Texas, Texas A&M battling against history as both teams excel

Mercantilism is an outdated economic theory that was common practice in Europe from the 16th to the 18th century. At its core, the theory suggested that wealth and resources were finite. That for one country to gain wealth, another had to lose it. A zero-sum game, of sorts. 

That’s preposterous, clearly. An onslaught of foreign trade and centuries of capitalism prove that money can grow in two buckets at once. But one place that mercantilism does have strong footing is in the Lone Star Showdown between rivals Texas and Texas A&M.