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Message: [QUOTE="texacuse, post: 3930061, member: 3478"] In my last reply, I took the time to shed some light on why the Texas A&M football program would be more well regarded as a collegiate football power in today’s landscape versus your desire to classify a definition of a ‘blue blood’. Rather than devolve into a subject of how ut got caught cooking the financial books who along with OU being the catalyst of why A&M left the putrid shadow of the Longhorns and that Texas A&M had the capacity and desire to go against generations of Texas football tradition in order to show itself more than capable to compete outside the political and onerous football shadow in Austin, TX, I lift up the University of Nebraska as another example of an institution who revolTed against the strong arming of ut and thus left the Big12 to seek an allegedly more level or favorable playing field for itself. Unfortunately for them, without the state of Texas recruiting pipeline to augment itself, Nebraska has slowly reverted itself to a middle of the pack institution at best despite its potential inclusion as an historical blue blood institution as well. Exhibited in this example over the last 20 years, as well as the within the other arguments I submitted for your earlier purview, it may be easier to classify who is a blue blood of football glory past, rather than identify who may be more of a football power of today. Also, just as it has become exceedingly difficult for the Orangemen to attain or even maintain its former lofty perch as a ‘rook’ in collegiate football circles, in my effort to find some common ground with you, it would impossible to extricate the culture and immensely deep and talented football recruiting hotbed of Texas and thus say that A&M is nothing short of a very good football prospect for many ‘blue blood’ type of recruits and its prospects. The future does not appear to be dimming anytime soon. The SEC was salivating at the prospect of A&M joining its conference and the relationship was and is surely mutually beneficial. Saying that Texas A&M did not even want OU or ut to be in the SEC would be correct in the same way that Syracuse would not want Conecticut or Rutgers to be in the ACC, except that again the ut fraudsters were doing the equivalent of holding the annual BIG EAST tourney at the Garden with all of the conference members and trying to keep most or all of the revenues for itself while letting every other school fight for its own survival over the leftover scraps. If Syracuse were already in a football league with Penn State today, would Syracuse agree to such a financial disparity? While the ACC has been acknowledged on this forum as having offered the Longhorns the ND football conference hybrid membership, the Aggies had the financial and political clout to stare down the ut financial malfeasance and tell the alleged ‘blue blood’ to go pound sand much like Jake Crouthamel may have done to Joe Paterno when Penn State tried to corner the market on the fiefdom of Eastern football. Texas A&M acted out what happened with ut in much the same manner as I witnessed back in the 1970’s with our beloved SU during its formational BigEast conference heyday. Perhaps this may be a reason why I may be able to identify The Who is who from the perspective of both of our regions more easily. I would raise the level of discourse to include that the reasons for Texas A&M‘s rise to collegiate football relevance and power is a challenge to the more renowned hierarchy of some others football glory past. This may also acknowledge that it may be perceived as a threat to the pecking order just like the need for ND to join a football conference in full one day because the order of things change from generation to generation and this merits a more careful look at our perceived biases in this examination. In likewise measure, the dynamics of collegiate football power relevance are constantly evolving and in no way would I say that either UM Miami, or UM Ann Arbor have as bright or powerful a future as the fertile, populous and fervent football hotbed of Texas and Texas A&M inclusively. If you lived down here you might surely see that the lifeblood of all of Texas state football interests cannot be simply extrapolated without realizing that this rising tide lifts all of the boats down here and is the reason why so much football DNA reverberates throughout Texas and the south. ESPN knows this, the SEC knows this and whether you wish to acknowledge a different status today, next year or next decade, time is on the side of the foundational, cultural and economically fertile ground of Texas A&M and that its inclusion into the discussion of thought of its place in the football hierarchy is very bright from whatever perch you would like to start them out at. It is kind of like when I used to root for Roy’s Runts back in the day and the national press in 1975 told Coach Danforth that there was no way that that little old SU could possibly compete with the vaunted 4 corners offense of the mighty Dean Smith and Phil Ford led North Carolina Tarheels and yet Roy had the wherewithal and cunning, snickering confidence to glowingly retort that UNC would have to be ahead in order for their plan to work. All these years later, inclusive of our Eastern Regional conquest in 1975, as a native Syracusan, I would never take a back seat to any other alleged basketball blue blood. I defended JAB as the visionary and workaholic behind SU basketball even while much of the fan base groused at his existence as our coach and clamored for his removal when it seemed convenient in their eyes to do so. Again, the parallels of the SU perspective of then and the A&M situation of now paint some significant similarities…even down to the fertile hoops recruiting grounds of NYC, PHL etc. helping to elevate SU like Texas football cannot help but rise the fortunes of Texas A&M immeasurably. Lastly, since it has become a significant point of your discussion to deemphasize the 4-4 conference record of Texas A&M over the last several years, I will post the most recent full season of collegiate football records of Michigan and Texas A&M which would be 2019 and see if this 4-4 record may be more of a sign of irrelevance of mediocrity or a sign of something else. [TABLE] [TR] [TH]G[/TH] [TH]Date[/TH] [TH]Time[/TH] [TH]Day[/TH] [TH]School[/TH] [TH][/TH] [TH]Opponent[/TH] [TH]Conf[/TH] [TH][/TH] [TH]Pts[/TH] [TH]Opp[/TH] [TH]W[/TH] [TH]L[/TH] [TH]Streak[/TH] [TH]Notes[/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TH]1[/TH] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2019-08-31-michigan.html']Aug 31, 2019[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Sat[/TD] [TD](7) [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/michigan/2019.html']Michigan[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/middle-tennessee-state/2019.html']Middle Tennessee State[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/cusa/2019.html']CUSA[/URL][/TD] [TD]W[/TD] [TD]40[/TD] [TD]21[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]W 1[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]2[/TH] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2019-09-07-michigan.html']Sep 7, 2019[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Sat[/TD] [TD](7) [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/michigan/2019.html']Michigan[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/army/2019.html']Army[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/independent/2019.html']Ind[/URL][/TD] [TD]W[/TD] [TD]24[/TD] [TD]21[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]W 2[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]3[/TH] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2019-09-21-wisconsin.html']Sep 21, 2019[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Sat[/TD] [TD](11) [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/michigan/2019.html']Michigan[/URL][/TD] [TD]@[/TD] [TD](13) [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/wisconsin/2019.html']Wisconsin[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/big-ten/2019.html']Big Ten[/URL][/TD] [TD]L[/TD] [TD]14[/TD] [TD]35[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]L 1[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]4[/TH] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2019-09-28-michigan.html']Sep 28, 2019[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Sat[/TD] [TD](20) [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/michigan/2019.html']Michigan[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/rutgers/2019.html']Rutgers[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/big-ten/2019.html']Big Ten[/URL][/TD] [TD]W[/TD] [TD]52[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]W 1[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]5[/TH] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2019-10-05-michigan.html']Oct 5, 2019[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Sat[/TD] [TD](19) [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/michigan/2019.html']Michigan[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD](14) [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/iowa/2019.html']Iowa[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/big-ten/2019.html']Big Ten[/URL][/TD] [TD]W[/TD] [TD]10[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]W 2[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]6[/TH] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2019-10-12-illinois.html']Oct 12, 2019[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Sat[/TD] [TD](16) [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/michigan/2019.html']Michigan[/URL][/TD] [TD]@[/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/illinois/2019.html']Illinois[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/big-ten/2019.html']Big Ten[/URL][/TD] [TD]W[/TD] [TD]42[/TD] [TD]25[/TD] [TD]5[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]W 3[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]7[/TH] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2019-10-19-penn-state.html']Oct 19, 2019[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Sat[/TD] [TD](16) [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/michigan/2019.html']Michigan[/URL][/TD] [TD]@[/TD] [TD](7) [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/penn-state/2019.html']Penn State[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/big-ten/2019.html']Big Ten[/URL][/TD] [TD]L[/TD] [TD]21[/TD] [TD]28[/TD] [TD]5[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]L 1[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]8[/TH] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2019-10-26-michigan.html']Oct 26, 2019[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Sat[/TD] [TD](19) [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/michigan/2019.html']Michigan[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD](8) [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/notre-dame/2019.html']Notre Dame[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/independent/2019.html']Ind[/URL][/TD] [TD]W[/TD] [TD]45[/TD] [TD]14[/TD] [TD]6[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]W 1[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]9[/TH] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2019-11-02-maryland.html']Nov 2, 2019[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Sat[/TD] [TD](14) [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/michigan/2019.html']Michigan[/URL][/TD] [TD]@[/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/maryland/2019.html']Maryland[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/big-ten/2019.html']Big Ten[/URL][/TD] [TD]W[/TD] [TD]38[/TD] [TD]7[/TD] [TD]7[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]W 2[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]10[/TH] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2019-11-16-michigan.html']Nov 16, 2019[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Sat[/TD] [TD](14) [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/michigan/2019.html']Michigan[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/michigan-state/2019.html']Michigan State[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/big-ten/2019.html']Big Ten[/URL][/TD] [TD]W[/TD] [TD]44[/TD] [TD]10[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]W 3[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]11[/TH] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2019-11-23-indiana.html']Nov 23, 2019[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Sat[/TD] [TD](12) [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/michigan/2019.html']Michigan[/URL][/TD] [TD]@[/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/indiana/2019.html']Indiana[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/big-ten/2019.html']Big Ten[/URL][/TD] [TD]W[/TD] [TD]39[/TD] [TD]14[/TD] [TD]9[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]W 4[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]12[/TH] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2019-11-30-michigan.html']Nov 30, 2019[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Sat[/TD] [TD](10) [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/michigan/2019.html']Michigan[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD](2) [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/ohio-state/2019.html']Ohio State[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/big-ten/2019.html']Big Ten[/URL][/TD] [TD]L[/TD] [TD]27[/TD] [TD]56[/TD] [TD]9[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]L 1[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]13[/TH] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2020-01-01-alabama.html']Jan 1, 2020[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Wed[/TD] [TD](17) [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/michigan/2019.html']Michigan[/URL][/TD] [TD]N[/TD] [TD](9) [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/alabama/2019.html']Alabama[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/sec/2019.html']SEC[/URL][/TD] [TD]L[/TD] [TD]16[/TD] [TD]35[/TD] [TD]9[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]L 2[/TD] [TD]Citrus Bowl[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE] [TR] [TH]G[/TH] [TH]Date[/TH] [TH]Time[/TH] [TH]Day[/TH] [TH]School[/TH] [TH][/TH] [TH]Opponent[/TH] [TH]Conf[/TH] [TH][/TH] [TH]Pts[/TH] [TH]Opp[/TH] [TH]W[/TH] [TH]L[/TH] [TH]Streak[/TH] [TH]Notes[/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TH]1[/TH] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2019-08-29-texas-am.html']Aug 29, 2019[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Thu[/TD] [TD](12) [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/texas-am/2019.html']Texas A&M[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/texas-state/2019.html']Texas State[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/sun-belt/2019.html']Sun Belt[/URL][/TD] [TD]W[/TD] [TD]41[/TD] [TD]7[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]W 1[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]2[/TH] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2019-09-07-clemson.html']Sep 7, 2019[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Sat[/TD] [TD](12) [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/texas-am/2019.html']Texas A&M[/URL][/TD] [TD]@[/TD] [TD](1) [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/clemson/2019.html']Clemson[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/acc/2019.html']ACC[/URL][/TD] [TD]L[/TD] [TD]10[/TD] [TD]24[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]L 1[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]3[/TH] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2019-09-14-texas-am.html']Sep 14, 2019[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Sat[/TD] [TD](16) [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/texas-am/2019.html']Texas A&M[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Lamar[/TD] [TD]Non-Major[/TD] [TD]W[/TD] [TD]62[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]W 1[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]4[/TH] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2019-09-21-texas-am.html']Sep 21, 2019[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Sat[/TD] [TD](17) [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/texas-am/2019.html']Texas A&M[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD](8) [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/auburn/2019.html']Auburn[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/sec/2019.html']SEC[/URL][/TD] [TD]L[/TD] [TD]20[/TD] [TD]28[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]L 1[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]5[/TH] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2019-09-28-arkansas.html']Sep 28, 2019[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Sat[/TD] [TD](23) [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/texas-am/2019.html']Texas A&M[/URL][/TD] [TD]N[/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/arkansas/2019.html']Arkansas[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/sec/2019.html']SEC[/URL][/TD] [TD]W[/TD] [TD]31[/TD] [TD]27[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]W 1[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]6[/TH] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2019-10-12-texas-am.html']Oct 12, 2019[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Sat[/TD] [TD](24) [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/texas-am/2019.html']Texas A&M[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD](1) [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/alabama/2019.html']Alabama[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/sec/2019.html']SEC[/URL][/TD] [TD]L[/TD] [TD]28[/TD] [TD]47[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]L 1[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]7[/TH] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2019-10-19-mississippi.html']Oct 19, 2019[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Sat[/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/texas-am/2019.html']Texas A&M[/URL][/TD] [TD]@[/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/mississippi/2019.html']Ole Miss[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/sec/2019.html']SEC[/URL][/TD] [TD]W[/TD] [TD]24[/TD] [TD]17[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]W 1[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]8[/TH] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2019-10-26-texas-am.html']Oct 26, 2019[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Sat[/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/texas-am/2019.html']Texas A&M[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/mississippi-state/2019.html']Mississippi State[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/sec/2019.html']SEC[/URL][/TD] [TD]W[/TD] [TD]49[/TD] [TD]30[/TD] [TD]5[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]W 2[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]9[/TH] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2019-11-02-texas-am.html']Nov 2, 2019[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Sat[/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/texas-am/2019.html']Texas A&M[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/texas-san-antonio/2019.html']UTSA[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/cusa/2019.html']CUSA[/URL][/TD] [TD]W[/TD] [TD]45[/TD] [TD]14[/TD] [TD]6[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]W 3[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]10[/TH] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2019-11-16-texas-am.html']Nov 16, 2019[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Sat[/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/texas-am/2019.html']Texas A&M[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/south-carolina/2019.html']South Carolina[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/sec/2019.html']SEC[/URL][/TD] [TD]W[/TD] [TD]30[/TD] [TD]6[/TD] [TD]7[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]W 4[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]11[/TH] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2019-11-23-georgia.html']Nov 23, 2019[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Sat[/TD] [TD](24) [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/texas-am/2019.html']Texas A&M[/URL][/TD] [TD]@[/TD] [TD](4) [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/georgia/2019.html']Georgia[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/sec/2019.html']SEC[/URL][/TD] [TD]L[/TD] [TD]13[/TD] [TD]19[/TD] [TD]7[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]L 1[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]12[/TH] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2019-11-30-louisiana-state.html']Nov 30, 2019[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Sat[/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/texas-am/2019.html']Texas A&M[/URL][/TD] [TD]@[/TD] [TD](1) [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/louisiana-state/2019.html']LSU[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/sec/2019.html']SEC[/URL][/TD] [TD]L[/TD] [TD]7[/TD] [TD]50[/TD] [TD]7[/TD] [TD]5[/TD] [TD]L 2[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]13[/TH] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2019-12-27-texas-am.html']Dec 27, 2019[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Fri[/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/texas-am/2019.html']Texas A&M[/URL][/TD] [TD]N[/TD] [TD](25) [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/oklahoma-state/2019.html']Oklahoma State[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/big-12/2019.html']Big 12[/URL][/TD] [TD]W[/TD] [TD]24[/TD] [TD]21[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]5[/TD] [TD]W 1[/TD] [TD]Texas Bowl[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Rather than devolving into the strength of which school may have the stronger schedule, I will baically let this season speak for itself. The discussion of whether UM Ann Arbor is definitely a better football program is surely debatable and may not be the foregone conclusion made out to be. We all know that UM Miami is not the ACC Coastal flagship that even the ACC conference had hoped it would be to date. Lastly, in a modicum of respect to tu, it is a well known practice here in Texas that any university of Texas antagonist will refer to its instructions disparagingly as ‘tu’ instead of the ’U of T’. Since I have a son who graduated from law school at this university some time ago, I have begrudgingly kept the lower case acronym but turned the initials back around from time to time. Perhaps now I will go back to little ‘tu’ in much the same way that as a Syracusan, I do not wish to acknowledge or care for Hoyas, Huskies or now Dukies.. Lol. There is probably no need for me to debate this topic any longer, after all we are on the same team right? I am only speaking or texting from the peculiar perspective of having lived in both locales for decades rather than just as a mere armchair quarterback critiquing from afar with little to offer. My intention is only to augment the chat not effectuate a personal agenda. And reasonable minds may agree to differ, life is too short! LOL :) [/QUOTE]

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