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tech releases statement: stink bait, not feces

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Ragnar Danneskjold
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A&M releases statement: scoreboard in your house for eternity. Havent beaten us in literally any sport in 3 years.

Texas Tech issued a statement on Monday in response to Texas A&M athletic director Bill Byrne’s Twitter post on Saturday that read, “Someone vandalized our buses in Lubbock. Excrement inside and outside of buses plus spray painted vulgarities on outside. Classy.”

The statement reads:

“Many of you are aware of a tweet from a Texas A&M official that their team buses were spray painted and animal feces were spread inside of the buses early Saturday morning. The clear implication of the tweet was that this was the responsibility of Texas Tech fans or students. Texas Tech has conducted an investigation regarding this allegation, and has discovered the following:

* The buses were not spray painted. Instead, washable shoe polish was used on the windows of one of the buses.
* No feces were found either in or on the buses. Fish bait was dropped onto the floor of one of the buses.
* The alleged “vandalism” was cleaned by the bus drivers and Holiday Inn staff before it was seen by the A&M official who tweeted the information.

While incidents such as the ones alleged are inappropriate and strongly condemned by Texas Tech, it is no less wrong to condemn the entirety of our university, students and supporters by posting inaccurate information on the internet for the purpose of sensationalizing the actions of one or a very few. We are disturbed by the careless use of social media to share these inaccuracies.”

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texasvet
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Shoe polish vs spray paint, fish bait vs feces.................someone should have done some more research!
Ragnar Danneskjold
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i see no reason to believe the tech "investigation" account as several newspapers reported feces and spray paint.
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While incidents such as the ones alleged are inappropriate and strongly condemned by Texas Tech, it is no less wrong to condemn the entirety of our university, students and supporters by posting inaccurate information on the internet for the purpose of sensationalizing the actions of one or a very few. We are disturbed by the careless use of social media to share these inaccuracies.”



To all the tech poster's that have cried about the condemnation of tech behavior, this spins more than a merry-go-round... Open the eyes...
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dachsie
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Ok - the buses werent spray painted but shoe polished, no feces but fish bait, but there was ALLEDGED vandalism. Say what???
Zorro
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The news outlets that reported feces and spray paint did so solely on the basis of Byrne's tweet. His tweet has proven to be errant, according to the bus drivers and Holiday Inn staff. They cleaned the bus (singular; only one bus was involved) before he even saw it. Similar to a junior high girl, he fabricated the content of his tweet in order to sensationalize it in the national media. He was successful in so doing.

¡ Z !
oldjohnny
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So, they admit that they did something wrong, but somehow they are the victims? Jeez!
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The news outlets that reported feces and spray paint did so solely on the basis of Byrne's tweet. His tweet has proven to be errant, according to the bus drivers and Holiday Inn staff. They cleaned the bus (singular; only one bus was involved) before he even saw it. Similar to a junior high girl, he fabricated the content of his tweet in order to sensationalize it in the national media. He was successful in so doing.


The bus was still vandalized, no?
Zorro
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Your AD said that your rented buses were "vandalized." In reality, it was only one bus, and it had a little shoe polish on the windows and some fish bait inside, which were quickly and easily cleaned up.

There is no evidence of who (or how many) may have been involved in this heinous crime.
Marcus Aurelius
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Oh.......

Just fish bait and shoe polish vulgarities....

Clearly no foul....

But wait- was it catfish stank bait???

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BoozerRed78
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So ya'll don't suck as bad as reported?
Unemployed
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In reality, it was only one bus, and it had a little shoe polish on the windows and some fish bait inside, which were quickly and easily cleaned up.


So it was vandalized. Thanks for agreeing with me.
p_bubel
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What's heinous is people still caring about this garbage.

Moving on. So long Tech, wish I could say you'll be missed.
texasvet
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A lot of thin skin on this board!
TempleAg97
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Glad to be done with these peeenis envy losers. I actually was not angry about this. I feel sorry for them. They live in a place that always smells like sheet, in the middle of nowhere, and couldn't get into a real university. How do you expect them to act?
Forever Scoreboard
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Hi red raiders.

Bye red raiders.
Marcus Aurelius
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Who rode home in that stanky bus!! Bet it was bad...
jks08
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Apparently it was an hospitable act, since the fish bait actually smells better than the lubbock air
AgLaw02
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1. The statement from Tech officials quoted by OP complains Byrne implicated Tech fans or students. Bynre never accused Tech students or fans for the vandalism. He said "someone."

2. Washable shoe polish on the windows and stink bait... If true, that's pretty light weight vandalism. There are enough documented cases of Tech classlessness that I don't think it's worth bothering with this one.
VirginiaAggie
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Why can't they just admit that vandalism did in fact occur and apologize?

Wouldn't that be the honest, mature thing to do?
Marcus Aurelius
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They should have owned up to the feces report....

That takes cajones to take a dump on our bus....

Sounds like something I got in trouble for......

Errrrr nevermimd.....
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Why are they issuing statements at all? Byrne never said anything about Tech. He was responding to a large number of inquiries.

Shouldn't Kent Hance be off somewhere servicing Deloss Dodds?
boxerdemon
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If it was catfish stink bait...

...I'd rather inhale horseshit, in all honesty. Stink bait is nasty.
bbb78
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Cheborneck?

Huh?

What's that?

Looks like fish bait.

iShark
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I think this thread was over when scoreboard was mentioned. No clue why this is such a big deal. Its over. Gluck to tech. Whatever. Blah blah
InternetFan02
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So did Byrne intentionally spread misinformation to fire up the team or is he just incompetent?
jdavis97
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I agree, Virginia. It's still unlawful to enter a vehicle that isn't your own. Even their administrators are f---in losers.
AggieMainland
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The tards def got bad PR from this if true. Fish bait and shoe polish would have never been mentioned during the middle of the game and its hardly anything to write about. Those idiots do enough crap that there is no reason to make stuff like this up. Disappointed in Bill but I know he probably never wanted it to get this much attention.
Zorro
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Read the statement. Texas Tech strongly condemned the action; however, why should Texas Tech apologize when nobody has any idea who committed this foul and evil action?

Byrne completely misrepresented the truth with regard to the paint, the excrement, and the number of buses involved.

His code-word "classy" was intended to implicate Texas Tech, in reference to the phrase from the censored and recalled 2002 A&M football media guide.

¡ Z !
Forever Scoreboard
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thats what I do
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So did Byrne intentionally spread misinformation to fire up the team or is he just incompetent?


He was reporting what he was told. And he never accused Tech. I guess they read the sarcastic "Classy" and saw themselves in it.

So funny that people are trying to blame him. A&M didn't even issue a statement. He confirmed it on Twitter and people are saying he's making a big deal about it?

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viva torrente
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Putting stink bait in a bus is pretty nasty.

dachsie
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Uh Zorro, while it is true no one knows the perpetrators, it is quite obvious it was a TT supporter. You think the Aggies would vandalize their own bus? Get your logic cap on.
boxerdemon
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Zorro, when your school joins the AAU, you can talk smack.

Till then, you're gonna be treated like a hyperactive eight year old who didn't take his good boy pills before the family reunion and just HAS to comment on what everyone is talking about.
 
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