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This Gators experience in Aggieland
Posted on 9/10/12 at 12:39 pm
Posted on 9/10/12 at 12:39 pm
In a word...OUTSTANDING.
Thanks Aggies for making me and mine feel so welcome and offering up a great time. We had one of the best away game weekends ever. A&M fans and C/S residents are some of the friendliest people we have ever met.
Only negative, sec. 500 seats. Good lord!
Stayed at Messina Hof in Bryan. A great experience and will stay there again.
Restaurants we enjoyed:
Casa Rodriguez in Bryan
Chicken Oil in Bryan
Republic Steakhouse in C/S
-the bar at Republic is awesome with live music on the weekends
Koppe Bridge in C/S
Fish Daddys in C/S
C&J's BBQ
We also had sticker shock at how inexpensive things are in C/S, both meals and booze (bars).
Northgate is a lot of fun. O'bannons, Dixie Chicken and Dudley's Draw were our favorites. The Corner bar rooftop is also a must stop.
Kind of neat that y'all allow fans onto the field after the game. I suspect that tradition will change after a few of your west division brethren make the trip over.
I still do not understand why you cannot park on the grass anywhere. This turns tailgating into picnicking as you are not near your vehicle.
For those of you going to C/S consider parking behind the Northgate area on game day. Some free street parking and inexpensive lots only a 10 minute walk from Kyle.
Hey Aggies, what's up with the bats in Kyle?
Welcome to the SEC. Glad to see that y'all are so excited to be part of the family. Look forward to y'all making the return trip to the Swamp soon.
Thanks Aggies for making me and mine feel so welcome and offering up a great time. We had one of the best away game weekends ever. A&M fans and C/S residents are some of the friendliest people we have ever met.
Only negative, sec. 500 seats. Good lord!
Stayed at Messina Hof in Bryan. A great experience and will stay there again.
Restaurants we enjoyed:
Casa Rodriguez in Bryan
Chicken Oil in Bryan
Republic Steakhouse in C/S
-the bar at Republic is awesome with live music on the weekends
Koppe Bridge in C/S
Fish Daddys in C/S
C&J's BBQ
We also had sticker shock at how inexpensive things are in C/S, both meals and booze (bars).
Northgate is a lot of fun. O'bannons, Dixie Chicken and Dudley's Draw were our favorites. The Corner bar rooftop is also a must stop.
Kind of neat that y'all allow fans onto the field after the game. I suspect that tradition will change after a few of your west division brethren make the trip over.
I still do not understand why you cannot park on the grass anywhere. This turns tailgating into picnicking as you are not near your vehicle.
For those of you going to C/S consider parking behind the Northgate area on game day. Some free street parking and inexpensive lots only a 10 minute walk from Kyle.
Hey Aggies, what's up with the bats in Kyle?
Welcome to the SEC. Glad to see that y'all are so excited to be part of the family. Look forward to y'all making the return trip to the Swamp soon.
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Posted on 9/10/12 at 12:42 pm to caribG8R
Glad you had a good time. From what I and my friends/family experienced your fans were awesome. That's very cool you stayed at Messina Hof. I've been there and eaten at the restaurant several times but never actually stayed there.
Posted on 9/10/12 at 12:43 pm to caribG8R
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Only negative, sec. 500 seats. Good lord!
We all need exercise. I've stated it over and over again, but there are seats much worse than the 5xx's. 149 and 100 are completely behind the south end zone. If you want to watch the game, you basically can only see it on the tv from those 2 sections.
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Hey Aggies, what's up with the bats in Kyle?
Possibly the 2nd or 3rd largest population of mexican free-tail bats in the world. They seem to like to roost there. The AD was talking about getting some money this year to put up nets or something to keep them out.. the only real annoying thing with them is the pleasing odor.
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This post was edited on 9/10/12 at 12:46 pm
Posted on 9/10/12 at 1:11 pm to caribG8R
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In a word...OUTSTANDING.
Thanks Aggies for making me and mine feel so welcome and offering up a great time. We had one of the best away game weekends ever. A&M fans and C/S residents are some of the friendliest people we have ever met.
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Welcome to the SEC. Glad to see that y'all are so excited to be part of the family. Look forward to y'all making the return trip to the Swamp soon.
Posted on 9/10/12 at 1:15 pm to caribG8R
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Thanks Aggies for making me and mine feel so welcome and offering up a great time
Now why don't Gator fans do this as well.....
Posted on 9/10/12 at 1:36 pm to caribG8R
I usually park behind northgate too. There is a church across from the northgate parking garage that let s you park in their lot for $5-$10.
Beer is CHEAP in CS.
Beer is CHEAP in CS.
Posted on 9/10/12 at 1:45 pm to caribG8R
Glad you had a great time!
They started the "on the field" thing less than 10 years ago, before that it was actually guarded like Ft Knox. A&M has never had its field goal posts torn down in spite of some monster victories at home over the years.
The way it works out well is because they wait until all the players and coaches are cleared so the initial "burst of energy" is over. Then it may not be obvious but there is a huge amount of security all over the place and they are on the slightest incident in seconds ready to take someone off to the pokey if they want to start trouble. I have 2 young sons so it is something I look forward to a great deal, it's pretty fun to throw TD passes to your 9 year old or kick a FG at Kyle. Gotta keep your head on a swivel though, it's crazy down there and the odds of getting bumped with a body or a ball are at least 80%.
They started the "on the field" thing less than 10 years ago, before that it was actually guarded like Ft Knox. A&M has never had its field goal posts torn down in spite of some monster victories at home over the years.
The way it works out well is because they wait until all the players and coaches are cleared so the initial "burst of energy" is over. Then it may not be obvious but there is a huge amount of security all over the place and they are on the slightest incident in seconds ready to take someone off to the pokey if they want to start trouble. I have 2 young sons so it is something I look forward to a great deal, it's pretty fun to throw TD passes to your 9 year old or kick a FG at Kyle. Gotta keep your head on a swivel though, it's crazy down there and the odds of getting bumped with a body or a ball are at least 80%.
Posted on 9/10/12 at 5:23 pm to caribG8R
Posted on 9/10/12 at 5:52 pm to caribG8R
Welcome to Aggieland
Posted on 9/10/12 at 5:54 pm to caribG8R
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In a word...OUTSTANDING.
Thanks Aggies for making me and mine feel so welcome and offering up a great time. We had one of the best away game weekends ever. A&M fans and C/S residents are some of the friendliest people we have ever met.
Only negative, sec. 500 seats. Good lord!
haha same here, we were in 522.
And yeah A&M fans are the friendliest I've ever been around.
This post was edited on 9/10/12 at 5:55 pm
Posted on 9/11/12 at 1:32 pm to caribG8R
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Restaurants we enjoyed: Casa Rodriguez in Bryan Chicken Oil in Bryan Republic Steakhouse in C/S -the bar at Republic is awesome with live music on the weekends Koppe Bridge in C/S Fish Daddys in C/S C&J's BBQ
Dear lord, how long were you there?
Posted on 9/11/12 at 2:06 pm to caribG8R
Everyone makes fun of the ct's (corps turds) , non regs (students not in the corps) included. The corps is more responsible for the traditions and friendliness of Aggieland than any other factor. They are called keepers of the spirit. The corps is one of the best leadership schools anywhere in the world. All that goofy strange stuff everyone makes fun of them for is teaching them the first lesson in leadership which is how to follow. There is a saying in College Station that Highway 6 runs both ways. If it's not for you then try somewhere else. If I had to do it all over again almost forty years later I'd go there again. Gig-em!
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