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re: Aggie Robert Neyland is surely yelling for the Ags
Posted on 10/2/16 at 8:34 pm to cokebottleag
Posted on 10/2/16 at 8:34 pm to cokebottleag
Pretty sure his degree says West Point on it and not A&M. But if you want to latch onto a TN legend who spurned your school for a better education elsewhere be my guest.
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Posted on 10/2/16 at 8:37 pm to Hugh McElroy
He was there for like a year. Good try but: 
Posted on 10/2/16 at 8:38 pm to VAvolfan
2 of the greatest coaches in SEC history left College Station for greener pastures.
Posted on 10/2/16 at 8:38 pm to Hugh McElroy
There are plenty of stupid threads on this board but this is a doozy.
General Neyland has plenty of opportunity to return to TAMU. He stayed in Knoxville.
Walt
UT '81
General Neyland has plenty of opportunity to return to TAMU. He stayed in Knoxville.
Walt
UT '81
This post was edited on 10/2/16 at 8:40 pm
Posted on 10/2/16 at 8:38 pm to Hugh McElroy
General Robert Neyland was originally hired to defeat Vanderbilt and build a program that rivaled theirs at the time of the 1920s. What he built was one of the premier college programs of all time.
Posted on 10/2/16 at 8:42 pm to psk_Vol
Sounds like a good Ag
Rodo
Rodo
Posted on 10/2/16 at 8:53 pm to VAvolfan
quote:- wiki
Born in Greenville, Texas, Neyland was appointed to West Point by Congressman Sam Rayburn, graduating in 1916. One of the greatest athletes of his day, he was a star football lineman, baseball pitcher, and national collegiate boxing champion. He was commissioned as an officer in the Corps of Engineers and served in France during World War I. After the war he served as an aide to Douglas MacArthur, who was then superintendent at West Point, and became an assistant football coach for the Black Knights of the Hudson.
Walt
UT '81
Posted on 10/2/16 at 8:54 pm to thelawnwranglers
Actually he went to a community college his freshman year, then transferred to A&M for his sophomore year.
Senior military colleges worked differently back then. Specific schools were informally pipelines to different branches. West Point was infantry and Engineers. A&M was artillery and cavalry if I remember correctly (I may be wrong).
Since he was in the engineer corps, I suspect that's why he transferred.
Senior military colleges worked differently back then. Specific schools were informally pipelines to different branches. West Point was infantry and Engineers. A&M was artillery and cavalry if I remember correctly (I may be wrong).
Since he was in the engineer corps, I suspect that's why he transferred.
Posted on 10/2/16 at 8:58 pm to cokebottleag
Doesn't matter. He's all Aggie.
Hilarious that UT bows down to Ag tradition.
Rodo
Hilarious that UT bows down to Ag tradition.
Rodo
Posted on 10/2/16 at 9:10 pm to Hugh McElroy
Cadet Neyland and the 1914 West Point baseball team.
Also visible is Omar Bradley who commanded US Army troops in the invasion of Europe.
Walt
UT '81
Posted on 10/2/16 at 9:14 pm to WhiskeyPapa
After looking him up and reading a bit, I've decided I'm not going to try and troll about this. I see no reason why we can't come together to salute this great Aggie, soldier, and Vol for his career and lifetime achievement.
Yes, he spent a considerablely longer time at UT, but we still claim him. The man's name was called at an aggie muster and his classmates answered "here." Y'all aren't going to make us disavow that.
Yes, he spent a considerablely longer time at UT, but we still claim him. The man's name was called at an aggie muster and his classmates answered "here." Y'all aren't going to make us disavow that.
Posted on 10/2/16 at 9:14 pm to Rodo
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Doesn't matter. He's all Aggie.
Why is he buried in Knoxville?
His marker is showing a Distinguished Service Medal, and Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster.
He was also knighted by the British Empire.
Walt
UT '81
Posted on 10/2/16 at 9:17 pm to cokebottleag
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The man's name was called at an aggie muster and his classmates answered "here." Y'all aren't going to make us disavow that.
But it would appear that if not disavowing TAMU, his heart was in Tennessee.
ETA: "Shortly before his death, Neyland drew up plans for a major expansion and renovation to the Vols' home stadium, Shields-Watkins Field. When he had arrived in Knoxville in 1925, Shields-Watkins Field seated only 3,200 people—barely a fraction of the capacity of Vanderbilt's Dudley Field. Reflecting the Vols' rise to national prominence under his watch, the stadium's capacity had jumped to over 46,000 seats—an over 14-fold increase—in the 36 years since then. UT renamed the stadium Neyland Stadium in his honor prior to the 1962 season, and the plans he drew up were so far ahead of their time that they have been used as the basis for every major expansion since then."
-wiki
Walt
UT '81
This post was edited on 10/2/16 at 9:22 pm
Posted on 10/2/16 at 9:18 pm to Vols&Shaft83
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A seance isn't a group of dudes playing tummy sticks and chanting
Posted on 10/2/16 at 9:19 pm to Vols&Shaft83
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A seance isn't a group of dudes playing tummy sticks and chanting
That's actually all a seance is in College Station
Posted on 10/2/16 at 9:20 pm to WhiskeyPapa
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But it would appear that if not disavowing TAMU, his heart was in Tennessee.
And his lungs, eyes, kidneys and other assorted human giblets.
Argue all you want, but he only really played for one team, and that team was Merica!
Posted on 10/2/16 at 9:28 pm to Cheese Grits
Aggy Fans Insist Neyland is theirs
"You may triumph on the field of battle for a day, but against the power that has risen in the East, there is no victory!"
Walt
UT '81
"You may triumph on the field of battle for a day, but against the power that has risen in the East, there is no victory!"
Walt
UT '81
Posted on 10/2/16 at 10:26 pm to Hugh McElroy
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Born in Greenville, TX, he attended A&M for a year before accepting an appointment at West Point. If he could reach out from the grave, I know he'd support the military school from his beloved Texas.
Attended until he realized that he would be rammed in the arse by gay aggy cult members if he hung around much longer.
Good call, Neyland, good call.
Posted on 10/2/16 at 10:28 pm to WhiskeyPapa
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Cadet Neyland and the 1914 West Point baseball team.
Also visible is Omar Bradley who commanded US Army troops in the invasion of Europe.
Walt
UT '81
Omar Bradley was also the last general to be promoted to a 5th star. He was the 9th.
Posted on 10/2/16 at 10:41 pm to cjohn
Meh, Tennessee is and always will be the daddy of everything Texas.
We set you guys up pretty good back in the day with Houston, Polk telling Mexico to go frick themselves, the Alamo and all that other shite. I mean c'mon... we used to have 4 stars on our state flag but we felt sorry for Texas and gave you one of ours. We had a game in a racetrack and now ya'll want to follow our lead again with talk of doing the same. Ya'll aggies are frickin things up.
One more thing.
Memphis style BBQ >>>>>> Anything texas style BBQ
We set you guys up pretty good back in the day with Houston, Polk telling Mexico to go frick themselves, the Alamo and all that other shite. I mean c'mon... we used to have 4 stars on our state flag but we felt sorry for Texas and gave you one of ours. We had a game in a racetrack and now ya'll want to follow our lead again with talk of doing the same. Ya'll aggies are frickin things up.
One more thing.
Memphis style BBQ >>>>>> Anything texas style BBQ
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