Recruit decision - Texas A&M or Texas?

[echeese]

Mack Brown did more in his 16 years at TEXAS than aggie has accomplished in all their "storied" history. . .

National Championships:

MB: 1; Aggy: 1 (1939)

Overall Winning Percentage:

MB: 78% (#3 in time frame) Aggy: 60% (#23)

Head to Head:

MB: 10 wins Aggy: 4 wins

Top 5 Finishes (used AP):

MB: 5 (2001, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009); Aggy: 3 (1939 1956 2012)

Top 10 Finishes:

Mack: 7; Aggie: 11

Longest Years finishing Ranked Streak:

MB: 12 (includes CFB record for most consecutive weeks ranked) Aggie: 7 (’89-’95 can we say FedEx?)

Bowl Wins:

MB: 10; Aggie: 15

BcS Bowl records: (pre 1995 = Cotton bowl, Orange or Sugar)

Mack: 3-1 Aggie: 4-6

10+ Win Seasons:

MB: 9; Aggie: 13

Consecutive 9+ Win Seasons

MB: 12; Aggie: 6 (1990-95, Slocum)

Consecutive 10+ Win Seasons:

MB: 9; Aggie 4 (1991-94, Slocum)

First Round Draft Picks: (through 2013 draft)

MB: 15; Aggie: 29

Heisman Winners:

MB: 1; Aggie: 2

Heisman Runner-Ups (ie trip to NYC):

MB: 3; Aggie: 2 (John Kimbrough, 1940 Johnny Jailbait 2013)

Doak Walker Awards (Top RB):

MB: 2; Aggie: 0

Maxwell Awards (College Player of the Year):

MB: 3; Aggie: 0

Davey O’Brien Awards (Top QB):

MB: 2; Aggy: 1

Thorpe Awards (Top DB):

MB: 2; Aggie: 0

Butkis Awards (Best LB):

MB: 1; Aggie: 1

Draddy (Academic Heisman for on and off field accomplishments)

MB: 2 (Sam Acho & Dallas Griffin) aggie: 0

Lombardi Awards (Best Lineman)

MB: 1 Aggie: 2

Nagurski Award (Best Def Player):

MB: 2 Aggie 0

Hendricks Award (Best DE):

MB: 2 Aggie:0

 

[Epictetus]

swag

swag/

noun

1.

an ornamental festoon of flowers, fruit, and greenery.

"ribbon-tied swags of flowers"

2.

informal

money or goods taken by a thief or burglar.

"their homes offer tempting swag for burglars"

verb

1.

arrange in or decorate with a swag or swags of fabric.

"swag the fabric gracefully over the curtain tie-backs"

2.

AUSTRAL./NZ

travel with one's personal belongings in a bundle.

"swagging it in Queensland"

 

[JimsTexas]

cheese my man I love the way you can make your point. My friends y'all have a great weekend.

 

[UTPhil2006]

I think another point that these highly rated recruits need to consider is the fish bowl that is college station. Just as JFF how much he hated that aspect. The Aggie chasing down Nick Harvey at the Austin airport yesterday is a perfect example. Seriously though, part of other school's recruiting against TAMU should be exactly that -- go to TAMU, become great, have your life ruined by the 12th man. (see 12th man example below)..

"OMG Johnny Football! Look its JFF! Hey Johnny.. Gig me!"

 

[GARCH]

i didn't even know aggy had an engineering school. I would have thought that would have been disbanded when their bonfire collapsed. Does aggy believe in science?

 

[Agmaniacmike]

i didn't even know aggy had an engineering school. I would have thought that would have been disbanded when their bonfire collapsed. Does aggy believe in science?

Bonfire smack talk is lame and makes you a POS for a human being. There is plenty of ammo to make fun of A&M about and you choose an event that caused the deaths of multiple students?

 

[GARCH]

I chose an event that was related to engineering. U seem sensitive

 

[doc longhorn]

Ok, somewhat off-topic, BUT....as a graduate of the Civil Engineering School at UT Austin, I have to point out it is ranked higher than aggy's. Don't assume aggy's enginering school is better than UT's.
No question that Austin's night life is a thousand times better than at BCS.

LOL - rather than get our fine grads of our fine engineering school indignant, I will substitute A&M's Veterinary school instead.

 

[GARCH]

LOL - rather than get our fine grads of our fine engineering school indignant, I will substitute A&M's Veterinary school instead.

good move. aggy has a respectable vet school.