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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.
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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 9:31 pm to Bose Ikard
Drunk kids on the stack...
I was at northgate when it fell. It is not a subject we joke about considering all the dead students.
I was at northgate when it fell. It is not a subject we joke about considering all the dead students.
Posted on 11/6/12 at 9:31 pm to WestCoastAg
The memorial to those students is very well done. It's tough to keep a dry eye when you spend time there though.
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 11/6/12 at 9:34 pm to mikelsu15
Posted on 11/6/12 at 9:36 pm to texmariner84
quote:is there a link on the internet to where i can watch that? i missed that one
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 11/6/12 at 9:39 pm to Bose Ikard
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Bonfire is not over, however.
For all intents and purposes, yes it is. The off-campus one isn't 1/50th of what the on-campus one was. Makes you think what would have happened to an on-campus Bonfire during the SEC move.
Posted on 11/6/12 at 10:18 pm to Clay Davis
If you have ever witnessed on campus bonfire then you know it is over.
Posted on 11/6/12 at 10:20 pm to 3legr
as someone who didnt go to a&m during bonfire, where on campus was it held?
This post was edited on 11/6/12 at 10:21 pm
Posted on 11/6/12 at 10:22 pm to WestCoastAg
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where on campus was it held?
Duncan Field 1909-1992
Polo Field 1993-1999
Posted on 11/6/12 at 10:23 pm to WestCoastAg
It was held where stack fell. The center pole is marked in the memorial I believe.
Posted on 11/6/12 at 10:35 pm to DFWAggie09
I saw the last bonfire to burn on campus my senior year of high school, and was a freshman in Schumacher dorm (unfortunately that dorm wasn't yet coed)when it fell. I was woken up by people running around banging on doors to come help and of course went to stack as soon as I could. Words can't explain the emotions of that morning/day/week.
Posted on 11/6/12 at 10:36 pm to DFWAggie09
Posted on 11/6/12 at 10:37 pm to ColoradoAg03
And yes, the memorial is an amazing design and hard to keep a dry eye when visiting. The 12 doors face the hometowns of the 12 dead.
Posted on 11/6/12 at 11:20 pm to ColoradoAg03
Was indeed a great tradition!
Posted on 11/6/12 at 11:24 pm to Txsbigeasy1
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