re: Tonight, Texas A&M's campus will darken for Silver Taps

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There is a saying at A&M, that if you do something twice it becomes a tradition so you have lots of small traditions.

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I've never heard this but this is probably what I was getting at the entire time.

Once upon a time, me and my buddies had adopted TAMU as a secondary team. That was partly because we knew a lot of Texas AU students who pulled for Texas, and partly because we thought we were similar schools in that both are conservative and occasionally accused of being cult-like.

Since then, you've joined the conference and aligned with Alabama, so I hate you and think you're weird as shite, but I nonetheless appreciate your cultish nature and I'm glad someone has surpassed Auburn in the SEC in that regard.

I don't know how I'd feel about all of A&M's many traditions, but certainly this one is worthy of admiration. Also, not to lavish too much praise on you, but I think it's interesting that A&M can largely maintain its culture despite its size. I know not everyone participates and that number may grow in time, but that situation certainly isn't replicated in other schools of comparable size.