re: % of fans of your state's population?

Great way of taking what I said out of context.

Actually my point was that if 1 in 6 people in Texas are A&M fans it would be as many as if 6 out of 6 fans in Louisiana were LSU fans. If you want an objective and scientific analysis of fanbase size here is the best I have seen to date:

New York Times Geography of College Football

Now this is based on 2010 data so Auburn is a bit inflated for instance but it's a pretty solid measure overall. The key though is A&M doesn't have to have the entire State of Texas love us in order to have a boatload of fans. This doesn't even consider that 1000 people a week are currently moving to Texas and one of the biggest problems A&M and Texas have is they are trying to hold the line at 50k students while the demand is much higher. I'm very concerned about my 2 sons' ability to get in down the road even though they are bright, my Dad went to A&M and my wife went to A&M. There are just a boatload of folks here in Texas and growing all the time and people will tend to support the schools in the states that they live. It's just a numbers game.