re: Are A&M fans the most delusional?

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Do you think anyone in LA or Tenn. or GA or FL or SC has ever said "We are the only SEC school in ________? Think about it a little

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Population
Ark: 2.9
LA: 4.5
Bama: 4.8
Mississippi: 3
Georgia: 9.8
South Carolina: 4.6
Tenn: 6.3
Florida: 19
Texas: 25.6

The population differences show you that being the SEC school in Texas is a much bigger deal than being the SEC school in Tenn or Alabama; Texas produces a lot more talent simply due to its size. You can point to Florida, but they support the idea that being the only SEC school in a populous state is a big deal. When Urban was there and had them humming, they had a top five class every year. Muschamp is looking like he'll do the same thing. Being the only SEC school in a big state is a huge advantage.

Also, Texas is in a unique situation geographically. It's a really big state, which runs up travel times and, compounding that, it's on the far west end of the conference, which isolates it from the rest of the SEC schools (which is good for us when it comes to recruiting). You can live in Mississippi, play at LSU or Bama, and still only be a few hours from home. Mom and Dad can still come see your games on the weekend. That's not possible with Texas kids. If you live in Dallas, Arky is an option. If you live in Houston, LSU is. That's about it. Go to any other SEC school and mom and dad are only coming to 1-2 games/year.

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This conference went through all of that with Tebow and Cam and Gus Malzahn already tried that high school no huddle air raid shite you think is new around here

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And it worked, didn't it? Florida was a top 10 team just about every year under Urban, so if anything that argument supports the fact that A&M's unique system can help attract talent.

So yea. A&M isn't guaranteed anything, but you're not evaluating things clearly if you don't think it has some bigtime natural advantages that could help it build a program with legit staying power