knoxtom said:

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Kellso said:

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bobinator said:

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I don't know why really but I absolutely love this for Houston.

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The Houston Cougars have branded themselves as the 4th team of the Houston metropolis behind the Astros, Rockets and Texans.

Many casual people in Houston root for the Cougars as the hometown team. The same is similar for other Universities that represent a large city such as Memphis, Pittsburgh, and Miami.
A large portion of this teams fanbase is people that live in the city, and take on a liking for the local team.

Houston has a chance to end a 40 year nightmare on Monday.

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100% agree. UH is a step above a JC and their fans are slightly below. In my 30 years after graduating from TAMU the only UH grads I have ever met have been teachers or coaches.

The Coogs are just a commuter college that need support from the city. Good luck to them against a University on Monday.

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Weird to rag on UH as being less than A&M when they have more successful businessmen, actors, singers, politicians, baseball players, track athletes, basketball players, lawyers, golfers... I guess A&M wins at football players.

May not meet your standards, but they sure do produce a long list of superstars.

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Business men?

A&M ranks tied for 11th on Fortune 500 CEO's. Houston is tied for 44th and that counts a guy who dropped out.

If you're talking about Tilman, he never graduated either. And also went to Tech.

Houston is a commuter school where losers who cant get in anywhere else go, or people who are scared to leave mommy. Breathing is the requirement for admission. Some of them turn out to be succesful. But in no way, shape, or form, does Houston put out anywhere near, nor have they ever, the caliber of graduates nor the earning power that A&M does. If they did, their endowment surely doesn't show it.

Yes, they have more famous sports stars. Mainly from the 80's and 90's. Lawyers? Buzbee laughs at you.

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The call that decided the game… insane lol pic.twitter.com/VR7XhwwNX6

— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) April 6, 2025

ouch

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Still can't believe they called that especially against him or Duke.

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I mean...that IS over the back, and he didnt need to do it.

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Kellso said:

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bobinator said:

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I don't know why really but I absolutely love this for Houston.

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The Houston Cougars have branded themselves as the 4th team of the Houston metropolis behind the Astros, Rockets and Texans.

Many casual people in Houston root for the Cougars as the hometown team. The same is similar for other Universities that represent a large city such as Memphis, Pittsburgh, and Miami.
A large portion of this teams fanbase is people that live in the city, and take on a liking for the local team.

Houston has a chance to end a 40 year nightmare on Monday.

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100% agree. UH is a step above a JC and their fans are slightly below. In my 30 years after graduating from TAMU the only UH grads I have ever met have been teachers or coaches.

The Coogs are just a commuter college that need support from the city. Good luck to them against a University on Monday.

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Good grief. Take it to the Passive Aggressive Pompous Ass board.

Heineken-Ashi said:

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knoxtom said:

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FriscoKid said:

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Kellso said:

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bobinator said:

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I don't know why really but I absolutely love this for Houston.

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The Houston Cougars have branded themselves as the 4th team of the Houston metropolis behind the Astros, Rockets and Texans.

Many casual people in Houston root for the Cougars as the hometown team. The same is similar for other Universities that represent a large city such as Memphis, Pittsburgh, and Miami.
A large portion of this teams fanbase is people that live in the city, and take on a liking for the local team.

Houston has a chance to end a 40 year nightmare on Monday.

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100% agree. UH is a step above a JC and their fans are slightly below. In my 30 years after graduating from TAMU the only UH grads I have ever met have been teachers or coaches.

The Coogs are just a commuter college that need support from the city. Good luck to them against a University on Monday.

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Weird to rag on UH as being less than A&M when they have more successful businessmen, actors, singers, politicians, baseball players, track athletes, basketball players, lawyers, golfers... I guess A&M wins at football players.

May not meet your standards, but they sure do produce a long list of superstars.

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Business men?

A&M ranks tied for 11th on Fortune 500 CEO's. Houston is tied for 44th and that counts a guy who dropped out.

If you're talking about Tilman, he never graduated either. And also went to Tech.

Houston is a commuter school where losers who cant get in anywhere else go, or people who are scared to leave mommy. Breathing is the requirement for admission. Some of them turn out to be succesful. But in no way, shape, or form, does Houston put out anywhere near, nor have they ever, the caliber of graduates nor the earning power that A&M does. If they did, their endowment surely doesn't show it.

Yes, they have more famous sports stars. Mainly from the 80's and 90's. Lawyers? Buzbee laughs at you.

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Says a lot about you that you are typing something like this out AND also dont have an AgTag.

Heineken-Ashi said:

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PatAg said:

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Heineken-Ashi said:

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knoxtom said:

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FriscoKid said:

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Kellso said:

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bobinator said:

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I don't know why really but I absolutely love this for Houston.

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The Houston Cougars have branded themselves as the 4th team of the Houston metropolis behind the Astros, Rockets and Texans.

Many casual people in Houston root for the Cougars as the hometown team. The same is similar for other Universities that represent a large city such as Memphis, Pittsburgh, and Miami.
A large portion of this teams fanbase is people that live in the city, and take on a liking for the local team.

Houston has a chance to end a 40 year nightmare on Monday.

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100% agree. UH is a step above a JC and their fans are slightly below. In my 30 years after graduating from TAMU the only UH grads I have ever met have been teachers or coaches.

The Coogs are just a commuter college that need support from the city. Good luck to them against a University on Monday.

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Weird to rag on UH as being less than A&M when they have more successful businessmen, actors, singers, politicians, baseball players, track athletes, basketball players, lawyers, golfers... I guess A&M wins at football players.

May not meet your standards, but they sure do produce a long list of superstars.

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Business men?

A&M ranks tied for 11th on Fortune 500 CEO's. Houston is tied for 44th and that counts a guy who dropped out.

If you're talking about Tilman, he never graduated either. And also went to Tech.

Houston is a commuter school where losers who cant get in anywhere else go, or people who are scared to leave mommy. Breathing is the requirement for admission. Some of them turn out to be succesful. But in no way, shape, or form, does Houston put out anywhere near, nor have they ever, the caliber of graduates nor the earning power that A&M does. If they did, their endowment surely doesn't show it.

Yes, they have more famous sports stars. Mainly from the 80's and 90's. Lawyers? Buzbee laughs at you.

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Says a lot about you that you are typing something like this out AND also dont have an AgTag.

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What exactly does it say? You going to make the claim I'm not an Aggie? Sure you want to go down that road champ?

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That you are a bad person.

I am a proud A&M graduate and live in Houston. Big Astros, Texans, Rockets fan.

I am 100% pulling for UH to win it all for the city. Obviously I wish it were A&M but it's not. Hopefully one day

Brother works for the university; parents are Coog alumn. Go Coogs!

I've never been able to understand the rankings / acceptance rate / commuter school "smack talk" directed to other schools. It seems kind of desperate. Besides, athletic success is one of the common denominators for fans and their schools of choice. Houston has had one of the best (if not the best) college program in Texas. Everyone, with a little sense should know that.

Heineken-Ashi said:

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knoxtom said:

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FriscoKid said:

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Kellso said:

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bobinator said:

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I don't know why really but I absolutely love this for Houston.

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The Houston Cougars have branded themselves as the 4th team of the Houston metropolis behind the Astros, Rockets and Texans.

Many casual people in Houston root for the Cougars as the hometown team. The same is similar for other Universities that represent a large city such as Memphis, Pittsburgh, and Miami.
A large portion of this teams fanbase is people that live in the city, and take on a liking for the local team.

Houston has a chance to end a 40 year nightmare on Monday.

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100% agree. UH is a step above a JC and their fans are slightly below. In my 30 years after graduating from TAMU the only UH grads I have ever met have been teachers or coaches.

The Coogs are just a commuter college that need support from the city. Good luck to them against a University on Monday.

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Weird to rag on UH as being less than A&M when they have more successful businessmen, actors, singers, politicians, baseball players, track athletes, basketball players, lawyers, golfers... I guess A&M wins at football players.

May not meet your standards, but they sure do produce a long list of superstars.

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Business men?

A&M ranks tied for 11th on Fortune 500 CEO's. Houston is tied for 44th and that counts a guy who dropped out.

If you're talking about Tilman, he never graduated either. And also went to Tech.

Houston is a commuter school where losers who cant get in anywhere else go, or people who are scared to leave mommy. Breathing is the requirement for admission. Some of them turn out to be succesful. But in no way, shape, or form, does Houston put out anywhere near, nor have they ever, the caliber of graduates nor the earning power that A&M does. If they did, their endowment surely doesn't show it.

Yes, they have more famous sports stars. Mainly from the 80's and 90's. Lawyers? Buzbee laughs at you.

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If I'm not mistaken, I believe UH is ranked at, or at least right below LSU and OU? Do you carry the same attitude when those programs win? It's really ironic how we act as if we're so prestigious, but then pretend like Rice doesn't exist, or we haven't been fumbling our academic rankings. People end up at any university for a number of reasons, why do we as a system even bother with Kingsville, Tarleton, San Antonio?

I have enough friends and family that went there, so I personally don't have any ill will towards to UH, and as a Houstonian it's nice that the city may carry another championship team. Some of you act like UCLA or Miami don't also hang their brand onto the major city they're in.

Heineken-Ashi said:

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PatAg said:

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Heineken-Ashi said:

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knoxtom said:

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FriscoKid said:

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Kellso said:

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bobinator said:

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I don't know why really but I absolutely love this for Houston.

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The Houston Cougars have branded themselves as the 4th team of the Houston metropolis behind the Astros, Rockets and Texans.

Many casual people in Houston root for the Cougars as the hometown team. The same is similar for other Universities that represent a large city such as Memphis, Pittsburgh, and Miami.
A large portion of this teams fanbase is people that live in the city, and take on a liking for the local team.

Houston has a chance to end a 40 year nightmare on Monday.

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100% agree. UH is a step above a JC and their fans are slightly below. In my 30 years after graduating from TAMU the only UH grads I have ever met have been teachers or coaches.

The Coogs are just a commuter college that need support from the city. Good luck to them against a University on Monday.

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Weird to rag on UH as being less than A&M when they have more successful businessmen, actors, singers, politicians, baseball players, track athletes, basketball players, lawyers, golfers... I guess A&M wins at football players.

May not meet your standards, but they sure do produce a long list of superstars.

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Business men?

A&M ranks tied for 11th on Fortune 500 CEO's. Houston is tied for 44th and that counts a guy who dropped out.

If you're talking about Tilman, he never graduated either. And also went to Tech.

Houston is a commuter school where losers who cant get in anywhere else go, or people who are scared to leave mommy. Breathing is the requirement for admission. Some of them turn out to be succesful. But in no way, shape, or form, does Houston put out anywhere near, nor have they ever, the caliber of graduates nor the earning power that A&M does. If they did, their endowment surely doesn't show it.

Yes, they have more famous sports stars. Mainly from the 80's and 90's. Lawyers? Buzbee laughs at you.

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Says a lot about you that you are typing something like this out AND also dont have an AgTag.

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What exactly does it say? You going to make the claim I'm not an Aggie? Sure you want to go down that road champ?

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Just immature trash talk. UH is an R1 institution. As a Ph. D. chemist (UNC, BS at A&M), I have a lot of respect for their graduate program, their faculty, and the students they produce. No, they are not t.u. or A&M, and they have a lot of problems with campus safety and reactionary administration, but they are rapidly improving in prestige and reputation. The old "Cougar High" thing is just friendly banter at this point, the same way we laugh at self-deprecating Aggie jokes. Your inferiority complex is really coming out in your inability to recognize the excellence in others.

Rooting for the Coogs! My mom is a UH grad and I was born and raised in Houston, so why not? They have come painfully close, time to finish the job.

Heineken-Ashi said:

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knoxtom said:

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FriscoKid said:

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Kellso said:

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bobinator said:

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I don't know why really but I absolutely love this for Houston.

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The Houston Cougars have branded themselves as the 4th team of the Houston metropolis behind the Astros, Rockets and Texans.

Many casual people in Houston root for the Cougars as the hometown team. The same is similar for other Universities that represent a large city such as Memphis, Pittsburgh, and Miami.
A large portion of this teams fanbase is people that live in the city, and take on a liking for the local team.

Houston has a chance to end a 40 year nightmare on Monday.

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100% agree. UH is a step above a JC and their fans are slightly below. In my 30 years after graduating from TAMU the only UH grads I have ever met have been teachers or coaches.

The Coogs are just a commuter college that need support from the city. Good luck to them against a University on Monday.

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Weird to rag on UH as being less than A&M when they have more successful businessmen, actors, singers, politicians, baseball players, track athletes, basketball players, lawyers, golfers... I guess A&M wins at football players.

May not meet your standards, but they sure do produce a long list of superstars.

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Business men?

A&M ranks tied for 11th on Fortune 500 CEO's. Houston is tied for 44th and that counts a guy who dropped out.

If you're talking about Tilman, he never graduated either. And also went to Tech.

Houston is a commuter school where losers who cant get in anywhere else go, or people who are scared to leave mommy. Breathing is the requirement for admission. Some of them turn out to be succesful. But in no way, shape, or form, does Houston put out anywhere near, nor have they ever, the caliber of graduates nor the earning power that A&M does. If they did, their endowment surely doesn't show it.

Yes, they have more famous sports stars. Mainly from the 80's and 90's. Lawyers? Buzbee laughs at you.

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Is Buzbee wearing his UH Law School sweatshirt when he is laughing at me?

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Houston is a fantastic defensive team.

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Houston held Duke to one field goal for the last 10 minutes of the ball game.

Houston's defense is going to carry them to their first National Title on Monday night.

Native Houstonian here. My dad attended UH for 3 years in the 50s in engineering. They always ranked low on my rivalry hatred scale in the old SWC days. I remember watching the 83 final four in the Hart TV room and all the Ags there were pulling for UH.

So go Cougars!!

FriscoKid said:

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Kellso said:

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bobinator said:

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I don't know why really but I absolutely love this for Houston.

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The Houston Cougars have branded themselves as the 4th team of the Houston metropolis behind the Astros, Rockets and Texans.

Many casual people in Houston root for the Cougars as the hometown team. The same is similar for other Universities that represent a large city such as Memphis, Pittsburgh, and Miami.
A large portion of this teams fanbase is people that live in the city, and take on a liking for the local team.

Houston has a chance to end a 40 year nightmare on Monday.

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100% agree. UH is a step above a JC and their fans are slightly below. In my 30 years after graduating from TAMU the only UH grads I have ever met have been teachers or coaches.

The Coogs are just a commuter college that need support from the city. Good luck to them against a University on Monday.

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Why is the stereotypical TexAgs A&M fan an insufferable chach? Other team from historically better sports program is on the cusp of greatness, so we resort to… academics smack? From 50 year olds? About their bachelor's degree? And another chach wants to puff their chest about the school's endowment (which is mostly from the govt)?

Tango.Mike said:

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FriscoKid said:

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Kellso said:

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bobinator said:

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I don't know why really but I absolutely love this for Houston.

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The Houston Cougars have branded themselves as the 4th team of the Houston metropolis behind the Astros, Rockets and Texans.

Many casual people in Houston root for the Cougars as the hometown team. The same is similar for other Universities that represent a large city such as Memphis, Pittsburgh, and Miami.
A large portion of this teams fanbase is people that live in the city, and take on a liking for the local team.

Houston has a chance to end a 40 year nightmare on Monday.

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100% agree. UH is a step above a JC and their fans are slightly below. In my 30 years after graduating from TAMU the only UH grads I have ever met have been teachers or coaches.

The Coogs are just a commuter college that need support from the city. Good luck to them against a University on Monday.

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Why is the stereotypical TexAgs A&M fan an insufferable chach? Other team from historically better sports program is on the cusp of greatness, so we resort to… academics smack? From 50 year olds? About their bachelor's degree? And another chach wants to puff their chest about the school's endowment (which is mostly from the govt)?

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Great post. Most people who attend a university have some sense of school pride. At A&M it becomes waaaaay over board for many. It becomes their identity. Instead of Jesus or something significant, they find their personal identity in a school. This is why they cannot stand anyone seemingly doing better than us because they take it personally (I'm a failure because this other person from a different school is succeeding and I am not). And the defense mechanism to that is to lash out and try to make it all about you. It's also why many in our fan base will absolutely not tolerate any criticism or critique of our school or our leadership even when appropriate because they take said criticism personally. This plays out daily on all of the sports forums on TexAgs. Try to call out failure at A&M and you will be eviscerated. It really is a strange phenomenon and entirely unique to Texas A&M.

Every fan base at pretty much every university in the nation does this. It is not unique to A&M at all.

Go Coogs!

Heineken-Ashi said:

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knoxtom said:

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FriscoKid said:

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Kellso said:

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bobinator said:

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I don't know why really but I absolutely love this for Houston.

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The Houston Cougars have branded themselves as the 4th team of the Houston metropolis behind the Astros, Rockets and Texans.

Many casual people in Houston root for the Cougars as the hometown team. The same is similar for other Universities that represent a large city such as Memphis, Pittsburgh, and Miami.
A large portion of this teams fanbase is people that live in the city, and take on a liking for the local team.

Houston has a chance to end a 40 year nightmare on Monday.

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100% agree. UH is a step above a JC and their fans are slightly below. In my 30 years after graduating from TAMU the only UH grads I have ever met have been teachers or coaches.

The Coogs are just a commuter college that need support from the city. Good luck to them against a University on Monday.

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Weird to rag on UH as being less than A&M when they have more successful businessmen, actors, singers, politicians, baseball players, track athletes, basketball players, lawyers, golfers... I guess A&M wins at football players.

May not meet your standards, but they sure do produce a long list of superstars.

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Business men?

A&M ranks tied for 11th on Fortune 500 CEO's. Houston is tied for 44th and that counts a guy who dropped out.

If you're talking about Tilman, he never graduated either. And also went to Tech.

Houston is a commuter school where losers who cant get in anywhere else go, or people who are scared to leave mommy. Breathing is the requirement for admission. Some of them turn out to be succesful. But in no way, shape, or form, does Houston put out anywhere near, nor have they ever, the caliber of graduates nor the earning power that A&M does. If they did, their endowment surely doesn't show it.

Yes, they have more famous sports stars. Mainly from the 80's and 90's. Lawyers? Buzbee laughs at you.

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Here is another one for the Passive Aggressive Pompous Ass Board.

Goodness. Hard to understand why people like this need to be so insulting.

They're over-compensating in an effort to avoid acknowledging their own insecurities.

Another Aggie with a well earned inferiority complex. I grew up in Houston when UH played their football games in Rice Stadium. They seemed to field some very good teams for a private school. Certainly just as good as ours at that time. I always thought that UH and A&M had a lot in common. They both attracted a lot of first generation college attendees.

Once they went public, they built 19 major buildings between 1966 & 1970, without the benefit of PUF. It is no longer a commuter school, although I have never figured out what was so derogatory about being a commuter. They have the highest number of beds on campus in the state second only to A&M. There student body is over 40,000. If you have not been on their campus, it is very impressive. Somehow they avoided the Stalinsque architecture that we so enjoy.

They have a Tier One Law School that they created from whole clothe. We tried to buy a Tier four school without the approval of the Coordinating Board. We got slapped but bought one some years later.

I watched the Big E, Elvin Hayes play in what was a high school gym. Didn't hurt his career. I think it is great for UH, Houston and, yes, the State for UH to be playing for the National Championship. I wish them the best.

As an Aggie I am most proud of the hospitality we display towards visiting teams and visitors in general. I grow weary of guys like you that can only find happiness by denigrating another school. I don't like the "cute" nicknames we have fabricated for our rivals. I take no pride in the fact that it was A&M that came up with the name "Cougar High". They know full well where it came from. That must make you proud.

Thank goodness nobody ever made any silly jokes at our expense…

lol at the non-Aggies pretending to be Aggies so they can talk **** about Aggies.

Anyone talking academic smack right now about UH is a pathetic loser. They sucked for decades in basketball before hiring Sampson, yet A&M still isn't even remotely on Houston's level of prestige or accomplishments in the sport.

Some Ags just don't know how to shut up and let others have their moment without making some silly jab about academics.