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re: Aggies Trying too Hard to Fit In
Posted on 9/4/12 at 1:53 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
Posted on 9/4/12 at 1:53 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
You've mistaken Ok with Ok St....
Stoops is a joke.
Stoops is a joke.
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Posted on 9/4/12 at 1:58 pm to Rebelgator
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aggy needs to man up and play like they own the billboard.
More importantly, I think we need to literally annex Gainesville.
Posted on 9/4/12 at 2:05 pm to KaiserSoze99
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Y'all have to understand. A&M was a small military college. If you wanted a "good education" back in the day, you went to "The University" or Baylor, or SMU, even TCU. A&M went FLYING past all of those schools on the field and in the class room (include AssU for a time). So, now they are ALL shitting bricks of butthurt and hatred. This is an extension of that hatred.
You've said this before and it isn't true. At all.
Posted on 9/4/12 at 2:18 pm to TeLeFaWx
Which part ain't true?
1. A&M was a small military school in the beginning?
2. That people thought of other schools as "good education" above A&M?
3. That A&M had lower academic prestige than the other schools?
4. That A&M passed up all the other schools?
5. That the left-behinds are butthurt?
T or F on each please.
1. A&M was a small military school in the beginning?
2. That people thought of other schools as "good education" above A&M?
3. That A&M had lower academic prestige than the other schools?
4. That A&M passed up all the other schools?
5. That the left-behinds are butthurt?
T or F on each please.
This post was edited on 9/4/12 at 2:19 pm
Posted on 9/4/12 at 2:58 pm to KaiserSoze99
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Which part ain't true?
1. A&M was a small military school in the beginning?
2. That people thought of other schools as "good education" above A&M?
3. That A&M had lower academic prestige than the other schools?
4. That A&M passed up all the other schools?
5. That the left-behinds are butthurt?
T or F on each please.
1. True. But also False. It was relatively large compared to the SMALLER PRIVATE schools in the state. From 1933 to 1948, the total enrollment at Southern Methodist University went from 200 students, to 500 students. The enrollment at Texas A&M in the same time frame went from 2,151 to 8,536. Texas A&M was the first public institution in the state as well. Outside of tu, the only public institution that ever had a larger enrollment was Texas Tech, which started 47 years after Texas A&M. It managed to maintain a lower level enrollment than Texas A&M even through WWI when Texas A&M's enrollment dropped nearly 75%, only to surpass it for the following years:
1957-1975
https://www.irim.ttu.edu/ARCHIVE/ENR/FALLENRL.HTM
https://www.tamu.edu/customers/oisp/factbook/Enrollment/historic2.htm
https://www.smumn.edu/graduate-home/about-smu/history-of-smu
2. Completely False. Education was viewed in a completely different light back then. You weren't sold a second high school diploma. You went to college to learn. Some colleges offered what others did not. As an example. My mother was born in Palo Alto, California in 1957 while my grandfather was attending law school at Stanford University. He chose Stanford over Harvard. He liked California better. What were his qualifications? Three years of completed courses at the University of Oklahoma and a check. No minimum grade point. No letter of recommendation. No essay. Nothing. And if he went to Texas A&M, Baylor, tu, SMU, Texas Tech, it would have been the exact same.
3. Also completely false. See 2 above.
4. True. But also False. Texas A&M has always been considered, much like other land grant agricultural and mechanical colleges across the country, to be good at what it does. As an overall institution, I don't believe it ever had to surpass Texas Tech or the commuter college in Houston, and small private schools have always been more geared towards graduate degrees in law and medicine, two things we haven't done until the last couple years.
5. False. I have never met someone that is butthurt that his degree has lost clout and power compared to an up and coming Aggie degree. The hatred in the state comes from us being the largest in-stae rivals of the darling of the t-shirt crowd in the state, tu. Nothing more.
Posted on 9/4/12 at 2:58 pm to TeLeFaWx
WWII*
Posted on 9/4/12 at 3:14 pm to TeLeFaWx
lol.
Good lord it's a slow news day.
Oh yeah, A&M is collectively the classiest fan base I know and on par education wise with Ivy League schools.
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Good lord it's a slow news day.
Oh yeah, A&M is collectively the classiest fan base I know and on par education wise with Ivy League schools.
/Thread
Posted on 9/4/12 at 3:17 pm to BaylorTiger
Well report from Gainesville is, that the billboard has been taken down.
Posted on 9/4/12 at 3:20 pm to StrickAggie06
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I have never heard a single aggie use "Aggie Nation" when referring to ourselves
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This wasn't A&M sanctioned, and no self respecting Aggie uses the phrase "Aggie Nation".
Texas A&M Chancellor John Sharp referring to "Aggie Nation" in purchase of Texas Wesleyan Law School. (The Chancellor of the system has to qualify as a "self respecting Aggie, doesn't he?).
"I'm telling you, Aggie Nation is very excited about this," Sharp said.
Texas A&M Chancellor John Sharp referring to "Aggie Nation" in move to the SEC (confirming the reference in the above article was no mistake).
"I have never seen the Aggie nation more unified in my life than on this move,"
"Aggie Nation" term used on TexAgs (supporters use of the term):
LINK
LINK
Aggie Nation flag (notice the Aggie part is trademarked but not the nation):
Aggie Nation shirt:
On sale at the SEC Store:
LINK
Aggie Nation on twitter (lots of SEC references):
LINK
Aggie Nation blog:
LINK
... and that was a simple Google search.
This post was edited on 9/4/12 at 3:23 pm
Posted on 9/4/12 at 3:20 pm to BaylorTiger
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Oh yeah, A&M is collectively the classiest fan base I know and on par education wise with Ivy League schools.
/Thread
+1
Posted on 9/4/12 at 3:22 pm to rb585
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Oh yeah, A&M is collectively the classiest fan base I know and on par education wise with Ivy League schools.
True and truer.
Posted on 9/4/12 at 3:22 pm to rb585
rb585
SMU Fan
Member since Aug 2010
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holy cow
:rotflmao:
SMU Fan
Member since Aug 2010
1 post
holy cow
:rotflmao:Posted on 9/4/12 at 3:22 pm to rb585
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rb585
Total aggsessed post. That took piggie-level aggsessed effort. Good job!
Posted on 9/4/12 at 3:44 pm to TeLeFaWx
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RachelAGeorge: Aggie billboard in Gainesville has come down. Clear Channel Outdoor rep cites trademark issues.
Posted on 9/4/12 at 3:47 pm to fooz
Wow, that was fast.
Posted on 9/4/12 at 3:47 pm to fooz
Don't jack with A&M lawyers. If Ken Starr couldn't beat 'em, no one can. 
Posted on 9/4/12 at 3:49 pm to rb585
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... and that was a simple Google search.
...that yields broken links. Most people haven't even heard the term "Aggie Nation". Most Aggies (like myself) believe it is incredibly stupid, generic and lame. We also get a fair amount of generic, re-branded merchandise that someone just makes the same crap for every university and changes the name and color.
That said, every item on that billboard was carefully phrased in an effort to not directly infringe upon trademarks held by Texas A&M. The A&M legal department is raising hell about it, Clearchannel will cooperate fully with the allegation of trademark infringement simply from the seriousness of the charge if not the merit of our case, and this will probably be traced back to a LLC or other shell company based on the buyer's knowledge of liability.
This has gotten exactly the kind of reaction the buyer wanted, a bunch of negative media attention across the south and bulletin board material for Florida. I doubt someone from Florida did it, though. You should ask yourselves who has the most to lose if A&M actually does succeed in the SEC.
Posted on 9/4/12 at 3:51 pm to rb585
Posted on 9/4/12 at 4:00 pm to KaiserSoze99
lol, so one chancellor, some random merch, and a couple of internet posts...got it 
Posted on 9/4/12 at 4:37 pm to leoj
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"Aggie Nation" term used on TexAgs (supporters use of the term):
Funny how you don't mention the overwhelming majority of responses in that thread which are negative at best and pissed off at worst over even the contemplation of using the phrase.
For almost 100 years, "The 12th Man" has been used in place of " (fill in the blank) Nation" or whatever equally lame ubiquitous moniker for fans and alumni of schools across the country. We're unique, we already have a well known brand which we license to the Seattle Seahawks, and we have no reason to change it.
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