Riding on a plane out of Boston and sitting next to a 80yr old Bostonian who wanted to talk a little sports. He hears I am from Texas and immediately asks me about the Aggies. I show him my Aggie ring and we talk Aggies for the next 30 minutes. He is whooping and saying Gig'em to the others on the plane he knew after I told him about many of our great traditions. Funny stuff! Said A&M was his favorite college team to watch and was going to have to figure out a way to watch the game Saturday while he and the wife were in California on vacay.

If 80 year old Bostonians know about us and enjoy rooting for the Aggies, there has been a national perception change that is more staggering than any of us local Aggies could imagine.

On the way up there sat next to a guy that sold NCAA licensed merchandise in a Texas, Lousiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico territory and he said A&M has surpassed tu merchandise sales and that it is not even close now. Use to be tu was the clear leader and now both A&M and LSU have surpassed tu.

Thought it was interesting to see all of the real implications of A&M becoming a national power.

The World Famous Fightin' Texas Aggie Brand!

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there has been a national perception change that is more staggering than any of us local Aggies could imagine.

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It has been a joy to watch our alma mater go nova these past few years. Especially as an Ag living out of state.

Sliver and such as.

we all know it's happening but it's good to get some hard evidence of it too.

cool story bro.

no really, I enjoyed it!

improving for sure, but as of first three quarters of fiscal year 2013-14 we're still 9th

12th last fiscal year
19th the year before that
21st the year before that

http://www.clc.com/News/Archived-Rankings.aspx

tu's still 1st and has been as far back as those records went that I looked at

Dammit, 80 year olds and high school recruits don't like the same stuff.. We're targeting the wrong demographic! How the hell do we expect to compete for recruits if we are attractive to olds?

if you want to be first we'll have to win all the convicts and illegal aliens away from tu

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Underrated post.

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Underrated post.

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Now forming at the end cap of your Wal-Mart aisles...

My Brand!

I was on vacation sitting in a pub in Aviemore in the Highlands of Scotland last week with my A&M pullover on, and a local guy walks by and stops suddenly and says, "hey, nice top mate! Johnny Football!" The sliver apparently extends across the pond, as well.

Who knew BostonAg was so old.

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I was on vacation sitting in a pub in Aviemore in the Highlands of Scotland last week with my A&M pullover on, and a local guy walks by and stops suddenly and says, "hey, nice top mate! Johnny Football!" The sliver apparently extends across the pond, as well.

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Last May (2013) I was on a mission trip to the Republic of Georgia, and I was visiting the Jvari Monastery with my maroon A&M polo on. A guy walked up to me (disclaimer: I think he was an American), looked at my shirt, and simply said, "Johnny Football."

Even if he was (probably) an American, that was pretty sweet. I've been going to Georgia since 2009 and that's the first time anyone, local or not, has shown any awareness of Texas A&M.

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there has been a national perception change that is more staggering than any of us local Aggies could imagine.

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It has been a joy to watch our alma mater go nova these past few years. Especially as an Ag living out of state.

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People in calif confused us w Tceh all the time. That has changed. Desmond Howard is the only person left in Amecia who is still confused about it. But he's a hopeless case.

I was in Goa, India about a month ago and ran into a random Indian dude in an Aggie shirt. He had absolutely no idea what it said, but did say that he hated the bevel on it.

The Boston folks know us from the times we played Boston College in Boston years ago. I attended one of games back in the early 1970's. We were favored but Boston College beat us.

Boston is a great city.

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I was on vacation sitting in a pub in Aviemore in the Highlands of Scotland last week with my A&M pullover on, and a local guy walks by and stops suddenly and says, "hey, nice top mate! Johnny Football!" The sliver apparently extends across the pond, as well.

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Last May (2013) I was on a mission trip to the Republic of Georgia, and I was visiting the Jvari Monastery with my maroon A&M polo on. A guy walked up to me (disclaimer: I think he was an American), looked at my shirt, and simply said, "Johnny Football."

Even if he was (probably) an American, that was pretty sweet. I've been going to Georgia since 2009 and that's the first time anyone, local or not, has shown any awareness of Texas A&M.

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I live in Georgia. The meat market guys at my local grocery store stop me every time I come in to talk A&M and football. This has been going on since our move to the SEC was announced. The manager at my golf club talked A&M to me since the first time I walked in to the pro shop wearing an A&M hat, and that was 2006. Guys on the course mention the Aggies and have since I started playing there. Even the maintenance supervisor in my apartment complex follows and talks A&M Sports and has since I moved in here.

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I was on vacation sitting in a pub in Aviemore in the Highlands of Scotland last week with my A&M pullover on, and a local guy walks by and stops suddenly and says, "hey, nice top mate! Johnny Football!" The sliver apparently extends across the pond, as well.

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Last May (2013) I was on a mission trip to the Republic of Georgia, and I was visiting the Jvari Monastery with my maroon A&M polo on. A guy walked up to me (disclaimer: I think he was an American), looked at my shirt, and simply said, "Johnny Football."

Even if he was (probably) an American, that was pretty sweet. I've been going to Georgia since 2009 and that's the first time anyone, local or not, has shown any awareness of Texas A&M.

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I live in Georgia. The meat market guys at my local grocery store stop me every time I come in to talk A&M and football. This has been going on since our move to the SEC was announced. The manager at my golf club talked A&M to me since the first time I walked in to the pro shop wearing an A&M hat, and that was 2006. Guys on the course mention the Aggies and have since I started playing there. Even the maintenance supervisor in my apartment complex follows and talks A&M Sports and has since I moved in here.

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Republic of Georgia?

OOPS! Well what do you expect from us olds?

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I was in Goa, India about a month ago and ran into a random Indian dude in an Aggie shirt. He had absolutely no idea what it said, but did say that he hated the bevel on it.

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i know this is an outright lie, but i laughed anyways

I got a taste of it last year when I flew into LA for work. I went to the Dodgers-Cards playoff game wearing my Aggie Polo and had 20 people talk to me about JFF and the football team.

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we all know it's happening but it's good to get some hard evidence of it too.

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On the way up there sat next to a guy that sold NCAA licensed merchandise in a Texas, Lousiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico territory and he
said A&M has surpassed tu merchandise sales and that it is not even
close now

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Dude is misinformed, but kind.

He's here too....

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he and the wife were in California on vacay.

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did the 80 yr old Bostonian really say vacay? Real black eye for you if not.

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I was in Goa, India about a month ago and ran into a random Indian dude in an Aggie shirt. He had absolutely no idea what it said, but did say that he hated the bevel on it.

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Was it a 2010 Cotton Bowl shirt saying we beat LSU?

I was in China and I kept hearing people saying something about kebin sumrin, yerr readers, and reverie.

They still hate us in North Korea though.

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I was in China and I kept hearing people saying something about kebin sumrin, yerr readers, and reverie.

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