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re: Was A&M always this rich?
Posted on 6/28/26 at 5:40 pm to truth22
Posted on 6/28/26 at 5:40 pm to truth22
oh, and re wealth, A&M has it in athletics (which is NOT supported by the PUF) because of three main factors:
1) large alumni base due to last 40 years
2) very productive graduates excelling in engineering and business, among others, with a great top-rated reputation among business recruiters (A&M is #1 in # of CEOs
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3) incredible school loyalty. being an Aggie, to an Aggie, is more than just a school or team identitiy. Most Aggies do actually believe that it means something special, as a person, to be an Aggie. Others will laugh and poke fun, but that is part of the deal.
a cult? in a sense, yes.
i guess like the moonies and the scientologists, we love handing over our money to the thing.
1) large alumni base due to last 40 years
2) very productive graduates excelling in engineering and business, among others, with a great top-rated reputation among business recruiters (A&M is #1 in # of CEOs
and
3) incredible school loyalty. being an Aggie, to an Aggie, is more than just a school or team identitiy. Most Aggies do actually believe that it means something special, as a person, to be an Aggie. Others will laugh and poke fun, but that is part of the deal.
a cult? in a sense, yes.
i guess like the moonies and the scientologists, we love handing over our money to the thing.
This post was edited on 6/28/26 at 5:43 pm
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Posted on 6/28/26 at 7:11 pm to HTX Horn
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Chant had nothing to do with money. Everything to do with aggy losing and blaming their mean bad big brother.
And it started back when the biggest school in the football-mad state was regularly beating what amounted to the Texas version of The Citadel.
The notable part wasn’t that A&M beat Texas so rarely. It was that we won any at all.
This post was edited on 6/28/26 at 7:17 pm
Posted on 6/28/26 at 7:35 pm to MizzouTrue
Aggies couldn’t even buy a title when they were paying players illegally
Posted on 6/28/26 at 8:04 pm to MizzouTrue
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Was A&M always this rich?
Yes
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Back in the big12 Texas fans used to chant “poor Aggies”
Poor Aggies is in reference to their inability to win national titles.
Posted on 6/28/26 at 8:14 pm to MizzouTrue
They spent 35mill on the first NIL recruiting class infamously the end of Jimbo’s reign
Posted on 6/28/26 at 8:26 pm to MizzouTrue
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Back in the big12 Texas fans used to chant “poor Aggies” so I was convinced they were just a hardscrabble program that tried to do more with less, like Oregon State.
They called them "poor Aggies" because they always had their hopes up to beat Texas every year and have a respectable record, but they would always fail. Calling the "poor Aggies" is akin to calling them "poor things". Pity. That's all it is.
aTm has always been a loaded school though. Lot's of Oil and Tech money gets funneled into aTm from Alum.
Posted on 6/28/26 at 8:27 pm to n64ra
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Poor Aggies is in reference to their inability to win national titles.
Yup. That's how we've always known it.
Posted on 6/28/26 at 8:29 pm to AlaskaAg
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Firing RC set us back nearly two decades.
Yup. Still think this was one of the biggest mistakes aTm made.
Posted on 6/28/26 at 8:31 pm to Diamondawg
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Plano Tackle Box.
OMG! I never thought of that, but yeah it kind does look like a Plano tackle box.
Posted on 6/28/26 at 8:35 pm to MizzouTrue
Texas schools in general are rich as hell
This NIL era has been very good for them
Name another state that has put 5 teams in the playoff. They've had 3 teams make it to the March Madness finals
This NIL era has been very good for them
Name another state that has put 5 teams in the playoff. They've had 3 teams make it to the March Madness finals
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