Hatin t.u. is a Lifestyle
Ah, college football. How I’ve missed you. With the start of the season just around the corner, it’s only fitting that I offer a few quick thoughts that nobody is really interested in reading. Where are you Second Negative football fans?
I’d spend some time telling you that college football is the best sport in all the world, but you already know that. And I’d go on and on about the sights and sounds of the season, and how fall is the best time of the year, but you’d only agree with me. So, I’ll skip to the part about the Aggies.
Texas A&M had a rough start in the new millennium, but things appear to be pointed in the right direction as Coach Fran enters his 3rd season as head coach. File this under stuff you didn’t know, but Kyle Field is the largest football stadium in the state of Texas, and was named the #1 college football stadium in the nation. Crap on that Bevo. And, unlike some schools (with the worst “fans” in the nation), Aggies don’t boo their players when the going gets rough.
I’m adrift in a sea of t.u. face painters. Also known as jock sniffers. I’m not sure where these guys were in the early 90’s when A&M was mopping the floor with the shorthorns, but a massive superiority complex doesn’t require a good memory. And everything IS bigger in Texas. The university in Austin is a great school, but I’d be ashamed to call myself a “fan” of the football team. These guys make Philadelphia Eagles fans look friendly and accommodating. Order your Tuck Fexas shirts now.
This is an actual conversation I had at work this week with three tea-sips of the usual loudmouth variety. See if you can follow the logic.
Them: The Aggies only won all those games in the 90’s because they had a coach that cheated.
Me: What? You mean Jackie Sherrill? Yeah, he definitely bypassed a few NCAA rules, but he left after the 1988 season. Show me a program that hasn’t been in trouble for something. Besides, R.C. Slocum was the coach during the 90’s when they were the 5th winningest program in college football, and he ran a clean program.
Them: Yeah, but it’s not the 90’s anymore.
Me: What does that have to do with what you originally said?
Them: Haha…CHEATERS!!!
