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

I don't necessarily want it to go away I just wish they would do the permanent captains' hand/footprint thing differently. Either do something for all sports around Denny Chimes, or do the football prints at the stadium and do something similar for the other sports.

I’d agree with the corps block seating. I honestly only think Junior abs Senior should receive any special recognition at all whether it be block seating or even march in. I was MCEP so I admit that my opinion on the whole thing is a little out of the norm though.

Also, and I know this will be unpopular, but I am kind of tired of hearing Kanye. If we don’t change it soon I’m afraid we will be stuck with it for another decade.

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Singing Rammer Jammer to an opponent after winning game

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^ This.

When I first started getting into college football, I always thought A&M was a military school, and thought A&M stood for Agricultural and Military. I guess it’s the seating reserved for all the cadets and the military band that made me always think that.

Our newest tradition of hiring cartoon characters as the head coach of our football team.

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I would also not mind seeing the $1,000,000 Band be chopped from the field. The music and AV system is so loud now that it’s kind of supplanted the band

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Yikes, it’s the latter that needs to be toned down, not the band.

Get rid of Callin’ Baton Rouge by Garth Brooks. Unpopular opinion but it’s cheesy as frick. It’s literally about a booty call for fricks sake, not the city of Baton Rouge

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The Corp “triggers” me for a few reasons.

1.) I realize this is an over generalization but every Corp member I’ve met or been friends with (which is many) think they are a “better” Aggie and “keeper of the spirit” vs the non-regs. I realize not all will have this mentality of course but it’s been my experience

2.) When you meet someone outside Texas, they think everyone was in the corps. That’s the first question I get when someone finds out I went to A&M. Again a student organization of 5%.

3.) this is not the corps fault explicitly and it’s not right, but the corp of cadets propagates the “A&M is racist” myth in my opinion.

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Holy crap.

1) I think they are not the ONLY keepers of the spirit, but are clearly the most direct link to the core of it. This is like resenting the actual military because they have a sense of duty to the country. Plenty of other people have that sense, too. Doesn’t mean it detracts from them. It seems like you are projecting and/or exaggerating something.

2) You resent the corps because people outside the school easily associate them with A&M? I don’t even know what this means, much less how it’s the Corps’ fault.

3) This is the coup de grace of the inanity of this thread. I literally don’t have the words to counter this. It just seems like you want to reward ignorance.

Tell us more about Corps Block Seating, the keepers of the spirit, and graded reviews!

I'm sure an Aggie started this thread to learn about other traditions and not to prattle on and on about their own cult rituals.

It is interesting to read some of the things you other guys do that you hate or like.

I don't like thunderous piped in music and commercials. At Texas, you'd think we were the University of Taco Bell with all their logos on everything.