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white65

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On Saturday we are playing a team whose fans are so stupid that they have to practice yelling.

A pep rally with the team is one thing but for home games they have midnight yell practice. No way the team is there.

Apparently the yell leaders that lead these practices are elected by the student body, and they are swimming in the *****! You'll see why if you watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foILYGRVIXw

One thing they do is cool however,

"When One Aggie Scores, All Aggies Score." When the Aggies score a touch down, safety, or field goal, everyone in the student body who has brought a date to the game kisses his/her date."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Yell_Practice
 
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That is one weird school. Closely resembles a cult. I'm not just referring to the story above, but I've heard some strange things that go on there
 
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I can't get on the bandwagon of bashing other school's traditions. It's part of the reason I love the sport and visiting other stadiums. No offence.
 
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what about the him/his dates? After all it is Texas, ya know.
 
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I like weird traditions at other schools, it's what makes college football so far and away better than the NFL
 
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If you've ever been there for a game, you'd feel a bit differently about the "fan practice". The name "12th man" is earned and well deserved. The freaking stands sway. One of the toughest environments in all of college football. We have young pups here who complain about folks standing and screaming the entire game yet mock a fan base that does just that....and does it very, very well! I don't think there's any way our team can really appreciate what they're walking into Saturday. If they come out flat again in the first half, aTm will run them right out of the stadium. The staff had better have signs, hand signals, walkie talkies or develop telepathy because they're in for one helluva loud and rockin crowd Saturday.
 
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I like A&M, and most traditions they have..but some of those yells are really weird. Some of the movements, dude looks like a drowning bear.

Love the enthusiasm and all that, just maybe update some of that stuff? IDK..
 
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ImportedVoL said:
I like A&M, and most traditions they have..but some of those yells are really weird. Some of the movements, dude looks like a drowning bear.

Love the enthusiasm and all that, just maybe update some of that stuff? IDK..
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Still trying to understand why they have male cheerleaders
 
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white65 said:
On Saturday we are playing a team whose fans are so stupid that they have to practice yelling.

A pep rally with the team is one thing but for home games they have midnight yell practice. No way the team is there.

Apparently the yell leaders that lead these practices are elected by the student body, and they are swimming in the *****! You'll see why if you watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foILYGRVIXw

One thing they do is cool however,

"When One Aggie Scores, All Aggies Score." When the Aggies score a touch down, safety, or field goal, everyone in the student body who has brought a date to the game kisses his/her date."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Yell_Practice
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Kiss his or her date? Wow... #desperate
 
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rockytopdevil said:
I can't get on the bandwagon of bashing other school's traditions. It's part of the reason I love the sport and visiting other stadiums. No offence.
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This! I can't wait to go there this week. I've heard it's a great gameday experience.
 
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Forever151 said:
Still trying to understand why they have male cheerleaders
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Not sure on this, but I think Texas A&M was an all-male, predominately military institution until the mid 1960's. Therefore, no females to be cheerleaders.


But, don't quote me on that.


They have many interesting old traditions that seem to be somewhat based on an all-male culture with excess time on their hands. In the old days, about half of their graduates went into the military. They diversified over time, but they still have a heavy Corp of Cadets influence.

Many of the western states had an agricultural college and still use the slang term Aggies as a nickname. I visited New Mexico State once and they are the Aggies. A couple of years ago, we played the Utah State Aggies.
 
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A bunch of pretend dress up soldiers makes me angry , we must crush them!
 
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The coastal bend and Corpus Christi (where I currently live) is A&M country. Still not my favorite school, but the fans seem to be good people. They have a hatred for U of Texas, which is seen as the liberal, uppity school of the state. All "real" Texans are supposedly Aggie fans. I'd compare it to UT and Vandy, if Vandy had a huge stadium and a top tier program.

From down here, there are still a lot of concerns about the Aggies. The D line is great, but the secondary is suspect, and a lot of folks havent jumped on the Trevor Knight train just yet.
 
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Howdy,

I thought I would give some information on the whole male cheerleader / yell practice thing.

A&M was an all military 100% male institution until the mid-60's. Think VMI or the Citadel.

As such, the yell leaders had to be men. While we now have the Aggie Dance Team for Basketball etc, we have kept the tradition in Football.

The yells were an offshoot of the military nature of the schools. What one person sees as weird and cultish, another person would see as togetherness and unique. Just depends on how you view things.

I will say this, though. Kyle Field is a unique venue. I can honestly say that there is no other place like it in College Football (for better or worse). The aforementioned things make it unique and, as such, I can't view this as a bad thing. Without this type of stuff, it just becomes another 100K+ stadium.

If you go, I can guarantee that you will be treated with respect. I have had guests from Alabama, Florida and Auburn who have stated that they were very welcomed and treated great (the anti-LSU was how it was described to me).

Hope some of y'all can make it. Should be a great game. I'll definitely be there.

Gig em.
 
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Ag87# said:
Howdy,

I thought I would give some information on the whole male cheerleader / yell practice thing.

A&M was an all military 100% male institution until the mid-60's. Think VMI or the Citadel.

As such, the yell leaders had to be men. While we now have the Aggie Dance Team for Basketball etc, we have kept the tradition in Football.

The yells were an offshoot of the military nature of the schools. What one person sees as weird and cultish, another person would see as togetherness and unique. Just depends on how you view things.

I will say this, though. Kyle Field is a unique venue. I can honestly say that there is no other place like it in College Football (for better or worse). The aforementioned things make it unique and, as such, I can't view this as a bad thing. Without this type of stuff, it just becomes another 100K+ stadium.

If you go, I can guarantee that you will be treated with respect. I have had guests from Alabama, Florida and Auburn who have stated that they were very welcomed and treated great (the anti-LSU was how it was described to me).

Hope some of y'all can make it. Should be a great game. I'll definitely be there.

Gig em.
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Hey Ag, thanks for the heads up. How 'bout telling the story of the longhorn bull that Sherrill "welcomed" to the campus.
 
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Oh, and as far as the fake soldier comment, there are 8 citations in the Memorial Student Center for the 8 Aggies that were awarded the Medal of Honor. You should stop by and read them.
 
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I already kiss the girl with me for every score. Seems like a nobrainer. They really must be dumb.
 
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Ag87# said:
Oh, you mean the one that got de-nutted into a Steer in front of the team prior to kicking Texas's ass?
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Yeah, big stink raised about that. I thought it was funny. The ASPCA wanted Sherrill's head for that one. I thought it was at a pep rally the night before the game.
 
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It IS a weird school. It is partly the fact that a lot of its male students are in ROTC, so there is the military component, and then there is the fact that it is in texas, which is a weird, horrible, redneck state with the exception of Austin. I was watching at women's soccer game at A&M, and there were a scores of ROTC students at the game, and many of them stood holding flags for the entire game. They are a bit intense. As for kissing your date after a score, it's cute, it's fun--it's also very 1950ish, which is sort of the ethic in texas generally and at A&M.
 
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