yea... not very bright...  apparently the mayor of college station sent 
Must-Chomp a welcome basket full of aggie stuff


On Sep 4, 2012, at 6:54 PM, mail.bobparks.com wrote:

> Hah!!  Whoever Aggie Nation is should get a reward for stirring up a little 
> rivalry before the game. 
> Now we're all angry and instead of reaching out the hand of SEC fellowship we 
> want to go in there and stomp the snot out of them!!!  Nice job!
> 
> Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI
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> Begin forwarded message:
> 
>> From: Woody Bass <[email protected]>
>> Date: September 5, 2012 5:30:00 AM CDT
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: [gatornews] Gainesville.com:  Texas A&M: We didn’t authorize 
>> billboard dissing Gators
>> Reply-To: [email protected]
>> 
>> Texas A&M: We didn’t authorize billboard dissing Gators
>> 
>> Tuesday, September 4, 2012 at 1:40 by Nathan Crabbe
>> Gator fans aren’t the only ones upset about a new billboard saying that 
>> Gainesville has been “annexed by the Aggie Nation.”
>> 
>> It turns out that Texas A&M University officials didn’t authorize the sign 
>> and believe it might be a case of trademark infringement.
>> 
>> The billboard at 13th Street and 53rd Avenue says that new Southeastern 
>> Conference member Texas A&M has the “Best Academics & Cleanest Program” in 
>> the conference. It includes the line, “Real Football. Real Tradition.”
>> 
>> Texas A&M is hosting the Gators on Saturday in the Aggies’ first conference 
>> game. The billboard is “not in line with how we have handled  our transition 
>> to the SEC,” said Jason Cook, Texas A&M’s vice president for marketing and 
>> communications.
>> 
>> “We have no idea about the origin of the billboard, but it’s certainly 
>> something that we take very seriously,” he said.
>> 
>> The sign appears to be a case of trademark infringement, he said. The 
>> university is working with Clear Channel Outdoor, the company that owns the 
>> billboard, to determine who ordered the sign. A message to Clear Channel 
>> wasn’t immediately returned.
>> 
>> UPDATE: Clear Channel is taking down the billboard, said Jim Cullinan, head 
>> of communications for the company. A Houston media company representing a 
>> group called Aggie Nation bought the billboard, he said.
>> 
>> Clear Channel has been unable to get in touch with Aggie Nation to get a 
>> response to the trademark claim, he said, so the company is immediately 
>> removing the billboard.
>> 
>> “To protect any trademark we’ll take it down, and if they resolve it, we’re 
>> happy to put it back up,” he said.
>> 
>> 
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> GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY!
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> 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions
> 2008 National Football Champions | 
> Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996),
> Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us

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