Texas A&M's history of loud yells, good dogs and so many Aggie rituals | Gridiron Traditions
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- čas přidán 9. 07. 2024
- In this episode of Gridiron Traditions, Andrew Hawkins dives into a team whose very identity is wrapped in its traditions: the Texas A&M Aggies.
0:00 Intro
0:41 Aggie origins
1:53 12th Man
3:54 Midnight Yell
5:26 Yell leaders
6:10 "Saw Varsity's horns off"
7:19 Reveille
8:18 The concept of losing
9:10 Maroon Out games
9:40 Keepers of tradition
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Went to an Aggie game back when I was in college. Went to Midnight Yell, tailgating and sat in the student section. Excellent college football atmosphere
The t.u. cow’s name was “Varsity” back then. The Aggie’s forced them to change its’ name to bevo. Another story
they did not "force them" they branded "13-0" on the side of a longhorn, and UT thought that 13-0 kinda looked like Bevo. 13EV0.
@@opentile_minis8659 Forgive me. Perhaps “caused them” would have been more accurate. Although, they did kind of force their hand in making the decision, so…..tomato, tomAHto.
And, how come all the longhorn fans dress up like Aggies instead of dressing like cows. What’s up with that, anyway?
A lot of the traditions began when A&M was an ag college with a train stop on the railroad between Houston and Dallas (they would load onto the train to go to dances in Denton held by Texas Women's University), reinforced by its isolation and military traditions. Even for those of us who are not Aggies, we understand their traditions. I get goosebumps upon hearing the trumpet call at the beginning of the Aggie War Hymn.
Back in the day, the University of Texas liked to refer to themselves as "The University." This was a dig at the Aggies, whose school was not a university. Until 1963, Texas A&M was (officially, by name) just a college. But they taught the Aggies some grammar at this college, and the cadets understood that "The University" was not a proper name. So, if the Longhorns wanted to call themselves "the university" that's fine, but it should be written in lower-case letters; and the abbreviation for that isn't U.T., it's t.u. That's where "t.u." comes from!
My dad’s class ring said College instead of University like mine. Great point. Also that Bevo was named,Ed that bc instead of sawing his horns off(literally) they branded him 13-0 bc that was the score. Hence B EV O
So, it doesn't have to capitalized, because if you talk about "the university", at the time there was only one, A&M was a college.
@@stischer47 That's what made it a dig on the Aggies when the Longhorns called themselves "the university." It doesn't have to be capitalized -- and it would be improper to capitalize it -- BECAUSE those are the rules of the English language.
Okay... It's kinda petty, but it was just the Aggies' way of turning a Longhorn insult back on them. They never really understood it. You will still hear Longhorns complaining that the Aggies inverted U.T., and that they're being disrespectful by not capitalizing the initial for the State of Texas. Oh well... There are some kinds of stupid that just can't be fixed.
But, to be more charitable, most Aggies don't know exactly where the "t.u." moniker came from either. I posted my comment because in my view this video (created by an Aggie) didn't get it entirely right.
@@theNfl_Esq My dad was at Texas A&M in 1963 when it switched, so he had the option of choosing "College" or "Univsersity" on his class ring. He chose the latter.
@@ericmatthaei9711 same but he chose College lol. Back then it was a split decision from what I was told. I never actually looked into it. Unfortunately he passed away last year from Agent Orange (or I’d ask him) which caused dementia and cancer. So in a way was also a casualty of Nam. 28 years sooner than his dad.
You forget to mention that for the first nearly 100 years, the school was a military school. During WWI, WWII, Korean War, and Vietnam War, much of their enrollment was enlisted for war. Also, A&M still places more officers into the military than any other school in the country.
video about Aggie traditions...and they called the first "former student" in the video "alum" nice :)
I am sure the narrator knew the difference. It was just more descriptive to the intended audience. He did a good job 👍
Gig’em
The very first Maroon Out caused a temporary national shortage of Maroon Shirts.
For those unaware, Maroon Out was started as an A&M-flavored response to Nebraska's traditional "sea of red" at Husker home games.
Aggie for life. Gig 'Em!
Class of ‘07, whoop!
A&M finally getting the recognition we deserve. Forgot to mention what happens down at North Gate 😂😂
Gig 'Em 👍🏾
'98
You guys should cover every major school.
Doing my research cuz this is who im running with in college football 25
Sick beaver 62
The gesture Manziel gives after a touchdown was started by a teammate. The sign represents that scoring was their way of “cashing in” on all the hard work they had done during the offseason.
Ben Malena… miss that guy
Gentle designer 13
Busy elk 13
Doesn’t look like a very diverse place, outside of athletics. 🤔
The insecurity that A&M has about Texas (that would be The University of Texas) and the way they pretend to be the only school that has traditions is highly annoying
There really nothing else like it
DEI AGGIES
A history fulla Ls Cam Robinson made quick work of Myles Garrett piece of cake made him look like an average edge rusher
eATMe
You must have gone to Rice! 😂😂😂
Bunch of weirdos
We dgaf
A woman yell leaders would go against the tradition of yell leaders. Im sorry but its never going to happen.
Only like 10% of Aggies want to see that happen (the lefty feminist types). Even most girls at A&M think it would be weird.
cheerleaders would be nice though
Need to add cheerleaders already. Stuck in the stone ages.
Dang. We never even think about aggie unless there's a decommit. They have whole rituals dedicated to us. 😮 Between the lack of cheerleaders, military cosplay, and childish nicknames they give everyone the whole school is just cringe. Glad to have the game back 🤘
Dang. Nobody thinks about t.u. ... ever. Even when we're singing the wat hymn, it's really just autopilot. That's just what y'all have been telling yourselves to stay relevant in your own minds over the last decade and a half.
We are literally in your fight song, nice try
Tell me you didn’t attend tu without telling me you didn’t attend tu.
It's aggy
Texas fight is anti A&M.
Gayest place on earth
In a 11 minute video. I didn’t see not 1 black fan of Texas A&M in the stands or crowd! Yikes 😬🥴
Dude I saw multiple 😂. You must be blind lmao
Didn’t see any redheads either. Freaking ridiculous how exclusive Aggies are to just blondes and brunettes. 🥴
@@kp1238 😂😂
Jackass! My roommate was the Student Body President in the Corps in ‘92 and he is black so shut up
Maybe 1 or 2. Sad but true as a Black A&M graduate.