Below are some responses to some aggy on a Youtube video a while back.. IMHO, these should be our responses not only to aggy but any idiot that dares to defend them either on a BB or in the press.
1)Before 1964 A&M was an all male military college and you had to be a cadet and serve in the army to attend A&M. So A&M couldn’t recruit the big guys and talented players in the trenches like UT did for half a century because in the army there’s a height and weight test that you have to maintain. It’s like UT playing Army right now every year and claiming superiority. It’s just not fair. Aggies were to busy worried about serving their country rather than football. Most of UT’s wins were before the 60’s.
Response #1: A&M was a pseudo military school that was never affiliated with either the USMA or USNA. It was the VMI or The Citadel of Texas. As far as recruiting was concerned, why was both Army and Navy ranked in the Top 15 the year that UT won its first MNC? They were and always have been far more selective in admitting students to their schools than A&M. Why did Army and Navy have better football programs than A&M in the 40s, 50s and 60s? BTW, you were only claiming one MNC until 2010
2) Scholarship cap: Before the 1976 there was unlimited number of scholarships a school could give to athletes. And Darrell Royal used this to his advantage. UT (having a lot of money at the time, now A&M has surpassed UT in the most valuable football program) would monopolize ten states recruits and hand out scholarships like candy and pack the team to prevent players to going to other universities. Once the NCAA placed a scholarship cap in 1975 Darrell left UT and they ended up sucking in the 80’s and 90’s.
Response #2: There was a 115 scholarship limit self imposed for SWC schools beginning the late 1950s. There was a push in the SEC to limit the football schoarships in the early 1960s. However it fell thru. Georgia Tech and Tulane left the conference as a result. Sure you couldl still sign as many players as you could in the SWC but you still had to be in and around 115 scholarships. Interesting sidenote, in both 1960 and 1967, A&M signed more players that UT according to DAVE CAMPBELL'S TEXAS FOOTBALL. in 1960, A&M signed 47 players to UT"s 43. In 1967, it was 47 to 40. What your sprouting is a total aggy myth.