Maybe it isn’t such a bad thing after all that UH will not be included in the Big 12 Conference. On Saturday, Texas A&M visited Texas Tech in Lubbock for a football game. The Aggies woke up on game day to find the interior of their buses completely smeared in what was believed to be dog manure. The outside of the buses were painted with obscenities and Texas Tech logos.
These are the type of headlines that are sure to make any respecting fan cringe. The individuals at fault may have assumed this was a blow to the Aggies, but it is more of an embarrassment to themselves and Texas Tech.
Just because two teams may have some bad blood between them, there is no excuse to commit such a foul act. No matter how fierce a rivalry is on the field, this is a case of people taking competition too seriously.
Every school and sports team has supporters who are not worth claiming as their own. Whether the guilty parties were students or fans, they need to be dealt with and shown no forgiveness. Criminal charges and expelling any potential students from school is a justifiable in this instance.
The worst part is that these people subjected themselves to hauling around dog feces to show the Aggies that they were not welcome in Lubbock. A person willing to carry out a prank like this might be more suited for a mental institution than a public university.
There are other, less vile ways to express your hostilities to an opposing team. And, there is a thin line between being a fan and being fanatical — these people crossed it.
Being rowdy to the other team is a part of sports, but being a good sport should come first.
The Daily Cougar fully supports UH in conference realignment efforts. Whether it is the Big 12 or another conference, the Cougars belong in an automatic-qualifying conference. But after this debacle in Lubbock, scheduling a non-conference game at Texas Tech is not the best idea.
Not surprising at all. They have done this in the past. I cannot remember the year but it was early 2000s when Tech came to A&M, they spray painted red double Ts on almost every statue on campus as well as many of our buildings on campus. I just cannot believe that someone would do this, it is apallling. How long is it going to take for Texas Tech to understand that Texas A&M is not a rival of theirs. I am glad we will never have to play these losers in anything again.
You are correct. I was there when that incident happened. It seems like the Techies are stuck in their old high school ways and they need to grow up! I for one am so glad that we don't have to face them again!
you realize they found out the vandals of that incident were A&M students that were trying to get the team riled up right?
wow. check your sources before you run off and write a story based on a tweet…
http://1340thefan.com/texas-tech-university-issue…
wow. check your sources before you run off and write a story based on a tweet…
http://1340thefan.com/texas-tech-university-issue…
Typical Red Raider denial – regardless of the bus incident, you can ask any member of ANY school in the Big XII (besides Tech) and also any member of a non-conference school that has been to Jones stadium and they will agree that tech fans are TERRIBLE and that going to a game there is almost not worth it. If you're so pissed about A&M leaving the Big XII because of the revenue it brings to Lubbock, maybe you should start with being more welcoming to your opponents' fans so that people will actually come to that God-forsaken town and spend money to go to the game. Don't get me wrong, A&M has a ton of jokes directed at them for good reason. That sad thing is, no one has to make up a joke about Tech because the joke is observing the classless, unsportsmanlike way they act at EVERY game. Not just football! Try going to a basketball game and see how fun that is. Good luck kissing UT's ass (we don't like you either) and good luck trying to get to a top tier status (it will never happen unless you stop trying to blame Perry and take some responsibility for yourselves).
I knew I left TTU for good reason…
Stink bait looks like manure and smells 100 times worse. So tell me again how that makes the report any less embarrassing for Tech. Anyone who ever been around that stuff knows how overwhelming the stench is. I don't care what the "official Texas tech investigation" report said, if they dumped stink bait in one the buses, there would be NOTHING the bus driver or the Holiday inn personel could do to clean up the smell that quickly.
Stink bait looks like manure and smells 100 times worse. So tell me again how that makes the report any less embarrassing for Tech. Anyone who ever been around that stuff knows how overwhelming the stench is. I don't care what the "official Texas tech investigation" report said, if they dumped stink bait in one the buses, there would be NOTHING the bus driver or the Holiday inn personel could do to clean up the smell that quickly.