Tell Me About Texas a&m

[jimmyjazz 47,297]

39 minutes ago, Tex Pete said:

This from the same engineering giants who put “sound funnels” into their new and improved Frankenkyle Tacklebox on the Brazos so they could “safely” play Sandstorm on gameday. 

Wait, what?

[BachelorTrek 3,326]

2 hours ago, msucolt45 said:

I’m 50+ and have attended aggy home games over the decades, some involving Texas, and others like LSU and Arkansas, prior to Jerry World. As a military veteran, they do provide “pageantry” because their military-based music hasn’t changed since before my time. I do enjoy their halftime show of military marching, as that’s difficult to do, but decades ago I realized that not all members were actually playing their instruments, just a body to help fill the field/band.

The music, even though it’s to my liking, reeks of “stolen valor” as aggy isn’t a military academy. They sure as hell would like to link their aggy hive-mind to that, but it just isn’t!

The real military academies play this Saturday, on a National stage. Those are real future service members on both sides, as all have actually decided to be an officer in their services. No “cosplay” in Boston this Saturday!

Hook’em!!!

P.S. - Go Army, beat Navy!!! Sing 2nd Cadets!!!

Yep, as a erstwhile colleague who was a West-Point-ring-knocker (evidently their jargon for West Point graduates) said to me, aggy isn't military-anything, "They're just another ROTC," just like everyone else who has ROTC (including Texas, Rice, etc.).  Lulz.

[jimmyjazz 47,297]

3 minutes ago, BachelorTrek said:

Yep, as a erstwhile colleague who was a West-Point-ring-knocker (evidently their jargon for West Point graduates) said to me, aggy isn't military-anything, "They're just another ROTC," just like everyone else who has ROTC (including Texas, Rice, etc.).  Lulz.

My cousin is pretty high up in Army brass -- he's a Colonel who is a West Point grad and Ranger and who has commanded battalions as well as been assistant AD for Army athletics.  I asked him about A&M and he just snorted.  He had much more praise for the Citadel (which makes sense).

[redswingline 1,124]

8 hours ago, linux said:

 

I wonder which pasture Bison Tits is moving to

 

[TwiceHorn 32,104]

6 minutes ago, BachelorTrek said:

Yep, as a erstwhile colleague who was a West-Point-ring-knocker (evidently their jargon for West Point graduates) said to me, aggy isn't military-anything, "They're just another ROTC," just like everyone else who has ROTC (including Texas, Rice, etc.).  Lulz.

Until WWII, reserve officers (non-academy) were generally regarded with contempt, regardless of their "origin."

Of course, that was utter silliness, as proven by WWII, which could not have been won without reserve officers.

But yeah, reserve officers come from all over the place.  Even 100% military schools like The Citadel and VMI are ROTC programs.

[CptnJiggleBits 990]

“No grandma I didn’t get it,, I’m aggy now.”

 

[immamac 44,414]

1 hour ago, BurntEyes said:

I watched the aggie self destruction against Kentucky, I think 2012, in Madison Wisconsin before enjoying the Badger curbstomping of Nebraska in their first B1G game. 

I was in a bar with an a&m graduate who shall not be named. 😉 Aggies were up big time, I was housed and said a&m graduate stated they were going to fold. I mistakenly suggested a $20 bet he was wrong. There was simply no way.

So, now you have one guy in a Longhorn shirt and Whisky cap, actively pulling for aggie while standing next to an a&m graduate in an aggie shirt (and whisky hat) hoping they lose.

Did I mention I was with friends that graduated from Whisky and Corn? 

There was a LOT of confusion as to wtf was going on in that bar.

Tldr: epic aggie fail is epic and it was the best $20 I ever lost.

Import edit - I attended the game in the aforementioned attire with 3 Nebraska grads.. who WERE friends. 

I threw up that night - a lot.

[TrashMaster G 18,132]

2 hours ago, Deej said:

C'mon man, so much to try and stay on top of with aggy imploding. Sorry.

It was 10 posts above on the same page.

[markstanco 12,804]

Does he spin you right round, baby, right round?

You are so old.

[markstanco 12,804]

Elko gonna put out that fire, grease the wheels and get that thing climbing up again before you know it.

You listened to the texags radio this morning I take it?

[markstanco 12,804]

An Aggie friend has been very defensive lately and said they are getting Florida State's DC. He is not big league donor or anything, so I'm sure he's hearing that from their boards or $9.95ers or whatever.

That would be a good get

[ClubWhatever 12,324]

1 hour ago, Tex Pete said:

Oh, and during reconstruction, a contractor drove a Bobcat off the upper deck of the stadium. Not sure where his memorial is. Whoop!

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Lindamood Demolition Inc. and Texas Cutting & Coring were both cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for a total of five violations, including two willful, following the death of a skid-steer loader operator during the redevelopment of Kyle Field Stadium at Texas A&M University.

OSHA's December 2013 investigation found that the Lindamood employee was operating a skid-steer loader to support a 3,340-pound concrete stub while a Texas Cutting & Coring employee used a circular saw to cut the stub from its support column. The stub caused the skid-steer to be overloaded, and it tipped over a ramp wall, falling more than 70 feet to the ground. The loader operator was ejected from the skid-steer when the machine struck a horizontal beam during its fall. The employee died when he fell four stories to the ground.

 

[markstanco 12,804]

One of the earliest aggie jokes I remember:
Q: What’s the best thing that ever came out of College Station?   
A: Highway 6. 

Book of 606 Aggie Jokes if I recall.

[BachelorTrek 3,326]

12 minutes ago, markstanco said:

You are so old.

Lulz. It's not the years; it's the mileage.

[markstanco 12,804]

Oh, and during reconstruction, a contractor drove a Bobcat off the upper deck of the stadium. Not sure where his memorial is. Whoop!

I laughed more than I should have.

[BachelorTrek 3,326]

2 minutes ago, markstanco said:

I laughed more than I should have.

Skid, steer, aaaaaaaaaah!

[speed817 19,985]

 

 

[Hagbard Celine 11,285]

On 12/5/2023 at 5:58 PM, Huckleberry said:

In 2018 Texas A&M declined to schedule Texas in non-conference games for 2022 and 2023 because their schedule was full. They chose to play (lose to) Appalachian State and Louisiana-Monroe instead of playing Texas. Texas instead scheduled Alabama. Texas beat Alabama in Tuscaloosa in 2023 which is the reason Texas is in the playoff. Texas A&M's cowardice (and pathological need to make every decision based on how it would affect Texas and public perception that they're UT's little brother) is why Texas made the College Football Playoff.

In 2021 Texas A&M leaked the news that Texas and Oklahoma were going to join the SEC in an effort to sabotage the move. They thought that they had enough stroke to prevent the move by making it public and reminding the world of the so-called gentlemen's agreement. They leaked this before the various conference commissioners met to vote on the start of the 12-team playoff. Alarmed by this move that further shifted the power between conferences, the Big 10, Pac-12, and ACC formed an alliance and voted against starting the 12-team playoff in 2023. It would later be approved to start in 2024. Texas A&M's cowardice (and pathological need to make every decision based on how it would affect Texas and public perception that they're UT's little brother) is why Florida State (and Georgia, and Ohio State, etc.) did not make the College Football Playoff.

Literally everything they're complaining about is their fault.

@aggypedia this is canon

"aggy determines the participants of the 2023 college football playoff"

[Beau Vine 55,888]

2 hours ago, Horndog said:

Look for the best in people. Maybe he was trying to find a copy of Leaves of Grass. 

"Limpid jets of love."

Does that mean what I think it means?

[Vertigo 20,502]

1 hour ago, Tex Pete said:

This from the same engineering giants who put “sound funnels” into their new and improved Frankenkyle Tacklebox on the Brazos so they could “safely” play Sandstorm on gameday. 
 

I have questions.

[ousux 5,649]

 
 

May just be me, but gimme Thujone style Ms paint over borderline creepy AI graphic art any day.

Having said that, spot on lol

[TotallyLegit 3,112]

18 minutes ago, speed817 said:

 

 

[aggie08 21,848]

1 minute ago, Vertigo said:

I have questions.

[Stinkpalm 697]

Kid: I wanna stop and get some Red River Shootout

Mom: We have Red River Shootout at home

The “Red River Shootout” at home:

[TrashMaster G 18,132]

42 minutes ago, markstanco said:

You are so old.

Yep

[Vinz Clortho 61]

13 hours ago, Longboard Horn said:

The inbRed River Rivalry

[Hagbard Celine 11,285]

On 12/5/2023 at 7:02 PM, InkaUtexas said:

Sir, you have earned your mark in Surly lore for that piece. If you do Hitler, well shit, you can sit at the tailgate with Thujone. 

@Hank Kingsley if you are going to tackle hitler, then is has to be john sharp with east texas subtitles

[Tex Pete 21,510]

41 minutes ago, markstanco said:

I laughed more than I should have.

It sounds funny, but it’s just another data point in their reckless history. Tragic. 

Edited December 7, 2023 by Tex Pete

[Tex Pete 21,510]

1 hour ago, jimmyjazz said:

Wait, what?

I cannot and did not make this shit up. 
 

https://aggypedia.com/aggypedia/aggy-athletics/kyle-field/#Unstable

[Tex Pete 21,510]

21 minutes ago, Vertigo said:

I have questions.

See above. 

[sushihorn 3,250]

2 hours ago, Tex Pete said:

Oh, and during reconstruction, a contractor drove a Bobcat off the upper deck of the stadium. Not sure where his memorial is. Whoop!

I’m pretty sure most aggy ancestors were sporting white sheets during Reconstruction. 

[atomheartbevo 90,670]

48 minutes ago, speed817 said:

 

 

I'm praying for that sheep.

12 hours ago, BabaYaga said:

Texags seems to carry a lot of weight around the program.  And I'm not saying this in a good way.  It's the head of the psychotic snake

They do carry a lot of weight. Look at their advertisers and their ties to the 12th Man Foundation.

[Vertigo 20,502]

15 minutes ago, Tex Pete said:

See above. 

...to allow us to deal with Sandstorm's frequencies." I lost it.

[Pimphand 6,378]

I think aggy is now broken... please note that I call myself whornsy and he calls himself aggy when we talk to each other if that pisses you off go die in a fire and learn to lean into shit like Anthony Hill did in Bama.

[Horn Dogg 4,312]

3 hours ago, immamac said:

I threw up that night - a lot.

Hopefully you’ve gotten most of it out of the beard by now. 

[Tex Pete 21,510]

16 minutes ago, Pimphand said:

I think aggy is now broken... please note that I call myself whornsy and he calls himself aggy when we talk to each other if that pisses you off go die in a fire and learn to lean into shit like Anthony Hill did in Bama.

Might want to let them know that they still don’t really have much of a NIL setup in place. And that they don’t have a $734MM slush fund. And that their athletic department still owes the University money it has never paid back. They might consider pawning a bunch of shit they aren’t really using, such as libraries and books, classrooms, toothbrushes, things like that. 

[Constant 6,928]

Saw this on Reddit. Great Value bowl. 

[AnTiM 1,695]

8 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

Wait, what?

"This from the same engineering giants who put “sound funnels” into their new and improved Frankenkyle Tacklebox on the Brazos so they could “safely” play Sandstorm on gameday."

 

Yeah, right.  The organ solo from "Jump" would flatten that shithole stadium to ground level.

Edited December 7, 2023 by AnTiM

[Orange&White 5,573]

I love that they have all taken to believing that the aggies have some magic $734M slush fund to pay for football shit because one person said it once. Meanwhile their AD is out talking about how they have to cut expenses on travel and assistant coaching staff while speaking on national radio shows in the middle of their coaching search for a bargain basement coach.

[dcbc 14,645]

21 hours ago, LTtxfan said:

Any word on whether Collin Klein was their first choice at OC ???

I heard it was Ron Stoops.

[LTtxfan 50,035]

HaHaHaHa😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

aggy already has a nickname for new OC

                        "Optimus Klein"

[Dennis Taylor 19,375]

7 hours ago, Pimphand said:

I think aggy is now broken... please note that I call myself whornsy and he calls himself aggy when we talk to each other if that pisses you off go die in a fire and learn to lean into shit like Anthony Hill did in Bama.

"High level sports "...huh? Do tell 

[Frank Drebin 5,840]

Their lie to themselves that they are flush with cash in the AD is awesome.

[BabaYaga 15,631]

10 hours ago, markstanco said:

That would be a good get

From one school that can't get into the CFP to another....

Edited December 7, 2023 by BabaYaga

[BabaYaga 15,631]

31 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

HaHaHaHa😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

aggy already has a nickname for new OC

                        "Optimus Klein"

Plagerized - KSU fans were using that long before aggy.  So on brand for aggy

[Magus Ossis 3,004]

I know this thread already has a name, one in keeping with how we name threads about other schools, but I can't help thinking it might better be aptly and succinctly named "Aggy: jokes"

[BabaYaga 15,631]

1 minute ago, Magus Ossis said:

"Aggy: jokes" is a joke

FIFY

[jimmyjazz 47,297]

10 hours ago, Tex Pete said:

I cannot and did not make this shit up. 
 

https://aggypedia.com/aggypedia/aggy-athletics/kyle-field/#Unstable

OK, that's hysterical.  One of the main things one should consider when designing for sound and vibration control is the wavelength(s) involved.  At low frequencies, wavelengths in air are very long.  For a low "E" on a bass guitar, that wavelength is ~ 8 meters (26 feet).  That sound ain't gonna "fit" in a 3 inch PVC pipe.  It's nonsensical.

Way to go, Aggie "engineers".  For fuck's sake.

 

Edited December 7, 2023 by jimmyjazz

[Longboard Horn 41,386]

 

[lilMAC25 4,005]

13 hours ago, HouTex said:

One of the earliest aggie jokes I remember:

Q: What’s the best thing that ever came out of College Station?   
A: Highway 6. 

How does Aggy find sheep in the tall grass?

 

 

 

 

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