December 20, 2018 · 6:42 AM

Horns down, MFers.

A Texas A&M fan kindly takes to the pages of Good Bull Hunting with some advice on how to approach the Sugar Bowl game with Texas.

College football rivalries, no matter how much the powers that be screw with them, are the best.

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26 responses to “Horns down, MFers.”

  1. S.A.W.B.
    December 20, 2018 at 6:55 AM

    What a marvelous takedown of a breakdown!

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  2. HahiraDawg
    December 20, 2018 at 7:08 AM

    Loved it! And agree, GATA.

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  3. sniffer
    December 20, 2018 at 7:35 AM

    Anyone else remember the ‘02 Sugar Bowl and how the FSU fans wanted no part of it and we were giddy to be relevant again? I half way expected this again, only reversed roles. Maybe not. I’ve only known two UT fans, ever, and I agree with this writer that they were deeply zealous fans. The Quarter should be interesting this year.

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  4. Dawg in Austin
    December 20, 2018 at 7:59 AM

    I was at a holiday party here last night and I can confirm that number 2 in this blog post is 100% accurate. It was basically half the conversation of the night. Got a love college football.

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  5. Spike
    December 20, 2018 at 8:17 AM

    Wow.. talk about clean old fashion hate.. that’s some there boys..

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  6. ilini84
    December 20, 2018 at 8:48 AM

    Welcome to GTP.
    “I’ve never seen a more bipolar fanbase. Whatever happens in this game, tu fans will knee jerk, I promise you that. No nuance. No sense of their surroundings. Just raw reaction to what’s in front of them and amnesia for all else. I really want that knee-jerk to be one that I enjoy.”

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  7. OhioDawg
    December 20, 2018 at 9:19 AM

    I like this approach to college football much more than all of the conference loyalty.

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  8. Rugbydawg79
    December 20, 2018 at 9:59 AM

    That was great

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  9. Russ
    December 20, 2018 at 10:16 AM

    Good thing these two teams don’t play anymore. I mean, it would probably hurt the playoffs.

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  10. siskey
    December 20, 2018 at 10:22 AM

    I have a great friend who I met while in the Marines that is a Texas fan. He is pretty rational as fans go and he has no ties to UT except for a rooting interest. Because we were stationed together in Okinawa and with the time difference you had to get up or stay up late Saturday night to watch the games on AFN. He and I were the only two who would do this every week. Other people would come and go if it were a big game but Leach and I would watch every game until noon or so Sunday and we would, of course, watch the UGA and UT games. Due to his dedication, I have always kept up with Texas and we usually talk every other week about how each teams season is going.
    We are both excited about the Sugar Bowl and while I think we will beat them pretty handily I am worried due to all the reasons that the Senator and others have set out regarding how into the game our team will be.
    I think that this is a pretty accurate takedown of Texas but there is a lot of “Georgia Tech” in the Aggie fanbase and the same things said about them could certainly be said about “Us” and every team except Alabama and maybe Ohio State.
    I hope we run all over them and Baker gets a pick-six to cap off a great career and an awesome season for this years team.

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    • Charlottedawg
      December 20, 2018 at 10:44 AM

      Beat me to it. Aggies are to UT what tech is to us. A weirdly obsessed little brother that stems largely from their own school’s lack of success, jealousy over the fact that big brother’s location is way cooler than theirs, and until recently regularly scheduled beatdowns in a “rivalry”. Also as a general rule Aggies are weird, especially their traditions such as yell leaders, class rings, etc. Hope we beat UT but A&M will always be….odd.

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      • Russ
        December 20, 2018 at 12:06 PM

        Yep. I used to sort of pull for the Aggies until I moved out here and could see the cult in action. They think they invented anything to do with school spirit or football. Strange crowd.

        And the Texas view was pretty accurate, though I’ll say that all the Texas games I’ve been to (4-5?) have been more like social gathering than football games. Apparently, the new AD has done some things to make it more like a football atmosphere.

        Anyhoo…I’m fired up to be playing them. Still trying to convince my Longhorn bride that we need to go.

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  11. stoopnagle
    December 20, 2018 at 10:27 AM

    Just, y’all, there’s no point to doing “horns down.” Just, don’t. Okies looks stupid doing it, Aggies look stupid doing it (granted, Aggies)… don’t feed T-sippers sense of superiority by co-opting their hand thingy. Let’s just Go Dawgs them to death.

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  12. Uglydawg.
    December 20, 2018 at 10:46 AM

    There is a legend that sometime in the 60s,(maybe earlier) the Texas mascot Bevo, was abducted, taken into the wilderness and barbecued by some Aggie frat boys. It’s a good story. That’s what cows are for. DOFH.

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    • Uglydawg.
      December 20, 2018 at 10:53 AM

      Just looked it up. It happened in the 20s, so I really missed the time frame..but that means the centennial will be coming up in a few years. Also, the Aggies once, after beating Texas, branded the score on Bevo’s hide. They also stole Baylor’s bear once.

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      • Russ
        December 20, 2018 at 12:08 PM

        BEVO comes from the Aggies branding the steer with 13-0, the score of the most recent game. Texas brought him back and changed it to BEVO.

        I hope Bevo and Uga are both at the game.

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        • Texas Dawg
          December 20, 2018 at 4:24 PM

          Look up what happened to the early BEVO.
          From Texasexes.org Bevo was actually served at the football banquet at the end of World War 1
          “Only a week later, amid rumors that the Aggies planned to kidnap the animal outright, the longhorn was removed to a ranch sixty miles west of Austin. Within two months, the United States entered World War I, and the University community turned its attention to the conflict in Europe. Out of sight and away from Austin, the branded steer was all but forgotten until the end of the war in November 1919. Since food and care for the animal was costing the University fifty cents a day, and because the steer wasn’t believed to be tame enough to roam the campus or remain in the football stadium, it was fattened up and became the barbecued main course for the January 1920 football banquet. The Aggies were invited to attend, served the side they had branded, and were presented with the hide, which still read “13 – 0.”

          I’m glad we don’t have any morbid things like that, that have befallen UGA.

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    • Texas Dawg
      December 20, 2018 at 4:27 PM

      He was not stolen by the Aggies and BBQ’d but severed by the Longhorns themselves (see below) at the football banquet.

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  13. PTC DAWG
    December 20, 2018 at 11:20 AM

    Texas and aTm should be playing, annually. .

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    • Macallanlover
      December 20, 2018 at 11:38 AM

      Amen, one of the biggest rivalry games that we have lost. I think the scope of the bowl and the opponent helps to insure our players “show up” on January 1, but feel it is the competitiveness for 2019 playing time that almost guarantees it. Only a very small group of players that are virtually guaranteed they will start next year. No way the others risk their status.

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    • Russ
      December 20, 2018 at 12:08 PM

      But what about the playoffs!???!?!?

      /s

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      • Russ
        December 20, 2018 at 12:10 PM

        Texas-Texas A&M, OU-Nebraska, Kansas-Missouri, and I’m sure there will be many more casualties once we all morph into 4 superconferences to support the 16 team playoff.
        #NFLLite

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