks with two of my very best friends. Without a microwave. But there WAS a snack bar about three blocks away.