Comments on: SEC Game Roundup: Bama Survives LSU Test, A&M Rises, MSU Falls, UT Defense Flops

By: TAMU

TAMU — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 00:32:03 +0000

Let me just say that I greatly respect the hosts of this site and that I appreciate the acceptance of A&M into the exemplary SEC on the part of most previous members. I just felt that alluding to a possible future player injury was a bit insensitive. As we all know, any player can be hurt in this tough, dangerous sport. Here’s the definition I assumed in using the word “crass”:

crass [kras] Show IPA adjective, crass·er, crass·est. 1. without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity

ps I do read most of the articles on this site because they are objective and not biased, even about all the other schools and if I read one, it is in its entirety and not just a headline. I do not need the link to the article about the Maroon Wall because I read it several times when it was posted with the same feelings I got many times at Silver Taps. Gig’em Ags.

By: alamoaggie08

alamoaggie08 — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:22:50 +0000

ok everyone seriously needs to cool off. I didn’t find a single thing wrong or offensive in this article. the rolled ankle comment was meant to do nothing more than emphasize how important johnny is to the team, although not many teams can say they have a better backup than jamiel showers. unless you are seriously concerned about jinxes (i admittedly am but not from a 3rd party) there was nothing wrong or crass with about that line.

yes John has been quick to point out some pranks that may or may not be anyone from A&M’s fault, but give him a break. he hasn’t been any harder on A&M than any other team. in fact he wrote an article giving more praise to a&m than any one else did for the maroon wall to protect Lt. Col. Roy Tisdale’s family from those idiotc Westboro Baptist Church protestors. Here’s the link if you need a refreshers course:

http://www.mrsec.com/2012/07/texas-am-students-stand-up-to-nutbag-church-protesters/

By: Tierlis

Tierlis — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 16:49:25 +0000

@John at MrSEC @TAMU Well, if you read my post — really read it, everything that’s written — you’d realize that I specifically said “Blog Titles”. “GOT STUPID? A&M TAUNTS UF WITH BILLBOARD IN GAINESVILLE” My apologies, you didn’t call the A&M student body stupid, you called the entirety of Texas A&M stupid. Furthermore, it was speculation. We had no idea who actually did it at the time and yet, this is the Blog Title you chose. In the post, you mention that “one person can ruin the party”. However, I specifically said Blog titles. We live in a world of skimming. People read through stuff as fast as they can. However, one thing is for sure. Everyone reads the title of an article. It appears on search engines and it sets the tone for the entire blog. THAT is what A&M people were complaining about in a post that you later went on to defend saying “A&M needs to learn to take the bad with the good”.

Don’t stereotype and don’t speculate in your Blog titles. In today’s world, Titles speak as loudly as your entire post. BTW All I had to do was search Stupid and A&M and your article was the 3rd one.

By: John at MrSEC

John at MrSEC — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:58:31 +0000

@Tierlis @TAMU

I don’t recall every saying that “the entire A&M student body” is stupid. In fact, if you’d read this site — really read it, everything that’s written — you’d know that no site has been more pro-A&M to the SEC than this one. Since 2010 we’ve said A&M would be a perfect match. We were the first site to say — a year in advance, mind you — that A&M would eventually be an SEC school, no ifs, ands or buts.

Also, if it had come out that ONE Aggie fan had been caught painting messages all over Texas’ campus — I guess that’s the story your talking about — I would have made it clear that is was Person X. Instead, we don’t know who did it, but it certainly looks like it was an A&M fan (though most A&M fans tell me repeatedly they are incapable of any wrongdoing). So — again — if you read that story, I said “some” Aggie fans to make it clear that I wasn’t talking about everyone.

And just for the record, I got a blue million emails from Alabama fans who DID claim that I was bashing their whole fanbase by writing about the incidents you mentioned.

Thanks for visiting the site,
John

By: John at MrSEC

John at MrSEC — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:51:58 +0000

@TAMU

One, how is that crass? Do you not think A&M would be adversely impacted by the sudden loss of Manziel? Just as Auburn would have been had Cam Newton sprained an ankle? Or Florida with Tim Tebow?

Thanks for visiting the site,
John

By: Tierlis

Tierlis — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 05:02:47 +0000

@TAMU He is just saying that Johnny means a lot to the team. Like Colin Klein to K-State. He doesn’t need to apologize for that. The only thing he needs to stop doing is making blog titles that stereotype the entire A&M student body as stupid. I’ve been reading this site WAY back around when we almost left the Big 12 conference for the first time. He never stereotyped Alabama fans as stupid when one of them teabagged an LSU fan nor did he call out the entire Alabama fan base as unclassy when Toomer’s(spelling) Corner was poisoned.

By: buddha22

buddha22 — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 02:28:31 +0000

You’re right, it must be Driskell’s bad day, it couldn’t be anything MU did.

By: TAMU

TAMU — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:34:51 +0000

I agree with alamoaggie08, after may replays you can see the ball across the front of the goal line with daylight under Manziel’s knee. If the knee was down, which I don’t believe it was, then we would have had 1st and goal on the one. No doubt we would have scored. All that said, the main reason I am posting is to voice my total disappointment regarding your statement about the possibility of Manziel “rolling” his ankle. What a crass comment. I think an apology is appropriate. Johnny Manziel is the BEST QB in the SEC!!!!!!!

By: alamoaggie08

alamoaggie08 — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:16:55 +0000

that johnny manziel fumble should have been ruled a touchdown. it was obvious on video replay, and if anything his knee was down before the ball came loose, so it would have been 4th and goal on the goal line. not sure what the people on the video review squad were thinking…