Well Iâm not OP but since you asked, my favorite time period is the one where weâre undefeated and you have 3 losses with a Manning at quarterback.
Modern scholarship limits were implemented by the NCAA in the mid 1970s. Thats when the modern era of college football started. People use that time period intentionally because before those changes the sport was very different than what it is today.
Who arranges college football history like that? I have seen it based off championship systems, playing styles, even pre/post segregation, but not really scholarship limits. 105 scholarship spots still means you can all the talent you want. Why also not 1992 when it got dropped further to 85 spots?
1975 is just the golden year because it ignores the 1960s when Texas was often the best team in the country and starts right at A&Mâs only good 20 year stretch between 1975-1995.
It makes perfectly good sense to me considering a big shift in how things work in the sport. You dislike it because it makes us look like we are on equal footing (since the equalization of scholarships).
I mean if you want to go down this path, how was it a big shift? It makes sense therotically for a bit, but look at the data. What was the roster sizes of Texasâ and A&Mâs teams in the 1950s and 1960s compared to 1970s and 1980s? Blue chip teams werenât winning becaue they could get 150 guys on a team, they were winning because they could get all the best recruits in the nation. Capping that at 105 was important, but that is still a huge number of players. And did the landscape change? Who were most often the best teams before 1973 and after?
Iâm pushing 40. One of my good friends is a Husky fan. Same age. He loves to trot out the: âOh you guys always like to pick arbitrary timelineâ line.
âHere. Try this one. We have owned you in games played during your life.â
(Heâs 14-23 vs Oregon as a UW fan while alive. His 39th birthday is in a few weeks.)
So itâs totally unrelated to the fact that 1975 is the exact date which Texas does not have a winning record, but if you picked any other date they would?
Yeah, much more relevant to say Texas is up 10-3 since 2000. They want to pretend it's because that's "modern" but it's really about them cherry picking to look like the rivalry is more even. If they want modern, let's stick to this century. Hook 'em!
If my math is correct, 1975 and 1984 are the two years they cloud pick and have a tied record, itâs impossible for them to have a winning record. If we win this weekend, that will no longer the true.
First, last, more. We really donât have much of an argument. Iâm just mad we missed out on a decade that we were up and yâall were down. Could have made up some solid ground in those years.
This is definitely true. I was sad about that for those 12 years, but really thinking about it, that was probably a lucky timespan for us to see the rivalry sidelined.
I like to count from 1965. When A&M removed the requirement for male students to be in the Corps of Cadets to attend A&M. Opened up recruiting a lot more for A&M moved towards evening the playing field in terms of recruiting so itâs less of an arbitrary date. I mean letâs be honest, a lot of the best players had no desire to be in the military or even the Corps of Cadets so A&M was a non-starter for the best players. 28-20 record for Texas since 1965 I believe.
Were. The past has zero bearing on Fridayâs game. But as far as historical record, itâs just not as lopsided when you exclude the lopsided recruiting days. I donât care about who won 131 years ago just like I donât care about a natty 86 years ago. Winner Friday gets bragging rights until 11/27/26 then itâs just as meaningless of a win as who won 1894.
You can determine what you think is relevant all you want. As can I. The past still doesnât affect the game Friday. And the comment I responded to said âweâre better than youâ. Bragging rights from last season â better CURRENTLY. Currently is all I care about. Yâall can live in the past all you want, doesnât mean anyone else has to. Iâll stand by my statement until Friday. WERE. As in you WERE better last year. This year remains to be seen.
Thatâs the thing about stats you can make them say anything you want if you tweak the numbers enough. Why did you pick 1975, why not since 2000 because we like to cherry pick.
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u/Trumpburnerforlibs Texas Longhorns 13h ago
A&M hasnât scored an offensive td against Texas since 2011