re: How do the Aggies.....

Well it wasn't that long ago that A&M was handing annual losses to the likes of LSU and texas, and in the early days of the Big 12, OU as well.

A&M is not a distant 4th in terms of recruiting. That is wishful thinking on your part I'm afraid. Around the same time OU, texas, and LSU where/are being lead by the likes of Stoops, Brown, Saban, and Miles, A&M was dealing with the Fran era. Hell, even Fran had a couple of elite recruiting classes. A nine or ten win A&M team will out recruit every school in this country (with the exception of a split with texas) for high school kids in the state of Texas.

As for you're comment on tradition and state school, I'm not sure I even know how to respond to that.

A&M was on TV for 8/12 regular season games this year. Not bad for a team with a combined win count of 10 the previous 2 seasons. Here's a peak at one in particular: [url]LINK ]

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Outside of Texas, nobody gives a flying F about A&M. I know its hard for my aggie buddies to think this, they think everyone across the country gets them and their tradition. Truth is that its a Texas thing, if you arent from Texas or an alumni of A&M, they really arent that big of a name.

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With all due respect I've lived outside of the state of TX for the better part of a decade. You are indeed ignorant. Texas A&M is the 7th largest school in this country. It is a member of the American Association of Universities. You are letting your disdain for Aggies influence your opinion.

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Plus when A&M's DC takes a head coaching job next offseason half of those Defensive recruits will jump ship.

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How many of those recruits were recruited by the DC?