re: Aggies, why tu?

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So you are telling me that Texas isn't best public school in the state?

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When talking about the "best" mega public school in the state, it's all relative.

If you want to be an accountant or historian, go to Texas.

If you want to be an engineer or be among the most highly recruited graduates in the country, go to A&M.

better is relative.. both are top 20 and fine schools for anyone to go to. We were still the first big state university.

frick them doodz

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Maybe you should read the Goddamn Texas Constitution which says this. I know not all of your frickers are as dumb as our fricking Aggie governor.

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SEC. 10. The Legislature shall, as soon as practicable, establish, organize and provide for the maintenance, support and direction of a university of the first class, to be located by a vote of the people of this State, and styled "The University of Texas," for the promotion of literature, and the arts and sciences, including an agricultural and mechanical department.


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SEC. 13. The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, established by an act of the Legislature, passed April 17, 1871, located in the county of Brazos, is hereby made, and constituted a branch of the University of Texas, for instruction in agriculture, the mechanic arts and the natural sciences connected therewith. And the Legislature shall, at its next session, make an appropriation, not to exceed forty thousand dollars, for the construction and completion of the buildings and improvements, and for providing the furniture necessary to put said college in immediate and successful operation.


By the way, this was written in 1876. A&M is indeed an older institution, but the writers of the Constitution did not recognize it as anything other than an Ag school - and that is at the heart of the issue.

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You are an idiot.

Maybe you should read the US Constitution. It has a clause for counting slaves as 3/5ths of a person. In both cases though the Constitution was changed. In the case of A&M and Texas it never actually even went into effect. A&M was never a branch of Texas because once Texas actually became a school it was decided that A&M and Texas should both be separate Flagship Universities.

Texas is a fine school as is A&M. It's really a matter of how you evaluate schools. A&M is larger than Texas, though just barely. The entrance requirements are very similar and very few people able to be accepted into one could not be accepted at the other. Both are AAU schools. Texas emphasizes different specialties than A&M does. A&M is a significantly better research school. A&M grads make more money after graduation.

Texas is only vastly superior to A&M in their arrogance and ego.

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Maybe you should read the US Constitution. It has a clause for counting slaves as 3/5ths of a person. In both cases though the Constitution was changed. In the case of A&M and Texas it never actually even went into effect. A&M was never a branch of Texas because once Texas actually became a school it was decided that A&M and Texas should both be separate Flagship Universities. Texas is a fine school as is A&M. It's really a matter of how you evaluate schools. A&M is larger than Texas, though just barely. The entrance requirements are very similar and very few people able to be accepted into one could not be accepted at the other. Both are AAU schools. Texas emphasizes different specialties than A&M does. A&M is a significantly better research school. A&M grads make more money after graduation. Texas is only vastly superior to A&M in their arrogance and ego.

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Got to it before me.

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You had Kansas University and Kansas Aggies
Oklahoma University and Oklahoma Aggies
Texas University and Texas Aggies

This is the reason why The University of Oklahoma and The University of Kansas are OU and KU.


Okay, that's a decent explanation.

I did not know that K-State used to be the Aggies but I did know that Okie State used to be the Aggies.

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So was Oklahoma STATE or Oklahoma the aggies? I are confuzzled. Okie St. makes more sense.

Just looked. Okie STATE was the Aggies and they are OSU. OU is not the same as OSU. OU has never been the aggies.

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In terms of who earns more after college, A&M is far and away a better University.

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You dumb.

There are a million reasons why you might think this, but its clearly not an objective statement.

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You're right. You are "confuzzled"

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I just love making up words.

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You had Kansas University and Kansas Aggies Oklahoma University and Oklahoma Aggies Texas University and Texas Aggies

This is the reason why The University of Oklahoma and The University of Kansas are OU and KU.

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well that's false.

all the original Big8 school had that unique moniker.

OU, CU, OSU, NU, ISU, KU, KSU, MU.

Just to throw in another theory. I've also heard that Texas grads just called their school "the university". It was a jab because A&M was just a college (became a University in the 60's). So we called them tu for "the university" to make fun of their arrogance.

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Aggies, why tu?


I understand the t'cips was something to do with WW2 but what's the story behind tu?


Because if ut is really tu shouldn't y'all be tuatm?

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Everyone should share aTm's hatred for Tejas.