re: Texas A&M Fan Logic

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When is the last time anyone outside of Texas gave a shite about the Aggies in a Thanksgiving Day game?

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No one ever, but that isn't the point Brer. Out of the 247 countries in the world Texas has more people than 199 of them. If we win the hearts and minds of Texans that is like owning our own country.

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You've got to go all the way back to 1975 to find a game where both schools were in the top 10.

How long has it been since a conference title was on the line?

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Brer, Brer, Brer. Don't fall into that trap. Don't measure it with the SEC ruler or it won't make sense.

The bottom line of Thanksgiving is they thought it was their tradition, and not our tradition. They thought that they could have full custody to the day (when TEXANS are looking for football) simply by rotating some private schools in because it was really all about them and never even a little bit about us. The fact that we can have a game that will get better rating than theirs (aka be more relevant), even though their game had a playoff contender in it this year, is worth tens of millions of dollars to us in pride and local exposure.

When Texans look for Thanksgiving football they have options, and the more that picks our option today the less 30 years from now the "We're Texas" mindset resonates in the hearts of both recruits and fans. 100 year decisions and all.