And you think Bedlam gets ugly
Word out of Lubbock is that a fraternity at Texas Tech has been banned from selling T-shirts bearing the likeness of Michael Vick hanging Reveille, Texas A&M’s canine mascot.
The slogan on the shirt: VICK ‘EM.
It’s just another ugly chapter in the Texas A&M-Texas Tech rivalry.
Back in 2001 after a Red Raider victory in Lubbock, about 1,000 Tech fans tore down the goalposts and hoisted them into the A&M section. Aggie fans were none too pleased and retaliated by throwing ice. A skirmish ensued.
Two years earlier when Tech won in Lubbock, Red Raider fans rained batteries down onto Aggie players, then tore down the goalposts and paraded them past the A&M team buses.
Then back in 1992 and 1993, Tech fans tossed hundreds of tortillas onto the field. That second year, many of the tortillas carried nasty messages aimed at A&M.
The good news is Texas Tech nipped these latest shenanigans in the bud. The school temporarily suspended the fraternity that tried to sell the T-shirts and will submit it to judicial review. The school said it wouldn’t allow items that are “derogatory, inflammatory, insensitive or in such bad taste” to be sold on campus.
And what about the knucklehead who was the mastermind behind the T-shirt?
Geoffrey Candia is the Texas Tech student’s name. He told Texas A&M’s student newspaper sometime on Monday for Tuesday’s edition that he wanted to give 50 percent of the proceeds to an animal defense league in Lubbock.
“Because we knew there would be a controversy about the shirts, you know, animal rights, stuff like that,” Candia told the paper.
Hmm, you think?
Of course, Candia then had a posting on his Facebook site about 4 a.m. Tuesday — AFTER he talked to the Texas A&M paper — that said: “a little tshirt get aggies all worked up … its a t-shirt people!”
The Texas A&M-Texas Tech rivalry isn’t the most storied or most revered, but that hasn’t kept it from having some of the most intense and ugly moments you’ll ever see in college football.
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Did i just hear you say the Big 10 sinks? You mean worse than the Big 12? Your videos are worse than your columns. Do you know any friends or family who think they can sing but can’t? They force you to listen to their “new song” and you’d rather pull nose hairs but you just have to listen to see if it can get worse. It always does of course, just like your columns. You couldn’t write your way out of a wet paper bag but like any train wreck, I’m watching. The Daily Oklahoman has a gold mine in you. Oh, I hope this is considered no more a personal attack than your job on Bobby Reid.
“And what about the knucklehead who was the mastermind behind the T-shirt?”
A quote from someone getting paid to write. Hmmm makes me wonder.
Perhaps the T-shirts were not a good idea, Geoffrey Candia isn’t getting paid to write or represent anyone who should use discretion.
I’ve been reading Jenni’s articles since Mike Gundy’s infamous press conference and still dissappointment. Yes there is a 5th amendment and it should be used. Yes sometimes in journalism (dare I call Ms. Calrson’s work responsible journalism? Not!) you want people to create awareness in the reader’s mind, etc. But her insight speculates and draws conclusions that are just opinions. So much for integrity, it goes right out the window when Ms. Carlson writes. Sad, but true.
Perhaps I should change careers; perhaps I’ll start reporting. I couldn’t be any worse. Evidently anyone can do it if they just have the drive! (sarcasm)