I mean really. Plays TCU, New Mexico State (who they stomped), Texas Tech. Is scheduled for Baylor and A&M in future games. Plus, the most colorful history:
1.) Tarleton is the only institution in the A&M system which cannot change its name (condition of the founding donor's will).
2.) another institution is named for him in Knoxville, TN which is a juvenile care facility: same "no name change" policy applies. There is also a park there in his name.
3.) he was either born in New Hampshire or Vermont in 1808-1811 or thereabouts. Little is known about his youth at all.
4.) he left for Tennessee and worked at a mercantile store there for 40 years, coming in possession of land warrants from 1812 war veterans.
5.) in 1860-61 he sold thousands of acres from the warrants (or bounties) in Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa and Kansas.
6.) he purchased 10,000 acres in west Texas (Palo Pinto and Erath counties) at 12.5 cents/acre.
7.) he established a mercantile store in Waco where he married a widow. She almost took him to the bank in divorce proceedings but he managed to defeat her in court.
8.) he moved to his holdings in Palo Pinto/Erath and lived there until being convinced to donate land to a startup college.
9.) there is an apocryphal account of him being followed everywhere by a pet duck (Oscar P). Unknown if true.
10.) we actually don't know if John Tarleton was his real name or if he was a runaway youth or fugitive from New England.
11.) he was almost poisoned by a Waco employee but did not press charges.
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/tarleton-john
Oh, and they're Division 1 now.
1.) Tarleton is the only institution in the A&M system which cannot change its name (condition of the founding donor's will).
2.) another institution is named for him in Knoxville, TN which is a juvenile care facility: same "no name change" policy applies. There is also a park there in his name.
3.) he was either born in New Hampshire or Vermont in 1808-1811 or thereabouts. Little is known about his youth at all.
4.) he left for Tennessee and worked at a mercantile store there for 40 years, coming in possession of land warrants from 1812 war veterans.
5.) in 1860-61 he sold thousands of acres from the warrants (or bounties) in Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa and Kansas.
6.) he purchased 10,000 acres in west Texas (Palo Pinto and Erath counties) at 12.5 cents/acre.
7.) he established a mercantile store in Waco where he married a widow. She almost took him to the bank in divorce proceedings but he managed to defeat her in court.
8.) he moved to his holdings in Palo Pinto/Erath and lived there until being convinced to donate land to a startup college.
9.) there is an apocryphal account of him being followed everywhere by a pet duck (Oscar P). Unknown if true.
10.) we actually don't know if John Tarleton was his real name or if he was a runaway youth or fugitive from New England.
11.) he was almost poisoned by a Waco employee but did not press charges.
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/tarleton-john
Oh, and they're Division 1 now.
It is better to light a flamethrower than to curse the darkness- Sir Terence Pratchett
“ III stooges si viveret et nos omnes ad quos etiam probabile est mittent custard pies”
“ III stooges si viveret et nos omnes ad quos etiam probabile est mittent custard pies”
