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[BTHOtu]

You can find the answer to OP's question on page 1. The rest can be found on almost any A&M or UT thread...

 

[starbigd]

Not any worse than our defense was last year...except for BYU.

I beg to differ, neither D was very good......but Texas set records for futility

A&M won what, 1 more game than Texas did last year? This is why I say I don't know how much better we'd have been. Chances are not much, but that wouldn't be on JFF.

 

[starbigd]

LOL You are making incremental progress toward intellectual honesty! While you are right that the recruiting details are wrong, the "substance" is not at all wrong; hence your admission that UT would have been a better team had Manziel been its QB!

Never been dishonest. I rate the shirt on its merits, not on what you think it implies. The shirt is wrong, and as such, is hilarious.

YOU are the one making a larger statement about which the shirt itself does not state or imply. I think you may want to rethink this whole "intellectual honest" thing you have here.

 

[TDs3nOut]

Never been dishonest. I rate the shirt on its merits, not on what you think it implies. The shirt is wrong, and as such, is hilarious.

YOU are the one making a larger statement about which the shirt itself does not state or imply. I think you may want to rethink this whole "intellectual honest" thing you have here.

The recruiting details are all "literally wrong". Haha!

Texas would have been better off had Manziel been its QB. Haha?

 

[starbigd]

The recruiting details are all "literally wrong". Haha!

Texas would have been better off had Manziel been its QB. Haha?

Like I said....the shirt is wrong - for that reason it is funny.

You are taking it a step further, which has nothing to do with the shirt, or the fact that it's wrong.

As I said earlier.....if you want to discuss JFF we can certainly do that.

 

[BTHOtu]

JFF may have had the most hype and highlights but he wasn't the whole team. I think the guys coming behind him are going to be pretty darn good. They are going to have a scary-good defense in about 2-3 years. Offense will continue to rack up yards and points.

I'm starting to enjoy the banter between Sumlin and Strong. Both sides are going to hype it up until the rivalry is at its most profitable and they will reschedule.

 

[starbigd]

JFF may have had the most hype and highlights but he wasn't the whole team. I think the guys coming behind him are going to be pretty darn good. They are going to have a scary-good defense in about 2-3 years. Offense will continue to rack up yards and points.

I'm starting to enjoy the banter between Sumlin and Strong. Both sides are going to hype it up until the rivalry is at its most profitable and they will reschedule.

I think the biggest issue with JFF was that they didn't let him hand the ball off enough. The Aggy backfield is RIDICULOUS - nothing but great RBs on that roster that don't get the ball enough.

I think we'll see that this year......more focus on running the ball.

 

[TDs3nOut]

You are taking it a step further, which has nothing to do with the shirt, or the fact that it's wrong.

.

LOL How many times in this thread have I tried to distinguish between "literal" and "substantive"? As I've repeatedly noted, the shirt is "literally" wrong about the recruiting details. Seems to me, however, that your admission that having Manziel as your QB the past two years would have made your team better is also an admission that the substantive point of the shirt has merit.

 

[TexasExes98]

I was in Vietnam. Served in the military from 66-68. Based on today's wealth, I would classify myself as lower upper class.

My grandfather served in WWII and used the GI bill to graduate from UT. I always laughed at that stupid nickname "Tea Sippers".....

 

[starbigd]

LOL How many times in this thread have I tried to distinguish between "literal" and "substantive"? As I've repeatedly noted, the shirt is "literally" wrong about the recruiting details. Seems to me, however, that your admission that having Manziel as your QB the past two years would have made your team better is also an admission that the substantive point of the shirt has merit.

That's pretty much a no brainer......assuming Mack would have put him on the field. You can't simply assume Mack would have let him play QB.

 

[occupant]

Grew up in Ohio, so I had to be a Buckeye fan and went to Ohio State. Moved to Texas, looked around, checked out all the teams. Got it down to AM and the Longhorns. Went to see AM in the 1988 Cotton Bowl. That was enough. Hook em horns.

I wouldn't pee my tea on you if you were on fire, Sir.

 

[ElTexan]

If anyone really cares, it actually dates back to when A&M was a military school and sending entire graduating classes off to fight in wars. Meanwhile Texas students sat back at home sipping their tea.

horse shit.

it's another dumb-ass Aggie thing like saying "t.u." and thinking that's clever.

This one's even worse: The "t-sip" thing comes from turning the "hook 'em horns" hand sign sideways, then saying it's like someone sipping a cup of tea with his pinky sticking out.

 

[BTHOtu]

UT was known as Texas University until the 60s

I've heard about the hand sideways thing before. Just like there are several stories for Gig 'Em.
It all goes back to when grandpa went to college. TAMC was more of a blue collar military academy and ag school hence "Poor Aggie" TU was where all the rich kids went, hence "tea sipper"

 

[charlie42s]

UT was known as Texas University until the 60s
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... only to fans of your school.
UT was originally(1876) known as "The University of Texas". Later the "at Austin" was added to avoid confusion.
https://www.utsystem.edu/about/history-ut-system
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN | The Handbook of Texas Online| Texas State Historical Association (TSHA)

"Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas" was originally established as a branch under The University of Texas, hence the college designation. That irked many in the college and their backers.
History of the University | Texas A&M University, College Station, TX A reader will note that their history has none between 1877 and 1959.

Under the leadership of President James Earl Rudder, in the 1960s A&M desegregated, became coeducational, and dropped the requirement for participation in the Corps of Cadets. To reflect the institution's expanded roles and academic offerings, the Texas Legislature renamed the school to Texas A&M University in 1963.

Poor Aggies has nothing to do with poverty. It was short for "Poor Aggies always losing when they think they can beat UT." They were very boastful before sporting events about how they were going to beat UT. Hell, they even hold "Yell practice" after events are over, even when they lose.

 

[ElTexan]

^exposed

 

[charlie42s]

For decades Aggies were best known in the state of Texas for Aggie jokes. Here's a real t-shirt joke.
Texas A&M SEC Shirt Mistake & The Aftermath | Saturday Down South
They added North Carolina to the SEC geographical footprint and omitted Missouri. The final lines of "but we aren't new to the game" is classic.

 

[Lance Armstrong]

T-sip is dumb, every real Texan loves sweet tea. aTm better stop thinking drinking sweet tea is an insult, they're a deep south team now and they love sweet tea in the deep south as much as UT grads.

 

[Lance Armstrong]

As for JFF, as you can see he didn't get too many big schools offering him. I wish he would've gone to UTSA personally
https://rivals.yahoo.com/texas/foot...nziel-89597;_ylt=AllpDlXPAIM9FBI2C3_Luh3rt5B4

 

[fordman84]

 

[tech_iceman]

while aggy was overseas killing Nazis en sech, Longhorns were sitting home sipping tea all day

in other words: aggy gonna aggy