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Posted on 10/14/18 at 8:16 pm to OldSchoolHorn
Posted on 10/14/18 at 8:16 pm to OldSchoolHorn
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but there were no train tracks from College Station to Waco in 1926.
You don't need tracks for an Aggi train.
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Posted on 10/14/18 at 8:22 pm to GRTiger
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You don't need tracks for an Aggi train.
"Ha ha ha... Say what?"
Posted on 10/14/18 at 8:24 pm to OldSchoolHorn
1. l-sip posts about Aggy
2. t-sips and l-sips flood the thread to shitpost
3. repeat
2. t-sips and l-sips flood the thread to shitpost
3. repeat
Posted on 10/14/18 at 8:26 pm to CGSC Lobotomy
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1. l-sip posts about Aggy
2. t-sips and l-sips flood the thread to shitpost
3. repeat
4. CGSC Lobotomy comes whining
Posted on 10/14/18 at 8:26 pm to CGSC Lobotomy
Oh my, you are so mad. Somebody's going to get hazed in South Korea tonight.
Posted on 10/14/18 at 8:30 pm to OldSchoolHorn
There were many tracks in the area.
To this day, no one knows exactly what happened.
Your denial of the event is as valid/meaningless as is someone else‘s confirmation.
We’ll likely never know.
Tension between Baylor, Texas A&M stems from accidental death at 1926 halftime riot
To this day, no one knows exactly what happened.
Your denial of the event is as valid/meaningless as is someone else‘s confirmation.
We’ll likely never know.
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The growing tensions inevitably led to one of the most infamous Aggie urban legends of all time. The legend goes that a group of Corps members gained possession of an old World War I artillery piece, loaded it onto a Waco-bound train, and headed toward Baylor intent on shelling the campus in an act of revenge.
Robert Spoede and Paul Leming, Class of 1948 and 1952 respectively, recall hearing stories about a riot between A&M and Baylor that led to a bloody brawl during halftime of the 1926 football game. Spoede said details about the story are vague and wide-ranging as he heard this story passed down by Aggies, but he believes the incident did occur and that the story rings true.
“There was a story about [the Aggies] taking a cannon out on the railroad track and they were going to shoot the cannon at Baylor after this incident,” Spoede said. “There was something about that — I don’t know any details about it — but that is part of the Aggie lore and Aggie legend about the Aggies wanting to take a cannon up to Baylor and blast away after this incident.”
The legend continues that the plot was foiled when the Texas Rangers stopped the train by felling trees across the tracks. In an attempt to determine the validity of the myth, The Battalion reached out to Lisa G. Kalmus, curator of the Corps of Cadets Center.
Looking through the 1927 yearbook, and using census records from 1910, Kalmus was able to confirm a little known fact. Sessums, the cadet killed in the Baylor scuffle, had a younger brother attending A&M at the time of the incident. Harry Sessums was also in the Corps and a member of Battery B, an artillery company.
Kalmus said it is highly possible that Harry Sessums could have been involved or even the leader of such a revenge plot, but the plan was likely stopped by other members of the Corps before it got as far as the legend claims. The Battalion was unable to further verify the extent of the plot.
“The postgame incident of the cannon was the plot that they organized,” Kalmus said. “What it looks like is they were dissuaded from doing that.”
With such high tensions it is easy to understand why Baylor and A&M would not face each other in any sport until 1931 and the Corps would refuse to travel to Baylor for decades longer
Tension between Baylor, Texas A&M stems from accidental death at 1926 halftime riot
Posted on 10/14/18 at 8:32 pm to bruintiger
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The aggies are ok and I am glad they joined the conference. But they played in a less physical league for decades and they have not yet been able to adjust to our style of ball. But they will and jumbo is the guy who can do it.
And yet, before Jimbo, they were doing as well in the SEC than they had in that less physical league.
Posted on 10/14/18 at 8:33 pm to Poncho and Lefty
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There is only one flagship in Texas....and it's not your school.
One's the flagship and the other's the fagship.
Posted on 10/14/18 at 8:35 pm to Hair of the Dog
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One's the flagship and the other's the fagship
The irony is that you're correct, but not in the way you think.
Here's what goes on in Austin.
Posted on 10/14/18 at 8:38 pm to EKG
Nope.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - The football rivalry between Baylor and Texas A&M was only recently nicknamed the Battle of the Brazos, but the 1926 game came closest to living up to that moniker.The game, which was played that year in Waco on Oct. 30, was marred by a riot on the field that resulted in the death of an A&M student.No one expects Saturday's meeting between the two schools to be marred by a similar episode, although anticipation is running high with both probably headed for postseason bowl appearances.A&M University Archivist David Chapman said the fight 84 years ago started while Baylor students were performing a halftime show that involved driving a car with female students onto the field."The show was interrupted by a cadet (from A&M) who assumed the auto was being used in a derogatory demonstration against A&M -- as a bucking Ford did the previous year," Chapman said.The student ran up to the car and began rocking it, Chapman said. Baylor fans pulled him away, A&M fans rushed to protect him and a riot ensued.Chapman said newspaper accounts of the melee said that the fight eventually broke up when the Aggie Band began playing the national anthem. One Aggie student, Charles M. Sessums, received serious head injuries and eventually died.The fight caused deep tension between the two schools.Chapman said A&M fans accused the Baylor students of bringing trunks filled with clubs to the game in preparation for the fight. Baylor fans denied it, and Chapman said there's no definitive evidence to settle the debate.The Eagle's account of the game doesn't describe the fight in detail. It apparently hadn't begun before the paper's deadline for the next edition, which described the game as tied at halftime.The Nov. 1 edition of The Eagle ran a short quote from A&M President T.O. Walton."No statement will be given out concerning the unfortunate and tragic death of Charles M. Sessums until all the facts are learned," he said. "All sorts of wild rumors have reached the ears of officials of A&M since the unfortunate affair at Waco had a tragic ending. These reports are for the most part so erroneous as to be absurd."The Nov. 2 paper described a funeral on the steps of A&M's YMCA Building attended by 2,000 students. The Aggie Band performed "Nearer My Lord to Thee," the paper said.According to urban legend, a group of Aggie students returned to College Station after the fight, picked up a cannon and put it on a train headed for Waco with plans to demolish the campus. They were stopped by the Texas Rangers, according to the myth.But Chapman said he has doubts about that story."There is no evidence that that actually happened," he said.He said he's been unable to find any documents or press clippings from the time that confirm that story. Plus, he said, there wasn't a train route from Waco to College Station at that time."But that's the thing -- there is no way to prove that it's not true," Chapman said.The schools didn't play again for five years. A&M won the first rematch 33-7 in College Station.The Aggies lead the overall series 66-39-1.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - The football rivalry between Baylor and Texas A&M was only recently nicknamed the Battle of the Brazos, but the 1926 game came closest to living up to that moniker.The game, which was played that year in Waco on Oct. 30, was marred by a riot on the field that resulted in the death of an A&M student.No one expects Saturday's meeting between the two schools to be marred by a similar episode, although anticipation is running high with both probably headed for postseason bowl appearances.A&M University Archivist David Chapman said the fight 84 years ago started while Baylor students were performing a halftime show that involved driving a car with female students onto the field."The show was interrupted by a cadet (from A&M) who assumed the auto was being used in a derogatory demonstration against A&M -- as a bucking Ford did the previous year," Chapman said.The student ran up to the car and began rocking it, Chapman said. Baylor fans pulled him away, A&M fans rushed to protect him and a riot ensued.Chapman said newspaper accounts of the melee said that the fight eventually broke up when the Aggie Band began playing the national anthem. One Aggie student, Charles M. Sessums, received serious head injuries and eventually died.The fight caused deep tension between the two schools.Chapman said A&M fans accused the Baylor students of bringing trunks filled with clubs to the game in preparation for the fight. Baylor fans denied it, and Chapman said there's no definitive evidence to settle the debate.The Eagle's account of the game doesn't describe the fight in detail. It apparently hadn't begun before the paper's deadline for the next edition, which described the game as tied at halftime.The Nov. 1 edition of The Eagle ran a short quote from A&M President T.O. Walton."No statement will be given out concerning the unfortunate and tragic death of Charles M. Sessums until all the facts are learned," he said. "All sorts of wild rumors have reached the ears of officials of A&M since the unfortunate affair at Waco had a tragic ending. These reports are for the most part so erroneous as to be absurd."The Nov. 2 paper described a funeral on the steps of A&M's YMCA Building attended by 2,000 students. The Aggie Band performed "Nearer My Lord to Thee," the paper said.According to urban legend, a group of Aggie students returned to College Station after the fight, picked up a cannon and put it on a train headed for Waco with plans to demolish the campus. They were stopped by the Texas Rangers, according to the myth.But Chapman said he has doubts about that story."There is no evidence that that actually happened," he said.He said he's been unable to find any documents or press clippings from the time that confirm that story. Plus, he said, there wasn't a train route from Waco to College Station at that time."But that's the thing -- there is no way to prove that it's not true," Chapman said.The schools didn't play again for five years. A&M won the first rematch 33-7 in College Station.The Aggies lead the overall series 66-39-1.
Posted on 10/14/18 at 8:38 pm to mattytiger123
Are we playing next week?
Posted on 10/14/18 at 8:43 pm to OldSchoolHorn
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - The football rivalry between Baylor and Texas A&M was only recently nicknamed the Battle of the Brazos, but the 1926 game came closest to living up to that moniker.The game, which was played that year in Waco on Oct. 30, was marred by a riot on the field that resulted in the death of an A&M student.No one expects Saturday's meeting between the two schools to be marred by a similar episode, although anticipation is running high with both probably headed for postseason bowl appearances.A&M University Archivist David Chapman said the fight 84 years ago started while Baylor students were performing a halftime show that involved driving a car with female students onto the field."The show was interrupted by a cadet (from A&M) who assumed the auto was being used in a derogatory demonstration against A&M -- as a bucking Ford did the previous year," Chapman said.The student ran up to the car and began rocking it, Chapman said. Baylor fans pulled him away, A&M fans rushed to protect him and a riot ensued.Chapman said newspaper accounts of the melee said that the fight eventually broke up when the Aggie Band began playing the national anthem. One Aggie student, Charles M. Sessums, received serious head injuries and eventually died.The fight caused deep tension between the two schools.Chapman said A&M fans accused the Baylor students of bringing trunks filled with clubs to the game in preparation for the fight. Baylor fans denied it, and Chapman said there's no definitive evidence to settle the debate.The Eagle's account of the game doesn't describe the fight in detail. It apparently hadn't begun before the paper's deadline for the next edition, which described the game as tied at halftime.The Nov. 1 edition of The Eagle ran a short quote from A&M President T.O. Walton."No statement will be given out concerning the unfortunate and tragic death of Charles M. Sessums until all the facts are learned," he said. "All sorts of wild rumors have reached the ears of officials of A&M since the unfortunate affair at Waco had a tragic ending. These reports are for the most part so erroneous as to be absurd."The Nov. 2 paper described a funeral on the steps of A&M's YMCA Building attended by 2,000 students. The Aggie Band performed "Nearer My Lord to Thee," the paper said.According to urban legend, a group of Aggie students returned to College Station after the fight, picked up a cannon and put it on a train headed for Waco with plans to demolish the campus. They were stopped by the Texas Rangers, according to the myth.But Chapman said he has doubts about that story."There is no evidence that that actually happened," he said.He said he's been unable to find any documents or press clippings from the time that confirm that story. Plus, he said, there wasn't a train route from Waco to College Station at that time."But that's the thing -- there is no way to prove that it's not true," Chapman said.The schools didn't play again for five years. A&M won the first rematch 33-7 in College Station.The Aggies lead the overall series 66-39-1.
boom
Posted on 10/14/18 at 8:48 pm to OldSchoolHorn
And?
That’s exactly what I said.
That’s exactly what I said.
Posted on 10/14/18 at 8:48 pm to mattytiger123
OP is an odd little fellow.
Posted on 10/14/18 at 8:49 pm to Masterag
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boom
Posted on 10/14/18 at 8:52 pm to Solo Cam
quote:Well, that was random.
Your school is literally known for jacking off on dead dogs bruh.
Posted on 10/14/18 at 8:52 pm to mattytiger123
Why OP? Why I hate this site and question myself for the millionth time that I click on it. SO stupid. So much trolling. Sophomoric.
This post was edited on 10/14/18 at 8:54 pm
Posted on 10/14/18 at 8:56 pm to mattytiger123
Soft culture, no real history, racists, male cheerleaders.
Aggies are generally pretty stupid. It's a fact
Aggies are generally pretty stupid. It's a fact
Posted on 10/14/18 at 9:10 pm to AggieHank86
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Well, that was random.
LINK
One witness said the dog appeared to be set up in a "ritualistic" style and was covered in blood and another "bodily fluid."
Posted on 10/14/18 at 9:12 pm to mattytiger123
I served in the military for 28 years. Some of the best Officers were A&M grads. Funny- can’t remember serving with a single LSU grad
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