Any time. I love the traditions of all our SEC teams and am looking forward to learning more about A&M. We do have a great history, and sadly our recent history is fascinating in that it provides an example of modern day implosion of such a big program.

Tennessee and A&M actually have a lot common military wise and a bigger connection than you what you already know (taken from our military program history):

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The military program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, pre-dates that of any other state university in the country, having been introduced in 1844. In that year, Professor Albert Miller Lea, a United States Military Academy graduate, organized an infantry company. With the outbreak of the Mexican War, the entire company, as well as thousands of other Tennesseans, volunteered for service in the war. Thus, Tennessee became known as the Volunteer State.

When the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, reopened after the War Between the States, a system of military discipline was adapted. A code of military regulations was drawn up and a copy was provided each student when he matriculated. The whole institution was put under regular United States Military Academy discipline. The student body was organized into a battalion of cadets, which consisted of four companies fully officered, armed and equipped under the command of the commandant and his staff of cadet officers. UT Knoxville remained as a military garrison for a period of six years, until 1877. Military Science continued to be taught since the university was a Land Grant Institution and the 1862 Act of Congress required instruction in military science.
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From 1928-1930, Major (later Brigadier General) Robert R. Neyland was the Professor of Military Science and football coach at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Neyland also was an Aggie for a semester or two before transferring to West Point. And good luck to y'all as well.