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Thoughts on statues?

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Squadron7
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I don't know whether to title this one "Friday the 12th" or "Some jokes write themselves."
95_Aggie
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And now King Gill #1 is on MSC grounds, which I thought was reserved for war heroes.
Squadron7
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You can call him "E."
95_Aggie
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The E is implied.
wee_ag
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E. King Gibbs

This actually makes the statue a billionty times better.
justsomeguy
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Racist statues...why they all gotta be black?
agmrpink
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"No one can hear you yell"


JonLobb
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I don't understand why you folks are so down on the statues honestly.

Statues are cool.

I think E. King Gill should be bigger though.
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I think Gill's head should be bigger.
Boise.RLM
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No homo, but the guy on far left is going Ron Jeremy.
Jugstore Cowboy
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We need a giant bronze walkie talkie to honor Billy Pickard's many years of angrily yelling at people.
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All the new statues are horrible in my opinion. I am not going to be proud of walking guests by them. So many other things could have been done.

There should have been a long term program to include many groups in selecting anything as important as statues at Kyle Field.

The statues will be a source of ridicule. And I am not sure how traditional, clear thinking Aggies of any age could have accepted them as a tasteful, respectful representation of traditions.

I am in favor of starting a petition to have them removed.
aTmneal
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The more I look at that 12th Man statue the more embarrassing it looks.

Rule 1 of statues...never include casual period dress. Why do you think almost all statues show someone in uniform or some sort of suit? In twenty years that statue will look even more stupid than it does now.

The Yell Leader statue needed to be a better pose. Why did we even need a Yell Leader statue?

Gill looks really bad and yes, his head is way too big. Why not just relocate the original?

I would sign that petition, btw.
redjalapeno-87
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All these statues and no gargoyle?

Squadron7
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What we need is one statue of Gill, only huge. Big enough to straddle the JumboTron; standing over it like the Colossus of Rhodes.
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What we need is one statue of Gill, only huge. Big enough to straddle the JumboTron; standing over it like the Colossus of Rhodes.
this

Gill should at least be able to see the field
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JJxvi
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The statues are just decorations to fill open space like trees or flower beds but they commemorate certain ideas. The idea that there is a huge problem about a few statues is ludicrous and absurd, ie par for the texags course. If anything all this does is bring the Kyle Field grounds into alignment with the rest of campus.
95_Aggie
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^
there's always one

Anyone remember the awful statue that was on the MSC grounds 2 expansions ago?
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The issue is that giant statues of kids in casual clothing does not come across as something that should be in bronze.

Good point.
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We just bought a Ferrari and put bumper stickers all over it.
aTmneal
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Someone please photoshop a giant Gill statue peering over the edge of Kyle and/or Rhodes style.
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cecil77
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The statues are just decorations to fill open space like trees or flower beds but they commemorate certain ideas.


No, they are not like trees or flower beds. They are affectations that are unnecessary and, as has been stated, just one more indication that we are trying too hard. We have really gotten quite full of ourselves the past few years and, honestly, are on the verge of being just as arrogant as sips.
Teacher_Ag
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They're really embarrassing. When BDF friends and colleagues make fun of them there is no way I can defend them. They're just lame.
Squadron7
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I, for one, want to be able to defend absolutely everything on campus.

Vociferously. Maybe even vigorously.
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Statues look terrible and are turning us into laughing stock of other forums. Take them down (yes, other team fan opinions on other forums do matter).
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Bronze jorts? Yikes...
Squadron7
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(yes, other team fan opinions on other forums do matter).

Lord.
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coupland boy
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They're really embarrassing. When BDF friends and colleagues make fun of them there is no way I can defend them. They're just lame.


The same BDF folks that made fun of us going to the SEC? W can make fun of our own statues well enough.
OKC~Ag
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big breast...statue

not really
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