TexAgs
Texas A&M University fan website
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TexAgs is an independent Texas A&M University fan website. It features articles, chat, forums, and recruiting information about Texas A&M Aggie sports. The website receives an average of 1,000,000 pageviews per day,[2] and as of June 2008[update], TexAgs was the sixth most-visited college sports website[3] and the most visited NCAA Division I-A website.[4] During the 2012 college football season, the website received an average of 500,000 monthly unique visitors.[5]
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Type of site | Online community |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Owner | Maroon & White, LP. |
| Created by | Peter Kuo |
| URL | www |
| Commercial | Mixed |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | July 22, 1998[1] |
| Current status | Active |
TexAgs was created by Peter Kuo in May 1997 and sold to its current operators in December 1999.[1][6] When it debuted, TexAgs only had 2,000-3,000 members, and forums only discussed Aggie football. In February 2007, The Association of Former Students announced a marketing partnership with TexAgs.com.[7] As of 2007, there were more than 60,000 accounts. The website never used any form of advertising for promotion, as it grew popular via word of mouth.[8] As of 2013, there were over 9,500 paying subscribers,[5] and the website presently includes over 50 different forums.[9]
Notable forum posts include one that disclosed that former University of Oklahoma quarterback Rhett Bomar received payment for non-worked hours from a local auto dealership seven months before the University kicked the player off of the team and reported the infraction to the NCAA.[6][10][11] Former University President and former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has posted as "Ranger65".[6][12][13][14][15][16] In April 2010, TexAgs gained national attention when a forum member posting as "dermdoc" posted of terminating an employee because of increased costs due to Obamacare. The employee happened to have voted for President Barack Obama.[17][18] Texas A&M graduate and US Astronaut Mike Fossum posted late on July 29, 2011 from the International Space Station using an account TexAgs staff set up for him earlier that day.[19]
In 2009, the website became an affiliate of ESPN.com as part of the 20 college TEAM Sports Network,[20] but that relationship has since ended.[21]
On August 22, 2011, TexAgs radio was launched as a daily Aggie sports talk show on KZNE 1150 The Zone. The show airs for three hours on weekdays and includes a one-hour TV show simulcast.[5] Hosts include David Nuño, Billy Liucci, and Olin Buchanan.
As of 2019, TexAgs had four owners, nineteen full-time employees, fourteen part-time employees, and seven interns.[22]