Tell Me About Texas a&m

[Texzilla58 4744]

Oh that's easy as it's the evergreen aggy message: "THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT!"

At least until Gundy gives them a barbed wire enema.

[Pimphand 5908]

Gundy better not Gundy this up

[Texas Jeff 1945]

2 hours ago, BrazilHorn said:

I am in 100% violent agreement here. Especially at the HS level. HS bands now bring out fucking set pieces and do some big operatic display that is nearly 2/3 as long as the fucking game. Nearly every game the referees should throw a flag for delay of game as the band(s) go over as it takes them forever to get all of their shit off the field.

Why college bands can just march on to the field and GTFO yet HS bands have to make it some giant Broadway fucking production is beyond me. Best part of home games at House Park is I can walk to the Tavern during halftime and grab a beer because I know that I will have plenty of time to do so.

Band performances are 5 mins to get on the field, 8 mins to perform, 2 mins to exit.  Max 15 minutes.  That's the UIL rule.  And that's at the end of the season when they know the entire show.  Earlier in the season it's less than that because they only know half the show.  Add three minutes for the drill team's performance.  That's not a lot of time to ask during a three hour event.

Also, in Austin ISD, most bands practice on parking lots.  They have no access to turf fields.  The shows they do at football games are important because being on turf is totally different than being on asphalt, and the competitions are all on turf fields.  You can see this in the first few games of the season where the kids are all over the place on the field.

It may not be your thing but it's important to the kids in the band and they are students at the school, enjoying their high school years.

[stork642 4499]

40 minutes ago, Vertigo said:

I believe aggy has a memorial for a band member who tried to turn left on a sprinkler head. RIP

To the sprinkler head?

[MisterP 127]

7 minutes ago, Texas Jeff said:

Band performances are 5 mins to get on the field, 8 mins to perform, 2 mins to exit.  Max 15 minutes.  That's the UIL rule.  And that's at the end of the season when they know the entire show.  Earlier in the season it's less than that because they only know half the show.  Add three minutes for the drill team's performance.  That's not a lot of time to ask during a three hour event.

Also, in Austin ISD, most bands practice on parking lots.  They have no access to turf fields.  The shows they do at football games are important because being on turf is totally different than being on asphalt, and the competitions are all on turf fields.  You can see this in the first few games of the season where the kids are all over the place on the field.

It may not be your thing but it's important to the kids in the band and they are students at the school, enjoying their high school years.

Nobody, and I mean Nobody, is at a fucking football game for the band. I dont give a shit if its 3 minutes. I would rather shit in a public toilet than waste two seconds watching that shit. It's like title 9, shoving band nerds and their feelings into the football because "we need everyone to feel nice".

[Tex Pete 20505]

9 minutes ago, Texas Jeff said:

Band performances are 5 mins to get on the field, 8 mins to perform, 2 mins to exit.  Max 15 minutes.  That's the UIL rule.  And that's at the end of the season when they know the entire show.  Earlier in the season it's less than that because they only know half the show.  Add three minutes for the drill team's performance.  That's not a lot of time to ask during a three hour event.

Also, in Austin ISD, most bands practice on parking lots.  They have no access to turf fields.  The shows they do at football games are important because being on turf is totally different than being on asphalt, and the competitions are all on turf fields.  You can see this in the first few games of the season where the kids are all over the place on the field.

It may not be your thing but it's important to the kids in the band and they are students at the school, enjoying their high school years.

Halftime is more than a complete half of football. It’s longer than it was several years ago. 

[IBuryPaul 273]

Something has to fill the time so TV can show you 30 commercials.

[TOR 5817]

The e-rob saga is going to be ongoing.

[NeverMarryAStripper 21927]

5 minutes ago, MisterP said:

Nobody, and I mean Nobody, is at a fucking football game for the band. I dont give a shit if its 3 minutes. I would rather shit in a public toilet than waste two seconds watching that shit. It's like title 9, shoving band nerds and their feelings into the football because "we need everyone to feel nice".

I would like for you to stick your head in a public toilet.  Nobody is forcing you to watch it.  At halftime you’re welcome to go into the bathroom and masturbate to the memory of that one time you almost scored for your high school team.

[Steel Shank 9432]

51 minutes ago, MisterP said:

x, x, x, x, x, x

These are the fucking USC cheerleaders? This is my fantasy and none of these bitches are supermodel 10 hot. Fuck them all for not being hotter. Also, where the midriff?!!??! If you're going to be ugly, at least attempt to show your body to make up for it.

I'd do them all a solid and fuck them since nobody else will.

[po elvis 2077]

3 hours ago, BrazilHorn said:

I am in 100% violent agreement here. Especially at the HS level. HS bands now bring out fucking set pieces and do some big operatic display that is nearly 2/3 as long as the fucking game. Nearly every game the referees should throw a flag for delay of game as the band(s) go over as it takes them forever to get all of their shit off the field.

Why college bands can just march on to the field and GTFO yet HS bands have to make it some giant Broadway fucking production is beyond me. Best part of home games at House Park is I can walk to the Tavern during halftime and grab a beer because I know that I will have plenty of time to do so.

 

Nothing like an 8 minute xylophone ode to Andrew Lloyd Webber.

[ABSR 5325]

3 hours ago, Hawndoh said:

Because bands and drill teams have their own UIL competitions to worry about. They don't win those competitions marching in straight lines.

Wether you olds like it or not, Friday night is no longer only about the football team.

It's for the larger school community, which includes band and drill team.

 

Yeah, I can’t count the number of Friday nights where the stadium is packed, people tailgate ahead of time, and we all watch the band and drill team perform for 3 hours.  

[lilMAC25 3820]

Idiotic band talk and band hate not going away.

[Tex Pete 20505]

1 minute ago, lilMAC25 said:

Idiotic band talk and band hate not going away.

[CosmoDog 330]

1 minute ago, lilMAC25 said:

Idiotic band talk and band hate not going away.

I preferred the green bean discussions.

So very illuminating.

[ABSR 5325]

17 minutes ago, MisterP said:

Nobody, and I mean Nobody, is at a fucking football game for the band. I dont give a shit if its 3 minutes. I would rather shit in a public toilet than waste two seconds watching that shit. It's like title 9, shoving band nerds and their feelings into the football because "we need everyone to feel nice".

Let me follow up my last derisive post ridiculing the idea that band/drill team wags the dog by also pointing out that MisterP is wrong.

I know lot’s of parents and families who are there for the team, but more so for their kid in the band, drill team, etc.  When their kid graduates they may go to a game or two, but it is fewer and often none they attend.  As kids get older being a supportive parent is more and more about showing up or being available.

[TrashMaster G 17609]

28 minutes ago, MisterP said:

Nobody, and I mean Nobody, is at a fucking football game for the band. I dont give a shit if its 3 minutes. I would rather shit in a public toilet than waste two seconds watching that shit. It's like title 9, shoving band nerds and their feelings into the football because "we need everyone to feel nice".

Tell me you don't know what the fuck you're talking about without telling me you don't know what the fuck you're talking about.

[oh_snap 694]

2 hours ago, BurntEyes said:

5, 2, 1, 6, 3, 4

Like you I'm flexible but in a different sense. We agree on who should be seeded #1 but differ a lot after that. Seems we'd likely make good wing men for one another.

I can't and never could put my leg behind my head, but I do posses other less tangible skills.

 

Edit - To be clear, should the extremely unlikely situation come to pass, where you and I are deciding which of the 6 USC pom squad interested in fornication with us both we are going to bed... I'm not a proud man, and I'd be willing to accept sloppy seconds as required. I'm a giving and understanding man, you see.

Mostly, I'm rambling at this point to redirect the conversation towards hot ass USC cheerleaders or aggie stupidity and away from band camp talk.

Good lord this post screams “tell me you were in marching band… without actually telling me you were in marching band”

[Blotto 23579]

https://texags.com/forums/5/topics/3430537

The usual amount of Texags butthurt and inaccuracies, but also a surprising number of realists. Goddamn do they hate being little brother. They should move that entire campus over to Qatar, where they could goose step around campus confident in their big brother status. It would be a win for everyone.*

*except the people of Qatar

[Tex Pete 20505]

1 minute ago, Blotto said:

https://texags.com/forums/5/topics/3430537

The usual amount of Texags butthurt and inaccuracies, but also a surprising number of realists. Goddamn do they hate being little brother. They should move that entire campus over to Qatar, where they could goose step around campus confident in their big brother status. It would be a win for everyone.*

*except the people of Qatar

They’ve never been in touch with reality, hence their terrible case of little brother syndrome. 
 

Yes, we have more donor support. Yes, we have more alumni support. Yes, we have more of a national fanbase. Yes, we have far more money. No, we don’t need to tap into the PUF. Douchebags. 

[MisterP 127]

8 minutes ago, TrashMaster G said:

Tell me you don't know what the fuck you're talking about without telling me you don't know what the fuck you're talking about.

Oh I am sorry, did I hurt the parents feelings? There are like maybe 200 people at the game that are there to support their kids in the band. I get it, theyre your children. If they werent in the band you wouldnt give a fuck. Get over it. 

[Herpa Derpa 6132]

18 hours ago, sushihorn said:

That’s pre-Madonna you damn sip. 

That's premie madonna you 2%er.

 

12 hours ago, markstanco said:

Troy to Tulane. Seems somewhat horizontal.

Tulane was a playoff team last year and a CCG loss away this year under the 12 team format. Definitely a step up if he can maintain what Fritz built.

Edited December 9, 2023 by Herpa Derpa

[royiv 9363]

Lots of dudes that peaked in high school ID'ing themselves in this thread.

[Thetexashammer 1062]

2 minutes ago, royiv said:

Lots of dudes that peaked in high school ID'ing themselves in this thread.

[Wulaw Horn 19152]

1 hour ago, Blotto said:

There's always time for a good band hate thread. If you crossed a mentally handicapped Charlie Brown with Liberace going through his western musical phase, I assume you would end up with the Texas band uniform. Its not a good look.

 

If eliminating all marching bands will make stadium beers $.25 cheaper, sign me the fuck up.* 

*with the possible exception of a few of the  HBCU bands that dont actually bore me to tears and drop some funk into the mix. 

No- them too. It’s still the band. 

[G650 14278]

53 minutes ago, MisterP said:

Nobody, and I mean Nobody, is at a fucking football game for the band. I dont give a shit if its 3 minutes. I would rather shit in a public toilet than waste two seconds watching that shit. It's like title 9, shoving band nerds and their feelings into the football because "we need everyone to feel nice".

You are like if Maxim magazine was a person.

[Eskimohorn 5642]

fuck the band.

Band > Stripper DJs, jock rock, and Carly Rae Jepson

[BurntOrange&White 40038]

3 minutes ago, Eskimohorn said:

Band > Stripper DJs, jock rock, and Carly Rae Jepson

You're so mad that the stadium atmosphere is the best it's ever been with what you say is worse.

[ajax 2622]

lol

Great supportive aggy parents, especially the mom... how you doin'?

But still, lol.

 

 

[Blotto 23579]

Dude has seen his team accomplish more by the age of 11 than his parents will experience in their lifetimes. If they were smart, they would put him in charge of the family finances. 

Edited December 9, 2023 by Blotto

[Herpa Derpa 6132]

3 minutes ago, Blotto said:

If they were smart, 

they wouldn't be aggy.

[TrashMaster G 17609]

28 minutes ago, MisterP said:

Oh I am sorry, did I hurt the parents feelings? There are like maybe 200 people at the game that are there to support their kids in the band. I get it, theyre your children. If they werent in the band you wouldnt give a fuck. Get over it. 

Wrong again. But points for consistency. 

[MisterP 127]

2 minutes ago, TrashMaster G said:

Wrong again. But points for consistency. 

Too each their own I guess, sir. I am ending my particpation in this conversation now. The only thing that matters is that we win. Fuck Washington and that stupid rainy state with shit on the streets full of homelessness. I'd rather summer in Afghanistan than that butthole of a city.

Edited December 9, 2023 by MisterP

[DFW Horn 6219]

4 hours ago, Hawndoh said:

Because bands and drill teams have their own UIL competitions to worry about. They don't win those competitions marching in straight lines.

Wether you olds like it or not, Friday night is no longer only about the football team.

It's for the larger school community, which includes band and drill team.

Having officiated TXHSFB, I concur that the halftime performances are too fucking long. They're only supposed to be 25 minutes, but almost ALWAYS run over, especially with the 5A and 6A schools. It's really bullshit - no offense.

Just do a standard marching routine at halftime of football games. Save the theater and props for band performances. Maybe the schools can sell tickets for that, too. Or not....(too cynical?)

[txhorns 2413]

I hope all of you contributing to the band bullshit get fucked by a rusty flute tonight.

[DFW Horn 6219]

3 hours ago, Pimphand said:

A timeline of hilarity

7/30/2021 - SEC grants membership to Texas & Oklahoma
8/19/2021 - A&M is ranked #6 in preseason AP poll
9/1/2021 - Texas A&M grants Jimbo Fisher a 10-year, fully guaranteed contract extension worth $94.95 million
9/11/2021 - A&M barely escapes Boulder with a 3 point win over a 4-8 Colorado team Haynes King fractures lower leg
9/25/2021 - A&M loses only game to Arkansas since joining SEC in 2012
10/2/2021 - Mike Leach does his favorite thing and wins at Kyle Field (again)
10/9/2021 - Calzada takes down #1 Alabama at Kyle Field
10/16/2021 - A&M wins the last road game in program history at Faurot Field in Columbia, MO
11/13/2021 - Joey Freshwater starts his undefeated streak against A&M
12/16/2021 - A&M signs bulk of "best class evar" (Nolan, Stewart, Brownlow-Dindy, Weigman, etc)
12/22/2021 - A&M forfeits the Gator Bowl blaming COVID-19 and injuries a mere 9 days before the bowl game was to be played
1/11/2022 - A&M finishes unranked in final AP poll
5/19/2022 - Saban lights a match and accuses A&M of "buying every player" then Jimbo grabs the gas can in response
7/19/2022 - A&M picked to finish #2 in SEC West behind Alabama at SEC media days as Jimbo & Saban try to downplay feud
8/15/2022 - A&M is ranked #6 in preseason AP poll
9/10/2022 - App State takes down A&M at Kyle Field
10/1/2022 - A&M begins 6 game losing streak at Davis Wade Stadium in final matchup with Mike Leach
10/8/2022 - A&M loses grudge match with Alabama in Tuscaloosa
10/9/2022 - A&M drops from AP poll and will remain unranked
11/12/2022 - A&M visits Auburn & drops 6th consecutive game
11/26/2022 - A&M shocks the world and somehow beats SEC West champ LSU by 15 points at Kyle Field
12/5/2022 - Transfer portal opens final stats are A&M loses 32 players while signing just 15
9/9/2023 - A&M gives up 48 points and 5 TD to a Miami QB who wouldn't finish the season as starter despite not getting injured and would ultimately transfer out
10/7/2023 - Jimbo loses to Saban for the final time going winless in his last two tries after their big kerfuffle
11/4/2023 - Jimbo finishes 0-3 vs Freshwater who mercilessly taunts his squad for being asleep during the game
11/11/2023 - A&M gives up opening KR for TD then blows the doors of Mississippi State finishing on a 51-3 run in Jimbo's final game as head coach
11/12/2023 - A&M fires Jimbo Fisher with 2 games remaining owing a record $77 million dollar buyout that is over 3x Mahlzan's previous record buyout
11/26/2023 - A&M "hires" Mark Stoops then decides to pull the plug after visceral fan and booster reactions
11/27/2023 - A&M hires Mike Elko from Duke to be their 30th head football coach in a mad dash scramble to save face
12/3/2023 - Texas & Alabama are selected by the CFP committee
12/4/2023 - The 2024 transfer portal opens and currently 16 players are leaving with no additions
12/6/2023 - A&M hires Collin Klein to be the offensive coordinator setting up a 2012 Heisman reunion with Johnny Football the official odd couple (blow vs never kissed a girl)

To be continued....

Yes, yes

This is an appropriate post for the aggy thread. Kudos

[InkaUtexas 26134]

Can we get back to the topic at hand? Watching aggy implosion?

Thanks.

[freyguy 4302]

1 hour ago, MisterP said:

Nobody, and I mean Nobody, is at a fucking football game for the band. I dont give a shit if its 3 minutes. I would rather shit in a public toilet than waste two seconds watching that shit. It's like title 9, shoving band nerds and their feelings into the football because "we need everyone to feel nice".

You must yell at the h.s. football players from the stands during games.

Nothing worse than having to sit thru trashy h.s. football so you can watch your daughter perform on the dance squad during halftime.  I relish leaving after halftime.

[TOR 5817]

Just now, InkaUtexas said:

Can we get back to the topic at hand? Watching aggy implosion?

Thanks.

 

[MisterP 127]

Just now, freyguy said:

You must yell at the h.s. football players from the stands during games.

Nothing worse than having to sit thru trashy h.s. football so you can watch your daughter perform on the dance squad during halftime.  I relish leaving after halftime.

I have never been to a HS football post highschool in my life. I appreciate you trying to pigeon hole me into this angry old man though. Hook Em.

[Pimphand 5908]

9 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

Can we get back to the topic at hand? Watching aggy implosion?

Thanks.

I tried mate....

[jimmyjazz 46177]

6 hours ago, closetojumping said:

This post is as unnecessary as halftime band performances. I’m honestly not sure I’ve ever watched one, personally. If someone in a group I’m with is ever espousing “let’s stay in our seats for the band”, we’re unlikely to ever see that dipshit near our seats again. 

I remember the band dorks would tell us how much harder they had to work than we did as athletes. Nothing is more eyeroll inducing. Oh, you have to hit your marks and stay in tune while walking? I have to run full speed at other angry males and then we beat the shit out of each other for 3 hours before I go home and do homework. GTFO. I also never saw them during basketball and baseball season as their upperclassmen got honors credits for their dumbass 3 months of “hard work”. It’s a fucking grift, really. 

You're so cool.

No, really.

[Cajun 11747]

22 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

Can we get back to the topic at hand?

You new around here?

[Texas Jeff 1945]

OK, to get this thread back on track I would like to get Aggie tears and Longhorn Band in the same shot:
 

Band is fun my friends, high school or college, especially if you get to go to a game like that with your band friends.

[oh_snap 694]

Shohei to the Dodgers. Poor aggy finishes second place yet again. 

[ButtFumble 5183]

6 hours ago, Henry Hill said:

And Vandy is a perennial baseball powerhouse with elite academic quals. aggy is…neither.

Advantage: aggy

don't care got Schloss!

[Thetexashammer 1062]

Given the turmoil around A&M's legendary football program, I am extremely tempted to bet against them in the bowl. They are still 3 point favorites, I believe. I just can't wrap my arms around OSU winning, they are so bad.

[BrazilHorn 6634]

1 hour ago, Texas Jeff said:

Band performances are 5 mins to get on the field, 8 mins to perform, 2 mins to exit.  Max 15 minutes.  That's the UIL rule.  And that's at the end of the season when they know the entire show.  Earlier in the season it's less than that because they only know half the show.  Add three minutes for the drill team's performance.  That's not a lot of time to ask during a three hour event.

Also, in Austin ISD, most bands practice on parking lots.  They have no access to turf fields.  The shows they do at football games are important because being on turf is totally different than being on asphalt, and the competitions are all on turf fields.  You can see this in the first few games of the season where the kids are all over the place on the field.

It may not be your thing but it's important to the kids in the band and they are students at the school, enjoying their high school years.

I get bands practice on parking lots, I understand it is hard work, I have been to the last couple of years of games where my son plays and the band hasn't finished on time once. Add in fact that both bands perform and it is a mess. I have no issue with bands performing, it is the set pieces and staging that adds so much time. March on field, play march off. The scope creep of what band performances are today is symbolic for the creep of everything getting over the fucking top. It is not necessary. It is a HS football game not Austin Lyric Opera.

[Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand 13587]

Best part of my first job working concessions at Rice Stadium was band march in and halftime at Prairie View A&M vs Texas Southern. 

Edited December 9, 2023 by Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand

[TrashMaster G 17609]

12 minutes ago, Thetexashammer said:

Given the turmoil around A&M's legendary football program, I am extremely tempted to bet against them in the bowl. They are still 3 point favorites, I believe. I just can't wrap my arms around OSU winning, they are so bad.

Thanks for the laugh.🤣