Texas A&M

[Bball Girl]

Good article in the BCS Eagle
Time for Ag Women to be Super (http://www.aggiesports.com/stories/020106/cessna_20060201002a.php)

snippets

He's been agonizingly close to that landmark victory, including three times this season. A&M lost at Tech in the final minute for the second straight season. The Aggies also led Baylor at halftime, and 13th-ranked Oklahoma needed a second-half spurt Saturday to disappoint the second-largest women's crowd in A&M history.

"I thought we were really ready to do it this time," Blair said. "We've got to find a way to get the job done .... When you look at the NCAA selection committee, they want to know why you can't beat teams in the Big 12 South."

The Aggies are capable of a breakthrough season, even though they're already 0-3 against the South's Big Four.

A&M can beat Baylor. The defending national champion Lady Bears were pummeled by Louisiana State on Monday, 88-57. A&M will host the Lady Bears on Feb. 15 before what should be a rowdy record crowd because of $1 tickets, $1 drinks and $1 hot dogs.

Sweeping unranked Texas is also a possibility, though A&M has lost 47 of 57 games to Texas, which makes a season sweep a tough assumption.

Sunday is A&M's best chance to beat one of the South's Big Four. Texas Tech (9-9, 4-3) is hurting, and that, along with an improving A&M team, might be enough to give the Aggies a breakthrough victory over the Red Raiders, who have beaten A&M 52 times in 61 meetings.

"It's going to be our biggest week of the year even though we only have one game," Blair said. "This is a must game. Oklahoma was not a must game."

[AggiesBall]

This is a big time statement game for Texas A&M. We are trying to climb the mountain and join these other outstanding programs as among the elite in our conference. If we win this weekend we certainly should not be considered an elite team, but it will be a huge step in a long process of getting there.

It should be a great ballgame.

[Bball Girl]

Another article in the SA paper

Basketball: Blair's A&M revival comes with charm, strategy (http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/stories/MYSA012806.1C.BKWaggies.blair.21edfc5c.html)

fter buying tacos at a Tex-Mex restaurant, Blair left a bundle of tickets at the counter, called a radio station and announced where to pick up the free tickets — "just tell 'em Coach Blair sent you."
On Wednesday night as the A&M men hosted Kansas, Blair stood in the arena's walkway with a pair of ticket managers, selling tickets to today's game.

"This place, I really believe it can be a Mecca," said Blair, gesturing around Reed Arena, the Aggies' expansive home. "What we've got to do is get people to invest in us, make them come to games and not worry about if the weather is pretty or who we're playing."
"Every program has to start over and rebuild," said forward Morenike Atunrase, last season's Big 12 freshman of the year. "They look for those players to put names in the record books, and when I came here, I wanted to be one of those players."

Last year, A&M finished 16-15 but ended a nine-year postseason drought with a run to the third round of the Women's National Invitation Tournament.

Aside from Blair's charisma in the community, he has instilled in the Aggies a discipline and desire to win that, players said, was missing before his arrival.

Senior Tamea Scales, who played one year under Gillom, has personally witnessed the evolution, both in the locker room and in the community.

As Blair's philosophy has taken hold, the Aggies have started winning and people are noticing — professors and students on campus are asking questions about games and celebrating victories with players.

"This," Scales said, "isn't normal. In the four years I've been here, I have never had anyone ever say anything to me before about basketball.

"It's exciting. We're building something, and it's special to know I was a part of that."

[Icecream_Ag]

Its just sad what Blair is doing, and we still cant get students to the games. Its improving, we can no longer count the number of students on one hand, but still horrible. Most write it off as 'womens basketball has to be boring' other just dont care about athletics. One thing I've noticed though, is that the ones that actually do come, even the strongest of the 'womens basketball sucks' crowd, come back for more. Problem is they dont bring anyone with them when they come. I hope theres a good crowd on Sunday, but having to fight the Superbowl is like asking a 3 year old to knock out Mike Tyson in the first 5 seconds.

[swok34]

Keep winning and it'll change, I promise....

It has taken OU some time to get "consistent" numbers. A few years back there might be 1200 for one game and 8000 for another. Now it seems we typically get about 6000 every game and it will still jump for a couple of games.

[Bball Girl]

I don't think it's sad....Blair knows that the coach is the face of the team, people support "people" not a program and they give money to "people" and not a program.

Most of our coaches have gone out and sold their program. Sheri and Kim come most recently to mind. Both took over slumping programs and both have gone out and sold those programs in their own style, but their personalities have a lot of do with the *face* of Sooner or Lady Bear basketball. Blair's the ultimate salesguy...he's always selling the Aggies, during the coaches teleconference, when you talk to him in person as a fan from an opposing team, etc.

He knows that the Aggie and BCS fan based is intensely loyal to A&M. If he ever gets that loyalty directed to the women, he'll have the kind of support that Tech enjoys. Like you said, once they get in the door, they see these women can play ball and they come back.

[JohnHenry]

Aggy gets behind a winner pretty quick. Their soccer team enjoys tremendous support (for women's soccer in this conference). Key to fan support in any Aggie sport: BEATING TEXAS.

Gary has got to be smelling blood right about now;he knows they can beat us this season. You can bet your sweet Reveille that he's got 2/22 circled with a big maroon magic marker. As usual, they'll get their biggest crowd for that one, and a victory that day will be like a Saturn V rocket for his program, both in terms of student/fan support and - perhaps more importantly - and in-state recruiting.

The South could have 5 top 25 teams alone next season, and I doubt Budke will be far behind. It's gonna get pretty brutal down here (as though it isn't already... :( )

[AggiesBall]

that's one of the more rude posts i've read on this board - beating the horns is certainly a key to success at A&M, just as beating one's rival is at any program

we may see our largest crowd for that game, and we may not - last year men's basketball attendance posted five crowds that were larger than what we had for the texas game. granted, we destroyed the horns in that game which was something that boosted support, but we were also blown out by that same texas team in austin, crowds did not seem to drop off then.

baseball is a classic example, last year we failed to make the conference tournament, but we led the conference in average attendance

Kyle Field's largest crowds were not for games against texas

the problem for women's basketball attendance is not that we havent beaten texas, its that College Station is not yet a basketball community. coach blair is doing everything he can to get us to that point, and he will. the culture is changing, but change takes time.

thank you again for showing the Big 12 that, when it comes to measuring absurdly inflated self aggrandizing ego, the horns will always rank at the top

[BearLady]

AggiesBall, I doubt that the post from the horns fan you referred to was any type of slap meant toward anyone nor reliance upon inflated ego. JH is one of the more knowledgeable fans on this board, and he shoots a straight line. He's more than quick to give credit where credit is due, regardless of which color jersey the team wears. I take his comments purely as a compliment to Coach Blair and the A&M program. JH's wit readily shines through in his unique style of writing. As I've said before on these boards, I'd pay money to be able to read a column that he wrote in the newpaper every day.

Seems that a 'Horns and Aggie rivalry is pretty much a given, regardless of the sport.

Just a suggestion, but think it's worthwhile to give it a little more time before concluding that certain remarks were meant as a slap.

[35TangoTango]

AggiesBall, as a neutral party, I've got to disagree with your assessment. I would not characterize JH's post as rude - more like "bluntly accurate". If you want rude, you should read what he's written about his longhorns lately. ;)

If you're trying to tell us that beating Texas in any sport is not special in College Station, you've got a lot of convincing to do ("Goodby to Texas University, Farewell to the Orange and the White; Here come the good ole Texas Aggies, They are the boys with the real old fight").

Playing Texas will draw fans that don't normally come to WBB games - it happens in Norman, too!! :D

[BearLady]

soonerman, thanks for sharing those selected lyrics from the Aggies War Hymn. After all these years, I never knew what those opening words were. And to think that our high school band played the Aggies War Hymn with high regularity! :) (but no one sang)

[AggiesBall]

you have got to be kidding me...

Aggy - pejorative term

"As usual, they'll get their biggest crowd for that one" - implying Aggies only come out in droves to watch texas - this is an assertion that is completely untrue

"gets behind a winner pretty quick" - implying we dont support teams that arent doing well - also an assertion that is completely untrue

the poster makes great points regarding the impact of a win over texas this year for Coach Blair and our program, but it is clear that the poster goes out of their way to slap A&M while making those points

all that is fine, it isnt like Aggies arent used horns taking shots at us, and vice versa, but dont pretend that post isnt lesionary

[AggiesBall]

i never said that beating texas isnt special in college station, or that a game against texas does not draw interest

as i stated in my original post beating your rival is important in any program

you can quote lyrics all day long (even though you cant seem to quote them correctly), it does not mean that beating texas is axiomatic to A&M fan support

"texas fight, texas fight, and its good-bye to A&M"

[35TangoTango]

soonerman, thanks for sharing those selected lyrics from the Aggies War Hymn. After all these years, I never knew what those opening words were. And to think that our high school band played the Aggies War Hymn with high regularity! :) (but no one sang)

Well, here's the whole thing, as I learned it from an A&M graduate long ago when I was at Arkansas (in the Southwest Conference in the '60s).

Goodby to Texas University, Farewell to the Orange and the White (the white)
Here come the good ole Texas Aggies, They are the boys with the real old fight, The
"Eyes of Texas are Upon You", that is the song they sing so well (sounds like hell!)
So, goodby to Texas University, we're going to beat you all to
Chick-a-chick-a-rup, Chick-a-chick-a-rup; Rough stuff, Tuff stuff, Texas A and M!

:TAMU: :TAMU: :TAMU:

[AggiesBall]

Hullabaloo, Caneck! Caneck!
Hullabaloo, Caneck! Caneck!

All hail to dear old Texas A&M,
Rally around Maroon and White,
Good luck to the dear old Texas Aggies,
They are the boys who show the fight.
That good old Aggie spirit thrills us.
And makes us yell and yell and yell; --
So let's fight for dear old Texas A&M,
We're goin' to beat you all to --
Chig-gar-roo-gar-rem!
Chig-gar-roo-gar-rem!
Rough! Tough!
Real stuff! Texas A&M!

Good-bye to Texas University.
So long to the Orange and White.
Good luck to the dear old Texas Aggies,
They are the boys who show
the real old fight.
The eyes of Texas are upon you.
That is the song they sing so well,
So, good-bye to Texas University,
We're goin' to beat you all to --
Chig-gar-roo-gar-rem!
Chig-gar-roo-gar-rem!
Rough! Tough!
Real stuff! Texas A&M!

Saw Varsity's Horns Off (normally follows War Hymn)

Saw Varsity's Horns Off!
Saw Varsity's Horns Off!
Saw Varsity's Horns Off!
Short!

Varsity's Horns are Sawed Off!
Varsity's Horns are Sawed Off!
Varsity's Horns are Sawed Off!
Short!

***

This is the Aggie War Hymn, traditionally we have only sung the second verse because it relates back to a time when we were an all male military academy with little chance to field competitive teams though from time to time we did - in those days, our whole season revolved around beating the horns, i despise texas, and i would rather beat them than anyone else, but those games no longer make or break our season

[Bball Girl]

Quoting the man himself about the Tech/A&M Game

"It's going to be our biggest week of the year even though we only have one game," Blair said. "This is a must game. Oklahoma was not a must game."

It's a must win for Tech as well....should be a terrific game.

[AggiesBall]

perfect example of what i am talking about - thank you for that post

[Aggieland]

I agree with you Aggiesball. The smugness coming from that post is extremely annoying. I like reading this site because I thought it was a place to get away from the "name calling" and have real discussions about basketball.

Referring to Aggies as Aggy is something that Longhorn fans do to annoy Aggies. Unfortunately, he felt the need to bring that attitude over here. When posting on here, I am not going to refer to Tech as tceh, tech turds, or tards, nor will I refer to the Longhorns as sips. Please have the decency to call the Aggies by their name and not try and take shots at A&M (as weak as it might have been). :TAMU:

[dem]

Hmm. Well, we definitely have some A&M fans here, which we certainly did not have a while back. That's one sure mark of progress.

[BEAR SKIN]

That's one sure mark of progress.

Maybe.

While this site may be known for conviviality and decorum; rivalries have been clearly demonstrated, and there is no need for exceptionally thin skinned individuals to carp about trivial language in the expression of opinions.

[dem]

Here are the top three regular-season home crowds for Texas A&M over the past six years:

1999-2000
Texas Tech 2544
Texas 2342
Oklahoma 1865

2000-2001
Texas-San Antonio 3611
Texas 3106
Oklahoma 1688

2001-2002
Southeastern Louisiana 4029
Texas 2626
Oklahoma 2253

2002-2003
Texas 2473
Texas Tech 1872
Kansas 1841

2003-2004
Baylor 5565
Texas 4336
Texas Tech 3282

2004-2005
Baylor 4383
Texas Tech 3749
Texas 3708

[YemenBear]

Let me assure you Aggies that John Henry isn't one to insult other teams. He's witty, knowledgeable, and a good all-around guy. Difficult to see how you can take offense to his post.

I know there's no love lost between TAMU and UT (notice I don't use the traditional "tu" which Aggies insist upon using).

The three-way battles between Texas, Baylor, and Texas Tech are growing it a four-way rivalry for Lone Star bragging rights. I'm expecting TAMU to knock off one of these teams, perhaps even two, in College Station this year.

Glad to have Aggie posters on this board. Please note most of those coming to our Texas brothers defense aren't even Longhorns. That should tell you something about good ole JH.

[amc04]

First of all, I don't think beating the Horns is the key to any sport for most of the "newer generation" of Aggies. A lot of the older guys wouldn't mind beating Texas and losing every other game we play but times have changed a bit. Expectations are much higher for all of our sports. Of course it never hurts to beat the hell outta tu.

Secondly, to my fellow Ags, I realize this board is much more cordial than hornfans or Texags, but come on. It's freakin' game week. The guys are in Austin tomorrow and the ladies on Wednesday. Let the sip get all his jabs in now cause he won't have much to talk about next week. ;)

BTHO tu! http://planetaggie.www.50megs.com/images/PICnohorns.gif

[35TangoTango]

So "Aggy" is a per... whatever. I didn't know that. I haven't used it, and now I won't. But that's OK - when I was new on this board, I once referred to the "Techies". You should have seen the response!! :eek:

I think you gentle people from A&M are being a little thin skinned here. The Steel Drivin' Man's post was not that much different than a lot of his other posts. He frequently resorts to simile and colorful description (I think he's trying to rise to Chipper's standards). And, on the whole (once you got past the word that set you off), the tenor of his post was more complimentary to A&M than not - basically saying that his horms better watch out, because this is a an opportunity for them to get their butts whipped! And the attendance figures and Coach Blair's own statements tend to reinforce what he said.

We all try to be polite on this board, but we are not required to tiptoe and whisper!!! This isn't the library! :rolleyes:

[carolann]

Welcome to the board A&M fans.

Believe it. We KNOW Blair is building something in College Station. I'm not ashamed to admit that I've enjoyed going to College Station, getting great seats, and being with a bunch of Longhorn fans. I expect those days to end soon. (Not so many years ago, Texas fans could go to games at Baylor and outnumber the Baylor fans. Those days have sure ended) :UT:

[walkaway]

Oh, for the love of Pete. Literally.

Beating Texas "marked" the Lady Raiders in '91. Nobody took Tech seriously until they beat UT. Was it fair? No -- they'd had better seasons. Was it accurate? No. They'd played way better ball. But they'd never beaten Texas.

So to some fans, they weren't really serious. In the old SWC, and now in the Big 12 South, the "r-ee-ess-p-ee-cee-tee" comes from being able to laydown a wallopin' on the Longhorns (regardless of the sport). Why? Maybe it goes back to all those Darrell Royal New Year's football games, I dunno. But in sports UT has been *the* power since sometime before World War Twice, and they walk it -- not just talk it -- more years than not even now. (Which is why that bumper sticker "Beat the Rush, Hate Texas EARLY" sells so well...) Swimming, soccer, baseball, for all I know competitive washer-pitching; I grew up wanting to go to Sul Ross just so my school would never have to take a whuppin' off UT (well, that and Sul Ross's campus being so cool, and UT's being all choked in the middle of big-city Austin, not to mention the $$$$). That didn't work out and I ended up at Tech, and ... well, Bubba Jennings' team taking the 1985 SWC men's hoops crowns was a sweet sweet thing, OK?

Beating Texas -- or, as the article suggests, sweeping UT -- will "mark" Blair's TAMU women as the rising threat they are. I'd think it'd be more fun to know that it's a "mark" of the rest of the world finally catching on (as Tech fans know) than look at it as a slap at TAMU. Atunrase is going to take those girls places if she stays healthy.

So, respect the team and the players. JohnHenry's not slapping at A&M.

And his post wasn't anything like as rude as your reply, AggiesBall.

[elfdenmom]

I still love you John Henry, :D

[sybarite]

Well. There is an argument on the board that doesn't involve OU. I don't know whether to be pleased or offended. I think that everyone should be pleased that they are considered a worthy foe, or at least a strong irritant.

I cheer for Slippery Rock every week, and I don't even know where Slippery Rock, PA is. The PA announcer used to give their scores every Saturday, and they weren't any threat to OU. Texas, on the other hand, has been known to beat OU at football at times, which results in an intense desire to burn down the city of Austin, which might also help my pocketbook by getting the legislature out of town. Nebraska was an intense foe in the old Big Eight for that very reason.

OU did not have a history of playing the Aggies until the Big Twelve came around. I've seen enough of the Aggie's women's basketball team to be fairly certain that I will probably hate and despise everything about Aggieville very soon. I am already studing the Tech and Longhorn attitudes towards A&M in an attempt to learn to hate the Aggies in the appropriate manner.

[walkaway]

there's no particularly appropriate manner ;) ... any way you want to will do just fine.

But I will say this: Blair is a hard guy to hate. He's doing some great things in College Station. He's personable, outgoing, hardworking, and obviously onto something good where women's college hoops are concerned.

[AggiesBall]

being called rude by a Raider Fan...that's a great achievement ;)

i look forward to additional spirited discussions

[walkaway]

Well, I call that a right gentlemanly statement.

Matter of fact, it's an exceptionally classy statement.

Thank you for making it.

With the exception of against the Lady Raiders, I wish you and your team(s) win-outs this year.

[brolewis]

(Not so many years ago, Texas fans could go to games at Baylor and outnumber the Baylor fans. Those days have sure ended)I remember those days all too well. I remember my freshman year going to the Baylor-UT game and I think about 10-15% of those in attendance were Baylor fans, the rest were Longhorns. Nothing against the Longhorns, but I'm glad those days are over!

[Aggieland]

Let me just reiterate my point that I was disappointed that he had to refer to A&M in the derogatory term of Aggy. I thought all the posters on this site were more mature than that. I am sure some people may have objected to him saying the offensive word for gay people that rhymes with Ags that many people from the University of Texas like to refer to Aggies as. This is about as offensive and annoying as that to Aggies. Obviously, most of you from other schools don't care or see a problem with it because you aren't Aggies and don't have to deal with it. I was just hoping people could be respectful on this site. I am not thin skinned about all this because I am well trained with dealing with Longhorns, as I have my law degree from UT and was subjected to a great deal of "sibling rivalry" during that time. Also where I grew up it was about half Aggie fans and half Longhorn fans and my aunts, uncles, cousins, etc are about half Aggie fans and half Longhorn fans.

Anyways, this has completely gotten off track. Ultimately, I am more concerned with getting into the NCAAs than beating Texas. I think we have a decent chance of making the tournament, but we need to pull out this game on Sunday against Texas Tech.

And good luck to Baylor, I am a big fan of your program! Except for when you are playing A&M, of course. :p

[carolann]

I wasn't going to get into the dispute because I didn't make the comments and figured JohnHenry could take care of himself but...

Bottom line first - If the A&M fans tell us that a word we used to describe their school or team is not acceptable to them, we shouldn't use it.

Aggie fans, I'm glad to see you come on the board and state your point of view. That's much better than just writing us all off.

I generally try to use a school's accepted way of referring to its team, mascot, etc. but I didn't know there was anything particularly offensive about the word JohnHenry used. I once started a long thread on this board about a word that I consider derogatory but I learned that many on this board had no sense of the word being derogatory and little or no knowledge of the history of the word. That was an interesting learning experience for me. I still don't use "the word" because it has negative connotations to me but I try not to take offense when I see the term used unless the context suggests that an insult was intended. All I'm trying to say is that if people use negative terms, let them know but also consider they might not have meant to insult you.

[swok34]

And I don't know about the other Hoopscoopers, but after realizing that Carolann found that "word" derogatory...
I try not to use it as well.

[JohnHenry]

Well, goodness gracious. Here they come. As I'd hoped - but also as i'd feared...
Referring to Aggies as Aggy is something that Longhorn fans do to annoy Aggies
And obviously it worked. :p

Look, folks - if you can't take a little poke from me (and that was a very gentle one in my book), then you're gonna have a hard time enjoying this board.

Yes, this is a generally respectful place, and as such we take jabs like that in stride and poke back...it's a waste of your time to get uppity and offended by something that harmless. This board is proof that rivalries can be fun and don't have to involve nastiness or hurt feelings. Hey, it's a BBS, for crissakes. We're just typing here, not sitting down for a Victorian tea.

Personally, i've always thought of the term "Aggy" as referring to the collective - a plural form, if you will. If you take it too mean something perjorative, well - that's your problem, not mine.

I also use terms like 'cornshuckers', 'okies', 'red-and-black sweater people', 'fightin' Baptists', etc. Damn near every other school in this conference has their favorite vernacular term for The University and it's teams and coaches, and i've never begrudged them the use of it when they feel the urge. Hell, i've mocked Sooners several times and I can't remember swok (my favorite Okie) ever getting bent by it. On the contrary - she usually gives as good as she gets and from what I can tell enjoys every minute of it.

Hey, I live in Austin, I'm a 4th generation graduate of UT, and I consider it my birthright to take a jab at Aggies every once in awhile. I have many Aggie friends who feel likewise about us and I never allow myself to get offended by their mockery. On the contrary, I rather enjoy it and consider it a backhanded kind of respect. It runs both ways and doesn't have to be mean spirited. We're all adults here (I assume...).

And any honest Aggie would have to admit that beating ol' t.u. in a sport where we have traditionally dominated them is big news and generally portends an increase in casual fan interest (is there such a thing as a 'casual' Aggie fan? ;) ). That's a good thing. When the Texas soccer team finally beat A&M last year, there was even rejoicing on the football boards. And beating A&M is generally job #1 for any UT coach in any sport. We've run off more than a couple of football coaches for their failures in that department.

Besides, betraying an overly sensitive side here is more often seen as a sign of weakness, and you might get piled on - or worse, ignored. More than one poster has ridden onto this ranch on a high horse only to be dragged off by it soon thereafter.

I've been hoping that as A&M grows as a program that we would see more of their fans on this board as it makes us more comprehensive (and gives us a respite from the obsessive Baylor horde ;) ). It also gets us more inside first-person perspective on each program, which we all really appreciate because we love the game and this conference. A strong Aggy is good for the Big 12 and good for the board.

Please keep the reports and analysis coming and try not to get bent out of shape when you get pinged by a foam dart. I'd prefer it if you'd just shoot back, really. It's all about good bull... :p :TAMU:

[Gator]

(and gives us a respite from the obsessive Baylor horde ;)Bowing down to JH in thanks for using BU instead of OU for that particular foam dart. ;)

[BEAR SKIN]

As a long suffering Baylor fan, I'd like to advise everyone on this board that I find it very offensive when anyone uses any form of the word "lose" in connection with BU. In the future, kindly refrain from ever again claiming that my Bears have lost a game.

[JohnHenry]

Okey Doke.

How about "Baylor was horribly outscored in the 40 minutes they were alloted to get their butts in gear" ? ;)

[dem]

Ah, a creative writing challenge. Let's see.

"Baylor's players found themselves seriously challenged, from a point-scoring standpoint, relatively speaking, and by the time the final buzzer sounded this situation had apparently failed to resolve itself, as best as could be determined."

[Gator]

The Baylor bears hibernated ....

and in case "it" happens twice and you don't want to repeat yourself:

The mast harvest was disappointing for the bears ......

OK OK - really getting into the swing of things:

The ______ (dogs, tigers, whatever) growled louder and longer than the bears......

Unfortunately for the Cowgirls, cows don't fit in the above sentence and I see little hope that the bear growl will be dimmed this weekend.

[#1OUWBBFAN]

OU did not have a history of playing the Aggies until the Big Twelve came around. I've seen enough of the Aggie's women's basketball team to be fairly certain that I will probably hate and despise everything about Aggieville very soon. I am already studing the Tech and Longhorn attitudes towards A&M in an attempt to learn to hate the Aggies in the appropriate manner.

I love it. What a funny post. I am still laughing.

[BearLady]

John Henry and Gator

Applause all around! :D

And Bear Skin of course I love your style too! ;)

[walkaway]

..."Never got beat on the gridiron, but the clock did run out on him a time or two ..."

Yeah.

The Bears might have pulled off an OT win at the USA.
I'm real glad Alesha's bank shot stopped it happening.

O my lord, Colorado's been ahead of UT. I see TJ's wearing a bun today.

[Bball Girl]

O my lord, Colorado's been ahead of UT. I see TJ's wearing a bun today.


The lady with the bun is Erika.

[walkaway]

No, B-ball girl, trust me -- compared to the waist-length ponytail she had here Wednesday night, TJ's hair is in a bun for this. I don't know what Arriaran's hair's had done to it, but TJ definitely has hers "pulled up" for this. And the Lady Buffs look like an Amazon tribe by comparison with the :ut: ladies.

[Icecream_Ag]

John Henry, I know its been said, but I'll say it again. The Aggies that have made their way to this board come from other boards in which Aggy is about the dirtiest word in the English language. I try to avoid using those terms until I've noticed how other people take them, something I picked up from the other board. And dropping Aggy on us without knowing how we react to sarcasm, especially before we learned that you post sarcastically derogitory terms, is a quick way to get an earful. Now knowing that you use the term differently then 99% of your texas brethren, it wont be met with as much resistance. Most people already know of tu and sips from our end. Of course we already have everyone else in the Big XII South lined up with derogitory names as well. I'll try to avoid them, unless its just a general bash such and such university day. Then I'll have no problems. I would like to make one correction to your statement about our attendence. We only show up for big games (ie ranked or name opponents). For the last few years that has been texas in everything, so attendence has been up. And to use a sport that was brought up earlier we set an attendence record for soccer this year against SFA. Blew our previous mark outta the water, guess texas will have to play decent soccer for one more year so they can get back that record. ;)


Something one of my fellow Ags said was very true. College Station is not a basketball community. Its barely a football community anymore. Football is still king, however I've noticed people from Houston or Dallas are more likely to find a way to the game then people from CS. And as bad as the community is, the students are horrible. Take yesterdays game against tech for example. I heard more "Its the first week of tests" excuses, then "I'm not going, I dont want to miss the 180203405th replay of the Jerome Bettis story". We really need to take pictures of everyone that makes these types of games and give everyone a plaque or something for sacrificing the pregame of the superbowl.

[swok34]

Icecream Ag......

I hope that TAMU is able to turn a trend that is very prevalent throughout all of women's basketball:

it's rarely student's that you will find at your women's basketball games. For some reason the women's game appeals to a different audience.

[JohnHenry]

Icecream -

I think we're coming from two different mindsets here. You can call me sip and call my school t.u. all day long and into the dark night, for all I care. It's like water off a duck's back, and rather amuses me more than anything.

Nobody can make you feel inferior or insulted without your consent, and if one's definition of "derogatory" is replacing 'ie' with 'y', then perhaps one needs to broaden their exposure to language. In case I wasn't clear on this, I mean nothing ugly or mean by it. I am sorry if it bothers you or your fellow ags enough to hijack a thread about basketball. That's a shame. I don't come on this board to insult people I've never met, but I also don't care to spend bandwidth coddling those who can't take a harmless joke. What's important HERE is the game.

I like that there are more Aggies here now. I really do. I look forward to A&M becoming a women's basketball power, not only because I like your coach, but because it adds another layer to the rivalry and adds more competitiveness to the game we all love. I've always thought of A&M as a sleeping giant in this sport and knew it was only a matter of getting the right coach and administrative support before the Aggies woke up and started getting it done.

My comment about getting 'behind a winner pretty quick' was not meant as a swipe. I've long admired the faithful and durable support Aggies give to their teams and I knew that women's basketball could thrive there as well as any other sport once it got a little notoriety. As much as they are a 'football school' (and I use the term loosely ;) ), all it usually takes is a little publicity and a clarion call to get Aggies to show up. Hell, every time A&M's volleyball team visits Austin, Aggies fill nearly 1/4 of the seats.

I want to hear more about your team and the program. Please continue to grace us with your perspective and opinions on the stuff we're all eager to hear about.

And tell Gary to go easy on us Wednesday. ;)

[AggiesBall]

thank you for your post - it is great to be on this board, and to start to actually be a part of big time Big 12 women's basketball

as for going easy on y'all, i will have to answer with a respectful...hell no! ;)

[walkaway]

That's all right then -- just remember it cuts both ways, OK? :D

[Icecream_Ag]

JH-

as I said, the most common way we've heard Aggy is a derogitory term. And we havent been on the board long enough to get a good judge of how people post. I usually dont take much offense because the people that use Aggy most commonly went to ACC or Concordia instead of Texas. I'll spit out tu more often then not outta habit, but try to avoid sips unless refering to a rather stupid bunch of Longhorn fans or players.
I dont mind typical banter, much better to see Aggy then goat **cker, and will typically spit back just as quickly as its sent. Just how I've grown up, the quicker the tongue, the longer you survive.

Heres to womens basketball and friendly banter.