Tell Me About Texas a&m

[MontereyMX 955]

10 minutes ago, Dennis Taylor said:

he's dead eye dick straight on point

[Pimphand 6380]

59 minutes ago, Jiggy-Z said:

It's worse than you think.  Even Arky, South Carolina, and Mizzou have won division titles leaving aggy and Vandy.

You forgot Ole Miss & Kentucky have also never won their division

[Dennis Taylor 19383]

18 minutes 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. 

My high school team wasn't good, but both my sons had playoff runs and their games were big events for the whole school community.  Younger sons team was in a 3rd round game 2 hours away in a cold rainy game, beating a team no one thought they would beat. It's a tight game, late in the 4th and they are busting their ass to win and advance and coincidentally extend the experience for everyone- parents, students, band, drill team, cheerleaders, other spirit groups and all their parents...and I hear the band director tell the kids on his little PA..." I know it's cold, but 5 minutes til Chick Fil A!" 

 

I couldn't fucking believe it ...that's your priority right now? Go ahead and go now and don't bother showing up next week 

[Liquor and Poker 3659]

I like it when the band makes shapes when I’m too drunk to go downstairs 

[G650 14451]

What sort of weird dipshit hates on the band

[Pimphand 6380]

4 minutes ago, G650 said:

What sort of weird dipshit hates on the band

Yeah I mean at that point go to NFL games and enjoy the absolute banality

[South Austin 53269]

5 minutes ago, G650 said:

What sort of weird dipshit hates on the band

I think it’s a bit. Normal well-adjusted adults don’t hate on band kids.

[closetojumping 65538]

17 minutes ago, G650 said:

What sort of weird dipshit hates on the band

There have been band threads on this board and its predecessors over the years. Never read them or commented on them because I didn’t care. To each their own. 

Band discussions on this thread always start with band dorks “hating on” the aggie band and apparently what a cheap unit it is or some shit. Then other band aficionados come and carry the whine and start sharing their own junior high and high school stories. 

This isn’t a safe space. We don’t want to hear about it or how hard your kid works on getting their steps down. 

So, yeah, I’ll hate on the dipshitted band discussion on this thread every time. It’s not hating on a band and the difference isn’t subtle. 

12 minutes ago, Pimphand said:

Yeah I mean at that point go to NFL games and enjoy the absolute banality

Yeah, the band is the only difference between college affinity and the NFL. That’s a lazy false choice that isn’t worth the bullet. 

Edited December 9, 2023 by closetojumping

[Duane Moore 5773]

10 minutes ago, South Austin said:

I think it’s a bit. Normal well-adjusted adults don’t hate on band kids.

Have you seen what this man has to say about green beans?

[Horndog 2311]

53 minutes 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. 

Did some band dude steal your girlfriend? Hard work doesn't always involve violent collisions. My kids did both band and varsity athletics (at an all- district level). Just not football. Musical talent and athleticism are not mutually exclusive. Did you hate the drill team girls too?

[SimkinsMan 4555]

Hell hath no fury like a band parent scorned. 

[SubliminalHorn 7012]

God shut the fuck about bands and get back to making fun of aggy

[Doctor of Neighborhood 439]

Can we get back to marveling at the fact that somewhere, at some time, somebody thought adding puffy paint to overalls was going to increase the cool factor?  And that said person introduced it into a culture so skewed that the practice not only survived but also flourished?

This, ladies and gentlemen, is indicative of the reason we cannot look away.

Edited December 9, 2023 by Doctor of Neighborhood
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[BrazilHorn 6857]

1 hour 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. 

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.

 

[YGIFS 19458]

1 hour ago, Dennis Taylor said:

USC ? Ever heard of Pavlov?

 

4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 6

But I'm flexible.  No, seriously...I can still put a leg behind my head at 47 for proper ball-sucking.  She should call me...

Edited December 9, 2023 by YGIFS

[Tex Pete 21516]

1 hour 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. 

I always used to say (maybe still do), “OK band. Y’all need to take a knee and run out the half…”

[Gucci_Suit 2829]

2 hours ago, YGIFS said:

Yeah, that's a good point.  Was talking with my gambling addicted cousin and we laughed about that scene in "Casino" where Pesci is describing how Ace Rothstein knew every little angle about college football games.  QB's dating situation, who was the referee, wind speed, etc.  And that was in the 60's and 70's, long before internet and cell phones.  And then all the info became readily available to the average joe, casual gambler 20-25 years ago.  And still, the spreads remain the same, the house still wins, and there's still degenerates.  But it's yet another new age where players come and go or sit out, most of which occurs after the initial spreads are put out.  Bowl season used to be a haven for smart money, and even my dumbass made a few bucks.  But now?  It's a another brave new world and nobody knows nothing about nothing again.  

When speaking with students in b-school about trends and unicorns and all that cliche shit.  I'd tell them...the original 'crowd-sourcing' in America was sports betting point spreads.  That's all it ever was.  It wasn't a measure of how much better a team was, it was how much money thought this way and how much money thought that way, and in between there was some action for the small business (aka, "The House" or "The Book"), and they were just market makers.  That's it.  That's all it is.  USA Today didn't achieve its peak circulation because of the fun graphics and colorful photographs.  They made it because it was the one uniformly available newspaper in every single town in the United States.  People literally got whacked over differences in spreads according to different papers when the advent of calling cards and cell phones came along in the 1990s.  Finally, it was tacitly agreed upon that whatever USA Today printed as the spread in the back of their sports page each Friday (for NCAA & NFL) would be the gold standard because everybody could see it for $.50-$1.50.  So circulation spiked because every armchair QB and sportsbar patron bought a Friday and Monday copy every single week for a decade.  And that, as they say, was that.  

I read this in the voice of Ray Liotta

[Tex Pete 21516]

***I do not hate the band or the effort band kids put into what they do. I have noticed that over the years, game performances have become only about practice for competitions. And what the hell is up with having electric guitars, kettle drums. and huge sound systems at a “marching band performance?”

Edited December 9, 2023 by Tex Pete

[MAUFRAIS 6746]

Went to my first Austin High game in decades and was shocked by the amount of bullshit at halftime.

Team still got creamed though, so some things don’t change.

[Hawndoh 2409]

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.

 

[ClubWhatever 12324]

17 minutes ago, Tex Pete said:

***I do not hate the band or the effort band kids put into what they do. I have noticed that over the years, game performances have become only about practice for competitions. And what the hell is up with having electric guitars, kettle drums. and huge sound systems at a “marching band performance?”

Point 1.  There is only time to practice a competition routine. Getting hundreds of kids in sync for a quality performance takes a crazy amount of time.    The competitions are fun and give the kids a sense of accomplishment.   

Point 2.  All the stuff you mention helps more kids participate, supports the band to be innovative and stand out at competitions, and segways into other band activities like Jazz band.  
 

Point 3.  Fuck people who don't like band. 

Edited December 9, 2023 by ClubWhatever

[Tex Pete 21516]

6 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

Point 1.  There is only time to practice a competition routine. Getting hundreds of kids in sync for a quality performance takes a crazy amount of time.    The competitions are fun and give the kids a sense of accomplishment.   

Point 2.  All the stuff you mention helps more kids participate, supports the band to be innovative and stand out at competitions, and segways into other band activities like Jazz band.  
 

Point 3.  Fuck people who don't like band. 

😂 Sounds like we need a Band Dorks forum. @immamac make it so. 

I remember Bucky Godbolt on the radio once talking his kid playing “skin flute in the marching band.” He obviously didn’t take it as seriously as some of you. 

Edited December 9, 2023 by Tex Pete

[TOR 6155]

Only aggy would not see this one coming.

Credit @Rickylovesweed 

[Magus Ossis 3004]

24 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

Point 1.  There is only time to practice a competition routine. Getting hundreds of kids in sync for a quality performance takes a crazy amount of time.    The competitions are fun and give the kids a sense of accomplishment.   

Point 2.  All the stuff you mention helps more kids participate, supports the band to be innovative and stand out at competitions, and segways into other band activities like Jazz band.  
 

Point 3.  Fuck people who don't like band. 

[MisterP 127]

Fuck the band and this band bullshit talk 

[TOR 6155]

And there it is.  Why do I get the feeling that when The Elk augurs the team into the dirt they will name R.C. corch again?

[BurntEyes 6346]

1 hour ago, YGIFS said:

4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 6

But I'm flexible.  No, seriously...I can still put a leg behind my head at 47 for proper ball-sucking.  She should call me...

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.

Edited December 9, 2023 by BurntEyes

[Pimphand 6380]

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....

[ElChupacabra 254]

Kid has more sense than BOTH of his parents. Good for him.

 

https://youtu.be/F04h8Qhupx4?si=V-_j-MTpZG2i_MOj

[Deej 77880]

2 hours ago, Hawndoh said:

includes band and drill team.

 

It’s nice we think about the unathletic kids and the girls not hot enough to make cheerleader. 

Edited December 9, 2023 by Deej

[Reese Bennett 3666]

2 minutes ago, Deej said:

It’s nice we think about the unalthletic kids and the girls not hot enough to make cheerleader. 

To be fair, there are always hot girls who choose to not be cheerleaders.

[NeverMarryAStripper 22321]

Uncoordinated hotties need love too

[closetojumping 65538]

1 hour ago, Horndog said:

Did some band dude steal your girlfriend? Hard work doesn't always involve violent collisions. My kids did both band and varsity athletics (at an all- district level). Just not football. Musical talent and athleticism are not mutually exclusive. Did you hate the drill team girls too?

The drill team girls used to always try to tell us how they worked as hard as we did as well. Right. That said, they were a hell of a lot more fun, so I always went easy on them. 

The rest of the post is a fantasy about the band dorks getting over. 

1 hour 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.

 

None of this is new. Like, not a single part of your point. Also not new? Nobody but the band dorks and their parents care. 

[Tex Pete 21516]

10 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

The drill team girls used to always try to tell us how they worked as hard as we did as we did. Right.

I just tried to keep their mouths full. 

[BigHornedLurker 2182]

3 hours ago, Dennis Taylor said:

USC ? Ever heard of Pavlov?

 

1 , 1 , 1 , 1 , 1 , 1 -> repeat 

Maybe the last thing I'd where do but worth it ! 

 

[Jive Turkey 13019]

3 hours ago, Henry Hill said:

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

Advantage: aggy

and let's not forget:

Nashville

 

 

 

 

East St. Louis

Baghdad

 

Pyongyang

 

Bryan/College Station

 

 

[BurntOrange&White 42011]

fuck the band.

[Blotto 24044]

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. 

Edited December 9, 2023 by Blotto

[Grimas 674]

1 hour ago, ClubWhatever said:

Point 1.  There is only time to practice a competition routine. Getting hundreds of kids in sync for a quality performance takes a crazy amount of time.    The competitions are fun and give the kids a sense of accomplishment.   

Point 2.  All the stuff you mention helps more kids participate, supports the band to be innovative and stand out at competitions, and segways into other band activities like Jazz band.  
 

Point 3.  Fuck people who don't like band. 

Per Point 1- It’s frigging torture seeing/hearing the SAME THREE SONGS/performances EVERY FRIGGING WEEK! (And don’t get me started on the cheerleaders who don’t actually do any cheers related to the actual football game…)

[Tex Pete 21516]

9 minutes 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. 

I support LHB 100%. They do a great job every week. They gotten me fired up at big games all over the country.
 

Don’t really care to hear about their nuances, though. 

[Vertigo 20502]

2 hours ago, Horndog said:

Did some band dude steal your girlfriend? Hard work doesn't always involve violent collisions. My kids did both band and varsity athletics (at an all- district level). Just not football. Musical talent and athleticism are not mutually exclusive. Did you hate the drill team girls too?

At every 2A football game there is that gangly football player in full pads in the marching band like clockwork. And yes I heard the whining from band people that we got all the money and everyone made a big deal about football when they worked just as hard. My retort was always, "how many people would come to see you perform if it wasn't halftime at a football game? We get most of the money because we make all of the money. And I don't doubt you practice as long as we do, but what about the offseason when we are sweating our asses off and throwing up in hell weeks and going to the gym 2 hours a day during the summers followed by going to the track for another hour in 100 degree heat. Are you doing that?" That was the end of the conversation.

[Vertigo 20502]

4 hours ago, Dennis Taylor said:

USC ? Ever heard of Pavlov?

 

6, 2, 1, 5, 3, 4

[Pam Cummings 9886]

Lulz at the "it's just as hard as sports". Was in band. Don't recall any torn ACLs our blown achilles out there on the marching field.

[Majorcholas 560]

Edited because I’m an idiot for participating in the band debate. Someone please post some aggy screenshots so we can get back to our regularly scheduled programming

Edited December 9, 2023 by Majorcholas

[MisterP 127]

4 hours ago, Dennis Taylor said:

USC ? Ever heard of Pavlov?

 

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.

Edited December 9, 2023 by MisterP

[Vertigo 20502]

1 minute ago, Pam Cummings said:

Lulz at the "it's just as hard as sports". Was in band. Don't recall any torn ACLs our blown achilles out there on the marching field.

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

[Tex Pete 21516]

16 minutes ago, Pam Cummings said:

Lulz at the "it's just as hard as sports". Was in band. Don't recall any torn ACLs our blown achilles out there on the marching field.

Every band had a kid who passed out, though. Dummies. 

[Blotto 24044]

26 minutes ago, Vertigo said:

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

They buried him with a view of Lassie's asshole Lasshole. 

Edited December 9, 2023 by Blotto
Lasshole it is

[HenryJames 67466]

2 minutes ago, Blotto said:

They buried him with a view of Lassie's asshole

Lasshole?

[dec3169 558]

35 minutes ago, Tex Pete said:

I support LHB 100%. They do a great job every week. They gotten me fired up at big games all over the country.
 

Don’t really care to hear about their nuances, though. 

It is rare to actually remember one of their performances at halftime but I still remember this one from 2012.  Way better than marching in lines playing the same songs.  Edit - wasn't my video - got it from yt.

 

Edited December 9, 2023 by dec3169