Bill Would Require Annual UT vs. A&M Football Game
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 ...
Comments (99)
A Lerma Stickelbault via Texas Tribune on Facebook
oh please.
Marty Lenard via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Simple - No
Toby Marie Walker via Texas Tribune on Facebook
No! He doesn't have anything better to do? Yeesh
Tim Condry via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I say yes. DeLois Dodd is a chickenshit.
Lonnie Beene via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Of course not.
Henry V Fitzgerald Jr via Texas Tribune on Facebook
No, but if the 2/3 rule is up, let 'em get it out of their systems. Boys will be boys.
Mark Webber via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Thumbs down! A big dislike! So many problems, and to waste time on foolishness.
Brittney Farr via Texas Tribune on Facebook
How about filing a bill that reinstates all the cuts made to Education in the last session??
John Lyon via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Yeah, no. All we need is more sexy cheerleader legislation.
Shelly Brisbin via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I will confess that when I read the headline, I was expecting Republican hypocrisy. You know; small government for po' folks who need services, big government to preserve "tradition". Alas, dumb ideas come from members of both parties.
Daniel Sullivan via Texas Tribune on Facebook
come on now Henry. It's Texas. !st order of biz
Sergio Jaramillo via Texas Tribune on Facebook
how about a bill that stops the defunding of public education? that would be asking too much!
Virginia Raymond via Texas Tribune on Facebook
YES, especially if it keeps them busy and thus slows lawmakers who'd otherwise be doing just as stupid, but far more dangerous things (like requiring teachers to carry guns, or harassing immigrants)
Karen Spivey-Cummings via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Hell NO.
Kevin Williams via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Only if they want any state funding...
Kathy Schmidt via Texas Tribune on Facebook
No. Good grief, the state is falling apart and this moron is trying to legislate football?
Tim Monzingo via Texas Tribune on Facebook
No. That's just asinine.
Ben Bius via Texas Tribune on Facebook
And I wasted my time with substance.
Fred Avon Winslow via Texas Tribune on Facebook
No. Wait. Yes. Maybe. Final answer: No
Nancy Lauritsen via Texas Tribune on Facebook
No!
Sydney Janes Berg via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Really?????
Mara Hester via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Come on..everything is turning to a joke! Has nothing to do with anything! How ridiculous.
Michele Smith Beard via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Waste of time and money
Carolyn Rhea Drapes via Texas Tribune on Facebook
NO!
Sydney Janes Berg via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Maybe if all money is equally divided by a the school districts in Texas
Education lasts forever
Clent Crumley via Texas Tribune on Facebook
dont discount the revenue that the game generates, not to mention tradition.
Bill Eaves via Texas Tribune on Facebook
WTH focus on the needs of TX
Todd Humphreys via Texas Tribune on Facebook
This loser needs to be fired.
Tim Thomas via Texas Tribune on Facebook
As far as Texas lawmakers go, this is probably on the productive end of things.
Ruben R Ramirez via Texas Tribune on Facebook
No!
Shelly Verlander via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Good night nurse.
Matthew Cowan via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Sure it is worthy legislation. The Legislature funds both schools. It is in their purview to determine their activities.
Rob Turk via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Ugh please say this is a joke
Kevin Noack via Texas Tribune on Facebook
How stupid!!
Robert Ruiz via Texas Tribune on Facebook
surely he jests.
Sara S. Cleveland via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I double checked but this still isn't an Onion article.
Katie Thompson via Texas Tribune on Facebook
No.
Enedelia Obregon via Texas Tribune on Facebook
With all the problem facing the state he wastes time and energy on this? His constituents should vote him out unless this was at the top of their priorities.
Susan Parker Mitchell via Texas Tribune on Facebook
No
Glenn Andrew via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Once they solve all major issues in Texas like education funding, etc and a few less major ones .. Then they can addresses.. Adjournment.. It is a stupid bill!
Andrew Goldberg via Texas Tribune on Facebook
worthy yes, but NOT needed in the Legislature
Kathi Thomas via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Really ? This is pathetic & emblematic if why we've got such bad governance in Texas.:(
Erika Holzinger via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I can careless about both schools
Sonora Hartley via Texas Tribune on Facebook
No, it's over. Time to move on.
John H Richburg via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Our politicos state its all about the economy until the elections are over and all they do is focus on this stupid stuff!
Jose B. Gonzalez via Texas Tribune on Facebook
They've wasted their time and our $$ on lesser things...
Mackenzie Maxwell via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I'm a Democrat, but I don't agree with him. Maybe if there weren't 1,000 more important things to legislate on, I could understand this proposal.
Cynthia Casper Robertson via Texas Tribune on Facebook
What a crock of crap! Do your job. The economy, jobs, etc. is worthy of debate. Not friggin' football! This is just bullsh*t.
Brenda Pina via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Really? This is what (State Rep. Ryan Guillen, D-Rio Grande City) thinks is important? Really?!? I'm THANKFUL he is NOT my Representative!!!
Helen Weicker via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Puleeze! Tax dollars are in short supply. Do not waste them or the limited session days. Dumb.
Carolyn Mata via Texas Tribune on Facebook
He'll no. Some texans are stupid
Ryan Schumacher via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Bread and circuses, without the bread.
Gary Faulkner via Texas Tribune on Facebook
no. would kinda take the importance away from it!
Tom Spencer via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Texas v Texas A&M ain't going to happen. Need to move on.
Sparkling Sunshine via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Yes love tradition
JoAnn Livingston via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Unbelievable. On one hand they yak about government overreach and then they want to legislate what football games are played.
Merryl Redding via Texas Tribune on Facebook
NO! Not an issue for legislation!!
Jill Meredith Bergene via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Some excellent comments! Lol.
Casey Magnuson via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I don't think the aggies want to lose to UT anymore....
Gloria Rognlie via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Not an issue, a pure waste of time. How do we put these idiots in office.
Ann Smajstrla via Texas Tribune on Facebook
This is embarrassing. Our tax dollars hard at work, people, mandating freaking football games.
Toni Mikel via Texas Tribune on Facebook
NRA's CEOWayne LaPierre is scheduled to testify at a Congressional hearing, along with Mark Kelly, husband of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.). who was severely shot in the head in a Jan. 2011 shooting that left six people dead. She and Kelly have become active in the gun control movement.
By REID J. EPSTEIN & JOHN BRESNAHAN (Politico)
VP Biden met with every side representing gun violence from victims to gun sales giant Walmart to law officials.
President Obama has unveiled a broad array of new gun control proposals last week, but already his administration has narrowed the main force of their effort behind just one:
1. Universal background checks.
In order to protect our children and our communities by reducing gun violence, he and President Obama need your help.
The most important steps we can take will require congressional action. And Congress will only act if we all raise our voices to demand it.
Your voice in this couldn't be more important. Tell your members of Congress that you want to see decisive action on this issue.
Give them a call, let them know you support the President's plan, or if you dont agree, what ideas you believewould help end these horrific gun shootings.
Call and ask if your members of Congress are on board, and where they specifically stand or are willing to compromise anywhere.
Then make a call to a friend, post your opinion and/ or email their need to keep the conversation going.
The majority of us in this area states are avid hunters. We love our guns. But we are responsible lawful hunters. The President realizes this fact and has NO! intention of taking away our guns.
My husband is a Vietnam Veteran, has been a hunter all his life. Although he cherishes every chance he gets to hunt. He plans his holidays and vacations around this hobby; it is one way we fill our freezer and feed our family every year.
Even if our memories are filled around guns or fishing we both realize the recent tragic killings bring to surface a sad realization that we must face the fact that we ourselves will be partially responsible if we do not do something to cure our country of senseless killings.
After those babies were killed; at Sandy Hook, doing nothing is NOT an option now. No matter how much NRA lies or stirs propaganda; that fact remains. Those babies bodies at Sandy Hook were ravaged by bullets to a point that Veteran police vomited from the carnage. Yes! A mentally diseased mad young man did that action; but those little bodies could not be saved or even medically attempted to be saved because the carnage was so great! And that was due to the type of weapon and amount of ammunition in those magazines.
Adults bravely attempted to save the children but the repetitive bullets of these killing weapond would not allow it.
We as responsible hunters, loving parents, lawful citizens must realize that keeping these weapons from getting into hands of sick or unlawful must be stopped or we just spit into the faces of these grieving parents, families. I can't do this, I feel obligated to do something. Whether it be limiting ammo magazines or mental illness screening or severe background checks.
So please, continue my conversation, consider my opinions respectfully , then voice your own thoughts, discus this issue with your family ,friends and let us know how you feel. What do you consider is a responsible reaction to those lost children's parents.
I've considered school guards. The children are the Nation's greatest treasury.
But teachers don't want to carry weapons. This young man's weapons were from his Mother who did teach occasionally.
In Columbine carnage, there was two guards present and could not get to the children in time. In the Aurora Theatre, there were several people who had weapons with concealed carry licenses, military were in the theatre . They could not get a shot off without harming innocent bystanders before the killer managed to complete his savage agenda.
The guns, type of guns, that can ravage a body in so many seconds of response time is meant for war, military and not as toys, hobby or selected weapon a sick person uses. The outcome is too great, too numbered.
A football player that has a young beautiful wife, so much to live for, has not only killed himself but his wife. These headlines have been told so many times over. We can not stop young men from adrenal, aggression, tester one , heartbreak. But we as Parents, Educators, responsible citizens have to address boys, young men and brutality. Boys must be taught to respect not only themselves but also women. They must learn nurturing,and vocal communication before turning to fists, violence and guns instead of stopping and mentaling dealing with any situation with a sane perspective.
It doesn't take long. According to our records, here's who you should call:
So call
If Arkansas:
Representative Rick Crawford
(202) 225-4076
Senator John Boozman
(202) 224-4843
Senator Mark Pryor
(202) 224-2353
Or call the switchboard operator at (202) 224-3121. If you're not sure who your members are they will be happy to direct you.
Missouri's Representative Joanne Emerson is leaving office so just ask for House Speaker John Boehner
(202) 224-0600
or Leader Cantor from VA to
voice your opinions. Normally you will be left talking to the Representatives or Senators official communications director.
Or Google it ! Just don't do nothing.
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Taylor J. Harris via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Another brilliant piece of democrat legislation!
Sandy Simer Walper via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I'd like to see it happen, but NO. Sooner or later they're going to have to deal with women, children and education.
June Deadrick via Texas Tribune on Facebook
No
Carolyn Vandiver via Texas Tribune on Facebook
No
Johnny Horton via Texas Tribune on Facebook
The sips want no part of this.
Arthur M. Thomas IV via Texas Tribune on Facebook
absolutely a massive waste of time. Maybe I should support this? The more time they spend on idiotic stuff like this then the less time they can spend screwing Texas over.
Paul Hughes via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Why should the Aggies have to play an inferior team?
Jon Darnell via Texas Tribune on Facebook
TU wants no part of playing A&M
Tom Davies via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Toni mikel nice troll job.
Gary Scoggin via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I think the Longhorns and the Aggies should both stick to playing with themselves.
Duane Florschuetz via Texas Tribune on Facebook
No, keep state politics out of college football.
David F Parmenter via Texas Tribune on Facebook
No.
Taylor Perk via Texas Tribune on Facebook
"Why should the Aggies have to play an inferior team?"
Now Aggies know how it feels to have been a Longhorn for most of the last hundred years.
Donna Chester via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Are you effing serious? Idiots.
Alex Tango Fuego via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Let's all call the elected asshole and demand that he withdraw the bill, and resubmit a new, worthwhile bill, in order to redeem himself. "True patriots must be willing to defend their country against their government." His office number is 512.463.0416. Call the Honorable Asshole.
Sunny Conditt Williams via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Do they have NOTHING else to do? Get on the business of the State of Texas - like education!!!!! And drop the darn stupid tests!!!!
Jeff Williams via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Hell yes Id love to see a&m wipe texas like the did Oklahoma. .but texas fans dont want it cause there last win over a&m is all the got to be happy about
Jeff Williams via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Well we do have a bill that made whataburger a Texas treasure
John Fisher via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I gotta go read their oathe of office. This is frivilous and an absolute waste of power and time.
Manuel Solano via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I think politicians have more important issues to handle this year!
Suzanne Hardie Lander via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Ah, Texas and football. <eyeroll>
Mona Nunley Higgins via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Seriously??? Oh my gosh.
John Benedict Sr. via Texas Tribune on Facebook
absolutely stupid. with all the problems our nation and our state have, why are our national and state leaders concerning themselves with any ball game?
Matt Taylor
This article has been linked on thejavelina.com
Barbara Peyton via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Sounds like something a donor to his race might request!
Leslie Tillman via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Absolutely not!
Marissa Stout Doula via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Ugh...so frustrating.
Marissa Stout Doula via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Sounds like yet another politician that doesn't want to keep his job. But then, that would require an electorate that will actually go fire him!
Kaye Cruz
Ryan,
I , think you need to go find some help about common sense.
Cheers
mr phlegm
WUT? so you want to have the country awash in more guns than you can possibly count? Because that is what you are advocating, opening the floodgates to billions of new guns on the streets of the USA. It happened with booze, and it happened with drugs, we declared war on booze and the country became afloat on a sea of illegal ethanol. we declared war on drugs and now I only have to walk a few feet from anywhere in the country to obtain ANY illegal drug I could possibly want. and YOU want to do the same with guns? MORON! no thanks.
ps this is an article about aggy and their obsession with The University.
AND it has incorrect information, 1914 is NOT when The University started playing aggy (it's division of agriculture and mechanical according to the Texas Constitution). The correct date would be
October 19 1894 where The University of Texas stomped aggy 38-0.
aggy refused to play TEXAS in 1895, 1896, and 1897, finally requesting another whipping in 1898 which Texas obligingly did 48-0.
and once again aggy has run away, like their old coach Paul "the loser" Bryant, and has come sniveling back to whine and grovel that they need to feed their addiction to being whupped repeatedly by The University of Texas. poor junkie aggy, poor poor aggy.
Christine Lund
Great idea!!
Christine Lund
Why not make it a charity event to feed the poor?
Jamey Morris via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Ummmmmm. No.
Jason Hawkins via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Wonder if rep. Guillen knows how many athletic scholarships are funded with state dollars?
Denyce Deadrick via Texas Tribune on Facebook
NO!!!!
bob johnson
From what college did Guillen graduate? The article didn't make that clear.
Cynthia Vidaurri
The guy is from Starr County and is an aggy that is probably frothing at the mouth to beat UT after the bitter loss last year and their successful season this year. Doesn't care about wasted time, effort or taxpayer $$$, just a matter of payback for all of past aggy but hurt.