On the Mark!

I usually don't read posts that long, but that was well worth it. If it wasn't so damn dusty in here right now...

Excellent post. Even though it was long, it was well written, very concise and brought up many important points.

Bravo to Col. Jessup for one of the best post of the year.

Let us all get together and Beat The Hell Outa t.u.!!!!!

Bring on the sips!

Beat the hell......

Remember reading that post last year and getting watery eyes.

2nd time reading and it had the same effect on me as it did last year. Great post!

Awesome!

BTHO the sippers!

bbransom;
thanks for bringing this back...dont know how I missed it last year(must have been one of my sick days)but it is a great read. Need to keep it ttt until after next Friday and we bthotu...

great read.....

Thank you for a great read. BTHO tu!

I sent it to all of my aggie family members and a couple sips as well.


[This message has been edited by aggiegrad03 (edited 11/17/2006 3:21p).]

Excellent post Colonel!

1989, That would be my last A&M vs. tu game as a student. , but

I have had some t-shirt t-sip ask me why I hate the longhorns so much, my answer was "grow up as an Aggie, when I grew up (1966-) and you would know."

If I am asked again - I will print out this post of yours and hand it to them. You nailed it.

Thank you, and BTHOtu!

"Never miss a good chance to shut up."
-Will Rogers

Just like The Last Corp Trip - something that should be read at least a couple times every year, especially around the end of November!

quote:

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they degrade the spirit we each share, the strength we find in unity. They call us sheep (or worse) because we believe that being a part of something greater than ourselves is worthwhile and honorable.

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This is the part that rings true with me, it's not about "groupthink" it's about the power in unity of spirit

Am I the only one?

Excellent Post

Outstanding!





Have you hugged your kids today?

That's what it all about. Great post.

nice

I hate reading, but this was wll worth it.

Outstanding! You actually brought a tear to my eye and I think you put into words many things that I had felt many years ago as a youngster. When I saw the size of you post, I almost didn't read it. After reading just a bit of it, I was hooked.

This, my friend, is an A+ post. If this is a sample of what you get on Aggies Only, consider me signed up!

Thanks again, and I hope that you don't mind if I share this with a few of my friends and family. You brightened my day.

My first game was a Baylor game at Kyle in the early 90's. My Dad and I had great seats directly across from the student side on the 50 yard line. We had been to Rice and UH games but my Dad kept saying "I want you to see a REAL college game. This is nothing." Well Kyle was what he was looking for to show me what college ball is all about. A coaches wife got the hook in my mouth. She explained all of the yells to me and taught me to "saw varsity's horns off." I then quickly taught my Dad, a UCLA alumni.

It was a student that set the hook. After the game this Baylor fan was smoking and he tossed his cigarette butt on the sidewalk right by the MSC. The student walking behind him stopped and bent over, he picked up the cigarette and pinched the cherry off and threw the butt away in a trash can. I was standing there for whatever reason and he saw me watch him do this. He walked right up to me, patted me on the head, and said "This is OUR campus buddy, we gotta keep it clean."

That weekend my Dad had to explain to me, on the drive back to Sugar Land, what honor is. I will never forget that conversation and I will never forget why he had to explain it to me then.

A little over a decade later I picked up a cigarette from an opposing fan and did the exact same thing but couldn't find a kid watching to make that same impression on him. Kids today, he probably would have laughed at me anyway...

That is why there would never be "Drag rats" in College Station. That campus is a reflection on us on so many levels. Our university, unlike almost every other school in the country, is part of what defines us. It did not just effect us when it comes to education, in fact that might have been the least important of the great things I learned in College Station, Texas.
GoTitans1

Chills!!!

Reminded me of many things forgotten.

I used to be a t-sip too

Thank you for sharing your story.