Bonfire...without reservation.

Bonfire is something special only to Aggies. A national championship can (theoretically) be enjoyed by someone affiliated with any school. Except ours. Unless you count softball in the '80s. But I digress...

Also, for consideration:

I've read a few complaints about a "watered-down" Bonfire. Consider that in it's final years, Bonfire was considerably "watered-down", at least in terms of sheer size, from what is was in the '60s. But we all loved it nonetheless, right? So supporting endeavors now (whether on- or off-campus) is an understanding of evolution and realizing that it ultimately will evolve into what we want it to be. Probably a little more flexibility with the off-campus bonfires, though...

BONFIRE!!

BONFIRE

Ignite the Spirit and the MNCs will take care of themselves.

Bring it back by students

BONFIRE!

No true Aggie would say MNC. In fact if a so called Aggie said they would prefer a MNC to Bonfire and i heard it, i would slap him in the face.

Spirit in Aggieland

Bonfire.

Bonfire

Growing up in CS spoiled me to that wonderful tradition. I have truly missed sharing that experience with my son.

BONFIRE, we won't get a MNC without it.

MNC.

Bonfire will never be student run, student built again. The danger outweighs the benefit. I worked on bonfire in 93 and 94. There is no way that I had the experience or training to be up on the swings at Push, but I was there anyway. A professional built, supervised, student aided bonfire is the only one that makes any sense at all.

By the way I would rather have a MNC any day. Bonfire was very important to a small percentage of those on campus, a MNC would be something every student and Alumni would talk about.

Are you guys serious? this is a joke thread, right? you would rather have one night of watching wood burn, making memories, etc... than have an undefeated national championship season? I give up.

No Bonfire ever. There is no way it can erase the memories of the three who's grave I passed by.

Gator2 Class of 2000

We won't get an MNC without a bonfire? Some of you are insane. How many schools without a bonfire have won an MNC? Quite a few. Obviously it is not an prerequisite.

I'll take an MNC. And I attended at least a dozen bonfires. It was a lot of fun, but it didn't win football games. Practice, coaching, dedication, lucky bounces, etc. have a lot more to do with that.

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Are you guys serious? this is a joke thread, right? you would rather have one night of watching wood burn, making memories, etc... than have an undefeated national championship season? I give up.

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Bonfire was much, much more than "one night of watching wood burn"...

National Championship. No Contest.

Can you name one school that won the MNC without a bonfire? I didn't think so.

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"The way it is supposed to be" resulted in us losing 12 Aggies.

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THAT IS NOT TRUE, the point being it wasn't exactly the same as the original design from the 70's

Bonfire, not even close.

National Friggin Championship

MNC

I can't believe that a single person who was ever actually involved with Bonfire would say MNC.


If you think Bonfire was only about watching wood burn or tu you are a great example of why we need it back.

National Championship!

We gotta get the bonfire back on campus. We just gotta.

We gotta get the bonfire back on campus. We just gotta.

We gotta get the bonfire back on campus. We just gotta.

We gotta get the bonfire back on campus. We just gotta.

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Bonfire was very important to a small percentage of those on campus, a MNC would be something every student and Alumni would talk about.

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Every student? Even those graduate students that barely speak English and couldn't recognize a football versus a beach ball? Not that they all care(d) about Bonfire, but I think you're downplaying it's importance to A LOT of people.

And by the way, we don't have "Alumni." We're called "Former Students." It seems like it's just semantics, but for those of who are, it's much more...

bonfire....

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Bonfire, if and only if the Student Bonfire organization was put in charge of it and students built it....otherwise it will be some prefabricated, lumber company-made pile of wood, not a Bonfire.....and if that were the case, I'll have an MNC please.

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Ditto.

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Bonfire will never be student run, student built again.

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Wrong. Come on Saturday and we'll prove it.
www.studentbonfire.com

Bonfire. Without a doubt.

Bonfire

my question is where would they put bonfire on campus? it seems to be working just fine off campus, the university isn't liable, so why not run with it the way it is now?

if they brought it back to campus it just wouldn't seem right to have it back at the polo fields...with the memorial there, and the ever-lingering memories of sitting in that field all day back in '99, it would be hard to get into the true spirit of bonfire.

perhaps somewhere on west campus would be more appropriate.

If it took a 0 - 12 season, I would still rather have Bonfire Back.

BONFIRE, BONFIRE, BONFIRE.

This is an unfreakingbelievable question...I'd take a MNC over Bonfire six days a week and twice on Sundays.

Despite what some revisionists would have you believe, Aggie spirit was never defined only by the planning, building, and burning of a stack of logs, and that annual event WAS NOT what set us apart from other schools. There is much more to our great school than one outdated tradition.

I'm a proud member of the Class of 1988, the first class EVER to beat tu ALL FOUR YEARS. I worked on Bonfire in each of those years, and I enjoyed the camaraderie of that special time as much as anyone, but times have obviously changed and it ain't coming back. Hell, I've heard some infer that the reason we can't beat tu anymore is because we don't have Bonfire...WTF???

Many of us here have experienced Bonfire, but none of us have experienced our school winning a MNC. Which would truly mean more???

bonfire.

as much as I want and NC, bonfire was a the symbol of the Spirit of Aggieland, burning bright for the world to see.

I have to say Bonfire.

Although I may be slightly biased as I worked on it every year from the rebuild year of 1994 to 1999.

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Like I said, I have experienced both and in my lone opinion, I still say Bonfire.

"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." John 14:6

"These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." The words of Jesus; John 16:33