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Is there any dynamic between Houston and A&M fans?
Posted on 3/24/24 at 9:37 pm
Posted on 3/24/24 at 9:37 pm
Or are they far enough apart that there isn’t a rivalry?
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Posted on 3/24/24 at 9:41 pm to RadBro
Probably hasn’t been a rivalry in 30 years
Posted on 3/24/24 at 9:42 pm to RadBro
None
Posted on 3/24/24 at 9:46 pm to RadBro
They haven’t been in the same conference since the 90s, but there is huge overlap socially and in the workplace in the Houston metro between aggies and UH grads.
Posted on 3/24/24 at 9:51 pm to RadBro
If there is one at all it probably didn't make it to Memphis
This post was edited on 3/24/24 at 9:52 pm
Posted on 3/24/24 at 9:54 pm to RadBro
No
Posted on 3/24/24 at 10:06 pm to RadBro
UH alumni hate all things UT and A&M (the superior, A-level Texas schools) while UT and A&M folks look down their noses at UH (commuter school with improving reputation).
That’s the dynamic.
That’s the dynamic.
Posted on 3/24/24 at 10:17 pm to GeauxTigers123
quote:Exactly. Houston and A&M last played against each other regularly when the Southwest Conference disbanded in 1996. A&M, Texas, Texas Tech, & Baylor went to the Big XII. Houston went to CUSA (1996–2013), then AAC (2013–2023) & to the Big XII in 2023. Houston joined the Southwest Conference in 1972. They were in a conference together for about 24 years.
They haven’t been in the same conference since the 90s,
Southwest Conference wikipedia
Great freaking OT game tonight!
This post was edited on 3/24/24 at 10:29 pm
Posted on 3/25/24 at 7:53 am to RadBro
Most of my friends from school with Houston roots are now rooting for UH, either because they have a grad degree/family connnection there or simply because it would be cool for the city if they won a title. There’s probably some animosity for older grads who were around during the SWC but absolutely zero from the Big 12/SEC generation
Posted on 3/25/24 at 8:08 am to mattz1122
quote:
hile UT and A&M folks look down their noses at UH
i mean this with absolutely no harshness or ill will...
but i don't think A&M or UT think about UH outside of an athletic event. Even then, it's just referring to UH as Cougar High.
It's like UNT. A perfectly fine/good school, but, as you put it, a regional "commuter school."
Posted on 3/25/24 at 8:09 am to ShaneTheLegLechler
Is Houston becoming a better college overall? I never knew anything about U of H, but basically the consensus amongst Houston people I knew, was that U of H was kinda your last option type of thing.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 8:12 am to sta4ever
quote:
Is Houston becoming a better college overall? I never knew anything about U of H, but basically the consensus amongst Houston people I knew, was that U of H was kinda your last option type of thing.
i've never felt that dynamic in academics for Texas.
A crap ton of dentists, optometrists, and Drs went there for med school instead of Baylor, TAMU, UT, etc.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 8:16 am to RadBro
quote:
Is there any dynamic between Houston and A&M fans?
The Houston fans are not members of a cult so that’s unlikely.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 8:18 am to sta4ever
UH is not a bad school at all, and it’s a great option for professional grad degrees for Houston residents (which a lot of my friends from A&M and other schools went there for). It does have the commuter school rep, and they are working hard to shake it. I think having good athletics helps create that campus feel for sure. More so for UH they need the area around it to improve to create a true campus feel which might be tough.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 8:24 am to sta4ever
UH is a fair school in its own right
Its still working to get rid of the commuter label but it's a quality school
Its still working to get rid of the commuter label but it's a quality school
This post was edited on 3/25/24 at 8:25 am
Posted on 3/25/24 at 8:26 am to 3nOut
quote:
A crap ton of dentists, optometrists, and Drs went there for med school instead of Baylor, TAMU, UT, etc.
A point of clarification:
UT has a med school and dental school in Houston.
U of H has a pharmacy school and Optometry school in Houston. I think U of H is opening a med school (not sure if open yet). Edit: looks like the first small class started in 2020.
So people who go to dent school or med school in Houston were actually in the UT system (unless med school at BCM which only shares a name with BU at this point).
It’s confusing.
This post was edited on 3/25/24 at 8:28 am
Posted on 3/25/24 at 8:30 am to ShaneTheLegLechler
quote:
More so for UH they need the area around it to improve
I drove through there recently. It surprised me. One side of campus looked like it was bordering a gentrifying area that still had about 50% of buildings looking horrible.
The other side had mansions next to a big ditch. One of them had a brightly colored Rolls Royce out front.
Seems like an odd part of town.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 8:41 am to GeauxTigers123
Houston in a nutshell
Posted on 3/25/24 at 8:42 am to GeauxTigers123
quote:
U of H has a pharmacy school and Optometry school in Houston. I think U of H is opening a med school (not sure if open yet). Edit: looks like the first small class started in 2020.
i'm open to being corrected on that. but i will say i'm a bit ignorant on med schools in Texas.
now that you say that, i know an unusual number of optometrists which probably skews my . I'm in Temple and Baylor Scott and White has a large eye institute and I go to church with a ton of them and they all seemed to have gone to UH.
This post was edited on 3/25/24 at 8:44 am
Posted on 3/25/24 at 8:57 am to 3nOut
It its a good academic school, below UT and A&M, but better than other public options in Texas.
Being a commuter school is what hurts it the most.
Being a commuter school is what hurts it the most.
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