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TangoMike did lots of research on USMA and very little on A&M !

USMA started 50 YEARS before A&M ! A&M didn't exist during the Civil War - how many MOH were awarded in that war ? How many were rescended later by Congress ?

So since A&M started in 1876, USMA has only produced ONE president in 139 years ! And not one Governor of Texas !

When TangoMike gets over his love of USMA as compared to A&M, he will find one guy from A&M who has changed the world without firing a shot - George Mitchell who has revolutionized the world energy production ! ( And was in the Corps at A&M )

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George Mitchell was one hell of a man, may he rest in peace.

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TangoMike did lots of research on USMA and very little on A&M !

USMA started 50 YEARS before A&M ! A&M didn't exist during the Civil War - how many MOH were awarded in that war ? How many were rescended later by Congress ?

So since A&M started in 1876, USMA has only produced ONE president in 139 years ! And not one Governor of Texas !

When TangoMike gets over his love of USMA as compared to A&M, he will find one guy from A&M who has changed the world without firing a shot - George Mitchell who has revolutionized the world energy production ! ( And was in the Corps at A&M )

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You did even less research on either, and you didn't refute any of my data (and I'm not sure you even read a single post in this entire thread). I know a lot about A&M, I did memorize a little maroon book full of campusologies. I don't have any love for USMA, I even said as much. And if you're going to pick a guy that changed the world without firing a shot (a discriminator that was never mentioned anywhere by any poster) with ties to A&M, you should pick Norman Borlaug, or if being a former student is imperative, try Edward Knipling.

In other words USMA is strictly military oriented !

Wikipedia has a list of notable former students that seems fairly comprehensive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Texas_A%26M_University_people#Film.2C_television.2C_and_theater

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I'm more concerned that A&M hasn't produced any astronauts. What's up with that? I think the sips claim 10. TEN!

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We actually do have astros.

Mike Fossum was in Gator-2, I believe. If you recall when Sherm was still the coach and we did that "are you ready" video bit before games...well Mike was ISS Commander and did the intro for the Utah St game that year from the ISS.

There's also been several other astronauts that earned post grad degrees from A&M.

t.u. is likely claiming their post grads and post docs in their numbers.

dangit, just saw Canyon beat me to it re: Mike.

I know Mike, and he's a first rate solid dude.

Texags staff even got him posting to TA while he was on ISS.

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I'm more concerned that A&M hasn't produced any astronauts. What's up with that? I think the sips claim 10. TEN!

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We actually do have astros.

Mike Fossum was in Gator-2, I believe. If you recall when Sherm was still the coach and we did that "are you ready" video bit before games...well Mike was ISS Commander and did the intro for the Utah St game that year from the ISS.

There's also been several other astronauts that earned post grad degrees from A&M.

t.u. is likely claiming their post grads and post docs in their numbers.

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make sense. thanks for clarifying. I am curious about post grads.

No problem.

Strictly for undergrad I believe Navy Academy leads.

Sips claim many post grads.

Because Integrity is one of the Corps core values