In some ways, I envy the younger fans who came along in the ‘95 season and later. That 1984-1994 stretch didn’t just warp Ag self regard, it did a number on Texas as well.
from late November 1984 thru the same in 1994, the Ags went 106-26-2 for a near .800 win rate, while Texas went 72-54-2 over the same period. They represented the SWC in the Cotton Bowl six times, and were barred from contention by the NCAA two other times. Their program was built on cheating in recruiting and dominating weak programs (in 1992, they went 12-1. They played one ranked team the whole year-FSU in the Cotton Bowl- and were drilled, pushing them out of the top five).
All of the Aggie braggadocio is based on two things- that 11 year stretch (which keeps receding farther and farther back in time) and being in the SEC (which they now share with Texas). They haven’t figured it out yet, so I don’t know that they ever will.