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Howdy Ags...let's introduce ourselves...
Posted on 9/18/12 at 10:27 am
Posted on 9/18/12 at 10:27 am
Since most of us are new to this board, I'd like to take this thread to properly introduce ourselves.
I'm a 22 year old maritime administration major down at A&M Galveston. I serve at a restaurant down here while not in school. I should be getting my aggie ring after this semester. Whoop! Plan on graduating December '13. Originally from Texas.
A little background (I come with a past) attended LSU for 3 years (how I found this site) and was a member of the Golden Band from Tiger Land, and played a year of lacrosse.
Glad to have yall here.
I'm a 22 year old maritime administration major down at A&M Galveston. I serve at a restaurant down here while not in school. I should be getting my aggie ring after this semester. Whoop! Plan on graduating December '13. Originally from Texas.
A little background (I come with a past) attended LSU for 3 years (how I found this site) and was a member of the Golden Band from Tiger Land, and played a year of lacrosse.
Glad to have yall here.
This post was edited on 9/18/12 at 6:51 pm
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Posted on 9/18/12 at 10:36 am to FleurDeLonestar
Class of 98.
Grew up in Bossier City, LA. My dad is, shall we say, a hardcore Louisiana Tech fan... their stadium opened in 1968, he's missed 3 home games since then. I was around the Tech campus my entire childhood and considered going there. I also toured and received scholarship offers at Mississippi State. Spent a night with the Corps my senior year, got a scholarship and decided I'd go to A&M and be in the corps.
Joined up and I was in Squadron 17. Spent 7 weeks there before deciding it just wasn't the right thing for me. Ended up getting out of the corps and moving into Hart Hall (before AC) and spent the rest of that semester and 3 more in Hart.
Somewhere along the line of my sophmore year, I met my now wife and we both ended up getting ourselves on sco-pro and finding other things to do in life.
We typically make it to 1 or 2 games a year. Life/Kids/Money just get in the way of going to many more.
Grew up in Bossier City, LA. My dad is, shall we say, a hardcore Louisiana Tech fan... their stadium opened in 1968, he's missed 3 home games since then. I was around the Tech campus my entire childhood and considered going there. I also toured and received scholarship offers at Mississippi State. Spent a night with the Corps my senior year, got a scholarship and decided I'd go to A&M and be in the corps.
Joined up and I was in Squadron 17. Spent 7 weeks there before deciding it just wasn't the right thing for me. Ended up getting out of the corps and moving into Hart Hall (before AC) and spent the rest of that semester and 3 more in Hart.
Somewhere along the line of my sophmore year, I met my now wife and we both ended up getting ourselves on sco-pro and finding other things to do in life.
We typically make it to 1 or 2 games a year. Life/Kids/Money just get in the way of going to many more.
Posted on 9/18/12 at 10:48 am to relapse98
Hey guys.
I'm 30. Class of 2004. I grew up in Longview, TX and came to A&M in 2000. My degree was in Industrial Engineering and I am currently in the Oil/Gas Industry in Houston.
I have a wife and a 6.5 month old boy. We live in Montgomery County to avoid all the idiots in Harris County. ;)
We throw the best tailgate on A&M's campus. If you like to party and you have thick skin, you'll love our tailgate on gamedays and we have an open door policy for all Ags and visitors. I like chicken fried bacon and pickle shots. The SEC move was the greatest single decision for our school since they allowed women. If you disagree, frick you.
I'm 30. Class of 2004. I grew up in Longview, TX and came to A&M in 2000. My degree was in Industrial Engineering and I am currently in the Oil/Gas Industry in Houston.
I have a wife and a 6.5 month old boy. We live in Montgomery County to avoid all the idiots in Harris County. ;)
We throw the best tailgate on A&M's campus. If you like to party and you have thick skin, you'll love our tailgate on gamedays and we have an open door policy for all Ags and visitors. I like chicken fried bacon and pickle shots. The SEC move was the greatest single decision for our school since they allowed women. If you disagree, frick you.
This post was edited on 9/18/12 at 10:49 am
Posted on 9/18/12 at 11:03 am to FleurDeLonestar
I'm class of '11, raised in Houston and live here now. Neither of my parents went to big football schools and I happened to grow up with several A&M legacy kids, so I kind of adopted the Ags as my team. Went to a couple games with family friends as a kid and once I was finally looking at schools in HS I wasn't going anywhere else.
Posted on 9/18/12 at 11:14 am to FleurDeLonestar
Howdy Ags,
Class of 2010 here. Second generation black Aggie My dad was class of '83 and is from Bryan so I grew up going to Aggie games and attending bonfires and generally believing all of A&M's weird traditions were "normal" Both my parents were in the Air Force (my mom went to Michigan, though), so I moved around quite a bit as a kid. Mom left the service early and ended up homeschooling me and (eventually) my 8 younger siblings (the next oldest is a junior at A&M right now). Texas A&M was the first public school I ever attended. Loved my spend the night with the Corps and joined Squadron 3. Ended up meeting my wife in the Corps as well (she's class of '11), and both of us are now on active duty in the Air Force. Currently stationed at different bases--hope like hell we'll be living under the same roof again soon! No kids yet--hoping to save some money and make it to a few more Aggie games before those bundles of joy come along. Our last game as students was the 2010 Nebraska game, so we still have a good taste in our mouths
Pretty active on the Rant and TexAgs, as well as a few SB Nation blogs. Not really one to hide behind a username, so how I post is pretty much how I am IRL :lol: Looking forward to hobnobbing with y'all RantAgs
Class of 2010 here. Second generation black Aggie
My dad was class of '83 and is from Bryan so I grew up going to Aggie games and attending bonfires and generally believing all of A&M's weird traditions were "normal" Both my parents were in the Air Force (my mom went to Michigan, though), so I moved around quite a bit as a kid. Mom left the service early and ended up homeschooling me and (eventually) my 8 younger siblings (the next oldest is a junior at A&M right now). Texas A&M was the first public school I ever attended. Loved my spend the night with the Corps and joined Squadron 3. Ended up meeting my wife in the Corps as well (she's class of '11), and both of us are now on active duty in the Air Force. Currently stationed at different bases--hope like hell we'll be living under the same roof again soon! No kids yet--hoping to save some money and make it to a few more Aggie games before those bundles of joy come along. Our last game as students was the 2010 Nebraska game, so we still have a good taste in our mouths Pretty active on the Rant and TexAgs, as well as a few SB Nation blogs. Not really one to hide behind a username, so how I post is pretty much how I am IRL :lol: Looking forward to hobnobbing with y'all RantAgs
Posted on 9/18/12 at 11:16 am to TbirdSpur2010
Tbird... where are you stationed.
My brother is AF and stationed in Bagram, Afghanistan.
When he is stateside he is at Ellsworth in South Dakota.
My brother is AF and stationed in Bagram, Afghanistan.
When he is stateside he is at Ellsworth in South Dakota.
Posted on 9/18/12 at 11:22 am to Ball Gravy
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Tbird... where are you stationed.
I'm at Altus AFB, Oklahoma. My wife's at Goodfellow AFB in San Angelo.
ETA: Tell your bro to stay safe over there
This post was edited on 9/18/12 at 11:32 am
Posted on 9/18/12 at 11:25 am to FleurDeLonestar
Howdy -
28 and live in the Houston Heights.
I admittedly will say I did not attend Texas A&M. I got accepted last minute to an Academy so I chose to go that route instead of going to College Station. Took me a month to convince the school to refund my tuition for the first semester. I am however a third generation "Aggie" my grandfather was '56, Father '81(BQ) and Mother '83.
Been watching Aggie football from the same seats in Kyle Field since Sept '84 and usually get to 3-4 home games a year.
Hope I'm not booted out of the club for admitting I'm a "T-Shirt fan"
28 and live in the Houston Heights.
I admittedly will say I did not attend Texas A&M. I got accepted last minute to an Academy so I chose to go that route instead of going to College Station. Took me a month to convince the school to refund my tuition for the first semester. I am however a third generation "Aggie" my grandfather was '56, Father '81(BQ) and Mother '83.
Been watching Aggie football from the same seats in Kyle Field since Sept '84 and usually get to 3-4 home games a year.
Hope I'm not booted out of the club for admitting I'm a "T-Shirt fan"
This post was edited on 9/18/12 at 11:27 am
Posted on 9/18/12 at 11:27 am to Ball Gravy
Ball Gravy forgot to mention he lives in Montgomery County so he can have space to raise goats that he can molest.
Posted on 9/18/12 at 11:30 am to texmariner84
You're ok in my book
Posted on 9/18/12 at 11:33 am to texmariner84
In my experience, "t-shirts" can be even more loyal than alums. The more the merrier, in my book
Posted on 9/18/12 at 11:35 am to TbirdSpur2010
It's one thing to be an annoying t-shirt with no ties to a school. It's another to be a t-shirt yet you have some kind of interest that ties you back.
Posted on 9/18/12 at 11:37 am to Shiner Bock Aggie
Also, I'm 31, C/O '03 POLS and '06 LERE. I live in Houston and tailgate 1,000,000 X harder than Ball Gravy.
Posted on 9/18/12 at 11:38 am to FleurDeLonestar
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maritime administration
License Program or not? Also what are you looking to do when you graduate... I'm in the industry might be able to help when the time comes.
Posted on 9/18/12 at 11:38 am to Shiner Bock Aggie
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It's one thing to be an annoying t-shirt with no ties to a school. It's another to be a t-shirt yet you have some kind of interest that ties you back.
Exactly. And if you've been going to games since '84 you've experienced a lot more heartbreak first hand than I have
Posted on 9/18/12 at 11:39 am to texmariner84
Class of 2000. Electrical Engineering. Signal Officer in the Army since 2000, currently stationed at Ft. Bragg.
Forgot to mention age: 34
Forgot to mention age: 34
This post was edited on 9/18/12 at 12:35 pm
Posted on 9/18/12 at 11:39 am to ShaneTheLegLechler
You could say I was raised on Aggie heartbreak, haha!
Posted on 9/18/12 at 11:43 am to Shiner Bock Aggie
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Also, I'm 31, C/O '03 POLS and '06 LERE. I live in Houston and tailgate 1,000,000 X harder than Ball Gravy.
You wish bitch. You tailgate your boyfriend harder than the hood rats in Breaumont.
Thanks TBird!
Posted on 9/18/12 at 11:49 am to Ball Gravy
Class of 08 from Brenham, live in Dallas now, work in Commercial Real Estate (Underwriting for Multifamily).
Happy to see this board up and running
Happy to see this board up and running
Posted on 9/18/12 at 12:06 pm to texasaggie08
Class of '09, in my 3rd year in law school (out of state, missing Texas big time, haha) and will be returning to Texas in May. 
(That's me kissing the Texas soil.) I'm originally from the Tyler, TX area. My family was all Michigan Wolverines so that was my only real interest in football, but my then girlfriend (now fiance) took me to an Aggie football game with her brother who was Class of '03. I didn't know anything about the school at the time, but by the time I left the game (Texas Tech double OT game loss in 2002) I knew that A&M was where I was going to school. We both graduated in '09.
(That's me kissing the Texas soil.) I'm originally from the Tyler, TX area. My family was all Michigan Wolverines so that was my only real interest in football, but my then girlfriend (now fiance) took me to an Aggie football game with her brother who was Class of '03. I didn't know anything about the school at the time, but by the time I left the game (Texas Tech double OT game loss in 2002) I knew that A&M was where I was going to school. We both graduated in '09. 
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