Just wondering what the thinking is here

We played only well enough to barely win, and they played well enough to prove that they can still whip our butts 80% of the time as the Historic record proves.
Clearly the coaches agree with the MSU premise, as their poll kept us ranked at #14 despite the Ag win.

Please say it ain’t so…

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Heading out there tomorrow to catch Sturgill on my birthday and I’m looking for a place to watch the game. Any good recs on Broadway, or is there a place the A&M Club meets?

What is worse than have a huge buyout and your team tanking?

No being able to buy them out at all and and having everyone know it!
They are not even being close to being able to even have a conversation about it.

Add into that what assistant would want to go there to help out knowing they are working for a coach that is a lame duck?

Was it our search that gave Norvell an extension? if so, Jimbo screwed them over a 2nd time - Gotta luv it!

Why a number of Aggies seem to want to always criticize a winning team. The MSU whining is the latest example. This is the SEC. Georgia beats MSU by 10, Kentucky by 1, loses to Alabama then beats the crap out of the sips. Alabama beats Georgia and the loses to Vanderbilt and Tennessee. Tennessee loses to Arkansas. We keep winning, even if only by one point, we’ll have a historically great year. BTHO the pussy cats.

Anybody got a recommendation for a hidden gem? I hate the thought of spending $500+ a night for a place to sleep.

Costs are up 38% over the trend line since it was fully implemented. Way to go Democrats.

Oh, 'Bamacare! Visualizing Forty Years Of Health Insurance Cost Inflation​

The Consumer Expenditure Survey (CEX) now covers forty years worth of data for how Americans households spend money.
That data includes how much the average "consumer unit" surveyed by the U.S. Census Bureau spends on health insurance, which like many other things in the economy, has seen significant cost inflation over the past four decades.
The following chart, via Political Calculations blog, shows how that cost has changed from 1984, the first year for the CEX, through 2023, the latest, whose data was just released last month.
As you'll see, over the past 40 years, there has been one major factor that has altered the trajectory for how much American households/consumer units pay on average for health insurance coverage.

Back in 1984, the first year for the CEX, American household consumer units paid an average of $370 for health insurance.
That figure grew steadily over the following years and by 2000, the average cost of health insurance for a U.S. household has risen to $980.
From 2000 through 2010, the average cost of health insurance grew faster, reaching $1,826 by 2010.
Had the 2000 through 2010 growth trend continued, we estimate the average amount American households would pay for health insurance in 2023 would be $2,927.
But it didn't, thanks to the passage of the Affordable Care Act, which was signed into law in 2010.
It was implemented over several years, going into full effect in 2014.
The claimed goal of the law, as suggested by its name, was to make health insurance more affordable for Americans.
In 2023, the average cost of health insurance paid by American households has more than doubled what it was in 2010.
At an average $4,049 per household, this expense is more than 38% higher than the trend that existed in the decade before the Affordable Care Act became law.
The chart also indicates the cost "curve" for health insurance has bent upward since 2021, which has inflated more quickly over the last few years following 2020's coronavirus pandemic.

Would love the opportunity to take my son. I am considering getting some online, but wanted to give my money to an Ag first if possible.

If anyone has 2-4 tickets would love to talk with you. Let’s go BTHO LSU this weekend!!

Eyrbody loves em some Zepplin. But what’s your number 1 band from that era?

Not your top 3 or your top 5. Automatic disqualification for more than one entry. Talkin bout NUMERO UNO!! Who’s your top jammers from the late 60’s, 70’s?

For straight “jammability” (possibly the greatest word I’ve ever created) imma have to go with the Revival of Creedance Clearwater. So many jams, such a perfect sound for the time, and the first band that comes to mind when someone mentions classic rock. Skynard, Zepplin, hell even Aerosmith fit back in the day. Who’s your numero uno classico….however you say rock in Spanish? Fvck you, my white shows out!!

This is not about his injury.

But Harold Perkins made a big deal about LSU paying him up front while A&M wanted to spread it out.

Jokes on LSU.

Perkins played like a diva that needed a team built around him.

They failed.

Now that he is out, and the LSU defense is cooking.

(Responding to Peter Burn's article elsewhere)

Worth a watch Matt is pretty funny.

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Either 6:30 or 6:45 central time. TV channel not chosen yet.

It starts Friday, when I was a kid the Yankees and Dodgers were must see TV, but they were in the same city. Some facts I actually got to witness growing up:
-Bobby Richardson still holds the Series RBI record with 12.
-Whitey Ford hold the World Series record for pitching 29 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings.
-Mickey Mantle hold the record for most HR’s with 18 and most strikeouts with 54. Might have the most curfew violations too.
Side note. In 1966 I was working for the Wiesbaden AFB gym (Germany) and Whitey Ford came over to do a clinic with a few other players. I got to play a half court basketball game with him on my team, he kept yelling at me to quit passing and shoot. I think he was a bit intimidating.

When did it happen? I remember getting pissed at Hill twice in the first half. Then someone mentioned Mayes came in the game at a certain point. Did Hill getting pulled improve or D?

And by interesting, I mean depressing.

You suck and should never have the ability to influence medicine
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We’re number 10! Beats 14.

Way to go fine Ag! You’re the man!

Jason Gay is the WSJ sports guy, this wasn’t his best effort but it’s relevant.

In college football, there is the right call, and the wrong call, and apparently, there is no need to be sportsmanlike about it anymore.

All you have to do is throw a fit and a few hundred water bottles—and eventually you’ll get your way.

What other conclusion can be reached from Saturday’s fiasco at the Texas-Georgia game, in which officials flagged the Longhorns for a critical pass interference penalty, only to reverse it minutes later, after grouchy Texas fans (many in the student section, The Daily Texan reported) rained a fusillade of single-use plastic bottles and other trash on to the gridiron?

What are we doing here, friends?

It’s hard not to see Texas Football’s Impromptu Recycling Night as another example of our cultural slide into Tantrum Nation, a depressingly self-interested society in which what matters most is who whines the loudest—and civility takes a back seat to classlessness.

“We’ve set a precedent,” Georgia coach Kirby Smart said later. “If you throw a bunch of stuff on the field and endanger athletes, you’ve got a chance to get your call reversed.”

Hard to argue with Visor Man Kirb there. What an embarrassment to Texas and the Southeastern Conference—not to mention an affront to the good, stainless steel folks of the reusable water bottle industry.

The SEC fined Texas $250,000, a pittance barely enough to buy a third-string punter. Texas released a meek statement: While we deeply appreciate the passion and loyalty of our fan base at the University of Texas at Austin, we do not condone the unsportsmanlike conduct that was exhibited by some individuals throwing objects onto the field during last night’s game…

While we deeply appreciate the passion and loyalty of our fan base…Who is Texas trying to placate here? People who threw water bottles and missed?

Now I know what you’re thinking: Jason, settle down, you old crab. The officials ultimately made the right call. That’s the bottom line.

To that I’ll say this: I am an old crab. And I agree it was a terrible call, really lousy, and might have meant something in a game that Texas wasn’t being thoroughly handled in. (As it turned out, the No. 1 Longhorns scored shortly after the interception, but still wound up being thumped 30-15, dropping to No. 5 in the rankings.)

But what was very obvious to anyone watching was that the bottle meltdown, uh, worked—the lengthy cleanup delay appeared to give the tormented officials breathing room to consult each other and flip a controversial call.

Doesn’t the water thrower think: Well, I did myjob? (I wonder: Is some enterprising student going to get a water bottle name, image, likeness deal?)

What message does this send for the future? Tantrums away? What happens in the upcoming 12-team playoff when mighty Indiana is playing undefeated Navy for the National Championship (don’t laugh; it could happen) and the Hoosiers don’t like a call on the field? Kroger bottle hailstorm?

If that is the bottom line, count me out

Players of the game/week: Trey Zuhn, Albert Regis, Cashius Howell, Jabre Barber, Scooby Williams, Solo DeShields (ST)





“Sometimes you don’t have your best stuff and you have to find a way to win, and we did.”


Talks about bad 2-minute drive at the end of the half and bad 4-minute drive at the end to the game (on offense).


“At critical moments, when we could have taken control of the game, we didn’t.”


Says they just didn’t finish on 3 of the last 4 drives.


Got soft on the running game early on, and then they fixed that. It was the first time they were bad in the red zone for the first time all year.


Says they’re starting to understand the special teams game better. They didn’t have to overcome any critical mistakes.


Says it’s a big week, with his son having a big playoff game in football, his wife and daughter going to Taylor Swift in New Orleans. Outside of that, not much.


Says LSU has taken huge strides forward on defense the last two weeks, that players have elevated their games once Perkins got hurt. Weeks has been as productive as a linebacker could be in his absence.


Says Weigman had some plays he wished he had back. The second INT was “late” and says that Weigman got out of whack on his progression on a couple other bad ones.


Terry Bussey “will be fine this week.”


Favorite Taylor Swift song? “I’m not going down that road.”


Nussmeier can make every throw, and is a testament is doing things the right way in that he’s waited his turn and learned well as a result.


Says Lacy is a dynamic receiver, but the WR group as a whole is extremely talented. “They have three other players, including a tight end, who can beat you if you don’t pay appropriate attention to them.”


Likes the 12 team playoff because it keeps more teams alive and increases the magnitude of later games, like A&M-LSU or Alabama-Mizzou.


On Bisontis: “Not yet”. They don’t know if he’ll go.


Says that the team needs to keep their confidence rooted in the process and what has gotten them to 6-1, not that they’re 6-1.


Says it’ll be funny to see the top 25 get “blown up” when the CFP rankings come out. “Who can say who’s any good? (With the portal)”


The real determination of who’s good doesn’t appear until week 8 or 9, making the top 25 irrelevant.


“We’re trying to expedite this process for ourselves. We’re in a really good spot… sometimes on the way up, you learn through failure. We’re trying to avoid that. We want to be the program that hits this when there’s an opportunity.”


Says Kelly is a really good coach that doesn’t seek attention. “He’s a really good coach, does a really good job getting the best out of his team.”


Like the Aggies, LSU is experiencing a natural progression.


Nic Scourton was sick all week and was cramping. Jayvon Thomas is ok, just had a lot of effects from wear and tear.


Says BJ Mayes is giving the D really good snaps at nickel.


Says Scourton and Stewart have the best matchup this weekend against LSU’s stud tackles. Elko told them “There’s $10 million on the table. Let’s see who gets it.”


“We trust Conner and he should trust himself. He’s very talented.” Says they’re not shying away from throwing the ball with him. There are things that he can do to protect the ball better and he’s working on them.

On field, fans throw 100's of bottles on the field and they get rewarded for that behavior.

Fvck em, eat chit and enjoy your L sips.