I have been watching Aggie football since my grandfather took me to my first game in 1977 when I was 8 yrs old.
So I’ve seen my fair share of Aggie heartbreaks.

I have 3 girls ages 11, 9, and 7. They all love going to Aggie games, but the 11 yr old really loves Aggie football. More so than your average 11 yr old girl.
It’s actually pretty awesome. Anyway, as soon as we lost to tu, I had that typical terrible feeling I always get after we get beat in a game that we should have won. But what made it worse this time was I looked over at my daughter and she had the most sad disappointed sad look I’ve seen on her. It was like a kick in the junk for me. It almost made me feel guilty for getting her into Aggie football. (Although I would never change that)

Seeing her sad like that, it was like I added her disappointment on top of mine, which felt twice as bad. I think I wanted us to win more for her than me. I hate seeing her get so sad after such big loss like that.

Just thought I’d share. Can anyone relate?

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Get her interested in the globetrotters.

Nice story. Ignore clods.

Try watching that game with your t-sip dad who played football for the sips, your t-sip mother and t-sip grandmother and your two tceh tard sisters.
By the way, the replay was on the next morning and my dad had it blaring even through breakfast.


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Poor kid. Why did you do this to her

This is America. No one should be treated like an Aggie football fan. No one.

My nine year old turned to me after making the walk of shame down the ramp at Kyle and said, "Poppy, do I have to go to school Monday, cuz I'm not sure I can."

Talk about a kick in the junk. If we weren't pulling her out for a couple of vacation days, my wife and I agreed, we'd let her stay home.

I saw a couple 10-12 yr old boys in tears after the game.

Make it a teachable moment. I often told my daughter after a disappointing loss, "If you can't stand the pain, don't play the game."

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Make it a teachable moment. I often told my daughter after a disappointing loss, "If you can't stand the pain, don't play the game."

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Oops. Meant to click the laughing face icon.

Took my son, it was his first game, as we were leaving he said that his first game was his worst one. I told him that he now knows what it is like being an Aggies fan.

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it was like I added her disappointment on top of mine, which felt twice as bad. I think I wanted us to win more for her than me.

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If only the team felt this way.

We should have made the team and coaching staff walk down the ramps of Kyle Field after those home losses and then drive home for 4 hours.

Yeah, she needs to go speak to the team at halftime of the bowl game.

Man, some of y'alls stories about your kids are hitting close to home. Almost bringing a tear to my eye.

Your son calls you poppy?

Only Poppy I know was on Seinfeld..and he was sloppy!

Disappointment is one of A&M's most heralded and time honored traditions. With all this new army nonsense of trying to change the things that make our University great and unique, stories like this warm my heart... Young Ags carrying on the traditions that we have passed down from generation to generation. God bless your daughter sir.

[This message has been edited by Sex Panther (edited 11/29/2011 4:39p).]