Welcome to “Outside the Quad”. On this blog we are going to look at all things Texas A&M with a focus on athletics. If you follow Aggie football, right now you know things are tough in The Bright Complex. Not since the early 1980’s has Aggie football hit the depths that currently grip the program.
Over the coming months this blog is going to look at the problems that currently have control over Mike Sherman’s football program.
In addition to the problems at Bright we will look at other issues at Texas A&M. Does the Governor have too much say in the personnel at Texas A&M? Should bonfire make a return appearance on campus? Does the long military history and culture at A&M keep its students and former students from asking tough questions about the future of their university? Should the corps of cadets make some major changes in its approach to recruiting prospective students? Are we still overly obsessed with UT?
As we discuss these issues the contributors to this blog will make one promise to its readers. There will be no personal attacks on any members of the leadership of our university. We will ask tough questions and express our opinions about our current state of affairs. We will also point out situations that might make some uncomfortable.
Looking at yourself in the mirror is hard at times. The contributors to “Outside the Quad” want Aggies everywhere to look at our issues with a different pair of glasses and consider the possibility that we might be taking the wrong approach. This will be fun and we hope to have a great exchange of ideas.
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