re: Would you support the Aggie Dance Team on the sidelines at football games

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We just are not anywhere as loud as I remember us being in the past.

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But what makes 'em loud? Great defense, right? Chief will bring that shite back.

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Its not new army that sits on their asses in the Zone and West side.

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True, but have the former student sections EVER been loud? The couple of times I've sat close to the students on the East side, it hasn't seemed loud at all.

I hope I'm wrong. I hope that the reason the volume in Kyle is turned down is the result of too many Snyder-ish defenses.

It got really loud last year during the Rice blocked punt. Like almost make me sick loud.

We now have the potential, we just have to be close in a big game at home to live up to that potential.

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EKG

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I agree with you.

As usual

Hell yes to the dancers.

I dislike the corps block too. It wasn't there when I was there, and it was cool to be next to a CT. they were just an average student like anyone else.

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1) First and foremost, far and away: defense. Good defense creates a loud crowd when the crowd has the potential to be loud in the first place. So no potential (UTw for example) and it'll never happen even with a good defense, but give a good crowd a stout defense and they feed off of each other. There's a feedback pattern for sure. It's just impossible to be loud when your defense slowly bleeds to death EVERY DRIVE.

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I agree completely. When there isn't a good defense on the field it is hard to sustain a good crowd noise. Some of the current students haven't seen the defenses of the past. I believe Chavis will bring a swagger back to the wrecking crew. Might not be a top defense this year but it will be better. Better have good corners and be able to put pressure on with the front 4 otherwise 3rd downs will drive you crazy.

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I feel stupid asking, but do all members of the corps now sit together as one block? The answer seems to be an obvious "yes," but that is such a ridiculous idea I feel I must be missing something (and I support and have great respect for the corps).

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The Corps Block was an idea that was pitched by Malon Sutherland, the Vice President of Student Affairs, as an idea to get the Corps "out in front" as we were transitioning from the SWC to the Big 12. Lt. Gen. Darling, the Commandant of Cadets until Spring 1996, opposed the idea and blocked it at every turn.

When MajGen Hopgood took over as Commandant, he wanted to "make the Corps more like the academies", outlawing and changing traditions to include, but not limited to:

-Drastically and fundamentally changing March to the Brazos (we didn't even go all the way to the Brazos in April 1997)
-Outlawing the practice of making freshmen run on the quad
-Forcing upperclassmen to allow freshmen to "cut the quad"

What amounted to the actions of a scant few individuals (Cadets leaving march-in and either not going to the games or changing into civilian clothes to go to the games) was interpreted as a systemic widespread problem, so he saw Corps Block as an opportunity to keep accountability of cadets and force them to attend the games.

Granted, there were a few changes incorrectly attributed to Hopgood to include:

-Disbanding of the Fish Drill Team. The events in fall 1996 were a lawsuit waiting to happen. He really had no choice.

-Ending of "Flight of the Great Pumpkin". This was the Professor of Naval Science, not the Commandant. He basically told all the seniors in C2 that he would revoke their commissions if they participated. They did so anyway.

-PMC getting the outhouse on the 1996 Bonfire. Let's just say that a BQ zip chopping up the Redpots' log is not going to go over well.

Yes to the dancing girls as long as 1) they never interfere with anything real and 2) they look better than anyone else's bitches.

Yes to killing the Corps Block UNLESS we could get like 20,000 students into The Corps. The only prob with it is that it's too small. More Corps Block.