Dark_Knight said:
hgc159 said:
Dark_Knight said:
hgc159 said:
Wow, absolutely nobody cares. All bought and paid for.
Ooof, that's gotta hurt…
Hurt? No, it doesn't, tshirt. I dont care and neither does anyone else about this dumb bought award.congrats on buying another trophy.
Well, Texas A&M Athletics sure seems to care. They're celebrating finishing 15th this year and 11 top-20 finishes.
For comparison, Texas has finished in the top-5 12x; the top-10 20x; and never outside the top-20.
There were 3 years that A&M finished ahead of Texas in the Director's Cup standings: 2010 (AM 6, TX 15); 2011 (AM 8, TX 12); 2013 (AM 5, TX 13).
I can't speak for others, but for me it's not about the trophy. It's about recognizing the success of Texas Athletics, as a whole. I want every team/individual who puts on a Texas uniform to win every time they compete. Particularly those in the non-revenue sports who don't get all the media attention and $.
And I'm no T-shirt fan. I graduated from Texas. Met my wife there. Retired after a 34 year career there. When I lived in Austin I had season tickets to football, baseball, women's basketball, and volleyball. Also attended men's basketball, softball, tennis (men's and women's), soccer, and swimming and diving (men's and women's).