OzDigger
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OzDigger as I have ventured down under to your fine country I did not want you to be misled about Texas. In Texas there are only two colors - Maroon for the fighting Texas Aggies of College Station, and Burnt Orange for the Longhorns of the University of Texas. Red is the COLOR of my home state Nebraska, a mere 3 states north, home to the best in football tradition. the Nebraska Cornhuskers - GO BIG RED!
Maroon is the color of Queensland's State Rugby League Team and I live in South East Queensland so I guess I'd have to go for the Texas Aggies if I visited the US
Here's a link to a very popular footy competion in Australia called 'State of Origin' that is played between Queensland and New South Wales. Queensland are called either the Maroons or the Cane Toads and New South Wales are the Blues or the Cockroaches: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_League_State_of_Origin