TexAgs explained

TexAgs
Commercial:Mixed
Type:Online community
Language:English
Registration:Optional
Owner:Maroon & White, LP.
Author:Peter Kuo
Launch Date:[1]
Current Status:Active

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, 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]

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]

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Notes and References

  1. News: College football fans zone in on the Web . Griffin, Tim . 1999-07-31 . San Antonio Express-News.
  2. News: TexAgs Media Kit. TexAgs. 2015-06-18. 2015-06-18.
  3. Web site: Most Popular In College and University. 2008-06-04. Alexa Internet. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080331142333/http://www.alexa.com/browse/general. 2008-03-31.
  4. Web site: Most Popular In NCAA Division I-A. Alexa Internet. 2008-06-04. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080331224319/http://www.alexa.com/browse. 2008-03-31.
  5. Web site: Welcome to college football's never-ending online tailgate. Scarborough, Alex. 2013-07-01. ESPN. ESPN. dead. 2018-07-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20180719153248/http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/24011044/message-boards-texags-tigerdroppings-keep-college-football-weird. 2018-07-19.
  6. News: Buckley. Christopher B.. Cyber Fanatics: TexAgs.com fans commune online. The Battalion. 2008-06-23.
  7. Web site: TexAgs.com and The Association Announce Strategic Marketing Partnership. 2007-02-01. 2008-07-12.
  8. News: The TexAgs Internet Explosion. KBTX. 2007-06-24. 2006-10-28. Fullhart, Steve. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070611102537/http://www.kbtx.com/collegenews/2922551.html. 2007-06-11.
  9. Web site: TexAgs Forums. 2015-06-18. 2015-06-18. TexAgs.
  10. News: Internet Whistleblowers Go Where N.C.A.A. Fears to Tread. The New York Times. 2008-07-12. 2007-07-15. Roberts, Selena.
  11. News: TexAgs' Brandon Jones turned a hobby into a career. Steele, Michael. 2006-08-29. 2007-06-24. The Battalion. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070929111429/http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2006/08/29/Sports/The-Wonderful.Web-2249757.shtml. 2007-09-29.
  12. News: Our best defense shouldn't come from a message board. CBS Sports. 2008-09-04. 2006-12-12. Doyel, Gregg. dead. https://archive.today/20120913000514/http://www.sportsline.com/columns/story/9866661. 2012-09-13.
  13. Web site: Dr. Gates breaks cover. 2007-06-24. 2006-12-07. TexAgs.
  14. News: Anonymous posts on TexAgs.com came from Gates. The Dallas Morning News. 2006-12-08. 2007-07-15. Cohen, Rachel.
  15. Web site: Post on Texags by Secretary Gates. TexAgs. 2007-09-17.
  16. http://www.statefansnation.com/index.php/archives/2007/07/20/i-doubt-that-nc-state-has-a-ranger65/ I doubt that NC State has a Ranger65 at StateFans Nation
  17. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20001984-503544.html CBS News
  18. http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2010/04/aggie_doc_fires_obama.php The Houston Press
  19. https://texags.com/forums/27/topics/1874692/replies/27531243 TexAgs.com: Aggies Only
  20. News: January 21, 2009 AGGIE ROUNDUP.
  21. Web site: Would you sign up for an ESPN-free TexAgs?. 2015-06-18. 2011-08-14. TexAgs.
  22. http://texags.com/staff TexAgs Staff Page

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