re: Expansion Options

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If you say so, but I still don't buy it. I never really cared about A&M one way or the other unless we played them, and I'm next door in Louisiana. I have family in Ohio and New York, and friends out in California (and other places), and again-A&M is meh, it depends on the opponent. Unless it's against a local or a team you follow, A&M is just another team.

Myself, and those friends/family, all watched the Oklahoma-Nebraska games growing up, and to a lesser extent Oklahoma-Texas (much preferred the Nebraska rivalry). It was up there with Michigan-Ohio St, or Duke-Carolina in basketball.

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I agree with you, OU is a more national program. I don't like Aggies that can't see this. I will say you are underestimating the growth A&M has made in the last 30 years, and how that impacts things. LSU is much like an OU, the whole state is devoted to thay school. A&M doesn't have near that appeal, as we have burnt orange brethren to deal with, but we currently have the 7th largest school in the country, located in the state with easily the most college football fans in the country. The ceiling for A&M is that of an OU. If A&M was in the top 10 over the last decade like the Sooners were, you would see the number of people that cared. There are 25 million people in the state of Texas alone that have some sort of strong opinion about Texas A&M, either good or bad.