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Gigem

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Re: For those who think recruiting doesn't matter or 5* aren't
« Reply #42 on: December 06, 2022, 07:19:24 PM »
Yeah, I won’t argue that I abhor the whole horns down when we’re not playing UT. I was hoping that with the separation that it would wane some.  I am always about being Pro-A&M, and not anti-UT. I think a lot of them do it for the camera, like they’re just trying to be over the top. Can’t say that I have paid that much attention when I’m at games, but I don’t really recall people just giving a horns down all the time. I’ve seen other teams do it, like OU, when they’re not playing UT. 
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Re: For those who think recruiting doesn't matter or 5* aren't
« Reply #43 on: December 06, 2022, 07:22:32 PM »
Vandy fans do it a lot...
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Gigem

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Re: For those who think recruiting doesn't matter or 5* aren't
« Reply #44 on: December 06, 2022, 07:35:49 PM »
The hullabaloo about trash talking at a yell practice is really puzzling to me. Every yell practice Ive ever been too is the same sophomoric jokes about the other school. I didn’t fully watch this video but I think they said that App state is a bunch of hillbillies and rednecks and such. I’m sure there was a reference about Rock the Good Ag. It’s the same old recycled crap, mostly harmless. 

If you really want to dig up trash talking I’m pretty sure Dan Campbell, current Lions HC, said a bunch of homophobic crap about UT at Bonfire in 1998. Very non-PC, even in the day. 

There have been a lot of traditions that have come out of A&M over the years, so I take the good with the not so good. It’s disputed, but legend has it the name Bevo was born from A&M branding the steer with the score 13-0. 
13-0 got rebranded to BEVO. Or it was a beer in Austin.  Take your pic. 

We saw off the horns, because it’s in the fight song. Yes, it’s over the top, but it’s been that way a long time. UT, coincidentally, mentions A&M in their fight song.  

We invented the hand signals that were popularized in the SWC. Gig em was intended for TCU horned frogs, as is the thumbs up. Horns up etc were popularized along with the rest later. Bonfire was pretty awesome, until it wasn’t. That one still stings. 
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Re: For those who think recruiting doesn't matter or 5* aren't
« Reply #45 on: December 06, 2022, 08:13:01 PM »
Quote from: Gigem on December 06, 2022, 07:19:24 PM
Yeah, I won’t argue that I abhor the whole horns down when we’re not playing UT. I was hoping that with the separation that it would wane some.  I am always about being Pro-A&M, and not anti-UT. I think a lot of them do it for the camera, like they’re just trying to be over the top. Can’t say that I have paid that much attention when I’m at games, but I don’t really recall people just giving a horns down all the time. I’ve seen other teams do it, like OU, when they’re not playing UT.
WVU fans do it a little bit now. When we played them in 2018 David Sills scored a TD and threw a horns down sign at the crowd and got an unsportsmanlike.  It wasn’t some overt display either.  Just something he did for a second and boom, flag.  Then later in the game  Grier scored the GW 2 point conversion, went through the corner of the end zone, and gave em the horns down out of bounds.  Another flag.  That one could have been big because there were still 16 seconds left and it was enforced on the KO.

Ever since then it isn’t unusual to see WVU fans give a horns down on camera even we aren’t playing Texas.
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Re: For those who think recruiting doesn't matter or 5* aren't
« Reply #46 on: December 06, 2022, 08:23:18 PM »
It's a complement to a program if every fan base tries to dis it with some symbol.

I've seen some Dawg fans and players do the Gator thing when the Dawgs score, but only in a game against UF.

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Re: For those who think recruiting doesn't matter or 5* aren't
« Reply #47 on: December 07, 2022, 07:31:48 AM »
Yeah, such a compliment that they went crying to the Big 12 in order to get a special rule just for them. 
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Cincydawg

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Re: For those who think recruiting doesn't matter or 5* aren't
« Reply #48 on: December 07, 2022, 07:34:01 AM »
I think everyone here basically agrees with the importance of recruiting, and that some exceptions exist, and that coaching is also critical.  A team is not likely to win an NC without elite recruiting/players, and at least competent coaching.

I admire the coaches who seem able to do a lot with not much, Wisconsin comes to mind usually, TCU this year, Cincinnati of late, and find the reverse of this also happens.
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Re: For those who think recruiting doesn't matter or 5* aren't
« Reply #49 on: December 07, 2022, 07:43:13 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on December 07, 2022, 07:34:01 AM
I think everyone here basically agrees with the importance of recruiting, and that some exceptions exist, and that coaching is also critical.  A team is not likely to win an NC without elite recruiting/players, and at least competent coaching.

I admire the coaches who seem able to do a lot with not much, Wisconsin comes to mind usually, TCU this year, Cincinnati of late, and find the reverse of this also happens.
yup. 'crootin' matters. the REAL difference in 'crootin where it matters isn't even the skill talent imo- it's the lines of scrimmage. Bama used to have to freaks on the DL and OL every season without fail. They just are not the same up front anymore on either side of the ball. Ohio State was beating Michigan's ass in under Meyer when they had ALIENS on the DL like Chase Young, Nick Bosa, and Joey Bosa. OSU doesn't have dudes like that anymore. UGA has become like the new Bama with the monsters they have been pumping out on OL/DL last few years. Jalen Carter is a freak show. No team in this playoff have a guy like him inside. Mazi Smith for Michigan is really damn good- but Carter is like Mazi Smith on 'roids- he's just a notch above- got another gear Mazi ain't got. Kind of like last year when no one in the playoff could deal with Jordan Davis. Saw him first hand just destroy Michigan's interior OL over and over again. They looked like high schoolers playing against him.
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Re: For those who think recruiting doesn't matter or 5* aren't
« Reply #50 on: December 07, 2022, 10:18:11 AM »
Quote from: utee94 on December 06, 2022, 07:02:52 PM
We got so many good lookin' girls in this state, there's plenty to go around.

But don't move here.

Thank You For Your Support

We already live in Texas, doofus.  
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utee94

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Re: For those who think recruiting doesn't matter or 5* aren't
« Reply #51 on: December 07, 2022, 11:11:43 AM »
Quote from: MikeDeTiger on December 07, 2022, 10:18:11 AM
We already live in Texas, doofus. 
That was for everyone else.  You married into the state so you're allowed.
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Re: For those who think recruiting doesn't matter or 5* aren't
« Reply #52 on: December 07, 2022, 11:16:46 AM »
Did I ever mention what I'd do if I owned Hell and Texas?
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Re: For those who think recruiting doesn't matter or 5* aren't
« Reply #53 on: December 07, 2022, 11:18:01 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on December 07, 2022, 11:16:46 AM
Did I ever mention what I'd do if I owned Hell and Texas?
Yup.  You'd eat cinnamon flavored spaghetti sauce with beans and chopped onions on top.
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Re: For those who think recruiting doesn't matter or 5* aren't
« Reply #54 on: December 07, 2022, 11:22:19 AM »
Does Michael Dell know you're on line
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Re: For those who think recruiting doesn't matter or 5* aren't
« Reply #55 on: December 07, 2022, 11:28:54 AM »
Probably.  He knows everything.
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