The Texas A&M vs. t.u. football game is moving back to Thanksgiving where it belongs!
This is Good and Right in so many ways, I can't even begin to list them. But, you might say, it doesn't matter what day the game is played on. Not so fast there. It certainly mattered in years past. Take 1939 for example (my favorite story about the game). Under pressure from national merchants, FDR officially moved the holiday from November 30 (the final Thursday of the month) up a week to November 23 to lengthen the holiday shopping season. This played havoc with many college football rivalry games, traditionally played on Thanksgiving but now suddenly scheduled for an orphan Thursday. Not in Texas. Governor James Allred established November 30 as an official state holiday in observance of Thanksgiving--Texas held two Thanksgivings that year, one specifically in honor of this football game.
So. Tell me again how it doesn't matter when it's played.
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Now if they'd only make it a Southwest Conference game. . . .
ReplyDeleteAnd, after reading the article, I see that it will be on Thanksgiving night. That's just wrong.
ReplyDeleteThey're getting closer to the right time. The right day is a step forward.
ReplyDeleteAwesome!
Baby steps, men. Baby steps. Getting the correct day is the BIG hurdle. Start time will come later.
ReplyDeleteLong live the SWC!