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What current traditions at your school do you wish went away?

Posted on 9/7/21 at 12:43 pm
Posted by CGSC Lobotomy
Member since Sep 2011
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Posted on 9/7/21 at 12:43 pm
For A&M, Corps Block seating. Prior to the 1997 season, cadets were dispersed throughout Kyle Field.
Posted by tylerdurden24
Member since Sep 2009
46414 posts
Posted on 9/7/21 at 12:45 pm to
Tailgate restrictions. If I’m willing to show up on campus at 5am to start drinking and cooking breakfast for anyone who happens to be around, fricking honor the commitment and let me dammit
Posted by Mulkey Man
Member since Apr 2021
19403 posts
Posted on 9/7/21 at 12:46 pm to
Don't know if it is considered a tradition, but the embarrassing use of STTDB in Neck and otherwise need to go away. Trashy.
This post was edited on 9/7/21 at 12:46 pm
Posted by BradPitt
Where the wild things are
Member since Nov 2009
13389 posts
Posted on 9/7/21 at 12:46 pm to
Grown men singing the fight song. Grown men barking at strangers.
Posted by BamaGradinTn
Murfreesboro
Member since Dec 2008
26956 posts
Posted on 9/7/21 at 12:46 pm to
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For A&M


Not this????

This post was edited on 9/7/21 at 12:47 pm
Posted by CGSC Lobotomy
Member since Sep 2011
79978 posts
Posted on 9/7/21 at 12:48 pm to
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Not this????


You have to actively look to find the Yell Leaders. Having the entire first deck populated by cadets gives the impression to outside viewers that the cadet presence at A&M is larger than it is instead of focusing on hot women with big tits.
Posted by MMB5DAP
Member since Jul 2013
1734 posts
Posted on 9/7/21 at 12:48 pm to
Unpopular opinion as I realize A&M has historic military roots but there’s waaaay too much emphasis on what amounts to 5% of the current student body.

Not that I want the corps to go away, just deemphasized
Posted by Bobbum Man
Texas
Member since Jul 2021
943 posts
Posted on 9/7/21 at 12:48 pm to
Extensions purely for the sake of extensions...... and then bragging about it for some reason?
Posted by CGSC Lobotomy
Member since Sep 2011
79978 posts
Posted on 9/7/21 at 12:50 pm to
quote:

Unpopular opinion as I realize A&M has historic military roots but there’s waaaay too much emphasis on what amounts to 5% of the current student body.

Not that I want the corps to go away, just deemphasized


Doing away with Corps Block seating and allowing cadets to pull tickets with their class (like pre-Big 12) would do that.

That's why I brought it up. The entire reason for Corps Block seating is that the new Commandant in 1996 caught wind of cadets leaving after the march-in and watching the games from their dorm rooms or attending the games in civilian clothes. Since they were predominately D&C cadets and he couldn't hold their ROTC contracts hostage, he did it as a mass-punishment punitive measure that was endorsed by Ray Bowen and Malon Sutherland.
This post was edited on 9/7/21 at 12:51 pm
Posted by BradPitt
Where the wild things are
Member since Nov 2009
13389 posts
Posted on 9/7/21 at 12:52 pm to
Texas fans said they're happy keeping this tradition alive:

This post was edited on 9/7/21 at 1:15 pm
Posted by colbycovington
Ruston
Member since Jan 2020
2025 posts
Posted on 9/7/21 at 12:55 pm to
The worst tradition in the SEC is the school that acts like a service academy and simultaneously calls themselves farmers.
Posted by BamaGradinTn
Murfreesboro
Member since Dec 2008
26956 posts
Posted on 9/7/21 at 12:55 pm to
quote:

Having the entire first deck populated by cadets gives the impression to outside viewers that the cadet presence at A&M is larger than it is instead of focusing on hot women with big tits.


Well, if you want to fix that, here are some helpful suggestions for what to do with the hot women.





Posted by Ag Zwin
Member since Mar 2016
19911 posts
Posted on 9/7/21 at 12:56 pm to
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Unpopular opinion as I realize A&M has historic military roots but there’s waaaay too much emphasis on what amounts to 5% of the current student body.

It’s one of the best differentiators in college, it’s a generally positive image (except when it isn’t), it’s our history, and we still have a legitimate military contribution made every year.

I just don’t understand why this triggers younger Ags so much. (And, no, I was not in the Corps for 4 years. I spent one semester. Wasn’t for me at the time, but I do appreciate them.)
Posted by Ag Zwin
Member since Mar 2016
19911 posts
Posted on 9/7/21 at 12:58 pm to
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the school that acts like a service academy

How do we do that?
Posted by CGSC Lobotomy
Member since Sep 2011
79978 posts
Posted on 9/7/21 at 1:01 pm to
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I just don’t understand why this triggers younger Ags so much. (And, no, I was not in the Corps for 4 years. I spent one semester. Wasn’t for me at the time, but I do appreciate them.)


While I appreciate you thinking I'm a younger ag, my freshman year was the year before Corps Block seating and I was a cadet. When cadets were in the stands in uniform with their non-reg classmates it provided more camaraderie between the two. Corps Block basically made it "us vs. them".
Posted by Ag Zwin
Member since Mar 2016
19911 posts
Posted on 9/7/21 at 1:08 pm to
quote:

While I appreciate you thinking I'm a younger ag, my freshman year was the year before Corps Block seating and I was a cadet. When cadets were in the stands in uniform with their non-reg classmates it provided more camaraderie between the two. Corps Block basically made it "us vs. them".


Solid answer, but you’re still only barely Old Army. My litmus test for that is whether Bonfire was on campus for you.

My “trigger” comment is actually more about the Corps itself, though this particular issue is one of the more cited “grievances”. Your reply makes sense to me, but I actually like the block. Not wedded to either option, though.
Posted by CGSC Lobotomy
Member since Sep 2011
79978 posts
Posted on 9/7/21 at 1:09 pm to
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My litmus test for that is whether Bonfire was on campus for you.


Seriously? The 1997 season (my sophomore year) was the first year of Corps Block seating.

The Bonfire Accident was my senior year.
Posted by BABAR
Huntsville
Member since May 2013
330 posts
Posted on 9/7/21 at 1:10 pm to
Singing Rammer Jammer to an opponent after winning game
Posted by Ag Zwin
Member since Mar 2016
19911 posts
Posted on 9/7/21 at 1:14 pm to
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Seriously? The 1997 season (my sophomore year) was the first year of Corps Block seating.


Like I said, you can claim Old Army. Nothing to do with the block. All about Bonfire.

My fish year was 1985. Great times to be in Aggieland.

TBird hates it when I remind him that he is New Army.
This post was edited on 9/7/21 at 1:14 pm
Posted by Bama Bird
Member since Dec 2011
Member since Mar 2013
19021 posts
Posted on 9/7/21 at 1:19 pm to
(right thread this time)
Losing to Auburn every time they have more than 7 wins
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