TexAgs 2017: A Year in Review
From the firing of Kevin Sumlin, a heartfelt goodbye from a ginger-haired A&M legend, a coaching carousel that figuratively caught on fire and an office that literally caught on fire, 2017 was loaded with drama from beginning to end (ok, mostly at the end). Here's a look back at the stories, threads, posts and users that made the year on TexAgs so memorable.
Top Stories of the Year (ranked by total views)
- Impromptu 'Spirit of Aggieland' breaks out at The Swamp
- Texas A&M fires Kevin Sumlin
- Valedictorian fights Texas to change admission policy, then enrolls at A&M
- Tweets that didn't age well: Jimbo Fisher to Texas A&M edition
- Even a Little Light: a story of the power of simple kindness
- Texas A&M hires Jimbo Fisher
- The 2017-2018 Coaching Carousel
- Sorry Not Sorry: Welcome to Aggieland, Jimbo Fisher
- Texas A&M hires Darrell Dickey as offensive coordinator
- Conner McQueen writes goodbye letter to Aggieland
- 2019 QB Grant Gunnell commits to A&M
- Alex Caruso dominates the NBA Summer League
- Editorial: Forget football, letter to Kevin Sumlin is just racist garbage
- Myles Garrett signs multiyear deal with adidas
- Class of 2017 graduation caps, ranked
- adidas releases 2017 "Bright Lights" uniforms
- TexAgs Ring Day giveaway vote
- Myles Garrett records a sack on his first NFL snap
- Petition started for "12th Man Jesus"
- Same Song: Aggies deaf to Herman's plea to renew Texas rivalry
- TexAgs literally melts down
- Myles Garrett dominates the NFL Combine
- Run the Numbers: Not Safe For Work edition
- TexAgs users crack Davidson Super Regional password
- Run the Numbers: Texas A&M vs. Alabama
Top Threads of the Year (ranked by total views in 2017)
- Horn Meltdown Thread [2017-2018] (Premium) - 3.2 million views
- Official Houston Astros 2017 Season Thread (MLB) - 2.6 million
- Houston weather and traffic girl appreciation thread (Houston) - 516k
- Official Texas Rangers 2017 Season Thread (MLB) - 503k
- 2017 BCS Coming & Going Thread (Aggieland) - 496k
- Game of Thrones, Season 7 (Entertainment) - 488k
- Shooting in Las Vegas (Politics) - 408k
- List Your Top 3 Candidates... (Varsity) - 384k
- Texas A&M vs. Davidson Super Regional Thread (Baseball) - 361k
- 2017 Hurricane Season (Outdoors) - 351k
Top 10 Posts of the Year (ranked by total Blue Stars)
- Son of Chief's fond farewell (Premium) - 1,796 blue stars
- Should the Ags play the Sips again? (Premium) - 974 blue stars
- CoachRTM talks with a high school coach about Fisher (Premium) - 837
- Quote from Damion Ratley (Premium) - 809
- jreg90's daughter on hospice (Premium) - 803
- jreg90's daughter passes away (Premium) - 759
- David Eubank saves Iraqi girl in Mosul (Premium) - 711
- Agincal puts ASU's Herm Edwards hire in perspective (Premium) - 695
- Cullen Gillaspia appreciation thread (Premium) - 685
- Dilly Dilly (Premium) - 680
Welp, I didn't expect all of those to be Premium, so....
Top 10 Non-Premium Posts of the Year
- Uncle Boo Boo's wish finally came true (The Zoo) - 586 blue stars
- TexAgs users apparently prefer structured immigration (Politics) - 550
- The general board is promiscuous... (General) - 548
- ...but they also have regrets (General) - 505
- TexAgs at its finest (The Zoo) - 500
- The Outdoors board is a bunch of gun-owning conservatives (Outdoors) - 465
- We can't agree on anything (Politics) - 445
- This is a Tommy Curry post, you've been warned (Politics) - 402
- An illustration of this year's A&M/Alabama game (The Zoo) - 397
- Fast Fred passes away (Entertainment) - 392
Top 10 Users by Blue Stars earned in 2017
TexAgs users collectively awarded nearly 10 million blue stars in 2017. Here are the top 10 earners of the year.
- Gary79Ag - 96,635 blue stars
- GCP12 - 58,336
- Bayside Tiger Ag - 53,988
- SeattleAgJr - 53,818
- Rapier108 - 49,767
- Maroon Dawn - 45,287
- BenFiasco14 - 37,848
- aggiehawg - 36,771
- CanyonAg77 - 36,489
- aggierogue - 36,098
Top 10 Users by Total Posts in 2017
- Tanya 93 - 9,520 posts
- DannyDuberstein - 9,362
- titan - 9,327
- aggiehawg - 9,284
- GCP12 - 8,826
- aginlakeway - 8,674
- SeattleAgJr - 8,343
- BenFiasco14 - 8,073
- W - 8,008
- MouthBQ98 - 7,432
Top 10 Tweets (ranked by total likes)
