Wiki says 1985. And it really took off in 1988 during the Cotton Bowl when one of our 12th man kickoff team(*) took Tim Brown's towel and waved it around.

(*) Jackie Sherrill created a kickoff team composed entirely of walkon players. And they didn't suck.

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Posted by Tridentds

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Posted on 9/16/13 at 2:34 pm to relapse98

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Jackie Sherrill created a kickoff team composed entirely of walkon players

This is really when it started. Walk ons from coverage team (10 of them + kicker) started doing it. The night game vs UT in College Station was actually the firt time they were really used across the stadium. Back then it was a big deal to have ESPN televise a game.

Was in 3rd deck and it was a great night.

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Posted by twk

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Posted on 9/16/13 at 2:37 pm to relapse98

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Wiki says 1985. And it really took off in 1988 during the Cotton Bowl when one of our 12th man kickoff team(*) took Tim Brown's towel and waved it around.

For once, Wiki is right. The 12th Man kickoff team started a couple of years before that, but the towels didn't come around until several games into the '85 season, which was a breakout season for the team. Several players had been waiving towels to get the crowd into it on kickoffs, and some organization started selling towels to fans.

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