re: Are the Aggies the new future of the SEC

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Fun fact. A&M is the only SEC school without any male cheerleaders.

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The tradition of Yell Leaders began during a football game in the early 1900s. The Aggies were losing badly, and the audience was growing bored. The upperclassmen ordered the freshmen to find a way to entertain their guests, many of whom had been invited from Texas Woman’s University. The freshmen found white coveralls and began leading the crowd in yells. They had so much fun and received so much attention from their audience that it was decided that only upperclassmen would be allowed to participate in leading yells in the future.

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My favorite is the freshmen started it so they gave the responsibility to the upperclassmen

ETA: this is for Buster Cambridge

I found this from your very own link, Buster

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Organized cheerleading began as an all-male activity.

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November 2, 1898, is the official birth date of organized cheerleading. Soon after, the University of Minnesota organized a "yell leader" squad of six male students, who still use Campbell's original cheer today.

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