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I'll assume that you have been keeping tabs on this. From the outside, A&M has maintained its academic reputation but I don't see it as bolstering it significantly over the last 20 years. Out of state students would rather be in Austin. High SAT folks would rather be at Rice. Vet students would rather be at A&M.

Texas A&M is top 10 in the country in endowments now. We are one of the best in the world for putting people into the Energy industry too. We have a host of extremely strong programs. If you think we are some farm school with a few bright spots in chicken raising and some niche engineering, guess again. Our ranking is skewed by the fact we invest little into our liberal arts areas. They are basically second rate citizens on campus. I could go on and on but frankly, I don't really feel the need to impress you, nor do you really want to hear it.

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So I am not sure how that improves your argument that A&M is somehow going to be more relevant. Other than the argument that no one else buys that it is better to be third place in the SEC West than first place in the Pac12 South.

Think of it this way. Our former student base is huge, and we have invested heavily in building tier one facilities and everything you may want or need to build a Top 5 football program. There is nothing you are lacking here and our budgets outweigh most anyone. We have committed to winning, not just being content with pretty good like in the past.