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He needs to get an "Aggie Spirit" tag.

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Was already thinking this.

Play up Pompey!

Welcome!

This is great. I hope you enjoy your time here!

English,

I greatly enjoyed your posts. However, I'm surprised your description of the Alabama game did not mention how loud the Aggie fans were and how that noise disrupted Alabama's offense during the first part of the game. How would you compare the noise at this game with a game at Wembley, for example? Do crowds yell in unison in England?

When talking about SMU, you may want to mention SMU's reputation as a rich, snooty school. It is located in Dallas, which is Texas' most white collar city. Actually, it is located in University Park, a rich enclave in Dallas. On the "Gilligan's Island" TV show in the 1960s, Thurston Howell III in one episode said that he went to "SMU...Southern Millionaires University." A common joke when I was younger about SMU: "How many SMU students does it take to fix a flat tire?" Answer: "Two...one to hold the martinis while the other calls Daddy." SMU's student body is overwhelmingly white and rich, though that is starting to change a little.

You may also want to mention that the school repeatedly violated the rules in the 1980s and, due to the cheating, had some very good teams. But the NCAA gave SMU the so-called "death penalty" (prohibited the team from playing for one year and four games, which SMU then decided not to play for two years. For the next 20 years or so, the school's football team was not good. Only in the last four or so years has its team had a little success. But it still is not the powerhouse it once was and the likelihood of that sort of success returning to SMU seems unlikely at this point.

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William,

I think these blog posts are supposed to be about his experiences and impressions and are not meant to be a report. It's organic and enjoyable that way IMO.

Keep it like it is.

Again. I can't thank you all enough for the nice comments.

I submitted the Bama post yesterday afternoon. You can read it here: http://footballosophy.com/2013/09/19/looking-back-at-the-clash-of-the-titans-2/

Cheers!

Josh

Gig em Josh!

What a cool idea, I look forward to reading all your work.

I know you're focusing on football, but you could learn a lot about Aggie culture at the Clayton Williams alumni center today--Aggie students are getting their rings.

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Again. I can't thank all y'all enough for the nice comments.

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FIFY. (That means "fixed it for you", Josh.)




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English,

I greatly enjoyed your posts. However, I'm surprised your description of the Alabama game did not mention how loud the Aggie fans were and how that noise disrupted Alabama's offense during the first part of the game. How would you compare the noise at this game with a game at Wembley, for example? Do crowds yell in unison in England?

When talking about SMU, you may want to mention SMU's reputation as a rich, snooty school. It is located in Dallas, which is Texas' most white collar city. Actually, it is located in University Park, a rich enclave in Dallas. On the "Gilligan's Island" TV show in the 1960s, Thurston Howell III in one episode said that he went to "SMU...Southern Millionaires University." A common joke when I was younger about SMU: "How many SMU students does it take to fix a flat tire?" Answer: "Two...one to hold the martinis while the other calls Daddy." SMU's student body is overwhelmingly white and rich, though that is starting to change a little.

You may also want to mention that the school repeatedly violated the rules in the 1980s and, due to the cheating, had some very good teams. But the NCAA gave SMU the so-called "death penalty" (prohibited the team from playing for one year and four games, which SMU then decided not to play for two years. For the next 20 years or so, the school's football team was not good. Only in the last four or so years has its team had a little success. But it still is not the powerhouse it once was and the likelihood of that sort of success returning to SMU seems unlikely at this point.

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Why to any of this? I need a face palm emoticon.

Welcome, Josh! Good to have you aboard.

Looking forward to your future posts and book.

OP, were you at The Corner on Wednesday?

Thanks all and a big thanks to TexAgs who gave me a lovely tour of their HQ earlier on today.

Just to let everyone know, I'm actually heading back to the UK on Monday (I'm only in College Station for the weeks of the home games) but will still have plenty of material that I'll be adding to the blog in my time back home.

Then when I return in a couple of weeks, it's all systems go until the Mississippi State game.

ABATTBQ11 - No I wasn't.

Do you have an in with BBC to force them to extend production of new Doc Martin episodes into the next decade or so?

I'll see what I can do

Must have been a different Englishman then...

You should also get them to hurry the **** up with season 3 of Sherlock.

If there was some sort of fund I could donate to I'd gladly chip in $50 for him to get out to a road game this season. Worthy cause it seems. Love the posts. I've sent out your link to quite a few people.

If staff is making a road trip to Ole Miss, they could probably find him a seat...

Blog is amazing stuff sir. I look forward to future posts!

Peter Hugill in the Geography department is (I think) a Brit. Office is in the Oceanography & Meteorology Building.

Enjoyed reading your experience.

Aloha!

OMG!! I just started reading this and it is FANTASTIC!!! I think I might need to meet you when my family and I are in CS to tailgate next month!

Also, I love that your "englishness" comes out in your writing!

Hell w a spirit tag. I want our new mate to be the first honrary recipient of an Ag tag.

Here's to a men's soccer team at A&M.

There were three German bombers in the air. And the Texas Aggiie Army shot one down....!

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Just read through the blog posts. Fantastic! Thanks for sharing.

I wonder if this Englishman is related to Lennay Kekua?

Not sure if this has been posted, but if you want a taste of an old school tradition, head on out to Student Bonfire on Sunday.


www.studentbonfire.com



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