What city / pro teams do A&M fans generally follow?

All I know is if you hate the North American Flagship Spurs you are a fricking communist.

We're similar in that we're much more into college football than the NFL. But, we definitely break down into roughly equal camps of Cowboys fans and Texans fans. The STATE is not equal in terms of its NFL loyalties. Statewide, it's probably a 70/30 split in favor of the Cowboys, but A&M's student and alumni population is disproportionally Houstonian, since the 'Tine is only an hour away.

As far as the NBA goes, don't forget about the Spurs. Spurs fandom is pretty broad in Texas. I personally loathe all things San Antonio, including Los Spurs, but I'll readily admit that they've been a dominant force for an extremely long time and that Popovich may be simultaneously the greatest and most boring living coach in any sport.

Myself, I'm a Texan/Astros/Rockets fan. As an adult I live in Austin, but I grew up in Houston, and I have a lot of civic pride in Houston. I hope to GOD we don't draft that lazy POS Clowney, but think there's a good chance we do. The Texans can't do anything right.

The Cowboys own Texas minus metro Houston. Even there, they were carried by a 100K watt FM station in the years between the Oilers and Texans.

They made an incredible marketing decision in their early days giving away their radio rights from New Mexico out to California and into Mexico. Over the 60s and 70s, the built up a huge fan base across the Southwest. For years after the Cardinals moved to Phoenix, their only sellout would be once a year for the Cowboys, and there would be 40k Cowboy fans there. I'm a Saints fan, but I give credit where it's due.

The Rockets won NBA titles both of my senior years at A&M, and I grew up in Beaumont, so they were my local team. Cable and satellite viewers in Texas have always gotten the Astros and Ranger games, but only one of the three NBA teams. People in SE Texas tend to be Rockets fans, North Texas belongs to the Mavericks, and South Texas to the Spurs. The Spurs fans are far more passionate than Rockets or Mavs fans though. That city *loves* "Los Spurs."

The Astros have always had a solid following in the southern half of Texas, West Texas, and across Louisiana. In the days before MLB divided the country into markets, the Astros TV network reached as far east as Pensacola, FL. As late as June 1990, I watched Astro games there.

Since their 2005 World Series appearance, they have done everything that they could to alienate their fans. It actually started after the 2004 playoffs when owner Drayton McLane ran off GM Gerry Hunsicker because he was receiving too much credit for the teams success (look at what happened in Tampa after Hunsicker arrived there). By 2008 they were a sub .500 team with a payroll over $100 million. Most recently, they upped and left the NL after 60 years and went to the (always been irrelevant in Houston) AL. Oh, and they moved to a channel last season that no one gets, so their games aren't even carried in most of Texas.

The Rangers on the other hand have come up from the basement and taken over as the more popular Texas team. I never thought that I would see the day. Again, I give credit where it's due, but a lot goes to the Astros front office for their complete ineptitude.

Cowboys and then the Texans, in that order

Zzzzzzzzzz so sleepy

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You know someone brought up the other day the Texans were in a similar position in 2006. They had a choice between Mario Williams, Vince Young, or Reggie Bush.

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Vince Young is a mentally handicapped person and Reggie Bush wasn't even the starting running back at USC. That's a choice between a literal moron in the scientific sense, a scat-back, and a an awesome DE with some work ethic question marks.

I don't think their choice this year is as stark. I also disagree that Clowney's problem was just simply not giving 100%, 100% of the time. I watched him in wide screen HD just not give a shite at all for entire games. 0%, 100% of the time. Guy brought shame to the game.

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I'm sure the Rockets and Spurs are more popular than the Mavs.

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Idk, when I was on campus, it sure seemed like there were a ton more Mavs fans than Spurs

And I was in school when SA won in '07.

I was in school in '11 when the Mavs won the title. Campus was fricking awful. Everywhere you looked you saw a damn Mavericks shirt.

Same about the Rangers. It is unbearable

Dallas has the Cowboys, America's Team. It's an undisputed fact that the Cowboys are the team of Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio. The Texans have gained momentum, but they'll never steal the hearts and minds of the Lone Star State unless they start winning lots and lots of championships.

Everything else is fairly regional.

San Antonio/Austin - Rangers/Cowboys/Spurs

DFW/East Texas - Rangers/Cowboys/Mavs

Houston - Astros/Texans/Rockets/Dallas envy in all things.

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Idk, when I was on campus, it sure seemed like there were a ton more Mavs fans than Spurs

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False. Spurs fans are everywhere it's sickening.