re: Strange Aggie family in Baytowne

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I was just looking for an explanation on the hissing?

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Texas A&M's tradition of hissing (or alternatively, air being let out of the tires) began in week 3 of the 1958 football season. That week's opposing team, Texas Southern University, did not arrive to Kyle Field on time for the game as their bus collapsed en route to College Station. That was presumably due to the immense weight of their head coach, Arty Johnson, who was so obese that the team had to roll him on to the back of the bus.

Since that game, A&M supporters began hissing at the supporters of opposing schools who have an obese head coach. This tradition famously became headline news before Texas A&M's 2004 match up versus the University of Kansas. KU head coach Mark Mangino became irate upon being hissed at by Texas A&M supporters at the local Golden Corral after his sixth visit to the buffet. Mangino was briefly detained by police after throwing a salisbury steak at a 43 year old woman, however, he was quickly released. Unlike Johnson, Mangino made it to the next day's game.

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