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Bill filed to require Longhorns-Aggies game
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08:12 AM ET 01.29 | If public sentiment can't force it, maybe a law can. A bill that would require the University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University to face each other on the football field every year was filed on Monday by state Rep. Ryan Guillen, D-Rio Grande City. The two flagship universities had a longstanding football rivalry, playing each other every year from 1914 until this past season. That all came to an end in 2012 following A&M's move to the Southeastern Conference. "This game is as much a Texas tradition as cowboy boots and barbeque," Guillen, an A&M graduate, said. "The purpose of the bill is to put the eyes of Texas upon our two greatest universities to restore this sacred Texas tradition."
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This fool should worry more about border control.
Otis B. Driftwood
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Must not have any problems in Texas to be preoccupied with this foolishness.
bluesuiter
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Its a shame that administrators can't play nice and schedule the game on their own.
BCSisnuts
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Texas taxpayers should be thrilled that their tax dollars are being put to good use.
Kenny_Powers
New York , NY
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You don't want to go thise route, believe me.
Joe Kidd #1
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the way A&M is playing, i'd hate to see the longhorns play them..... we need to see if we can get North Texas back on the schedule and maybe SMU or Rice.
DallasFan77
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Now this just might be the "comment of the day"!!!!!
The Oldtimer
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amazing that they let the rivalry drop right before being able to celebrate a centennial.
puttin on the foil
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and guess what, he's an aggy
SL Guido
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While I agree that state representatives should not concern themselves with CFB schedules, it is sad that UTx and aTm can't figure out a way to play nice.
DearbornSparty
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I think the two schools will learn to play nice again in the future. The Texas legislature only meets for about 2 months every 2 years. I seriously doubt this bill will receive much attention.
tjb94
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An idiot aggie at that!
Tex McShorty
Bedford , TX
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Texas taxpayers seem to be doing pretty darned good by all accounts. It would be nice if the rest of the country was liquid enough that it can worry about the small things like this.
Caveman HC6
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It was the Alabama legislature which stepped in and forced Bama & Auburn to play each other again after 30 years of bad blood.
Tin Man
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and isn't it also by legislation that Florida State and Florida must play each other every year?
puttin on the foil
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Actually, it was the threat of them stepping in. No legislation was ever passed.
Joe Kidd #1
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Of course they should play and the athletic directors should have made it happen....big deal that had an easy solution.
drj0514
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Personally, rivalries don't mean all that much to me anymore. The game has changed. It's ALL about the money (NO surprise there- right?).
It was all fine with the old bowl system (pre BCS). Then rivalries REALLY seemed to matter. NOW ... Not so much. The younger kids don't really care about the rivalries anymore. Means NOTHING to most of them these days. Give em their gaudy Nike unis and they're ready to go. LOL
Sure, it's nice to smack your rivals around periodically but I, personally, wouldn't care if USC no longer played UCLA or ND if there were better games to be played.
Times have changed and are STILL changing.
Lawmakers getting involved like this is just pure arrogance. But that's why they are politicians. heh heh
CorpIsBack
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Ain't THAT the truth! The Feds aren't helping much, tho. :-/
CorpIsBack
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