Tell Me About Texas a&m

[Lone Star Horn 2016]

3 hours ago, ztejas said:

Playing Devil's advocate - maybe they already had the yell tradition, but they didn't have yell leaders until the 1908 game against Haskell when the freshmen raided the janitor's closet. The 1907 date could have referenced when bringing TWU girls to games started as a thing - it probably carried on past 1907. 

At least, if I was an aggy capable of any sort of logic or critical thinking skills that might be how I would spin it. Not that any aggy is actually capable of that. 

Did you not read the article? The very last sentence mentions "the yell leaders".

[Doc Sam Beckett 5793]

3 hours ago, LTtxfan said:

The 25 most important players in the College Football Playoff chase

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/27402100/the-25-most-important-players-college-football-playoff-chase

 

1. QB Kellen Mond, Texas A&M   

"Mond looked spectacular in A&M's two most important games of the season. He scrambled for extra time, he trusted his receivers to go up and grab 50-50 balls, and he gave his team a chance to beat really good teams."

aggy fans...

 

What a stupid list

[Hizzaz Mahdoud 194]

17 minutes ago, Lone Star Horn said:

Did you not read the article? The very last sentence mentions "the yell leaders".

Sure, but up until that point, the "yell leaders" could very well have been regular corps turds with megaphones. It was only after the freshmen dressed up like milkmen and started making those strange gyrations that the new aggy yell leaders became a turdition. 

[Cairn Horn88 8262]

2 hours ago, Johnny Sack said:

I'd love to see Mond do well and go pro.  And aggy to still lose 5-6 games.

K.  I’ll see what I can do.

[texifornia 56944]

Leon is going to get lots of playing time. We didn't get utterly, undeniably sonned at safety in the 2018 class. Leon is going to...

Spoiler

 

Edited August 20, 2019 by texifornia

[Vertigo 20285]

2 hours ago, Doc Sam Beckett said:

What a stupid list

BJ Foster is more important than Sam to our team's success this year. Everyone knows that stupid Clemite. 

[Scheiss Meister 8407]

Is Slo'Neal fast enough to sub in without their defense having to call a time out?

[Neonmoon 38129]

19 minutes ago, Scheiss Meister said:

Is Slo'Neal fast enough to sub in without their defense having to call a time out?

Why would you call a timeout after a touchdown?

[Machinator 32099]

 

[markstanco 12577]

Do they still do that walk on thing with the 12th man? I thought it ended a long time ago. Like RC long time ago.

[Cairn Horn88 8262]

2 hours ago, Machinator said:

 

Another white 12th man.  Ok.

[Randolph Duke 4034]

25 minutes ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

Another white 12th man.  Ok.

I will bet you the next one will be a white guy, too.

Let's be honest. No aggy would tolerate a black athlete being named the team's "12th Man" any more than they would tolerate a black athlete dating one of their daughters.

They will tell Jimbo to recruit black athletes, and they will cheer black athletes on the field as long as the team is winning, but they will always remind them a "good aggy needs to remember his place and, like a good boy, respect turdition."

Edited August 21, 2019 by Randolph Duke

[Dennis Taylor 18819]

It's one guy. In the Sherril days it was the whole kick cover team. Guy I played with in high school ruined his knee doing it. They scrapped it after somebody housed one on them. Took longer than you'd think though

[Jkwellborn 6697]

I will bet you the next one will be a white guy, too.
Let's be honest. No aggy would tolerate a black athlete being named the team's "12th Man" any more than they would tolerate a black athlete dating one of their daughters.
They will tell Jimbo to recruit black athletes, and they will cheer black athletes on the field as long as the team is winning, but they will always remind them a "good aggy needs to remember his place and, like a good boy, respect turdition."

Serious question. How many walk on black athletes are there? I can’t imagine there’d be many that would pay to put up with that nonsense.

[Jersey Man10 3528]

I'm surprised ANY black athlete would want to play in fucking College Station. That there is proof that they are paying players. I'm Hispanic and even I don't understand it.

[SHOOTER12 8806]

1 hour ago, Randolph Duke said:

I will bet you the next one will be a white guy, too.

Let's be honest. No aggy would tolerate a black athlete being named the team's "12th Man" any more than they would tolerate a black athlete dating one of their daughters.

They will tell Jimbo to recruit black athletes, and they will cheer black athletes on the field as long as the team is winning, but they will always remind them a "good aggy needs to remember his place and, like a good boy, respect turdition."

Holy shit...

[Modessit 5600]

Interesting Tapa ad placement:

[Butch Had Not 2969]

4 hours ago, markstanco said:

Do they still do that walk on thing with the 12th man? I thought it ended a long time ago. Like RC long time ago.

My God every fucking time the 12th white guy has a special teams tackle the announcers discuss it for 5 minutes and explain the turdition like they are reading from the bible.

 

[Orange Bull 0]

On 3/25/2018 at 2:06 AM, MrPhlegm said:

Obsession Noted

aggypedia whoop

Y'all know what to do.

[Caver60 395]

34215

[SydneyCarton 48092]

8 hours ago, Dennis Taylor said:

It's one guy. In the Sherril days it was the whole kick cover team. Guy I played with in high school ruined his knee doing it. They scrapped it after somebody housed one on them. Took longer than you'd think though

To scrap it? Because If thats what you mean “longer then you’d think” sounds about exactly what I’d expect from ole’ aggy. 

Edited August 21, 2019 by SydneyCarton

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

I don't know exactly how old I was when I heard about the entire kick team being made up of walk-ons. Maybe 11, maybe 12. But my very first reaction was, "you mean the entire kick coverage team is guys who weren't good enough to get scholarships? Doesn't that mean they're kind of sucky? Isn't that risky?"

I don't brag about being smarter than the Aggies at 12 any more than I'd brag about learning to shake and fetch faster than the family dog, but it is kind of funny the systemic flaw in that cute lil idea of theirs was obvious to anyone who followed the sport.

[Randolph Duke 4034]

9 hours ago, Jersey Man10 said:

I'm surprised ANY black athlete would want to play in fucking College Station. That there is proof that they are paying players. I'm Hispanic and even I don't understand it.

There is a world of difference between desegregation and integration. A&M ended racial and gender segregation in 1963, but to this day the administrators and alumni of the school have failed miserable at integrating women and minorities. Every attempt to change things to allow greater participation in school activities by women and minorities has been met with resistance and hostility, usually by those who venerate white, male privilege bleating about "turdition." I think the latest breakthrough was convincing the corps idiots that women actually do know how to pick up dog shit and properly use Pantene and blowdryers, thus making them actually qualified to take care of the inbred mascot dog of theirs. That only took in excess of half a century to accomplish and was done with great resentment by the white, male privilege rednecks.

['stache 21813]

14 hours ago, Machinator said:

 

 

[Fud 9552]

Mentioned on the recruiting board but not here; word is A&M center Ryan McCollum, who going into fall camp was the likely starter at center, is out until around midseason 

Also mentioned awhile back, their 3rd or 4th best OT, Colten Blanton, might be out for the season 

 

[RomaVicta 29907]

6 hours ago, SwanderedTalent said:

I don't know exactly how old I was when I heard about the entire kick team being made up of walk-ons. Maybe 11, maybe 12. But my very first reaction was, "you mean the entire kick coverage team is guys who weren't good enough to get scholarships? Doesn't that mean they're kind of sucky? Isn't that risky?"

I don't brag about being smarter than the Aggies at 12 any more than I'd brag about learning to shake and fetch faster than the family dog, but it is kind of funny the systemic flaw in that cute lil idea of theirs was obvious to anyone who followed the sport.

I recall that their kickoff team was pretty good with walk-ons. The drawback was that special teams offer opportunities for bench players to get in the game and get some experience. I know I read about it back then, but I don't recall if that's why they changed the 12th Man player to a single Caucasian.

[sushihorn 3233]

5 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

I recall that their kickoff team was pretty good with walk-ons. The drawback was that special teams offer opportunities for bench players to get in the game and get some experience. I know I read about it back then, but I don't recall if that's why they changed the 12th Man player to a single Caucasian.

Single White (Fe)male

It's the story of aggy's entire history  and their burning desire to BE tu.

[Dennis Taylor 18819]

from the 'you can't make this shit up' category,  in true aggy fashion the first kickoff with the 12th man squad was an onside kick that went 6 yards

 

  

The first kickoff for the 12th Man Kickoff Team was an onside kick that only traveled six yards versus Cal in 1983. Here it is: Tom Bumgardner falls on the ball as Bill Allison (7) and Tom Christner (3) arrive afterward.

Courtesy of Cushing Memorial Library

 

http://www.brenhambanner.com/brenham360/no-prior-experience-the-history-of-the-th-man-kickoff/article_ab274736-6016-5355-b43e-db81cfa4ec3a.html

[NeverMarryAStripper 21906]

13 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

I recall that their kickoff team was pretty good with walk-ons. The drawback was that special teams offer opportunities for bench players to get in the game and get some experience. I know I read about it back then, but I don't recall if that's why they changed the 12th Man player to a single Caucasian.

One of the other problems was that the 12th man kickoff team wasn't on the travel squad so they essentially had to practice 2 completely separate kick off teams. 

Edited August 21, 2019 by NeverMarryAStripper

[Jkwellborn 6697]

I don't know exactly how old I was when I heard about the entire kick team being made up of walk-ons. Maybe 11, maybe 12. But my very first reaction was, "you mean the entire kick coverage team is guys who weren't good enough to get scholarships? Doesn't that mean they're kind of sucky? Isn't that risky?"
I don't brag about being smarter than the Aggies at 12 any more than I'd brag about learning to shake and fetch faster than the family dog, but it is kind of funny the systemic flaw in that cute lil idea of theirs was obvious to anyone who followed the sport.

had to go with 12 huh?

One of the other problems was that the 12th man kickoff team wasn't on the travel squad so they essentially had to practice 2 completely separate kick off teams. 

That’s really stupid there.

[williemackgarza 1826]

I was at the 1990 game of aggy vs. tech at kyle field. Was in high school and a buddy was a blue chip running back recruit. I went with him to the game as a guest.
That day, Tech housed 1 on the full 12th man kickoff team.
Team parents were yelling it was bullshit for a bunch of scrubs to be on the team taking up playing time from real players.
That was the last game or year that RC had the full 12th man kickoff team.
In the pregame recruit meal a recruit accidentally dumped a full drink on RCs lily white sneakers. Every black recruit in the room laughed their ass off. Later they made fun of the guy again cause RC had some darker shoes on in the game. Said he jinxed the 12th man and RC with wetting the lucky shoes.
/CSB

[TrashMaster G 17554]

56 minutes ago, Jkwellborn said:

had to go with 12 huh?

That’s really stupid there.

aggy is the word you are looking for.

[Machinator 32099]

 

[DFW Horn 6123]

5 minutes ago, Machinator said:

 

aggy's new platform is mediocrity in the SEC SEC SEC, which is quite an upgrade from mediocrity in the BDF/Big 12. advantage aggy

[Scholz 11943]

5 minutes ago, Machinator said:

 

Scared of having their fraudulent public relations persona shattered

[SydneyCarton 48092]

10 minutes ago, Scholz said:

Scared of having their fraudulent public relations persona shattered

I hope people have actually considered that...IF Herman gets us over the hump and competing regularly in the playoffs, perhaps with a natty mixed in, all while we don't play aTm anymore, this will literally be the best time to be alive as a Texas football fan living in the state of Texas. We'll be winning, and they will well and truly be the afterthought they are to everywhere else in the country. And their little heads will explode because there won't be enough cognitive dissonance for even those fucks to summon that will let them hide from reality. 

[Homesickhorn 2202]

from the 'you can't make this shit up' category,  in true aggy fashion the first kickoff with the 12th man squad was an onside kick that went 6 yards
 
  

The first kickoff for the 12th Man Kickoff Team was an onside kick that only traveled six yards versus Cal in 1983. Here it is: Tom Bumgardner falls on the ball as Bill Allison (7) and Tom Christner (3) arrive afterward.

Courtesy of Cushing Memorial Library
 
http://www.brenhambanner.com/brenham360/no-prior-experience-the-history-of-the-th-man-kickoff/article_ab274736-6016-5355-b43e-db81cfa4ec3a.html

I’ll bet it was hard to hear anything in that packed house. Look at all those fans.

[Magus Ossis 2799]

41 minutes ago, Machinator said:

 

Translation:  "ANY TIME ANY PLACE NO WAY NO HOW"

[Eastwood 4394]

2 hours ago, Machinator said:

 

"For now." Bjorn knows.

[Cairn Horn88 8262]

1 hour ago, Magus Ossis said:

Translation:  "ANY TIME ANY PLACE NO WAY NO HOW"

As I've said several times,  and it's worth repeating....

It's a win for aggy by not losing to Texas!    But like stated above, as Texas keeps winning, and being in the national limelight with potential playoff bids, it'll eventually force aggy to come out and change their narrative and get in line to play The University in this great state.

[Chopper 17231]

From the perspective of the governance of the State of Texas, it's pretty appalling to me that successive governors and legislatures have allowed aggy to pay out of state cupcakes like Appalachian St, Kent St, UNM and Fresno rather than play what has to be the most historic and famous intra-state rivalry in the nation. I agree it's better for Texas than aggy if we don't play 'em because they can go wallow in their own shit and chicken shit in the poultry town of College Station. 

[Randolph Duke 4034]

2 hours ago, Machinator said:

 

But the mere suggestion of ending A&M’s status as a branch of The University of Texas terrifies each and every aggy, from John Sharp down to the dumbest newly minted Fish Camp idiot redneck.

They not only haven’t moved on, they never will and are completely incapable of moving on. 

[Tex Pete 20351]

4 minutes ago, Chopper said:

From the perspective of the governance of the State of Texas, it's pretty appalling to me that successive governors and legislatures have allowed aggy to pay out of state cupcakes like Appalachian St, Kent St, UNM and Fresno rather than play what has to be the most historic and famous intra-state rivalry in the nation. I agree it's better for Texas than aggy if we don't play 'em because they can go wallow in their own shit and chicken shit in the poultry town of College Station. 

Fuck aggy. Never play them again. They chose and chose poorly.

[TrashMaster G 17554]

25 minutes ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

As I've said several times,  and it's worth repeating....

It's a win for aggy by not losing to Texas!    But like stated above, as Texas keeps winning, and being in the national limelight with potential playoff bids, it'll eventually force aggy to come out and change their narrative and get in line to play The University in this great state.

And then we can reply like this:

 

3 minutes ago, Chopper said:

From the perspective of the governance of the State of Texas, it's pretty appalling to me that successive governors and legislatures have allowed aggy to pay out of state cupcakes like Appalachian St, Kent St, UNM and Fresno rather than play what has to be the most historic and famous intra-state rivalry in the nation. I agree it's better for Texas than aggy if we don't play 'em because they can go wallow in their own shit and chicken shit in the poultry town of College Station. 

Any legislator that gets involved in footbal scheduling can f off.  Seriously.  It's not a damn bit of their business.

[Carl Spackler 3482]

3 hours ago, Machinator said:

 

Translation:  We're still a scared bunch of pussies.

[Dennis Taylor 18819]

30 minutes ago, Chopper said:

From the perspective of the governance of the State of Texas, it's pretty appalling to me that successive governors and legislatures have allowed aggy to pay out of state cupcakes like Appalachian St, Kent St, UNM and Fresno rather than play what has to be the most historic and famous intra-state rivalry in the nation. I agree it's better for Texas than aggy if we don't play 'em because they can go wallow in their own shit and chicken shit in the poultry town of College Station. 

in fairness, they have also paid in-state cupcakes such as SHSU, SFA, PVAMU, Lamar, and UTSA and will soon add TxSt and ACU to the list. Not sure why HBU can't get a taste... 

Edited August 22, 2019 by Dennis Taylor

[ABSR 5311]

3 hours ago, Homesickhorn said:

I’ll bet it was hard to hear anything in that packed house. Look at all those sitting fans.

50% occupancy and sitting during the game....the real Aggy traditions.

[texasdago 7573]

I was trying to find a list of all the 12th men but failed.  I did find this...

[BurntOrangeCrush 1011]

4 hours ago, Machinator said:

 

As a new AD, Bjorn obviously doesn't understand the historic rivalry. I also heard from a source that all he cares about is tennis.

[angelos's frog 83]

They wouldn't play TCU during our period in the wilderness either.  UT, Tech, Baylor and OU all scheduled regular season games with TCU between 1998 and 2012 but A&M refused.  We did get a shot against them in the infamous GalleryFurniture.com Bowl but nutcase Casey Printers threw a half-dozen interceptions on his way out of town to transfer to FAMU.  They would never play us in the regular season though.  Unfortunately for them, they didn't get a choice in the NCAA baseball playoffs and we ended their season 3 or 4 times.