r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Sep 28 '24

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Texas A&M Defeats Arkansas 21-17

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Arkansas 14 0 0 3 17
Texas A&M 7 7 0 7 21
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u/AgITGuy Texas A&M Aggies • Zlín Golems Sep 28 '24

I even asked my wife’s aunt and uncle who live in Arlington, 7 minutes from jerryworld. Why did he think allowing it to be built east west was better than north south. They had no answer and were as stumped.

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u/grocw Texas A&M • Penn State Sep 28 '24

Building it East-west probably allowed him to imminent domain more peoples houses for his parking lot

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u/AgITGuy Texas A&M Aggies • Zlín Golems Sep 28 '24

I honestly had not considered the rich asshole fuck the poors angle. But it makes sense.

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u/TheBlackBaron Texas A&M • North Texas Sep 28 '24

It was originally supposed to create this prism effect when the sun shone through the big windows. One of the central pillars was off by like 7" or 7' or something and they didn't notice until it was too late, with the result that it just causes a giant glare through the stadium instead.

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u/peachappi Arkansas Razorbacks Sep 28 '24

Sounds like a billion dollar fuck up.

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u/mrmoneyinthebanks Texas A&M Aggies • Southwest Sep 29 '24

I always heard they built East-West so the stadium could be seen better from I-20.