re: An education on Texas A&M's history and traditions please

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I know Texans are proud of being Texans and I noticed how A&M will often use Texas Aggies (rather than Texas A&M Aggies) and have logos that just use a T. I think Texas Aggies sounds cool enough, and I can't blame people from being proud of where they come from, but considering your main rival is the University of Texas how does this work? Does it not feel strange? I just can't imagine either MSU ever calling themselves the Mississippi Bulldogs or the Michigan Spartans, etc.

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Well, we actually don't use just "Texas" instead of "A&M" when referring to our school. We say "Texas Aggies" or "Texas A&M" or "Aggies" or "A&M".

"Texas Aggies" doesn't seem strange or confusing at all to me, given that we're the Aggies from Texas. There are other "Aggies" around the nation, but no other "Aggies" in Texas. So "Texas Aggies" is sufficient to serve as a unique identifier.

And I don't see why anyone should be confused by Texas Longhorns / Texas Aggies if they aren't also confused by Chicago White Sox / Chicago Cubs, LA Lakers / LA Clippers, New York Giants / New York Jets. But people get tripped up because it doesn't fit the [school name]/[nickname] convention.