Posted on 06/23/2005 5:19:16 PM PDT by hispanarepublicana
Guns Up ping.
Most likely the reason is because Texas Tech fans always try to start trouble whenever the Aggies come to town. (Attempting to impale some Aggies with the goal posts immediately comes to mind.) The College Station police also detest when Texas Tech comes to town as there are more arrests for fighting than any other weekend of the year.
college football is great for the home atmospheres it creates.
Being an Ohio State fan, I can attest to that. I have also been to some Michigan and Navy games.
College football is king in Texas (as it is in Ohio). the atmospheres at the home games is something they shouldnt mess with. a money grap such as this wouldn't ruin it, but it would take some of the fun out of it.
a neutral site game like the Texas-Oklahoma masscre eerrr game is differnt as that is held at the state fair. This is just another game, so to speak.
It would be like moving Ohio State Michigan to Paul Brown stadium every year. Except Ohio State Michigan is bigger than Texas Tech - A&M.....
Just my recommendation for peace in the world.
"Actual violence regarding a football game is ridiculous. Good natured taunting is permissible up to the point where it's clear one team will undoubtedly win."
You've obviously never been to a Tech-aTm game.
I'm not clear on what you're suggesting. Violence and bad sportsmanship is acceptable in a fierce rivalry?
I'm definitely agin it. Let the t-sips go play in Dallas. If it ain't Kyle field it ain't Aggie Football!
All of those are lousy numbers for big time college football.
"All of those are lousy numbers for big time college football"
You're right - particularly when both Tech and aTm regularly sell out their home and home games against each other.
I think it's huge mistake for both teams even though I live in Dallas and would certainly attend the game.
Look, you've got to go where the fans are, and where the corporate support is. In the case of the proposed Texas neutral site battle, Lubbock and College Station are rather remote. Yes, they sell the games out, I'm sure, but both schools have big followings in Dallas. Though the students of the two universities might not be too thrilled at the idea, both schools could pad their bank accounts with a game in Dallas: higher ticket prices, luxury box rentals, and probably a more attractive TV package.
Each school wouldn't be giving up a home game every year, but only every other year, in exchange for a higher-profile, more lucrative neutral-field game. Seems like a reasonable tradeoff to me.
Some of the more famous matchups take place at neutral sites, and in fact have achieved something of a mystique: Florida vs. Georgia in Jacksonville, and Texas vs. Oklahoma in Dallas, to name two. I hope North Carolina vs. Baja Carolina in Charlotte joins the list; and though I'm ill-equipped to pass judgment on a Texas A&M-Texas Tech battle in Dallas, I would hope it would receive thoughtful consideration.
I think the most loyal A&M AND Tech fans will agree that this is a bad idea. Part of the whole experience is going to the respective campuses themselves. Beware the easy money. Easy come, easy go. Loyal fans who will give up a day of cotton harvesting to go to a TTU/TAMU game ON CAMPUS will stick with you if you stick with them.
PS: Hey, Lum, you want on the Red Raider ping list? It seems to have become neccessary lately given the bonehead decisions the suits on campus have been making.
Personally, I think that the games should be home and home. Auburn and Alabama had the opposite problem. For years they played their games in Birmingham, which was a definite Alabama advantage. Finally, it is home and home which is great. Actually, Alabama has not beaten Auburn on their home field in Tuscaloosa yet. And Alabama beat Auburn at Jordan/Hare once.
I think the home game is really so much better. I love the college town football atmosphere. It loses something at a neutral? field.
Wouldn't the Huntsville TDC be a more appropriate venue?
LOL, I wouldn't exactly consider a goal post tip a sharp end.
aggies vs. the sand aggies. who cares?
Nothing about TT surprises me after they announced taking cotton off their logo.
What's in it for A&M? Kyle Field already is the largest football stadium in Texas. The nominal capacity is about 81,000 and it has had crowds up to 88,000. It has close to 100 sky boxes. The athletic department is considering expanding to 115,000 with even more skyboxes. Moving the game will decrease attendance.
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