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<blockquote data-quote="WVUALLEN" data-source="post: 130502061" data-attributes="member: 1112294">Texas swagger, we’re better than everyone else because we make more money.Most fans brag about their team’s performance on the field. Texas is different, If you say anything that isn’t 100% positive about Texas, Longhorn fans lash out by responding, “Oh, yeah, well we make more money than you do!”Sports are about winning titles, not about making money. Yet this is the foundational argument of Texas Longhorn athletics, “We’re richer than you!” At first I was confused by this, why were Longhorn fans, most of whom couldn’t afford a used truck without selling their platelets first, spending so much time about how much money Texas made?I was guilty of what I’ll call the Texas fallacy, a belief, rooted in media laziness, that Texas was better than it actually was. But dive into the record book’s recent history and you learn something astounding, despite all the money Texas athletics make, the Longhorns don’t actually win very much. Once I knew this, everything about Texas fans made sense. The only thing modern Texas fans can really brag about is the money their athletic department makes.While every other team is focused on trying to win, the Longhorn fan base just wants to brag about how much money the university made playing sports last year. At least Texas and its fans have something in common now — they’re both all hat, no cattle.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WVUALLEN, post: 130502061, member: 1112294"] Texas swagger, we’re better than everyone else because we make more money. Most fans brag about their team’s performance on the field. Texas is different, If you say anything that isn’t 100% positive about Texas, Longhorn fans lash out by responding, “Oh, yeah, well we make more money than you do!” Sports are about winning titles, not about making money. Yet this is the foundational argument of Texas Longhorn athletics, “We’re richer than you!” At first I was confused by this, why were Longhorn fans, most of whom couldn’t afford a used truck without selling their platelets first, spending so much time about how much money Texas made? I was guilty of what I’ll call the Texas fallacy, a belief, rooted in media laziness, that Texas was better than it actually was. But dive into the record book’s recent history and you learn something astounding, despite all the money Texas athletics make, the Longhorns don’t actually win very much. Once I knew this, everything about Texas fans made sense. The only thing modern Texas fans can really brag about is the money their athletic department makes. While every other team is focused on trying to win, the Longhorn fan base just wants to brag about how much money the university made playing sports last year. At least Texas and its fans have something in common now — they’re both all hat, no cattle. [/QUOTE]

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