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I can think of at least 10 times off the top of my head when the corps has embarrassed our school. I'm still wait on the moment where they make me proud...

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Wow what an embarrassment that you have an Ag tag. Besides the above posts why don't you read up on our history a bit, start with Earl Rudder!

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How in the hell was he not escorted out after drawing a saber on somebody in a heated exchange... On national television?

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I don't think that game was on television, even regional. (There was no ESPN in those days, and its was not a big game by any stretch of the imagination.) And the fact that Hood was able to continue to rant for some time after first pulling the saber is a mystery to me, too. But that is what happened. The only people who stepped in were anonymous sideline security personnel who set about holding back SMU cheerleaders. As I recall, no attempt was made to restrain Hood until Billy Cannon bear hugged him from behind and dragged him away.

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The libs of the day used the incident as an excuse to go on an anti-military rant. Remember, Vietnam was still relatively fresh in memory back then, and Ronald Reagan was busy rebuilding our military.

Um, they were a damned good team and the #1 ranked team in the country. There is a reason they received the death penalty. You youngins need to google "pony express" and "smu death penalty".

Here is how I remember it:

That video is the END of the incident proven by the fact the COPS come running in at the end of the clip, the SMU cheerleader is already on the ground, and the CT's hat is off already.

Here is the definitive version:

1. SMU cheerleaders are on the field doing their thing

2. CT runs out, saber sheathed, and start jawing with one of the SMU guys.

3. While engaged with one cheerleader (yelling face to face), a sneaky little SMU cheerleader creeped behind the CT on all fours right behind him. The crowd saw this and KNEW what was going to happen. It looked like a three stooges skit!

4. CT is pushed lightly back and rolls over the guy on all fours.

5. CT gets us quickly and draws saber, sneaky cheerleader is still on the ground getting up from being on all fours. Cheerleader is now on his knees getting up. THIS IS WHEN THAT CLIP BEGINS!

6. CT kicks sneaky bastidge in the gut points saber at the guy, and the hilarity ensues.

7. A security officer in yellow along with his buddies break the fight up.

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That's how I remember it.



BTHO SMU!!!!!

Gig 'em, FAST FRED '65.

Before the world wide web, village idiots usually stayed in their own village.

Caz - there's an edit function available to your post. You'd do well to use it. Your opinion ought to embarrass you

I heard several years ago that he was a drug rehab counselor in Houston and very good at what he was doing with his life.

The term OD makes me thing of a Lineleader

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God help you if you have to resort to pulling a sword to get the best of a male cheerleader.

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Yep. What a pud. Unreal he would lose his **** like that.

And the field IS NOT a memorial. Never has been.

My father-in-law was in charge of Corps PR at the time, not a good memory for him.

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Kyle Field is not a memorial.

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This^^^^^^

I knew GH well. He was in my "Squad" when I was a soph. And he was a fish.


Perhaps it's all my fault!!!

I was also at the game. FF pretty much has the facts correct.

Cadet with poor judgement was put in an untenuous situation with no guidance.

I remember when we were ODs or "guarded" the band, we had no idea what we were supposed to do!

This incident explains why my dad and I were spit on and had garbage thrown on us by SMU sb's at my very first A&M away game at Texas Stadium as a freshman in 1983 against SMU.

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C'MON MAN. It was 32 yrs ago.

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I can't remember what I had for breakfast yesterday...




Is it true the swords are now welded to the sheaths?

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That video is the END of the incident proven by the fact the COPS come running in at the end of the clip, the SMU cheerleader is already on the ground, and the CT's hat is off already.

Here is the definitive version:

1. SMU cheerleaders are on the field doing their thing

2. CT runs out, saber sheathed, and start jawing with one of the SMU guys.

3. While engaged with one cheerleader (yelling face to face), a sneaky little SMU cheerleader creeped behind the CT on all fours right behind him. The crowd saw this and KNEW what was going to happen. It looked like a three stooges skit!

4. CT is pushed lightly back and rolls over the guy on all fours.

5. CT gets us quickly and draws saber, sneaky cheerleader is still on the ground getting up from being on all fours. Cheerleader is now on his knees getting up. THIS IS WHEN THAT CLIP BEGINS!

6. CT kicks sneaky bastidge in the gut points saber at the guy, and the hilarity ensues.

7. A security officer in yellow along with his buddies break the fight up.

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Virtually everything you said is pure fiction. Your initial assertion that the video is at the END of the incident is simply wrong. If you look closely at the beginning of the video, ALL the SMU cheerleaders were getting up off the ground because that is where they were when they were spelling out SMU. The tall cheerleader who was getting kicked is not the one who sneaked in behind Hood on his hands and knees. No one made any effort to restrain Hood until Billy Cannon bear hugged him and pulled him away. Kyle Field's crack security team did try to keep the SMU cheerleaders away from Hood, but as long as Hood was going nuts, that did little to bring it to an end. I know memories can be pretty fuzzy after 30 years, but for those who actually were there, that video should clearly establish the facts regarding the BEGINNING of the incident.

The beginning may be dfferent to so many people because they might not have been watching the beginning.

Boston - During my time working at the 12th Man Foundation, the story I often heard was just like yours. Over time the story has morphed to defend the Cadet, but he was the one out of line.

This was a time when the corps for whatever reason thought they had to protect the field at all times during games or midnight yell. Always that it was funny to see the guys try and run across the field and midnight yell and see cadets try and chase them down. The more they chased the more guys tried it.

And what always made me laugh was that they defended it until the game was over or midnight yell was over. The next day people would be running all over it, playing Frisbee, having PE Classes, etc, etc.

But during the game and midnight yell it became hallowed ground. It is not like this anymore, but for about a decade it got out or hand.

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This is really starting to annoy me. There are 55 flags that fly over Kyle Field. They represent the 55 aggies that died in WWI. Kyle Field IS a memorial, learn your traditions or GTFO.

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But during the game and midnight yell it became hallowed ground. It is not like this anymore, but for about a decade it got out or hand.

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I suspect the chaos after the '95 tu game had something to do with changing that attitude.

I believe a sabre is curved while a sword is straight.

Agree Colorado. It never made sense. We had a BQ Bass Player get his neck broken tackling someone running across the field at MYP in '78. He ended up being ok but I never really understood the whole thing of protecting the field.

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And the field IS NOT a memorial. Never has been.

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This is really starting to annoy me. There are 55 flags that fly over Kyle Field. They represent the 55 aggies that died in WWI. Kyle Field IS a memorial, learn your traditions or GTFO.

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You blew your anonymity! How does it feel to get punked by male cheerleaders?

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I was sitting on the south end 2nd deck

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This is really starting to annoy me. There are 55 flags that fly over Kyle Field. They represent the 55 aggies that died in WWI. Kyle Field IS a memorial, learn your traditions or GTFO.

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So stupid. How many damn memorials do we need? Can't wait for the opening of the sacred computer lab and sandwich shop.

AgLawyer94

(very sorry about you friend)

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This is really starting to annoy me. There are 55 flags that fly over Kyle Field. They represent the 55 aggies that died in WWI. Kyle Field IS a memorial, learn your traditions or GTFO.

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Stadium can be interpreted as a living memorial. Flags I can buy are a memorial not to be messed with. Playing Field itself...no.

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This incident explains why my dad and I were spit on and had garbage thrown on us by SMU sb's at my very first A&M away game at Texas Stadium as a freshman in 1983 against SMU.

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No, SMU was pretty much always like that all the time when it came to A&M. So was TCU...and Baylor...and Rice...and the sips. A&M was a social misfit in the old SWC dominated by private schools. Tech and Arkansas didn't treat the Aggies any better, but that was more of clash of cultures on the other end of the spectrum.

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Waiting on the moment when they make you proud?

Since that post was made at 1:09 am I am going to assume you were intoxicated when you typed that. No AGGIE would ever say that...PERIOD. There are countless "moments" that make me and any Aggie proud. Tell you what, buddy, would you say that to my best friend's 13 year old daughter and 15 year old son to their face? My roommate from the Corps and best friend, LTC Todd Clark, was KIA on June 8 this year after serving his FIFTH Tour during the War on Terror. During the FOURTH Tour he was critically injured by a roadside IED and spent months being put back together at Walter Reed only to freaking return for that FIFTH tour when asked to do so. He was scheduled to come home in late September/early October and would soon start his new post in the military science department at TAMU. While deployed we talked on Facebook daily about his excitement to get back to Aggieland and serve the Corps - he was excited about getting to go to all the games since he had missed them over they years because since graduating he spent over 10 solid years of time deployed.

He was the consummate friend, soldier and AGGIE. That post struck a freaking nerve with me. Don't you ever say something like that again. Especially a statement like that from an Aggie - do you not realize what a freaking tool you sound like? I wouldn't even hear something so stupid from my UT friends.

Sorry for vomiting on the page but that comment royally chapped my ass. His son is 15 and a sophomore in high school, hoping to get into A&M and follow his dad's footsteps. I spend a lot of time with him now and am picking him up in a bit because he wants to see my son's 12 year old football game. When I get him I guarantee he will be sporting his Manziel jersey, ready for the AGS to BTHO SMU. He doesn't have his dad to share those moments with because of the sacrifices his dad made...sacrifices a former Corps member made. Yet, that isn't good enough for you, Caz.

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I was a senior in high school and there for a high school trip, sitting in a lightly filled horseshoe for that game. The incident happened right in front of me. Granted, it's been a long time, but my memory of the event is that the prank shove happened before the sabre was drawn and Hood drew it out all in one motion as he rolled back onto his feet. If there is a part of it I remember like it was yesterday, it was the action of Hood drawing his sabre as he rolled back up on his feet after being shoved. That video shows the sabre was already drawn when he kicked at the cheerleader and was shoved. I am 100% certain he was pushed backward at a point before his sabre was drawn, which would have been before that video starts. Either way he made a huge mistake doing what he did that day.

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And I am 100% certain he was riding a horse and was accompanied by his robot sidekick..

I was there. It was definitely toward the northeast corner. Admittedly we were drunk, but it seems like some other weird things happened. I'm pretty sure an SMU cheerleader was dropped and hurt badly that night, maybe even taken in an ambulance. Also, I think that was the game where Craig James quick-kicked out of the I formation for about a 70-80 yard punt. Was pretty bad blood between us and SMU. They broke Kubiak's leg the next year. Karma's a bi*** though.

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DanTanna has it correct. I was a sophomore in the Aggie Band on the first deck and the incident unfolded more or less in front of us. Hood went on the field with the sabre sheathed in an effort to get the cheerleaders off the field. After he got knocked down, he lost it and pulled the sabre. It frequently gets retold as if he ran out there with his sabre drawn, but only because it's more dramatic that way. Didn't happen.

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This is really starting to annoy me. There are 55 flags that fly over Kyle Field. They represent the 55 aggies that died in WWI. Kyle Field IS a memorial, learn your traditions or GTFO.

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You are the one who is wrong. The 55 flags are in remembrance of th Ags who died during WWI. Neither the stadium nor the field are memorials. It is "Kyle Field". Not "Kyle Memorial Field." We used to play flag football and throw frisbees on the field all the time.

It happened in clear view to everyone at that end of the stadium, including my wife and me. It is really weird that so many people insist that the video evidence does not have any relevance. I will admit that I might have been convinced that my memory was hazy had I not seen the video. However, the video confirms everything I remember about the beginning of the incident. My attention was drawn to the incident by the crowd reaction when Hood started kicking the cheerleader on the ground, so everything in the video is exactly as I saw it, when I saw it. The prank push down happened after that. I saw that too. It is very clear in the video that all of the cheerleaders were getting up off the ground (after spelling out SMU with their bodies) right at the beginning. That means that the video is at the very start of the incident. And there was no second kicker on the grassy knoll. Every time this story is regurgitated, more people swear that things happened when they didn't actually happen. I fully expect that at some point in the future, someone will swear that the SMU cheerleader pulled a gun and that Hood was acting in self defense.