i regret

[elprezidente]

ok no more hate cuz some people cant take trash talk and take it to the extreme(both sides of the spectrum) so until thanksgiving a truce to all smack talk on my half about aTm and mobilhoma. no mas.

[Packattack94]

that's okay,homie-I'll pick up the slack for you!:D

[elprezidente]

go por it. make me proud.

[lonny23]

Although I can't answer for them, if it was me I honestly wouldn't give a sh*t what some people on the internet think. I mean, isn't the corp only like 1,500 of 45,000 students there or something? Who cares. The few aggies I know make fun on some of the stuff the corp does anyway. Don't lump the corp together with the other 40,000+ students.
It's not just the Corps. The whole crowd says the dumb yells, too. I'm not saying all of them are dumb, but they throw a lot of gibberish in the yells to rhyme.

This is a completely undedited old rhyme that even the Aggie football program from Saturday says is bizarre. It starts off decent, but just disintegrates from there. It's full of bizarre made-up words to rhyme with normal words:

I'm a bad, bad man
From a bad, bad land;
Nobody knows how bad I am.
I fear no police, judge, or jury,
I'm from college and I'm a bad, bad man!

[Fast]Rah! rah! ree!
Who are we?
We are, we are, A.M.C!
Rough!Tough!We're the stuff!
Play foot-ball and never
get enough!

Ain't it a shame,
A measly shame,
To shut those bullies
Out if the game.
Please have a little pity,
And let them score,
For we can beat them,
We've done it before.

First we'll take it around the left end,
Then around the right,
We'll shove it through their husky center
And we'll knock them out of sight.
Indeed they'll wish they never met us,
When they get home tonight,
For here is where we score a victory
For the Red and White.
Boomer-lacker! Boomer-lacker!
Sis! boom! fire-cracker!
Red and white cracker-jacker!
Rah! rah! rah!

[Very slow]Raw-chaw! jay-haw!
A.-M.-C.
Raw-chaw! jay-haw!
A.-M.-C.

[Very fast]Raw! chaw! jay! haw!
A! M! C!
Raw! chaw! jay! haw!
A! M! C!

[Very slow]Whiskey! - wow! wow!
Whiskey! - wow! wow!
Holy - moky- ie!
A. and M. - y - ie

Caroo-caroo! caroo-caroo!
Up to my carex!
Hullabaloo! Hullabaloo!
Hickety! Pickety! Ex!
Boomety-crackety! Crickety-crackety!
Sis! boom! bah!
College! College! rah! rah! rah!

Forward! march! guide right!
We'll carry every game in sight.
Victory! victory! it must be!
For the Texas boys of the A. & M. C.

Hullabaloo! Caneck! Caneck!
Hullabaloo! Caneck! Caneck!
War - hee! war hee!
Look at the man!
Look at the man!
Look at the A. and M. man! (Player's name)
Boys! boys! stop that noise!
Play foot-ball, we do!
Round the ends we go very well,
But through the center we buck like - hip! hip! hooray!

Hi-ki! hi-ki! Listen to our noise!
We're the A. and M. foot-ball boys!
College! College! is our cry!
V! - I! - C! - T! - O! - R! - Y!

I'm going to the Hamburg show
To see the lion and the wild kangaroo!
We'll all go together,
Sunshine or rainy weather,
We'll stay to see the whole thing through.
Stir up the lion, Johnny!
Wow! Wow!

Boomer-lacker! coomer-lacker! bow! wow! wow!
Chinger-lacker! chinger-lacker! chow! chow! chow!
Boomer-lacker! chinger-lacker! who are we!
We are, we are, A. M. C. !

A. and M. once! A. and M. twice
(Players name) ! Ain't he nice!
Is he in it? Well I should smile!
He's been there, for quite a while!

Choo - ter - backer! choo - ter - backer!
Chaw! Chaw! Chaw!
Roo - ter - backer! Eat - ter - backer!
Haw! Haw! Haw!
Eat - ter - backer! Choo - ter - backer!
Hi! Ho! Hah!
A. and M! A. and M!
Rah! Rah! Rah!
Cayute-cayute! Cayute-cayute!
Whiskey-rock and rye!
We're the boys from the A. and M.
And love Mumm's extra dry!

Hello, fellows!
Hello, fellows!
Hello, fellows!
Your colors, they must fall.
We're the jolly A. and M. boys,
A and M. boys, A. and M. boys,
O, we're the jolly A. and M. boys,
The boys who play foot-ball.

[Fast] Crackety-bim!
Crackety-bim!
Hip-gor-ax!
A. and M.!

[#1DawgFan]

It's not just the Corps. The whole crowd says the dumb yells, too. I'm not saying all of them are dumb, but they throw a lot of gibberish in the yells to rhyme.

This is a completely undedited old rhyme that even the Aggie football program from Saturday says is bizarre. It starts off decent, but just disintegrates from there. It's full of bizarre made-up words to rhyme with normal words:

I'm a bad, bad man
From a bad, bad land;
Nobody knows how bad I am.
I fear no police, judge, or jury,
I'm from college and I'm a bad, bad man!

[Fast]Rah! rah! ree!
Who are we?
We are, we are, A.M.C!
Rough!Tough!We're the stuff!
Play foot-ball and never
get enough!

Ain't it a shame,
A measly shame,
To shut those bullies
Out if the game.
Please have a little pity,
And let them score,
For we can beat them,
We've done it before.

First we'll take it around the left end,
Then around the right,
We'll shove it through their husky center
And we'll knock them out of sight.
Indeed they'll wish they never met us,
When they get home tonight,
For here is where we score a victory
For the Red and White.
Boomer-lacker! Boomer-lacker!
Sis! boom! fire-cracker!
Red and white cracker-jacker!
Rah! rah! rah!

[Very slow]Raw-chaw! jay-haw!
A.-M.-C.
Raw-chaw! jay-haw!
A.-M.-C.

[Very fast]Raw! chaw! jay! haw!
A! M! C!
Raw! chaw! jay! haw!
A! M! C!

[Very slow]Whiskey! - wow! wow!
Whiskey! - wow! wow!
Holy - moky- ie!
A. and M. - y - ie

Caroo-caroo! caroo-caroo!
Up to my carex!
Hullabaloo! Hullabaloo!
Hickety! Pickety! Ex!
Boomety-crackety! Crickety-crackety!
Sis! boom! bah!
College! College! rah! rah! rah!

Forward! march! guide right!
We'll carry every game in sight.
Victory! victory! it must be!
For the Texas boys of the A. & M. C.

Hullabaloo! Caneck! Caneck!
Hullabaloo! Caneck! Caneck!
War - hee! war hee!
Look at the man!
Look at the man!
Look at the A. and M. man! (Player's name)
Boys! boys! stop that noise!
Play foot-ball, we do!
Round the ends we go very well,
But through the center we buck like - hip! hip! hooray!

Hi-ki! hi-ki! Listen to our noise!
We're the A. and M. foot-ball boys!
College! College! is our cry!
V! - I! - C! - T! - O! - R! - Y!

I'm going to the Hamburg show
To see the lion and the wild kangaroo!
We'll all go together,
Sunshine or rainy weather,
We'll stay to see the whole thing through.
Stir up the lion, Johnny!
Wow! Wow!

Boomer-lacker! coomer-lacker! bow! wow! wow!
Chinger-lacker! chinger-lacker! chow! chow! chow!
Boomer-lacker! chinger-lacker! who are we!
We are, we are, A. M. C. !

A. and M. once! A. and M. twice
(Players name) ! Ain't he nice!
Is he in it? Well I should smile!
He's been there, for quite a while!

Choo - ter - backer! choo - ter - backer!
Chaw! Chaw! Chaw!
Roo - ter - backer! Eat - ter - backer!
Haw! Haw! Haw!
Eat - ter - backer! Choo - ter - backer!
Hi! Ho! Hah!
A. and M! A. and M!
Rah! Rah! Rah!
Cayute-cayute! Cayute-cayute!
Whiskey-rock and rye!
We're the boys from the A. and M.
And love Mumm's extra dry!

Hello, fellows!
Hello, fellows!
Hello, fellows!
Your colors, they must fall.
We're the jolly A. and M. boys,
A and M. boys, A. and M. boys,
O, we're the jolly A. and M. boys,
The boys who play foot-ball.

[Fast] Crackety-bim!
Crackety-bim!
Hip-gor-ax!
A. and M.!

how many different trheads are you going to post this on?:rolleyes:

[Packattack94]

I knew it wouldn't last long! (ou Sucks) on the blast from the past thread.
It's okay bro, tough time to quit.:)

[lonny23]

how many different trheads are you going to post this on?:rolleyes:
Two. The other thread got locked at the same time I posted it.

This stuff just doesn't make sense to me. Ya'll can like all of this stuff if you want to, but I think it's crazy. It's not even a rivalry thing to me. I don't feel the need to make fun of A&M because they're not my team. I'm just saying stuff because I think it's all bizarre.

[kc2011dad]

Two. The other thread got locked at the same time I posted it.

This stuff just doesn't make sense to me. Ya'll can like all of this stuff if you want to, but I think it's crazy. It's not even a rivalry thing to me. I don't feel the need to make fun of A&M because they're not my team. I'm just saying stuff because I think it's all bizarre.


That's your opinion. Now go and throw your tortillas!:D :D :D

[DragonBand06]

That's your opinion. Now go and throw your tortillas!:D :D :D
A&M quietly plans its revenge... (http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/discoveries/2004-11-17-tortillas_x.htm):D

[farmerfan]

Two. The other thread got locked at the same time I posted it.

This stuff just doesn't make sense to me. Ya'll can like all of this stuff if you want to, but I think it's crazy. It's not even a rivalry thing to me. I don't feel the need to make fun of A&M because they're not my team. I'm just saying stuff because I think it's all bizarre.

All you have done since you have gotten back from College Station is make fun of A&M. Cant say I blame you cause it is quite easy.

[CLFalcon2006]

A&M quietly plans its revenge... (http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/discoveries/2004-11-17-tortillas_x.htm):D

haha, let them talk smack. At the end of the day we control the food supply:D

[lonny23]

That's your opinion. Now go and throw your tortillas!:D :D :D
They won't let us in Lubbock. Maybe I should've snuck some in Kyle Field.

[lonny23]

A&M quietly plans its revenge... (http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/discoveries/2004-11-17-tortillas_x.htm):D
I just like how the biggest word in your nice story is...

Tech

[DragonBand06]

haha, let them talk smack. At the end of the day we control the food supply:D
Yeah, we'll slip something in their meat...
All those years of making fun of the meat judging will come back and bite them in the ***!:D

[lonny23]

All you have done since you have gotten back from College Station is make fun of A&M. Cant say I blame you cause it is quite easy.
There's a simple reason why. My eyes have been opened to more of the lunacy. It's not a "I hate your school", 'You're my rival and I'm going to make fun of you" thing at all for me.

I knew the Corps was hard-core and I've heard about the dog funerals and seen some of the pictures, but going to that game showed me other things like how all the fans participate in the craziest yells and how A&M is so caught up in the past because the present isn't as rosy (I'm not talking about 1 or 2 years ago. I'm talking about stuff from 1989, 1990, etc.).

I have a lot of respect for many of the academic programs at A&M and I considered going there at various times because of a specific program, but that place is not without fault. I readily admit I like their setup on campus a lot more than UT. I'm not a fan of the Bryan-College Station area from the time my mom lived there.

I've said the stuff I've said in the last few days in hopes that Aggie fans go away from what makes them a butt of jokes. They can do it. All they have to do is come to the realization that they do some crazy stuff and join the mainstream. Besides, what else do you expect from somebody who hung out with Wide?:D

[lonny23]

haha, let them talk smack. At the end of the day we control the food supply:D
Yes, I realize that. One of the things I've always said on here is that we need all of the universities with the different programs to make this country run the right way.

[lonny23]

Yeah, we'll slip something in their meat...
All those years of making fun of the meat judging will come back and bite them in the ***!:D
You can count on me not making fun of the person controlling the food. I've never done that.

[DragonBand06]

You can count on me not making fun of the person controlling the food. I've never done that.
All in good fun... However, you can't argue that we're the undisputed meat-judging champs!

[lonny23]

All in good fun... However, you can't argue that we're the undisputed meat-judging champs!
That's because you guys have a wealth of experience handling meat!:p

[GoOwls]

There's a simple reason why. My eyes have been opened to more of the lunacy. It's not a "I hate your school", 'You're my rival and I'm going to make fun of you" thing at all for me.

I knew the Corps was hard-core and I've heard about the dog funerals and seen some of the pictures, but going to that game showed me other things like how all the fans participate in the craziest yells and how A&M is so caught up in the past because the present isn't as rosy (I'm not talking about 1 or 2 years ago. I'm talking about stuff from 1989, 1990, etc.).

I have a lot of respect for many of the academic programs at A&M and I considered going there at various times because of a specific program, but that place is not without fault. I readily admit I like their setup on campus a lot more than UT. I'm not a fan of the Bryan-College Station area from the time my mom lived there.

I've said the stuff I've said in the last few days in hopes that Aggie fans go away from what makes them a butt of jokes. They can do it. All they have to do is come to the realization that they do some crazy stuff and join the mainstream. Besides, what else do you expect from somebody who hung out with Wide?:D

I work with an aggy husband and wife. They are just rediculous. I asked them about the loss to Tech and she said, "We didn't lose, we never lose, we were just temporarily outscored".

Freakin' morons. Absolute and total denial.

[lonny23]

I work with an aggy husband and wife. They are just rediculous. I asked them about the loss to Tech and she said, "We didn't lose, we never lose, we were just temporarily outscored".

Freakin' morons. Absolute and total denial.
I'm starting to see a trend of scatter-brained Aggies in the Air Force. I've seen a few decent one's, but I'm noticing more and more that aren't as desirable.

[slorch]

That's your opinion. Now go and throw your tortillas!:D :D :D
I did see one tortilla go flying on the opening kick-off. We sat in The Zone on the 4th deck, and a red tortilla comes flying down from above. I just smiled to myself, and said, " Yeah, we're here for a fight today!"

[slorch]

I'm starting to see a trend of scatter-brained Aggies in the Air Force. I've seen a few decent one's, but I'm noticing more and more that aren't as desirable.
I have a hard time believing this. For all of the goofiness that is aggyland, the kids that go there still are still pretty smart.
It may be a function of the youth/ generation of today, but I doubt it is because of where they went to college.

[slorch]

haha, let them talk smack. At the end of the day we control the food supply:D
I hear there is a glut of crowmeat right now in Bryan...

[DragonBand06]

I did see one tortilla go flying on the opening kick-off. We sat in The Zone on the 4th deck, and a red tortilla comes flying down from above. I just smiled to myself, and said, " Yeah, we're here for a fight today!"
There are only 3 decks at Kyle...

[lonny23]

I have a hard time believing this. For all of the goofiness that is aggyland, the kids that go there still are still pretty smart.
It may be a function of the youth/ generation of today, but I doubt it is because of where they went to college.
The 2 people of who I speak are a First Lieutenant who used to be here and a Lieutenant Colonel who still is. It's not all about youth. Yes, you have to be smart to go there and I figure it's mostly just luck that they are Aggies, but it's still fun to say it!:D

[lonny23]

There are only 3 decks at Kyle...
Maybe slorch was drinking before the game!:p

[Man Law]

It's not just the Corps. The whole crowd says the dumb yells, too. I'm not saying all of them are dumb, but they throw a lot of gibberish in the yells to rhyme.

This is a completely undedited old rhyme that even the Aggie football program from Saturday says is bizarre. It starts off decent, but just disintegrates from there. It's full of bizarre made-up words to rhyme with normal words:

I'm a bad, bad man
From a bad, bad land;
Nobody knows how bad I am.
I fear no police, judge, or jury,
I'm from college and I'm a bad, bad man!

[Fast]Rah! rah! ree!
Who are we?
We are, we are, A.M.C!
Rough!Tough!We're the stuff!
Play foot-ball and never
get enough!

Ain't it a shame,
A measly shame,
To shut those bullies
Out if the game.
Please have a little pity,
And let them score,
For we can beat them,
We've done it before.

First we'll take it around the left end,
Then around the right,
We'll shove it through their husky center
And we'll knock them out of sight.
Indeed they'll wish they never met us,
When they get home tonight,
For here is where we score a victory
For the Red and White.
Boomer-lacker! Boomer-lacker!
Sis! boom! fire-cracker!
Red and white cracker-jacker!
Rah! rah! rah!

[Very slow]Raw-chaw! jay-haw!
A.-M.-C.
Raw-chaw! jay-haw!
A.-M.-C.

[Very fast]Raw! chaw! jay! haw!
A! M! C!
Raw! chaw! jay! haw!
A! M! C!

[Very slow]Whiskey! - wow! wow!
Whiskey! - wow! wow!
Holy - moky- ie!
A. and M. - y - ie

Caroo-caroo! caroo-caroo!
Up to my carex!
Hullabaloo! Hullabaloo!
Hickety! Pickety! Ex!
Boomety-crackety! Crickety-crackety!
Sis! boom! bah!
College! College! rah! rah! rah!

Forward! march! guide right!
We'll carry every game in sight.
Victory! victory! it must be!
For the Texas boys of the A. & M. C.

Hullabaloo! Caneck! Caneck!
Hullabaloo! Caneck! Caneck!
War - hee! war hee!
Look at the man!
Look at the man!
Look at the A. and M. man! (Player's name)
Boys! boys! stop that noise!
Play foot-ball, we do!
Round the ends we go very well,
But through the center we buck like - hip! hip! hooray!

Hi-ki! hi-ki! Listen to our noise!
We're the A. and M. foot-ball boys!
College! College! is our cry!
V! - I! - C! - T! - O! - R! - Y!

I'm going to the Hamburg show
To see the lion and the wild kangaroo!
We'll all go together,
Sunshine or rainy weather,
We'll stay to see the whole thing through.
Stir up the lion, Johnny!
Wow! Wow!

Boomer-lacker! coomer-lacker! bow! wow! wow!
Chinger-lacker! chinger-lacker! chow! chow! chow!
Boomer-lacker! chinger-lacker! who are we!
We are, we are, A. M. C. !

A. and M. once! A. and M. twice
(Players name) ! Ain't he nice!
Is he in it? Well I should smile!
He's been there, for quite a while!

Choo - ter - backer! choo - ter - backer!
Chaw! Chaw! Chaw!
Roo - ter - backer! Eat - ter - backer!
Haw! Haw! Haw!
Eat - ter - backer! Choo - ter - backer!
Hi! Ho! Hah!
A. and M! A. and M!
Rah! Rah! Rah!
Cayute-cayute! Cayute-cayute!
Whiskey-rock and rye!
We're the boys from the A. and M.
And love Mumm's extra dry!

Hello, fellows!
Hello, fellows!
Hello, fellows!
Your colors, they must fall.
We're the jolly A. and M. boys,
A and M. boys, A. and M. boys,
O, we're the jolly A. and M. boys,
The boys who play foot-ball.

[Fast] Crackety-bim!
Crackety-bim!
Hip-gor-ax!
A. and M.!

But that's what makes them different and unique, and I think it's pretty cool that the school has that much spirit and tradition (even if you think they're dumb). I guess I just figured that this board would be more about actual football and less about bashing other schools. I guess I just have a lot of respect for a school that can pull off something like this:

http://www.theeagle.com/septanniv/Photos/090902rwbstadium.jpg

That was one of the 1st things I saw after moving to Texas and I thought it was one of the most amazing things I have ever seen. I won't make fun of them for having over the top school spirit, but you guys can if you wish....

[slorch]

There are only 3 decks at Kyle...
OK, then take a look at the Zone and tell me why I was in section 414?
there are 2 lower levels, then the suites, then 2 upper levels, thus, 5 decks in Zone.
Thanks for your contribution to the tradition of aggy!

[slorch]

But that's what makes them different and unique, and I think it's pretty cool that the school has that much spirit and tradition (even if you think they're dumb). I guess I just figured that this board would be more about actual football and less about bashing other schools. I guess I just have a lot of respect for a school that can pull off something like this:

http://www.theeagle.com/septanniv/Photos/090902rwbstadium.jpg

That was one of the 1st things I saw after moving to Texas and I thought it was one of the most amazing things I have ever seen. I won't make fun of them for having over the top school spirit, but you guys can if you wish....
yep- they're unique and the pic is impressive. I never said they were not Americans or unloyal or otherwise not good people.
What I will say is some of that tradition needs to come out of the 19th century and catch up with the rest of the world. I was moved to laughter by several of the cheers and the corps' actions. The highlight of the intro video was about 1939 and Bear Bryant's Junction Boys and John David Crow.

I have made observations about what I saw, not judgment of aggy's character.

I have been to football games my whole life and have seen several intimidating crowds and lots of traditions. Kyle Field wasn't intimidating to me. I couldn't stop laughing! It was like being at the circus with a bunch of people from an insane asylum. if aggy doesn't like what people say, then
1)quit cheering against the orange and white when you're playing the Red& Black! Just let Austin be Fairyland and let 'em go. All you do is legitimize their headlock they have on aggyland.
2)Quit saying "whooop" on everything( this was really over the top and funny!)
3)quit bending over for another serving, when the other team scores- absolutely hillarious!(yes I know why they do it, and it's still funny)
4)Let that damned dog breathe a little, chase some rabbits or something( she ain't the queen of England, but who would've known that by looking?)

I know I am wasting my time, but I was expecting something a little different in my first game at Kyle Field for all of the history and lore about aggy Football. I was extremely dissappointed on that front.

don't be goofy and then get upset when someone tells you that you're goofy!

[CLFalcon2006]

I hear there is a glut of crowmeat right now in Bryan...

i didn't know you could buy crowmeat with food stamps:eek:

hi-oh!

[slorch]

i didn't know you could buy crowmeat with food stamps:eek:

hi-oh!
Tech delivered it for free.

[CLFalcon2006]

yep- they're unique and the pic is impressive. I never said they were not Americans or unloyal or otherwise not good people.
What I will say is some of that tradition needs to come out of the 19th century and catch up with the rest of the world. I was moved to laughter by several of the cheers and the corps' actions. The highlight of the intro video was about 1939 and Bear Bryant's Junction Boys and John David Crow.

I have made observations about what I saw, not judgment of aggy's character.

I have been to football games my whole life and have seen several intimidating crowds and lots of traditions. Kyle Field wasn't intimidating to me. I couldn't stop laughing! It was like being at the circus with a bunch of people from an insane asylum. if aggy doesn't like what people say, then
1)quit cheering against the orange and white when you're playing the Red& Black! Just let Austin be Fairyland and let 'em go. All you do is legitimize their headlock they have on aggyland.
2)Quit saying "whooop" on everything( this was really over the top and funny!)
3)quit bending over for another serving, when the other team scores- absolutely hillarious!(yes I know why they do it, and it's still funny)
4)Let that damned dog breathe a little, chase some rabbits or something( she ain't the queen of England, but who would've known that by looking?)

I know I am wasting my time, but I was expecting something a little different in my first game at Kyle Field for all of the history and lore about aggy Football. I was extremely dissappointed on that front.

don't be goofy and then get upset when someone tells you that you're goofy!

I just want to be allowed to boo, that horse laugh thing might have worked in the 70's but it obviously isnt very intimidating now. I know its all about class, but its college football the whole point is to be as mean and nasty to the other team as possible. Thats what makes places like Ohio State, Michigan, Oregon, Auburn, Florida, Penn St. and Tennessee so loud. The crowd is allowed to go nuts and isnt controlled by anyone (that and the fact that some of those stadiums seat over 100,000)

[CLFalcon2006]

Tech delivered it for free.

amazing that that truck full of crow got from Lubbock to A&M in 1 minute and 30 seconds

[slorch]

amazing that that truck full of crow got from Lubbock to A&M in 1 minute and 30 seconds
now that's a classic.

[lonny23]

But that's what makes them different and unique, and I think it's pretty cool that the school has that much spirit and tradition (even if you think they're dumb). I guess I just figured that this board would be more about actual football and less about bashing other schools. I guess I just have a lot of respect for a school that can pull off something like this:

http://www.theeagle.com/septanniv/Photos/090902rwbstadium.jpg

That was one of the 1st things I saw after moving to Texas and I thought it was one of the most amazing things I have ever seen. I won't make fun of them for having over the top school spirit, but you guys can if you wish....
That display was great and they still have a lot of flags flying today. They had a nice flyover on Saturday. I say things about A&M for one reason only. I have hope for them. I have no hope for Longhorn fans. I figure they are what they are and always will be, so why try to get them to change. By their nature, I think Aggies are better people than Longhorns on average.

[lonny23]

OK, then take a look at the Zone and tell me why I was in section 414?
there are 2 lower levels, then the suites, then 2 upper levels, thus, 5 decks in Zone.
Thanks for your contribution to the tradition of aggy!
I have to go with 3 when I look at the picture. You have a big lower deck and a smaller 2nd deck. The suites are attached at the bottom of the 3rd deck which also contains the 400 and 500 seats.

[lonny23]

yep- they're unique and the pic is impressive. I never said they were not Americans or unloyal or otherwise not good people.
What I will say is some of that tradition needs to come out of the 19th century and catch up with the rest of the world. I was moved to laughter by several of the cheers and the corps' actions. The highlight of the intro video was about 1939 and Bear Bryant's Junction Boys and John David Crow.

I have made observations about what I saw, not judgment of aggy's character.

I have been to football games my whole life and have seen several intimidating crowds and lots of traditions. Kyle Field wasn't intimidating to me. I couldn't stop laughing! It was like being at the circus with a bunch of people from an insane asylum. if aggy doesn't like what people say, then
1)quit cheering against the orange and white when you're playing the Red& Black! Just let Austin be Fairyland and let 'em go. All you do is legitimize their headlock they have on aggyland.
2)Quit saying "whooop" on everything( this was really over the top and funny!)
3)quit bending over for another serving, when the other team scores- absolutely hillarious!(yes I know why they do it, and it's still funny)
4)Let that damned dog breathe a little, chase some rabbits or something( she ain't the queen of England, but who would've known that by looking?)

I know I am wasting my time, but I was expecting something a little different in my first game at Kyle Field for all of the history and lore about aggy Football. I was extremely dissappointed on that front.

don't be goofy and then get upset when someone tells you that you're goofy!
I'm right there with you. I honestly like Aggie fans a lot more than Longhorn fans. I root for A&M against UT and pretty much have my whole life. In their defense, UT talks about A&M and has done so for a long time. My only gripe is that A&M does crazy stuff and it makes the state look bad.

[lonny23]

I just want to be allowed to boo, that horse laugh thing might have worked in the 70's but it obviously isnt very intimidating now. I know its all about class, but its college football the whole point is to be as mean and nasty to the other team as possible. Thats what makes places like Ohio State, Michigan, Oregon, Auburn, Florida, Penn St. and Tennessee so loud. The crowd is allowed to go nuts and isnt controlled by anyone (that and the fact that some of those stadiums seat over 100,000)
The words to the horse laugh are ignorant. I knew they were doing the SSSSS's and only saw the chants words later on.

[Miss Kitty]

I'm right there with you. I honestly like Aggie fans a lot more than Longhorn fans. I root for A&M against UT and pretty much have my whole life. In their defense, UT talks about A&M and has done so for a long time. My only gripe is that A&M does crazy stuff and it makes the state look bad.


If A&M makes the state look so bad then why do they have to turn away so many people trying to get in every year. It is a fine school as is (and I can't believe I am typing this out loud) UT and Baylor and Texas Tech. Each have their own little "goofy" things they do. And if they are proud to do them then let it be. Yeah, Aggies, whooooop! and Longhorns do the "hookem thing", Baylr has their "sickem thing" and those guns up' things are everywhere. So what? Just let it be. I would have to say that some of you calling other things, people, traditions, and actions GOOFY, is like the pot calling the kettle black.

[farmerfan]

If A&M makes the state look so bad then why do they have to turn away so many people trying to get in every year. It is a fine school as is (and I can't believe I am typing this out loud) UT and Baylor and Texas Tech. Each have their own little "goofy" things they do. And if they are proud to do them then let it be. Yeah, Aggies, whooooop! and Longhorns do the "hookem thing", Baylr has their "sickem thing" and those guns up' things are everywhere. So what? Just let it be. I would have to say that some of you calling other things, people, traditions, and actions GOOFY, is like the pot calling the kettle black.


and at UNT we have scrappy the mean green eagle and stick up our talons ;)
nice post though. its funny how some people think they speak for the enitire state. especially when he is a fan of a school who did some sort of bomb attack celebration after they scored a TD against Navy a few years ago during a bowl game when the game was well out of hand and some of those players were getting ready to go serve over-seas after that game.

[slorch]

I have to go with 3 when I look at the picture. You have a big lower deck and a smaller 2nd deck. The suites are attached at the bottom of the 3rd deck which also contains the 400 and 500 seats.
if you count the suites and the 5th level, which had their own stairs to get up there( and oxygen tanks,) that's at least 4 decks...
anyway, it's still irrelevant to the fact that a red tortilla came flying down from above on the opening KO. It was cool and let aggy fan know he wasn't alone...

[lonny23]

If A&M makes the state look so bad then why do they have to turn away so many people trying to get in every year. It is a fine school as is (and I can't believe I am typing this out loud) UT and Baylor and Texas Tech. Each have their own little "goofy" things they do. And if they are proud to do them then let it be. Yeah, Aggies, whooooop! and Longhorns do the "hookem thing", Baylr has their "sickem thing" and those guns up' things are everywhere. So what? Just let it be. I would have to say that some of you calling other things, people, traditions, and actions GOOFY, is like the pot calling the kettle black.
They turn people away for many reasons. Families develop loyalty to certain universities and kids develop loyalty to teams at an early age. Some go a certain direction because of the degree programs. I've never said a word about hand signals for any team. As it is, the old SWC was and probably always will be the foremost conference for hand signals to represent teams. I think like 7 of the 9 teams from the SWC days had a hand signal. You're not getting a pot calling the kettle black story from me. I don't care if something is about the team I like or not. I go to Wichita Falls football games and complain about the horrible coyote sounds and I said the Mavs had some stupid things on the jumbotron during the playoffs last year. You better believe I got tired of seeing "Mama's don't let your babies grow up to be Spurs" and then Suns fans. I only saw it 6 times in less than a month. It was cool once, maybe twice.

Most of us haven't said a word about the academic excellence of A&M. It's one of the best universities in the state in that regard. We only say the traditions are dumb. I know you like the Aggies, but surely you can see that A&M does more extreme things than the other guys. I'd call 40K fans showing up to see Shasta (Houston) buried crazy, just like funerals for the horse that the Masked Rider from Tech sits on. I'm all for these schools having mascots, but you can't worship the animals. What am I supposed to say when I read of A&M telling the story about how their dog gets to run loose in the chow hall and how they gave the dog a seat on a crowded train and made others stand? I'd say that stuff about anybody including my teams. I laugh at people for not wearing clothes in the cold. The team doesn't matter.

[lonny23]

if you count the suites and the 5th level, which had their own stairs to get up there( and oxygen tanks,) that's at least 4 decks...
anyway, it's still irrelevant to the fact that a red tortilla came flying down from above on the opening KO. It was cool and let aggy fan know he wasn't alone...
I agree it's cool.

[lonny23]

and at UNT we have scrappy the mean green eagle and stick up our talons ;)
nice post though. its funny how some people think they speak for the enitire state. especially when he is a fan of a school who did some sort of bomb attack celebration after they scored a TD against Navy a few years ago during a bowl game when the game was well out of hand and some of those players were getting ready to go serve over-seas after that game.
I don't condone making light of the military or bomb attack victims or even hurricane victims for that matter.

[dragonfootballfan]

I love Bob Stoops and Oklahoma as well as Dennis Franchione of Texas A&M.

[lonny23]

I love Bob Stoops and Oklahoma as well as Dennis Franchione of Texas A&M.
I think everybody who's not an Aggies loves Fran right now!:D It's even better that I really don't like the guy and seeing him lose is more fun. I'd rather watch Fran lose than Stoops.

[DragonBand06]

I asked one of my corps buddies about the groin squeezing thing, and he said that's not a corps-wide thing; it's an individual outfit thing... so the only real reason they're doing it is beacuse their sophomores made them.

[slorch]

I think everybody who's not an Aggies loves Fran right now!:D It's even better that I really don't like the guy and seeing him lose is more fun. I'd rather watch Fran lose than Stoops.
the only thing concerning me is how well schools did after Fran left:eek: I hope he can do enough damage to the program before he's gone...

[dragonfootballfan]

I asked one of my corps buddies about the groin squeezing thing, and he said that's not a corps-wide thing; it's an individual outfit thing... so the only real reason they're doing it is beacuse their sophomores made them.
I am sorry, but nobody squeezes their groin as hard as they can in public because somebody a year older "made" them.

[Miss Kitty]

They turn people away for many reasons. Families develop loyalty to certain universities and kids develop loyalty to teams at an early age. Some go a certain direction because of the degree programs. I've never said a word about hand signals for any team. As it is, the old SWC was and probably always will be the foremost conference for hand signals to represent teams. I think like 7 of the 9 teams from the SWC days had a hand signal. You're not getting a pot calling the kettle black story from me. I don't care if something is about the team I like or not. I go to Wichita Falls football games and complain about the horrible coyote sounds and I said the Mavs had some stupid things on the jumbotron during the playoffs last year. You better believe I got tired of seeing "Mama's don't let your babies grow up to be Spurs" and then Suns fans. I only saw it 6 times in less than a month. It was cool once, maybe twice.

Most of us haven't said a word about the academic excellence of A&M. It's one of the best universities in the state in that regard. We only say the traditions are dumb. I know you like the Aggies, but surely you can see that A&M does more extreme things than the other guys. I'd call 40K fans showing up to see Shasta (Houston) buried crazy, just like funerals for the horse that the Masked Rider from Tech sits on. I'm all for these schools having mascots, but you can't worship the animals. What am I supposed to say when I read of A&M telling the story about how their dog gets to run loose in the chow hall and how they gave the dog a seat on a crowded train and made others stand? I'd say that stuff about anybody including my teams. I laugh at people for not wearing clothes in the cold. The team doesn't matter.

Extreme in some peoples mind does not make it bad. Yes they do have allot of traditions. I would imagine many of the schools have allot of traditions that are not public knowledge. A&M just makes theirs known. I see nothing wrong with that. And you were not the only one calling them goofy. But you were the one that said they make the state look bad. And that, I take exception to.

[DragonBand06]

I am sorry, but nobody squeezes their groin as hard as they can in public because somebody a year older "made" them.
Apparently you've never heard corps stories...

[lonny23]

I asked one of my corps buddies about the groin squeezing thing, and he said that's not a corps-wide thing; it's an individual outfit thing... so the only real reason they're doing it is beacuse their sophomores made them.
Fair enough. In other words, it's just hazing, which can be a problem in many places.

[lonny23]

the only thing concerning me is how well schools did after Fran left:eek: I hope he can do enough damage to the program before he's gone...
I can't say New Mexico is any better off. TCU has sustained with Fran's big help still there as coach. Alabama is big enough that they're going to get coaches and players. That's not on Fran.

[slorch]

I can't say New Mexico is any better off. TCU has sustained with Fran's big help still there as coach. Alabama is big enough that they're going to get coaches and players. That's not on Fran.
Mainly TCU and Bama, when Fran left, it was like a buoy(sp) shooting up through the water...

[lonny23]

Extreme in some peoples mind does not make it bad. Yes they do have allot of traditions. I would imagine many of the schools have allot of traditions that are not public knowledge. A&M just makes theirs known. I see nothing wrong with that. And you were not the only one calling them goofy. But you were the one that said they make the state look bad. And that, I take exception to.
I don't like giving these schools from other states ammo to make fun of us. I know you can't help some of it, because OU will always say something, but I'd hope we could cut down on the LSU talk among others. I wish people said stuff about Georgia, but I think they get a free pass for worshipping that ugly dog they have.

[farmerfan]

I don't like giving these schools from other states ammo to make fun of us. I know you can't help some of it, because OU will always say something, but I'd hope we could cut down on the LSU talk among others. I wish people said stuff about Georgia, but I think they get a free pass for worshipping that ugly dog they have.

Who cares what other states think? If you knew anything about LSU and A&M you would know they have a relationship of hatred that dates back some 50 years. The way I see it is that Tech did more with their stunt in the houston bowl against Navy to give this state a bad name than A&M did with the corp thing on saturday. sure it was odd looking and it is easy to make fun of, but you are not authority like you think you are at times in proclaiming what gives this state a bad name or not.

[farmerfan]

I can't say New Mexico is any better off. TCU has sustained with Fran's big help still there as coach. Alabama is big enough that they're going to get coaches and players. That's not on Fran.

A&M will have a better search and get a better result this time around than last time around. A&M has better facilities, more money and is in a more furtile recruiting ground than Alabama. You better believe A&M will get a better coach than Fran next time around and that is what scares the crap out of a lot of people, they just might be the biggest sleeping giant in all of college football.

[slorch]

A&M will have a better search and get a better result this time around than last time around. A&M has better facilities, more money and is in a more furtile recruiting ground than Alabama. You better believe A&M will get a better coach than Fran next time around and that is what scares the crap out of a lot of people, they just might be the biggest sleeping giant in all of college football.
I'm sorry, but I do not believe A&M is a better coaching job than Bama. It does have easier recruiting, but Alabama has as much or more football tradition and it plays in the toughest conference in America, with plenty of financial support as well.

[twcpfan1]

Extreme in some peoples mind does not make it bad. Yes they do have allot of traditions. I would imagine many of the schools have allot of traditions that are not public knowledge. A&M just makes theirs known. I see nothing wrong with that. And you were not the only one calling them goofy. But you were the one that said they make the state look bad. And that, I take exception to.

Good post. I wholeheartedly agree.

But let's get serious here. If the truly hard core Aggie bashers try and tell you that the reason they bash them so much is out of concern for the image of our state...that's quite a stretch, don't you think?

They should at least be honest about their hatred..lol

[farmerfan]

I'm sorry, but I do not believe A&M is a better coaching job than Bama. It does have easier recruiting, but Alabama has as much or more football tradition and it plays in the toughest conference in America, with plenty of financial support as well.

The financial support at Bama is weak compared to that at A&M. The areas A&M recruits from are much stronger than the areas Alabama recruits from. The facilities at A&M are much better compared to that of Alabamas and the fact that you dont have to coach in the gauntlet that is the SEC is a much more attractive draw to a coach if considering those two schools. Sure Bama has the history but that is all they ahve on A&M, the aggies have way more money and just as much talent and will always be able to draw as much if not more talent than Alabama.

[slorch]

The financial support at Bama is weak compared to that at A&M. The areas A&M recruits from are much stronger than the areas Alabama recruits from. The facilities at A&M are much better compared to that of Alabamas and the fact that you dont have to coach in the gauntlet that is the SEC is a much more attractive draw to a coach if considering those two schools. Sure Bama has the history but that is all they ahve on A&M, the aggies have way more money and just as much talent and will always be able to draw as much if not more talent than Alabama.
what I meant to say is...
Fran wishes he was back in Bama right now:p

[farmerfan]

Good post. I wholeheartedly agree.

But let's get serious here. If the truly hard core Aggie bashers try and tell you that the reason they bash them so much is out of concern for the image of our state...that's quite a stretch, don't you think?

They should at least be honest about their hatred..lol

there are some who openly bash A&M on this board and have been doing so forever, those are the ones who wiill tell you that they cant stand aggy. this new bashing of aggy going on from someone else and him justifying it by saying its out of concern of giving out state a bad name is bogus. he is guilty of doing now what he has had a proble with for a while now.

[lonny23]

Who cares what other states think? If you knew anything about LSU and A&M you would know they have a relationship of hatred that dates back some 50 years. The way I see it is that Tech did more with their stunt in the houston bowl against Navy to give this state a bad name than A&M did with the corp thing on saturday. sure it was odd looking and it is easy to make fun of, but you are not authority like you think you are at times in proclaiming what gives this state a bad name or not.
I won't deny Tech made the state look worse. I don't pull punches or play favorites. I'm also aware that Louisiana doesn't like Texas. I'm all for improvement and you're not going to see me say too many times that we should keep doing something because we've always done it that way. As far as what I say, I speak for myself. Sometimes others agree and sometimes they disagree.

[CLFalcon2006]

I'm sorry, but I do not believe A&M is a better coaching job than Bama. It does have easier recruiting, but Alabama has as much or more football tradition and it plays in the toughest conference in America, with plenty of financial support as well.

Alabama is a great job, but if you can put together a winning natl' powerhouse program at A&M then you know that you will be a god in the Brazos Valley, and the 12th man association will make sure that you never have to worry about anything other than football for the rest of your life. A&m probably isnt a good job right now for obvious reasons but if you can make something of it, then it has the potential to be the most comfortable coaching postition in the country.

[lonny23]

A&M will have a better search and get a better result this time around than last time around. A&M has better facilities, more money and is in a more furtile recruiting ground than Alabama. You better believe A&M will get a better coach than Fran next time around and that is what scares the crap out of a lot of people, they just might be the biggest sleeping giant in all of college football.
That's the whole reason why Fran came in the first place besides getting more money. I'm thrilled that Texas was too dumb to fire Mack.

As far as A&M getting a better coach, that's still to be determined. Many times, the AD and Booster Club have a lot to do with how good of a coach you can get.

[CLFalcon2006]

what I meant to say is...
Fran wishes he was back in Bama right now:p

he probably wishes he had never picked up a football

[slorch]

Alabama is a great job, but if you can put together a winning natl' powerhouse program at A&M then you know that you will be a god in the Brazos Valley, and the 12th man association will make sure that you never have to worry about anything other than football for the rest of your life. A&m probably isnt a good job right now for obvious reasons but if you can make something of it, then it has the potential to be the most comfortable coaching postition in the country.
you mean like Bear Bryant?


That was a cheap shot I know and 50 years ago. Yes aggy is loyal and a winner would be a demigod there. I hope I don't witness it. This past year was tough enough with the sips getting delivered by their messiah( and, steerfan, don't even think it was because of Mack.)

[CLFalcon2006]

That's the whole reason why Fran came in the first place besides getting more money. I'm thrilled that Texas was too dumb to fire Mack.

As far as A&M getting a better coach, that's still to be determined. Many times, the AD and Booster Club have a lot to do with how good of a coach you can get.

At the time Fran was looking like a great hire, he had turned things around at schools that didnt have near the resources that A&M had. The AD and 12th man association probably figured he would do the same here on a grander scale and propel us to a natl' powerhouse. Unfortaneley for us that simply didnt happen and its looking like Gary Patterson was the real deal and Fran was just a face. If I was A&M I would go after Patterson, maybe Tommy Tuberville at Auburn since he's had some disagreements with the higher ups there. Schivano, the Rutgers coach might be a good hire but he's probably destined for the U. Theres alot of good avaliable coaching talent out there, the first thing we need to do is go ahead and get rid of Fran

[lonny23]

Good post. I wholeheartedly agree.

But let's get serious here. If the truly hard core Aggie bashers try and tell you that the reason they bash them so much is out of concern for the image of our state...that's quite a stretch, don't you think?

They should at least be honest about their hatred..lol
I'm going to be 100% honest with you. I don't dislike most Aggie fans. I do despise a good portion of the Longhorn fans. I don't consider myself a hard-core Aggie basher. I've said more about them in the last week than the 3 years combined before that. I've said what I've said because of what I've seen. I'm not a fan of Fran, but that doesn't make me say any of the things I've said about A&M. I like A&M a little more than Texas. Academic-wise, I'm proud to have both in the state. I'm not proud of what the graduates and fans of those universities represent to me, but I don't want to get into that.

[CLFalcon2006]

you mean like Bear Bryant?


That was a cheap shot I know and 50 years ago. Yes aggy is loyal and a winner would be a demigod there. I hope I don't witness it. This past year was tough enough with the sips getting delivered by their messiah( and, steerfan, don't even think it was because of Mack.)

I dont know how powerful the 12th man association was after WWII so I dont think I'm qualified to answer that question:p

[lonny23]

there are some who openly bash A&M on this board and have been doing so forever, those are the ones who wiill tell you that they cant stand aggy. this new bashing of aggy going on from someone else and him justifying it by saying its out of concern of giving out state a bad name is bogus. he is guilty of doing now what he has had a proble with for a while now.
No, I'm being 100% honest with you guys. I always stayed out of it before, but now I'm mad that Aggie fans stand by and watch the stuff that happens and don't do anything about it. You read the stuff I say on this board. I disagree about the sports on the field. I don't make fun of teams for having dumb players or being poor. I do talk about what teams are better than others. I jumped into this Aggie stuff because I think it's sad. That nut squeezing thing on Saturday was the icing on the cake. I like the Aggie band and Reveille and Dixie Chicken is cool. I just don't like how they worship the dog, the chants, and the crazy things they make the Corps do. Much of what the Corps does might be attributed to hazing, but I'm not a fan of that at any school. You'll always hear me come against hazing no matter where it's at.

Farmer, you know I've always been a straight shooter on here. I tell you guys what I think and don't hide stuff. I'm not afraid of having an opinion that differs from others. I don't have secret agendas hidden in my words. I'll never be that way.

[lonny23]

Alabama is a great job, but if you can put together a winning natl' powerhouse program at A&M then you know that you will be a god in the Brazos Valley, and the 12th man association will make sure that you never have to worry about anything other than football for the rest of your life. A&m probably isnt a good job right now for obvious reasons but if you can make something of it, then it has the potential to be the most comfortable coaching postition in the country.
A&M is easily one of the best jobs in the United States. For a while now, I've thought A&M and UT were the 2 best college jobs out there. That's why I've always said the AD and alumni at Texas are doing something wrong because they don't get the best coaches in basketball and football.

[lonny23]

you mean like Bear Bryant?


That was a cheap shot I know and 50 years ago. Yes aggy is loyal and a winner would be a demigod there. I hope I don't witness it. This past year was tough enough with the sips getting delivered by their messiah( and, steerfan, don't even think it was because of Mack.)
No, it wasn't Mack.

[slorch]

No, I'm being 100% honest with you guys. I always stayed out of it before, but now I'm mad that Aggie fans stand by and watch the stuff that happens and don't do anything about it. You read the stuff I say on this board. I disagree about the sports on the field. I don't make fun of teams for having dumb players or being poor. I do talk about what teams are better than others. I jumped into this Aggie stuff because I think it's sad. That nut squeezing thing on Saturday was the icing on the cake. I like the Aggie band and Reveille and Dixie Chicken is cool. I just don't like how they worship the dog, the chants, and the crazy things they make the Corps do. Much of what the Corps does might be attributed to hazing, but I'm not a fan of that at any school. You'll always hear me come against hazing no matter where it's at.

Farmer, you know I've always been a straight shooter on here. I tell you guys what I think and don't hide stuff. I'm not afraid of having an opinion that differs from others. I don't have secret agendas hidden in my words. I'll never be that way.

I wouldn't be so sure about that, i think I can see you taking this towards the officiating and media in the NBA.:D

[twcpfan1]

there are some who openly bash A&M on this board and have been doing so forever, those are the ones who wiill tell you that they cant stand aggy. this new bashing of aggy going on from someone else and him justifying it by saying its out of concern of giving out state a bad name is bogus. he is guilty of doing now what he has had a proble with for a while now.

While we're on the subject..., I've really tried not to post any comments on all the A&M bashing that have gone on, particularly since the Tech game. But maybe just this once...

I'ts not so much that I think certain individuals have really crossed the line with a lot of their comments and how it got so personal and just downright distasteful....And it's really not even how ridiculous it is to compare the Corps to the Reserves and then to the Active Military, and how people who think their stint in the Military somehow entitles them to demean and insult. The thing that amazes me the most is where these individuals find all the time and energy to do it. That hate must come from a truly magical and special place..LOL

[lonny23]

At the time Fran was looking like a great hire, he had turned things around at schools that didnt have near the resources that A&M had. The AD and 12th man association probably figured he would do the same here on a grander scale and propel us to a natl' powerhouse. Unfortaneley for us that simply didnt happen and its looking like Gary Patterson was the real deal and Fran was just a face. If I was A&M I would go after Patterson, maybe Tommy Tuberville at Auburn since he's had some disagreements with the higher ups there. Schivano, the Rutgers coach might be a good hire but he's probably destined for the U. Theres alot of good avaliable coaching talent out there, the first thing we need to do is go ahead and get rid of Fran
I'll be honest with you guys. I thought Fran was going to bring them back to glory. I saw what he did in the past and added A&M resources and saw a lot of wins. I thought he was going to start tearing UT up.

[lonny23]

I dont know how powerful the 12th man association was after WWII so I dont think I'm qualified to answer that question:p
We should ask GoOwls!:p

[lonny23]

No, I'm being 100% honest with you guys. I always stayed out of it before, but now I'm mad that Aggie fans stand by and watch the stuff that happens and don't do anything about it. You read the stuff I say on this board. I disagree about the sports on the field. I don't make fun of teams for having dumb players or being poor. I do talk about what teams are better than others. I jumped into this Aggie stuff because I think it's sad. That nut squeezing thing on Saturday was the icing on the cake. I like the Aggie band and Reveille and Dixie Chicken is cool. I just don't like how they worship the dog, the chants, and the crazy things they make the Corps do. Much of what the Corps does might be attributed to hazing, but I'm not a fan of that at any school. You'll always hear me come against hazing no matter where it's at.

Farmer, you know I've always been a straight shooter on here. I tell you guys what I think and don't hide stuff. I'm not afraid of having an opinion that differs from others. I don't have secret agendas hidden in my words. I'll never be that way.

I wouldn't be so sure about that, i think I can see you taking this towards the officiating and media in the NBA.:DActually what happens is certain words in posts make me think of other things and that's how I get off on other subjects. I relate one story with another story many times. I was just saying that I don't say one thing and really mean something else. Right or wrong, I mean what I say.

[lonny23]

While we're on the subject..., I've really tried not to post any comments on all the A&M bashing that have gone on, particularly since the Tech game. But maybe just this once...

I'ts not so much that I think certain individuals have really crossed the line with a lot of their comments and how it got so personal and just downright distasteful....And it's really not even how ridiculous it is to compare the Corps to the Reserves and then to the Active Military, and how people who think their stint in the Military somehow entitles them to demean and insult. The thing that amazes me the most is where these individuals find all the time and energy to do it. That hate must come from a truly magical and special place..LOL
I don't know if you read it or not, but I did say that I was wrong on some of the things as far as how I characterized the Reserves. I know I shouldn't let this stuff bother me, but it has. I shouldn't care what A&M does, but I do and I shouldn't be so harsh. As far as energy goes, I've always been able to generate it whether it was good or bad.

[slorch]

For all of the hyperbole about A&M on here, especially following the game, I have had nobody tell me this is why we do x, y, and z traditions. Understanding comes from discussion and dialogue. All i hear is that this is what makes aggy so great, and we understand it, so you should just accept it. I don't do that very often in life.

I have commented on what I saw. if you have no better explanation than," Because we've always done it" then don't expect us to understand it. If we don't understand it, then don't think we should praise it.

Tech is pretty easy to figure out, tradition wise. Our crowd has a huge issue with sportsmanship( understatement of the century,) but in a way it lets the opposition remember, even though we're the "3rd" school in the state, we'll be here ready to take you on. tech is like the little brother who all of the sudden realizes he can whip his big brother in a fight.

I truly don't care if anyone else likes/ admires/ or fears Tech. It is just football after all.:rolleyes:

[CLFalcon2006]

A&M is easily one of the best jobs in the United States. For a while now, I've thought A&M and UT were the 2 best college jobs out there. That's why I've always said the AD and alumni at Texas are doing something wrong because they don't get the best coaches in basketball and football.

I think basketball is coming along just nicely, not just for ut and A&M but also for the rest of the state

Rick Barnes-Texas
Billy Gillispie-Texas A&M
Tom Penders-UH
Bob Knight-Texas Tech (never count this crazy sob out)

there is a good chance Texas could send 3-4 teams to the big tourney and 2 of those teams have to mentioned as possible championship contendors

[CLFalcon2006]

by the way lonny i like you location

[farmerfan]

I think basketball is coming along just nicely, not just for ut and A&M but also for the rest of the state

Rick Barnes-Texas
Billy Gillispie-Texas A&M
Tom Penders-UH
Bob Knight-Texas Tech (never count this crazy sob out)

there is a good chance Texas could send 3-4 teams to the big tourney and 2 of those teams have to mentioned as possible championship contendors

Basketball has nothing on girls soccer in this state. between the girls at A&M, UT, SMU, UH and UNT this is the best girls soccer state in the country ;) WHOOO

[CLFalcon2006]

Basketball has nothing on girls soccer in this state. between the girls at A&M, UT, SMU, UH and UNT this is the best girls soccer state in the country ;) WHOOO

true that. the soccer attendance record was broken at the first a&m event of the year (A&M vs North Carolina) and I'm pretty sure were in the lead of the big 12

[slorch]

true that. the soccer attendance record was broken at the first a&m event of the year (A&M vs North Carolina) and I'm pretty sure were in the lead of the big 12
Did they sing about UT at that game too?

[lonny23]

For all of the hyperbole about A&M on here, especially following the game, I have had nobody tell me this is why we do x, y, and z traditions. Understanding comes from discussion and dialogue. All i hear is that this is what makes aggy so great, and we understand it, so you should just accept it. I don't do that very often in life.

I have commented on what I saw. if you have no better explanation than," Because we've always done it" then don't expect us to understand it. If we don't understand it, then don't think we should praise it.

Tech is pretty easy to figure out, tradition wise. Our crowd has a huge issue with sportsmanship( understatement of the century,) but in a way it lets the opposition remember, even though we're the "3rd" school in the state, we'll be here ready to take you on. tech is like the little brother who all of the sudden realizes he can whip his big brother in a fight.

I truly don't care if anyone else likes/ admires/ or fears Tech. It is just football after all.:rolleyes:While you was posting that, I was reading something about Aggie traditions. They yell to support the team and get in the hump position to project their voices. I really do think they have a lot of great traditions and values (It's only some that I question). Obviously, I have a lot of respect for how they carry out the Corps and try to be military-like. It's not the same thing, but I do know they can get values from that time to carry into their everyday lives. I like dog mascots. I just don't like dogs that are the ranking officer. I can live with the Elephant Walk, which symbolizes how the Seniors will be gone next year and won't be of any use to the 12th Man anymore. I like the 12th Man tradition, but I'm not big on how they guard it so tightly that they'll sue the Seahawks. Midnight Yell to show their spirit is fine and many schools should want fans like that. I'm just not sold on songs with fake words that pretty much amounts to baby talk. Some yells are great, but I saw a few headscratchers. Gig 'em Aggies came about in 1930 from the TCU game. They asked what they were going to do and fans said "Gig 'em Aggies" to mean they were going to kill the frogs with a spear.

Reveille gets 2 paragraphs. Some of this just doesn't make sense to me.

Reveille, the first lady of Aggieland, is the official mascot of Texas A&M University. She is the highest ranking member of the Corps of Cadets, and she is a Five-Star General. Reveille I came to Texas A&M in January 1931. A group of cadets hit a small black and white dog on their way back from Navasota. They picked up the dog and brought her back to school so they could care for her. The next morning, when "Reveille" was blown by a bugler, she started barking. She was named after this morning wakeup call. The following football season she was named the official mascot when she led the band onto the field during their half-time performance. When Reveille I died on January 18, 1944, she was given a formal military funeral on the gridiron of Kyle Field. She was then buried at the north entrance to the field, as all Reveilles are, facing the scoreboard so that she can always watch the Aggies outscore their opponent. (That one doesn't bother me)Before naming Reveille II, there were several other unofficial mascot, such as Tripod, Spot, and Ranger. It was not until a later Reveille that she was a full-blood Collie. The most current Reveille is Reveille VII and was inducted in 2001.

Reveille is the most revered dog on campus. Company E-2 has the privilege of taking care of Reveille. If she is sleeping on a cadet's bed, that cadet must sleep on the floor. Cadets address Reveille as "Miss Rev, m'am." If she is in class and barks while the professor is teaching, the class is to be immediately dismissed. Reveille is a highly cherished mascot and receives only the best.

[lonny23]

I think basketball is coming along just nicely, not just for ut and A&M but also for the rest of the state

Rick Barnes-Texas
Billy Gillispie-Texas A&M
Tom Penders-UH
Bob Knight-Texas Tech (never count this crazy sob out)

there is a good chance Texas could send 3-4 teams to the big tourney and 2 of those teams have to mentioned as possible championship contendors
Yes, all 4 teams might be real good this year. Texas has a lot of basketball talent.

[lonny23]

by the way lonny i like you location
I figured it was time to make a social statement about hazing!:D

[lonny23]

Basketball has nothing on girls soccer in this state. between the girls at A&M, UT, SMU, UH and UNT this is the best girls soccer state in the country ;) WHOOO
Mia Hamm went to high school at Notre Dame in Wichita Falls.

[lonny23]

Did they sing about UT at that game too?
Probably. You should just be happy they had one Tech chant at the game. It sure seems like it backfired though!:p

[lonny23]

OK,

Here is a story from Texas Monthly about the SWC schools having hand signals. 7 of the 9 use one all the time and Rice had a part-time hand signal that met with some resistance!:D

The Southwest Conference may not have the best teams, but it does have the best school signs.
Blame it all on an Aggie named Pinky Downs. A 1906 Texas A&M graduate, Downs was a member of the shcool's board of regents from 1923 to 1933. He was the kind of Aggie who wore a maroon tie every day and who prodded the school into spending an extra $10,000 so that its new swimming pool would be longer than the one at the University of Texas. When the Aggies had a yell practice before the 1930 TCU game, Downs naturally was there. "What are we going to do the those Horned Frogs?" he shouted. His muse did not fail him. "Gig 'em, Aggies!" he improvised, appropriating a term form frog hunting. For emphasis, he made a fist with his thumb extended straight up. The Southwest Conference had its first hand sign.

The primordial image of sticking frogs with a spear captured the essence of Aggieness--a good ol' farm boy who was not so much unsophisticated as anti-sophisticated. When other schools later developed their own hand signs, the signals likewise started out as visual representations of school mascots. But they soon evolved into more. All those horns (long and frog), claws (bear and cougar), and the rest have become totems, symbols of belonging to a tribe. Or a sect: They are, to borrow a phrase from The Book of Common Prayer, "an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace." In Texas it still matters what school you went to and who won the last game. That is why the Southwest Conference, defiled though its reputation may be, remains the best habitat for hand signals since charades. Of the nine SWC schools, more have hand signs (seven) than NCAA investigations (six). For that matter, one school, SMU, has more hand signs than football teams.

For a quarter of a century after Pinky Downs's moment of inspiration, the Aggies had a monopoly on official gestures. But by 1955 archrival UT had fallen on hard times, made harder by a corresponding rise in the fortunes of A&M. A UT cheerleader named Harley Clark syllogized: (1) A&M has a hand sign, (2) A&M is winning, (3) UT has no hand sign, therefore (4) UT is losing. (Lonny-Don't make me say it, UT fans!:p ) (Such reasoning prowess would later lead Clark, as an Austin judge in 1987, to conclude that the state's system of financing public schools was unconstitutional.) At a pep rally before the TCU game, Clark held up his right hand in a peculiar way. The index and little fingers were sticking up, while the thumb held down the two interior digits--the head of a Longhorn, Clark said. The creation proved not to be the immediate answer to UT's football plight, however, as signless TCU won the next day, 47-20.

Once A&M and UT had hand signs, everyone else wanted one. Even before 1955, SMU students had been raising their index and middle fingers in a generic V for victory. By the late fifties, Mustang rooters had changed the meaning to . . . pony ears. Baylor was next. In 1960 cheerleader Bobby Schrade came up with the idea of holding the hand aloft with all five fingers curved to suggest a bear claw. Only alcohol had a harder time getting accepted on the Baptist campus. For twelve years students and administrators argued whether the sign was sufficiently dignified before it was formally blessed in 1972.

When the University of Houston was seeking admission to the conference in 1972, cheerleaders decided that U of H needed a hand sign, too. The result--the UT sign with the middle finger added--officially represents a cougar claw; unofficially, it indicates the students' attitude toward UT. At Texas Tech, members of a spirit organization called the Saddle Tramps decided in 1971 that the Red Raiders were getting left behind. Emulating Raider Red, the costumed mascot who discharges a brace of large pistols after each Tech score, the Saddle Tramps began brandishing thumb-and-forefinger pistols of their own. TCU cheerleaders began experimenting with hand signs in 1980 on the way to a cheerleading camp in Tennessee. To represent Horned Frogs, they first tried the UT sign with the outer fingers bent at the knuckles. No good: it could be seen as an admission that TCU was only half as good as UT. So they switched to bent index and middle fingers.

Even Rice students occasionally use a sign, but it is not pictured here because university officials, suspecting that a middle finger poked outward has a meaning other than "peck 'em, Owls," have declined to sanction it. Not surprisingly, the only conference school without a sign is Arkansas, whose adherents have a state all to themselves and thus have no need to proclaim in sign language that they Belong.

[Miss Kitty]

For all of the hyperbole about A&M on here, especially following the game, I have had nobody tell me this is why we do x, y, and z traditions. Understanding comes from discussion and dialogue. All i hear is that this is what makes aggy so great, and we understand it, so you should just accept it. I don't do that very often in life.

I have commented on what I saw. if you have no better explanation than," Because we've always done it" then don't expect us to understand it. If we don't understand it, then don't think we should praise it.

Tech is pretty easy to figure out, tradition wise. Our crowd has a huge issue with sportsmanship( understatement of the century,) but in a way it lets the opposition remember, even though we're the "3rd" school in the state, we'll be here ready to take you on. tech is like the little brother who all of the sudden realizes he can whip his big brother in a fight.

I truly don't care if anyone else likes/ admires/ or fears Tech. It is just football after all.:rolleyes:


There are publications out there on Texas A&M Traditions. They interest allot of people. I will be glad to answer any questions I can. Just PM them to me.

[DragonBand06]

For all of the hyperbole about A&M on here, especially following the game, I have had nobody tell me this is why we do x, y, and z traditions. Understanding comes from discussion and dialogue. All i hear is that this is what makes aggy so great, and we understand it, so you should just accept it. I don't do that very often in life.

I have commented on what I saw. if you have no better explanation than," Because we've always done it" then don't expect us to understand it. If we don't understand it, then don't think we should praise it.

Tech is pretty easy to figure out, tradition wise. Our crowd has a huge issue with sportsmanship( understatement of the century,) but in a way it lets the opposition remember, even though we're the "3rd" school in the state, we'll be here ready to take you on. tech is like the little brother who all of the sudden realizes he can whip his big brother in a fight.

I truly don't care if anyone else likes/ admires/ or fears Tech. It is just football after all.:rolleyes:
Honestly, I don't care if people like, dislike, or agree with the traditions as long as they don't bash them. From what I've read, it seems mostly like other people coming on the board after the game bashing A&M traditions, and us trying to defend ourselves. And, I don't know who you've been talking to, slorch, but there is reasoning behind all the traditions. I don't care if you think it's flawed logic; it's what we believe in and we're not asking for your praise/approval.

[BeauxGeezy]

There are publications out there on Texas A&M Traditions. They interest allot of people. I will be glad to answer any questions I can. Just PM them to me.


There are a lot of publications about serial killers too.:eek:

[DragonBand06]

No, I'm being 100% honest with you guys. I always stayed out of it before, but now I'm mad that Aggie fans stand by and watch the stuff that happens and don't do anything about it. What are you talking about here? You read the stuff I say on this board. I disagree about the sports on the field. I don't make fun of teams for having dumb players or being poor. I do talk about what teams are better than others. I jumped into this Aggie stuff because I think it's sad. That nut squeezing thing on Saturday was the icing on the cake. I like the Aggie band and Reveille and Dixie Chicken is cool. I just don't like how they worship the dog, the chants, what is wrong with yelling for your team? and the crazy things they make the Corps do. Much of what the Corps does might be attributed to hazing, but I'm not a fan of that at any school. You'll always hear me come against hazing no matter where it's at.

Farmer, you know I've always been a straight shooter on here. I tell you guys what I think and don't hide stuff. I'm not afraid of having an opinion that differs from others. I don't have secret agendas hidden in my words. I'll never be that way.
see above

[DragonBand06]

I'm just not sold on songs with fake words that pretty much amounts to baby talk.
Like which songs? The war hymn? That only has three made-up words in it:
Hullabaloo, caneck, and chi-ga-roo-gar-em.
And how about The Spirit? It's got... oh wait, none.

[lonny23]

see aboveOne of the biggest things centers around Reveille. I love dogs and I like animals. I don't like dogs with the rank of a 5-star General, nor do I like it when military dogs get Purple Heart's, Legion of Merit's, etc. and it happens in real life. An animal is just that and nothing more. I know they're like a part of the family, but they're not the family. You don't give them rides in a limousine unless you're already going to use a limo and you sure don't make people stand up so the dog can sit down on a train. Humans are in control, not the dogs. I just can't believe professors have to dismiss a class if Reveille starts barking!:D Why is the dog running around in the buildings to start with? I just want Aggie fans and students to ask why everybody bows down and worships the dog. It's just bizarre how that dog gets treated. I don't even worry about some of that other stuff from the past like when the Corps pulled swords on the SMU cheerleaders.

I have no problem with people yelling during the games. I think the school spirit is great. I just think the words said in some of the chants are bizarre. I don't think all of it is crazy, but there is definitely a good portion that is. What is the purpose of the Horse Laugh? Did you see the chant that I posted last night? Even the A&M football program said it was bizarre. It started off great talking about football and rhyming and then it disintegrated into little more than gibberish and started talking about going to the circus?:confused:

I've pretty much always stayed out of the UT-A&M frays except I used to say the UT fans should be nicer. The only reason I'm saying stuff now is because I can't understand this stuff. It's bizarre to me. It goes well beyond having good school spirit. I really don't have much against A&M. I'm telling the truth when I say I like A&M more than UT.

[lonny23]

Like which songs? The war hymn? That only has three made-up words in it:
Hullabaloo, caneck, and chi-ga-roo-gar-em.
And how about The Spirit? It's got... oh wait, none.
The Spirit is OK. The War Hymn only has the words you just said, but on a separate note, the stanza about UT is weak. What I'm talking about is the yells. That's where most of your goofy stuff is. I don't know what to say about the one I posted last night.

[Diablos]

If A&M makes the state look so bad then why do they have to turn away so many people trying to get in every year. It is a fine school as is (and I can't believe I am typing this out loud) UT and Baylor and Texas Tech. Each have their own little "goofy" things they do. And if they are proud to do them then let it be. Yeah, Aggies, whooooop! and Longhorns do the "hookem thing", Baylr has their "sickem thing" and those guns up' things are everywhere. So what? Just let it be. I would have to say that some of you calling other things, people, traditions, and actions GOOFY, is like the pot calling the kettle black.


Well done kitty......My daughter is an Aggie graduate.....she shows the ring...she gets the job.....They say there's an Aggie in every city in America- I believe it.

[DragonBand06]

One of the biggest things centers around Reveille. I love dogs and I like animals. I don't like dogs with the rank of a 5-star General, nor do I like it when military dogs get Purple Heart's, Legion of Merit's, etc. and it happens in real life. An animal is just that and nothing more. I know they're like a part of the family, but they're not the family. You don't give them rides in a limousine unless you're already going to use a limo and you sure don't make people stand up so the dog can sit down on a train. Humans are in control, not the dogs. I just can't believe professors have to dismiss a class if Reveille starts barking!This is no longer a rule...:D Why is the dog running around in the buildings to start with? I just want Aggie fans and students to ask why everybody bows down and worships the dog. It's just bizarre how that dog gets treated. I don't even worry about some of that other stuff from the past like when the Corps pulled swords on the SMU cheerleaders.

I have no problem with people yelling during the games. I think the school spirit is great. I just think the words said in some of the chants are bizarre. I don't think all of it is crazy, but there is definitely a good portion that is. What is the purpose of the Horse Laugh? Did you see the chant that I posted last night? Even the A&M football program said it was bizarre. It started off great talking about football and rhyming and then it disintegrated into little more than gibberish and started talking about going to the circus?:confused:

I've pretty much always stayed out of the UT-A&M frays except I used to say the UT fans should be nicer. The only reason I'm saying stuff now is because I can't understand this stuff. It's bizarre to me. It goes well beyond having good school spirit. I really don't have much against A&M. I'm telling the truth when I say I like A&M more than UT.
I don't understand... What was it that you were mad about fans just standing around...? As for the chant, I agree it's strange. I've never heard of it; must have been used back in ol' army...
I just find it hard to believe that we're the only ones in texas that have ever had chants with nonsense words in them. The only difference is that we use them because we like tradition and we respect our past...

[lonny23]

Well done kitty......My daughter is an Aggie graduate.....she shows the ring...she gets the job.....They say there's an Aggie in every city in America- I believe it.
I believe that, too. It's one of the biggest and best universities out there.

[lonny23]

I don't understand... What was it that you were mad about fans just standing around...? As for the chant, I agree it's strange. I've never heard of it; must have been used back in ol' army...
I just find it hard to believe that we're the only ones in texas that have ever had chants with nonsense words in them. The only difference is that we use them because we like tradition and we respect our past...
As far as the professor thing goes, I have no way of knowing the validity. I got the info from a webpage that was telling the Aggie traditions and explaining them. It wasn't a site that was making fun of them. The whole limo thing and having like 27 guys guard the dog as it's walking in just seems crazy.

It's very well possible that other colleges had nonsense chants. If I heard they did, I would say the same thing.

[Miss Kitty]

There are a lot of publications about serial killers too.:eek:


That is a very true statment.

[Firebird]

A lot of schools have nonsense type chants/songs, especially if you start digging around from the 20's era and further back. It's pretty weak for Lonny to use that to bash.....There are still plenty of schools that have made up words and stuff in their hymns , chants, and fight songs. Exhibit No. 1, Bowling Green, they sing this after a wind:

Ay Ziggy Zoomba Zoomba Zoomba
Ay Ziggy Zoomba Zoomba Ze
Ay Ziggy Zoomba Zoomba Zoomba
Ay Ziggy Zoomba Zoomba Zi
Roll along, you B-G warriors
Roll along, and win for B-G-S-U.


Plenty of schools reference their main rival in their fight song. "Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech" makes a numerous references to Georgia, not to mention that the lyrics are extensively unrelated to football:

"White & Gold"
(Played after a touchdown)

So then it's up with the White and Gold
Down with the Red and the Black
Georgia Tech is out for a victory
We'll drop our battle axe on Georgia's head, CHOP!
When we meet her our team will surely beat her
Down on the old farm there'll be no sound
Till our bow wows rip through the air
When the battle is over Georgia's team will be found
With the Yellow Jackets swarming around.

"Ramblin' Wreck"
(Played after the PAT)

I'm a Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech and a hell of an engineer,
A helluva, helluva, helluva, helluva, hell of an engineer,
Like all the jolly good fellows, I drink my whiskey clear,
I'm a Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech and a hell of an engineer.

Oh, if I had a daughter, sir, I'd dress her in White and Gold,
And put her on the campus, to cheer the brave and bold.
But if I had a son, sir, I'll tell you what he'd do.
He would yell, "To Hell with Georgia," like his daddy used to do.

Oh, I wish I had a barrel of rum and sugar three thousand pounds,
A college bell to put it in and a clapper to stir it around.
I'd drink to all good fellows who come from far and near.
I'm a ramblin', gamblin', hell of an engineer.

Cal talks about Stanford. Heck, Lafayette's song is basically a big middle finger to Lehigh.

This is part of the college football experience. Old, esoteric songs and chants that are basically holdovers from a different era. That is what makes a gameday atmosphere. How boring would it be if every fight song was the same old boring template similar to Mississippi State:

"Hail State!"

Hail, dear old State!
Fight for that victory today.
Hit the line and tote the ball,
Cross the goal before you fall!
And then we'll yell,
Yell, yell, yell!
For dear old State,
We'll yell like hell!
Fight for Mississippi State,
Win the game today!

YAWNNNNNNNNNN...Give me the Aggie War Hymn, Rocky Top or 'Ramblin Wreck any day.

Pagentery, excess, and stuff that seems strange to everyone but YOU. That is what college and college sports are all about. IT is absolutely asinine to be on here talking about how A&M needs to make changes to stop embarrassing the state.

[lonny23]

A lot of schools have nonsense type chants/songs, especially if you start digging around from the 20's era and further back. It's pretty weak for Lonny to use that to bash.....There are still plenty of schools that have made up words and stuff in their hymns , chants, and fight songs. Exhibit No. 1, Bowling Green, they sing this after a wind:

Ay Ziggy Zoomba Zoomba Zoomba
Ay Ziggy Zoomba Zoomba Ze
Ay Ziggy Zoomba Zoomba Zoomba
Ay Ziggy Zoomba Zoomba Zi
Roll along, you B-G warriors
Roll along, and win for B-G-S-U.


Plenty of schools reference their main rival in their fight song. "Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech" makes a numerous references to Georgia, not to mention that the lyrics are extensively unrelated to football:

"White & Gold"
(Played after a touchdown)

So then it's up with the White and Gold
Down with the Red and the Black
Georgia Tech is out for a victory
We'll drop our battle axe on Georgia's head, CHOP!
When we meet her our team will surely beat her
Down on the old farm there'll be no sound
Till our bow wows rip through the air
When the battle is over Georgia's team will be found
With the Yellow Jackets swarming around.

"Ramblin' Wreck"
(Played after the PAT)

I'm a Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech and a hell of an engineer,
A helluva, helluva, helluva, helluva, hell of an engineer,
Like all the jolly good fellows, I drink my whiskey clear,
I'm a Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech and a hell of an engineer.

Oh, if I had a daughter, sir, I'd dress her in White and Gold,
And put her on the campus, to cheer the brave and bold.
But if I had a son, sir, I'll tell you what he'd do.
He would yell, "To Hell with Georgia," like his daddy used to do.

Oh, I wish I had a barrel of rum and sugar three thousand pounds,
A college bell to put it in and a clapper to stir it around.
I'd drink to all good fellows who come from far and near.
I'm a ramblin', gamblin', hell of an engineer.

Cal talks about Stanford. Heck, Lafayette's song is basically a big middle finger to Lehigh.

This is part of the college football experience. Old, esoteric songs and chants that are basically holdovers from a different era. That is what makes a gameday atmosphere. How boring would it be if every fight song was the same old boring template similar to Mississippi State:

"Hail State!"

Hail, dear old State!
Fight for that victory today.
Hit the line and tote the ball,
Cross the goal before you fall!
And then we'll yell,
Yell, yell, yell!
For dear old State,
We'll yell like hell!
Fight for Mississippi State,
Win the game today!

YAWNNNNNNNNNN...Give me the Aggie War Hymn, Rocky Top or 'Ramblin Wreck any day.

Pagentery, excess, and stuff that seems strange to everyone but YOU. That is what college and college sports are all about. IT is absolutely asinine to be on here talking about how A&M needs to make changes to stop embarrassing the state.

1. I said I didn't like some of the yells. I don't have a problem with yell practice or them doing yells during the game.
2. The War Hymn isn't bad. The part about Texas is written weakly, but the fact it's in there isn't bad. The UT fans are the one's who go on the most about A&M talking about them. I said UT talks about A&M in their stuff, too. Personally, I prefer the music to the Aggie War Hymn over that of anybody else. I'll never be big on the hullabaloo's and caneck's, but the song is written well overall.
3. I said A&M was embarrassing the state because of the nut squeezing stuff. Since it sounds like it might be a hazing thing, I backed off on that topic. I don't like hazing, but we'll probably always have it. That goes on everywhere.
4. If more people were aware of everything Reveille, it would cause more embarrassment. I like the dog, but they take things too far.
5. Yeah some people had goofy words back in the 20's in chants. I can live with that, but why do we still have to use those songs and chants?
6. I think A&M has a very good gameday atmosphere. That's why I looked forward to that game for so long and I'll go back.
7. I can live with the Miss. State stuff, but I prefer a little more juice to the songs. I have no problem with the Georgia Tech stuff. The BG chant has a little goofiness, though.

[Firebird]

1. I said I didn't like some of the yells. I don't have a problem with yell practice or them doing yells during the game.
2. The War Hymn isn't bad. The part about Texas is written weakly, but the fact it's in there isn't bad. The UT fans are the one's who go on the most about A&M talking about them. I said UT talks about A&M in their stuff, too. Personally, I prefer the music to the Aggie War Hymn over that of anybody else. I'll never be big on the hullabaloo's and caneck's, but the song is written well overall.
3. I said A&M was embarrassing the state because of the nut squeezing stuff. Since it sounds like it might be a hazing thing, I backed off on that topic. I don't like hazing, but we'll probably always have it. That goes on everywhere.
4. If more people were aware of everything Reveille, it would cause more embarrassment. I like the dog, but they take things too far.5. Yeah some people had goofy words back in the 20's in chants. I can live with that, but why do we still have to use those songs and chants?
6. I think A&M has a very good gameday atmosphere. That's why I looked forward to that game for so long and I'll go back.
7. I can live with the Miss. State stuff, but I prefer a little more juice to the songs. I have no problem with the Georgia Tech stuff. The BG chant has a little goofiness, though.

Come on. This is a long way from embarrassing. This is college students being college students and doing some dopey stuff.

You want to talk about embarrassing, lets talk about the hazing, harrassment, and scandals that have rocked virtually all of our service academies through the years. Let's talk about the national fraternities across the nation that host "parties" resulting in **** and death. (BTW, a former Corps of Cadets member is facing **** charges right now).THAT is embarrassing. Giving a dog a ride in a limo is just folks having a bit of fun.

[BeauxGeezy]

Oh aggy is pissed (http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/10/06/6aggieyell.html)


Post #6 is classic (http://www.texags.com/main/forum.reply.asp?topic_id=712216&forum_id=6)

[lonny23]

Come on. This is a long way from embarrassing. This is college students being college students and doing some dopey stuff.

You want to talk about embarrassing, lets talk about the hazing, harrassment, and scandals that have rocked virtually all of our service academies through the years. Let's talk about the national fraternities across the nation that host "parties" resulting in **** and death. (BTW, a former Corps of Cadets member is facing **** charges right now).THAT is embarrassing. Giving a dog a ride in a limo is just folks having a bit of fun.
I would also like to say the cheating scandals at the Service Academies are embarrassing. I'm no respecter of colleges. I'll talk about them equally.

[lonny23]

Oh aggy is pissed (http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/10/06/6aggieyell.html)


Post #6 is classic (http://www.texags.com/main/forum.reply.asp?topic_id=712216&forum_id=6)
If they're going to have a war on the Capitol grounds, I hope they remember to bring the Field General (Reveille) for leadership!:D

I guarantee you A&M didn't reserve that area because they typically go there. He just beat them to it!

I'm going to be in San Antonio that weekend. I might have to make a trip up to Austin to laugh at both groups. That's a big part of why I'm going to Dallas tonight!:D

[DragonBand06]

Oh aggy is pissed (http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/10/06/6aggieyell.html)


Post #6 is classic (http://www.texags.com/main/forum.reply.asp?topic_id=712216&forum_id=6)
As was said on the board(TexAgs), It's all in good fun. I hope both parties have a good time.

[DragonBand06]

As far as the professor thing goes, I have no way of knowing the validity. I got the info from a webpage that was telling the Aggie traditions and explaining them.
This used to be a rule, because, as with the original Reveille, the dog didn't bark very often at all. However, since we've gotten to #6 or #7 or whichever one we're on, she is not reluctant to bark at anything, and, well, let's just say that there wouldn't be much learning going on down here if they still had that rule...:D