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Aggie bonfire documentary.... just watched it..
Posted on 11/6/12 at 9:21 pm
Posted on 11/6/12 at 9:21 pm
Kinda cool tradition but sad how it ended.
Modern Marv....
Modern Marv....
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Posted on 11/6/12 at 9:25 pm to bdv1974
What happened should have never have happened. Bonfire is not over, however. It's just off campus, and smaller.
Posted on 11/6/12 at 9:27 pm to bdv1974
I opened this thread rather cautiously as I was on site about 15-20 minutes after it fell. Very sad day indeed.
Posted on 11/6/12 at 9:28 pm to bdv1974
Big thing that pisses me off about us is the loss of bonfire. It is a huge piece of being an ag. However, we placed the value of tradition higher than that of safety. Just because bonfire was built without plans originally, we insisted on doing that way for eternity. We are an engineering. School for Christ's sake!!! Plans would have saved lives and kept one of the top 3 biggest ag traditions of all time alive. God bless those who lost loved ones, and those who passed in our greatest tragedy.
Posted on 11/6/12 at 9:29 pm to bdv1974
i really wish i got to witness it. a damn shame what happened. and in case people havent realized it, you can make fun of the ags for our yells, the corps, or the yell leaders. but bonfire is off limits
Posted on 11/6/12 at 9:32 pm to bdv1974
Watch burning desire that fox sports did, better than the modern marvels one from a personal / traditions / feelings perspective, marvels does a good piece on explaining what happened.
Posted on 11/7/12 at 5:41 am to bdv1974
I must be allergic to posts about Bonfire.
My eyes always begin to water when I am reminded of that day.
My eyes always begin to water when I am reminded of that day.
Posted on 11/7/12 at 11:01 am to bdv1974
Sad story. I will say this, until I took the time to read more about this incident, I never realized how different aTm is as a school. Not different in a bad way...just different. The process for building the bonfire was pretty cool and I could definately see myself being a part of that. Was there a limit on how high the stack could be? I could (and did) think of a number of ways that the base could be re-inforced but ultimately the height would be the most significant safety factor. I just can't imagine what 10k trees would look like in a stack. I wish I could have seen it.
I'm also wondering what would have happened to the tradition after aTm entered the SEC. Which team's flag would have replaced UT's on the top of that stack? Did you guys have one this year and for which game?
I'm also wondering what would have happened to the tradition after aTm entered the SEC. Which team's flag would have replaced UT's on the top of that stack? Did you guys have one this year and for which game?
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