Oops—You are right. I should check the map. But Texas A&M is by damn in east Texas, and a fine bunch of conservatives, I might add. It is a joy to visit there just to read the bumper stickers on the pickup trucks. Perry was an Aggie yell leader there, another objection the Austin liberals have against him.
You're absolutely right in that regard about Aggieland. Even though it's a state-run school, true American Patriots and Christian Conservatives are there in abundance unlike liberal cesspools of socialist indoctrination such as Cal/Berkeley and the University of Michigan. Texas Tech is another university where Conservatism is found.
I'll add that I did an informal bumper sticker survey during a prolonged vacation/road trip back in late summer 2008 when the election was in full force. I had the opportunity to stop by various congregations of the church of Christ (where I've long been a member) for Wednesday and Sunday services. My travels took me to Odessa (where I saw the Permian football stadium, by the way), Lubbock, Abilene, Tyler and then into Arkansas, Tennessee, Illinois and Missouri. I was pleased to find NOT ONE bumper sticker on a vehicle in any parking lot for Obama at even a single one of those coC locations. There were many for Palin and her lil' running mate, whose name I've since forgotten. :-)