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Posted on 6/15/22 at 9:35 pm to Nos7610
Posted on 6/15/22 at 9:35 pm to Nos7610
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Earliest reference I could find is a gameday program from an A&M at Texas game in the early 20s. Published by Texas it lists A&M as "Texas Aggies" and Texas as "Texas University" on the cover.
I referenced gameday programs from your quote.. you'll never find a "Texas U. or Texas University" program cover outside of the syndicated programs vs University published. The tell tale is the generic art work themes.
The odd college name presentation on the covers ties in with the AP & telegraph wire abbreviations & were common in headers & boxscores.
"Texas Aggies"? No idea & no concern to me, but I have seen it in print from collecting both vintage newspapers and programs from the 40's to 70's including one you linked.
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Posted on 6/16/22 at 12:26 am to BurntOrangeMan
Texas Aggies was what we were commonly referred to as up until a horrendous rebranding effort in the late 1990's and early 2000's.
Our branding dept. Introduced a dozen new logos that all sucked, and started emphasizing the "Texas A&M" on everything over the traditional "Texas Aggies". Even took the "Texas" and "Aggies" out of our end zones that had been there forever. Rat bastards.
It was an abysmal failure, that left our athletic department wandering in a wilderness of identity crisis, competing obscure logos, non-standardized shades of Maroon that were often more crimson or purple than actual maroon, and some horrid suggested mascot replacements.
Going back to "Texas Aggies" and dropping all the other shite is our branding dept. Acknowledging they fricked up big time, and trying to get us back to our roots. Thank God.
Our branding dept. Introduced a dozen new logos that all sucked, and started emphasizing the "Texas A&M" on everything over the traditional "Texas Aggies". Even took the "Texas" and "Aggies" out of our end zones that had been there forever. Rat bastards.
It was an abysmal failure, that left our athletic department wandering in a wilderness of identity crisis, competing obscure logos, non-standardized shades of Maroon that were often more crimson or purple than actual maroon, and some horrid suggested mascot replacements.
Going back to "Texas Aggies" and dropping all the other shite is our branding dept. Acknowledging they fricked up big time, and trying to get us back to our roots. Thank God.
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