READ TODAY'S STORIES AND E-EDITION SUBSCRIBE |  CONTACT US |  SIGN IN
Sports Extra!



SPORTS EXTRA BLOGS

FOR THE RECORD
LOCAL PROS

ALL SPORTS

PHOTOS & VIDEOS

OUTDOORS

FIND A STORY

EMAIL ALERTS

SOCIAL MEDIA

RSS FEEDS

CONTACT US
BUY PHOTOS & PAGES

ADVERTISE ON SPORTS EXTRA


Print story only Print story with comments Email Twitter Facebook Pinterest
Admit It. We'll Miss Ags
Published: 8/31/2011 10:40 AM
Last Modified: 8/31/2011 10:40 AM

The more important question is who replaces ego-driven Texas A&M as the Aggies finally bolt for the Southeastern Conference.
The Aggies seem to think everything will be great in the SEC. That’s fine. Go. We’re tired of listening to A&M’s delusional fans.
Oklahomans are far more interested in what happens to the Sooners and Cowboys, two programs that have been consistently better than A&M football in recent years.
If the Big 12 stays together, it will have to land an equal or better football program. Notre Dame and BYU both fit that description.
However, neither the Irish nor Cougars are as good of a fit geographically as A&M.
Arkansas would be the best replacement but we believe you can erase that dream.
So, are there realistic good fits for the Big 12?
In a word - no.
No matter what you think of Texas A&M, and most folks in Texas and Oklahoma seem to be in agreement about the over-hyped Ags, the Aggies were a great fit in the Big 12.
No one wants to admit but losing Texas A&M is a crushing blow. Not because the A&M football program is such a powerhouse. Both Texas Tech and Oklahoma State have blown past the Aggies in recent years.
And, the Aggies aren’t even in the same world as Oklahoma and Texas when it comes to football history.
However, Texas A&M was a good fit. The Aggies were in the neighborhood and played a high level of football and other sports.
We hate to admit it. We’ll miss them.



Reader Comments 2 Total
AC!JC Poke Fans (last year)
Nah! Good riddance!
SixGunSam (last year)
Texas A&M's departure for the SEC represents the dilution of major market TV Households and opens the door for greater SEC encroachment into one of our most fertile recruiting grounds... so there is a sense of loss... but "miss"? Not in the least.

It's difficult to imagine there being another school on this planet that pretends as much athletic heritage with so little substance to back it.

What little substance there is all rest in the frequency of their post-Lone Star Rivalry visits to the Chicken Ranch in LaGrange... it's all intrastate.

Miss a departed insufferably boorish B-Movie bit player? Miss a pretentiously obnoxious drama queen? I don't think so.
2 comments displayed


To post comments on tulsaworld.com, you must be an active Tulsa World print or digital subscriber and signed into your account.


Klein's Korner

Tulsa World senior sports columnist John Klein is in his fourth decade of covering sports. He started his newspaper career at The Daily Ardmoreite in 1977 and moved to the Tulsa World in 1978. He served 10 years as sports editor for the Tulsa World before being named to his current position in 2005. He also spent five years as the Southwest Conference beat writer for the Houston Post. He has won many writing awards and is a former Oklahoma Sports Writer of the Year.

Follow John Klein on Twitter

Subscribe to this blog



Archive

 
John Klein's Blog Archive:

2/2013  1/2013  12/2012  11/2012  10/2012  9/2012  
8/2012  7/2012  6/2012  5/2012  4/2012  3/2012  
2/2012  1/2012  12/2011  11/2011  10/2011  9/2011  
8/2011  7/2011  6/2011  5/2011  4/2011  3/2011  
2/2011  1/2011  12/2010  11/2010  10/2010  9/2010  
8/2010  7/2010  6/2010  5/2010  4/2010  3/2010  
2/2010  1/2010  12/2009  11/2009  10/2009  9/2009  
8/2009  7/2009  6/2009  5/2009  4/2009  3/2009  
2/2009  1/2009  12/2008  11/2008  10/2008  9/2008  
8/2008  7/2008  6/2008  5/2008  4/2008  3/2008  
2/2008  1/2008  12/2007  11/2007  10/2007  9/2007  
8/2007  7/2007  6/2007  5/2007  4/2007  3/2007  
2/2007  1/2007  12/2006  11/2006  10/2006  9/2006  
8/2006  





Home | Contact Us | Search | Subscribe | Customer Service | About | Advertise
Copyright © 2013, World Publishing Co. All rights reserved.