Texan1976 said:
Sounds like you are happy with A&M's performance. What exactly is in the "Hall of Champions"?
Nope. Not happy. You see -- we Aggies look at the past decade and see that there is work to do. That we need improvement. Better everything. We join the best conference. We build the largest and best college football stadium in Texas (and the SEC). We build the best football facilities in the nation. We go get the best coach in college football. We start recruiting and signing the best players. We have always had the best fans and traditions.
Now, you sips - you are delusional. You sit on your hands and dream of the days of racial segregation and 16" TV screens and artificially increase the star count of your recruits.
Let me introduce you to the reality of the past decade. Like most sips -- you are blocking out that you *were* Texas. Here, let me remind you of your t-shirt team's prowess in this decade:
2010: 5-7 - finished season unranked in polls- ranked #3 nationally recruiting
2011: 8-5 - finished season unranked in polls - ranked #3 nationally recruiting
2012: 9-4 - finished season ranked 18th in polls - ranked #2 nationally recruiting
2013: 8-5 - finished season unranked in polls - ranked #24 nationally recruiting
2014: 6-7 - finished season unranked in polls - ranked #20 nationally recruiting
2015: 5-7 - finished season unranked in polls - ranked #12 nationally recruiting
2016: 5-7 - finished season unranked in polls - ranked #11 nationally recruiting
2017: 7-6 - finished season unranked in polls - ranked #31 nationally recruiting
2018: 10-4 - finished season ranked 9th in polls - ranked #4 nationally recruiting
Total W-L: 63-52
So, for the 9 seasons this decade: 4 seasons t.u. has a had a losing record (44%) , 7 seasons t.u. finished unranked (77%), 4 seasons (44%) t.u. won a bowl game. 0 seasons was t.u. nationally relevant (00%). All seasons -- your team wore dirty baby diaper poop as its team color.
This, all the while playing in a weak conference with weak teams in small stadiums and smaller crowds on regional TV. And -- you hired a coach that's just plain nuts. Wow. Yes, please keep telling us how great your t-shirt team is.
Meanwhile, over in Aggieland:
2010: 9-4 - finished season #19 in polls- ranked #17 nationally recruiting
2011: 6-7 - finished season unranked in polls - ranked #27 nationally recruiting
2012: 11-2 - finished season ranked 5th in polls - ranked #15 nationally recruiting
2013: 9-4 - finished season ranked 18th in polls - ranked #11 nationally recruiting
2014: 8-5 - finished season unranked in polls - ranked #21 nationally recruiting
2015: 8-5 - finished season unranked in polls - ranked #10 nationally recruiting
2016: 8-5 - finished season unranked in polls - ranked #17 nationally recruiting
2017: 7-6 - finished season unranked in polls - ranked #10 nationally recruiting
2018: 9-4 - finished season ranked 16th in polls - ranked #16 nationally recruiting
Total W-L: 75-42
So, for the 9 seasons this decade: 1 season the good guys a had a losing record (11%) , 5 seasons the Aggies finished unranked (55%), 5 seasons (55%) the Aggies won a bowl game. 3 seasons was A&M was nationally relevant (33%). All seasons the Aggies wear the beauty that is Maroon on their uniforms.
This, all the while playing mostly in the best conference with the best teams in the largest stadiums and even larger crowds on national TV. The Aggies did a lot more, a *lot* more with recruits rated less than the sips.
The Aggies have won 12 more games this decade and lost 10 fewer games than the Longhorns.
The Aggies did not not lose to Iowa State (twice), Maryland (twice), Tceh, California (twice), Kansas State (4x), Kansas, BYU (twice), or other "national powers". LOL, LMAO.
So, let me give you some advice: when you go to Wal-Mart and find a school to root for -- do it with reality staring in your face -- not what happened back when gas was 12 cents a gallon.
You see -- A&M -- we *are* Texas. See the difference? It's evident from that above data -- and we are working to get better. Not smacking our lips about the ancient past.