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On 12/17/2024 at 8:35 PM, bolverk said:

tl;dr: It's a cult. They cheat.

I played trumpet in the Goin' Band in the early 90s, and we made fun of them, too, especially since most college bands do a new halftime show for just about every game. The aggy band? They've done the same show with the same music at every game for years.

And, yeah, we all knew that many of their marchers weren't musicians. The obvious lack of mouthpieces kinda gives it away when you're down on the field and can see them up close.

The military marching style they do is high school-level shit. Very easy to learn very quickly, especially if you also don't have to memorize the music at the same time. Sure, it looks neat at first blush, but it doesn't make them THE BESTEST BAND IN THE LAND like their delusional fan base thinks.

It's pretty much the same with the whole mythology they've constructed about their history of football greatness based on a decade or so of cheating.

Were you there in 1996 when the Goin Band did a full-on traditional show at halftime at Kyle field?  They learned it in a week and kicked aggy band's ass at their own specialty.  Added bonus, it was raining that day and aggy had their brand new multimillion $$ grass field that got torn the fuck up by the halftime shows.

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49 minutes ago, Horn Dogg said:

Were you there in 1996 when the Goin Band did a full-on traditional show at halftime at Kyle field?  They learned it in a week and kicked aggy band's ass at their own specialty.  Added bonus, it was raining that day and aggy had their brand new multimillion $$ grass field that got torn the fuck up by the halftime shows.

No, I was only in the Tech band in my freshman and sophomore years (Fall 1990 and 1991) and am unfamiliar with that particular story. By 1996, I'd already headed down to Austin for grad school, where I had wanted to go all along (long story short: my parents refused to pay for my tuition if I attended that commie school in Austin. No joke).

That said, I do recall something called the "Traditions Show," which was a bit of a mash-up of Texas-related music, like "Yellow Rose of Texas," and had a more traditional military-marching style while creating lots of elaborate interlocking shapes/patterns. There was one part where everyone marched in concentric circles or rings that expanded inward and outward that, I think, ended in a blooming flower kind of pattern (these are vague 30-plus-year-old recollections, so apologies if I'm wrong). 

The band director at the time, Keith Bearden, got a kick out of doing that particular show to troll aggy when we played them to demonstrate that the shit they did wasn't so special. And, yes, it was a one-week-only kind of thing was reserved for playing AnM. I know we played it at Kyle Field during my freshman year in 1990, which was a gawd awful experience. What I remember during that game was that it was hot, muggy, and stifling as fuck, so fairly early in the season. Tech ended up losing, but it was a close one. They'd only provided enough space to accommodate a 200-person band in the stadium, but there were roughly 400 or so. You probably can imagine how that'd work with all the bulky equipment and instruments.

This was way before the Mike Leach, so there shouldn't have been a "rivalry" between Tech and aggy, but the Raiders had gone something like 4-6 in the previous decade. Still, it was the most unfriendly stadium environment (NOT to be interpreted as intimidating) we visited during my short 2-year college band geek career. We were on the lower level (SE corner), and throughout the game, aggy gomers pelted us with trash, spit, various liquid, and other shit all throughout that miserable game. It was the exact fucking opposite of any of those fake stories they post on texags proclaiming what good hosts they are.

In short, fuck aggy forever. Btw, we won that gotdam halftime against their vaunted fake army marching band.

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16 minutes ago, bolverk said:

throughout the game, aggy gomers pelted us with trash, spit, various liquid, and other shit all throughout that miserable game. It was the exact fucking opposite of any of those fake stories they post on texags proclaiming what good hosts they are

But at least it wasn’t horseshit. Classy bunch. 

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10 hours ago, MIkeHoncho said:

You forgot convincing the Texas legislature to pass a bill prohibiting magic in the great state of Texas so their starting QB doesn't get his mind  irreparably blown, causing sudden erratic play and forcing post season transfers. 

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17 hours ago, Steel Shank said:

Steel Shank's 12 Tactics To Return A&M To Elite Championship Level

1.      Develop first team All-Americans at every position – special teams included.

2.      Develop uniforms that recruits like and fans can support. Can generate hundreds of millions of dollars in royalties.

3.      Develop elite level cleats that are lighter, faster and provide better traction in ALL conditions. Think like the 6 Million Dollar Man! Make sure technology is proprietary so no else can match. Sue if needed!

4.      Nutrition, Nutrition, Nutrition!!! A team plays on it’s stomach. Have elite level chefs from around the world! This will help attract international players from Italy and France.

5.      Host a “retreat” for announcers and color commentators from every network, somewhere cool like Tahiti. “Enlighten” these people with the ways of A&M so that they can talk about us on the air! Great PR!!

6.      Use AI to generate gameplans that our opponents cannot match. We’ll use technology to our advantage!!

7.      Develop elite level tape for ankles and wrists! Very important to keep our All Americans healthy!!

8.      Take big games seriously! Coaches need to keep the p[layers focused and not get big heads from winning so much.

9.      Pay fans to attend far away road games. It’s important for the 12th Man to represent at every away game!!

10.   Employ mind readers to have on the sidelines and in the booth to help our coaches figure out what the other team is thinking. This shouldn’t be discussed too much so that people don’t know what we’re doing! Lose lips sink ships!!!

11.   Demand 150% from all players at all times! We need full commitment!!

12.   Make winning our standard!! Demand from everyone involved a complete and total commitment to winning. Develop a proprietary formula that separates us from the others – especially tu!!!

13. Keep the Jizz Jar full & fresh at all times.

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On 12/17/2024 at 10:35 PM, bolverk said:

tl;dr: It's a cult. They cheat.

I played trumpet in the Goin' Band in the early 90s, and we made fun of them, too, especially since most college bands do a new halftime show for just about every game. The aggy band? They've done the same show with the same music at every game for years.

And, yeah, we all knew that many of their marchers weren't musicians. The obvious lack of mouthpieces kinda gives it away when you're down on the field and can see them up close.

The military marching style they do is high school-level shit. Very easy to learn very quickly, especially if you also don't have to memorize the music at the same time. Sure, it looks neat at first blush, but it doesn't make them THE BESTEST BAND IN THE LAND like their delusional fan base thinks.

It's pretty much the same with the whole mythology they've constructed about their history of football greatness based on a decade or so of cheating.

I did band in high school, i remember at one contest they performed as an "exhibition". People made a big deal about the cool aggie band coming to play. Their show was dogshit. The high school bands performing in the competition were better.

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9 minutes ago, Pam Cummings said:

I did band in high school, i remember at one contest they performed as an "exhibition". People made a big deal about the cool aggie band coming to play. Their show was dogshit. The high school bands performing in the competition were better.

There isn't a single DCI corps or even a decent TX HS band that couldn't learn that Aggie "drill" in an hour.

OK, enough band talk.

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Need some help here.

The Best Loss of the Year, very obviously goes to aggy, for the Domer effort.

What I don't get, is how come aggy has not spent the entire season pointing out that the Noter Dames got physucally beat up by aggy, so badly beat up, that they were unable to answer the bell that Northern Illinoise rang right in their own home, that next week in South Beach Bend? Like, "we beat noter dame at Kyle Field and won every single thing except the clock! Whoop"

I prolly just mist it, but where has it been?

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3 hours ago, Auto Driller said:

This gif is the greatest accomplishment of the 2024 aggy football team.

Dude. They hosted College GameDay!

Twice!

 

27 minutes ago, Herpa Derpa said:

Boise losing in Eugene by 3 on a last second FG.

I'd go with SMU losing to Clemson on a 51-yd FG at the buzzer. Still got into the Playoff.

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On 12/19/2024 at 1:05 PM, Basil said:

OMG, I had this exact same idea except I forgot to make my offensive and defensive lines have size and strength!  I'm going to add that one in my manifesto, "Winning SEC Style: Texas Reborn."  To be honest I kinda feel dumb for not thinking of recruiting lineman who are big and strong.

I can't stop laughing about this post. 

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On 12/20/2024 at 2:47 PM, DaggerHorns said:

Uhh….

https://www.reddit.com/r/aggies/s/6eA0mqqgCL

 

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I'm sure there were a lot of sleepless nights for NFL GM's wondering if the moose would declare. I mean the guy scores a TD every 7 times he touches the damn ball. Its not his fault they didn't call his number more often. And that they hate arm sleeves.

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6 minutes ago, Navin R. Johnson said:

I can’t wait to read graham’s write up for the next round. Any predictions?

If he had to pick Texas to win, he won't even make an article. Just like how he pussied out and abandoned the power rankings the second he would've had to put Texas above aggy.

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On 12/19/2024 at 5:14 PM, Steel Shank said:

Steel Shank's 12 Tactics To Return A&M To Elite Championship Level

1.      Develop first team All-Americans at every position – special teams included.

2.      Develop uniforms that recruits like and fans can support. Can generate hundreds of millions of dollars in royalties.

3.      Develop elite level cleats that are lighter, faster and provide better traction in ALL conditions. Think like the 6 Million Dollar Man! Make sure technology is proprietary so no else can match. Sue if needed!

4.      Nutrition, Nutrition, Nutrition!!! A team plays on it’s stomach. Have elite level chefs from around the world! This will help attract international players from Italy and France.

5.      Host a “retreat” for announcers and color commentators from every network, somewhere cool like Tahiti. “Enlighten” these people with the ways of A&M so that they can talk about us on the air! Great PR!!

6.      Use AI to generate gameplans that our opponents cannot match. We’ll use technology to our advantage!!

7.      Develop elite level tape for ankles and wrists! Very important to keep our All Americans healthy!!

8.      Take big games seriously! Coaches need to keep the p[layers focused and not get big heads from winning so much.

9.      Pay fans to attend far away road games. It’s important for the 12th Man to represent at every away game!!

10.   Employ mind readers to have on the sidelines and in the booth to help our coaches figure out what the other team is thinking. This shouldn’t be discussed too much so that people don’t know what we’re doing! Lose lips sink ships!!!

11.   Demand 150% from all players at all times! We need full commitment!!

12.   Make winning our standard!! Demand from everyone involved a complete and total commitment to winning. Develop a proprietary formula that separates us from the others – especially tu!!!

 

 

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This post-game quote from a Clemson fan on tigernet.com reminds me of another program we all admire:

"The officiating was horrid all night but it’s further proof that Clemson is irrelevant. All those talking about heart and playing their tails off and never giving up?? That’s what losers say to make them feel better."

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Hopefully USG bet the house and then becomes homeless ;-)

Only kidding about the homelessness bit....

Pretty sure the Vegas odds indicate this should have been a 6 team field.... Also if we need some bonus spaces I do think a 8 seed playoff is fine just get rid of conference championship precendence and let's go.....

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