Where to begin, where to begin…
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It is really simple. You are at another school, and they have asked you to stay off the field. How hard is that?
I realize your own school ALSO asks you to stay off the field, and you ignore them...but just have a little respect when you are at someone else's place.
The problem is with why many Ags(including ones on this forum) believe that the field should be protected and who should be doing the protecting.
A)I have no problem with the request or the administrations right to enforce it with the
proper authorities. The Corp is just a very large ROTC. They have no law enforcement training much less authority. Every Ag student on that field in ’95 was trespassing just as much as the Longhorns. And some assaulted UT students. They should have been arrested along with any Horns who did vacate when asked to by
law enforcement.
B. Many Aggies have a delusional belief that their field is more sacred than any other field. And that by defending it they are not only helping the admin. keep the field nice but defending the honor of the fallen. Never mind that there are countless other sporting venues that are war memorials. In fact in some ways Kyle is less a memorial than others. As stated by others only the flags are actually a memorial, and it only honors fallen aggies.
I will not argue that the visitors should be allowed on the field, just the reason for keeping them off and who’s responsibility it is.
You can also can the “we are always respectful of others house” crap too. I seem to remembers ags vandalizing the turf(before we went back to grass) a few years back pre-game. And along with that kind of crap you guys have some sanctioned crap that is pretty disrespectful as well:
1. unique to UT there is t-sip, tu, horns down
2. Marching your pseudo military through town like a conquering army and then preceding hold yell at the most prominent place you can find in someone else’s town.
3. Holding Yell in someone else’s stadium. There home, not where you should be holding your pep rally.
That last one by the way is part of the reason there was a problem last year at Tech. Now before you guys crap your pants I in no way condone what they did. But if you hadn’t hung around to do your yells it wouldn’t have happened. Newsflash: people don’t like you having a pep rally in their stadium. Tech fans aren’t the only ones who feel this way they are just the only ones trashy enough to attack you for it.