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In the Von Miller example, if he started school in the fall of '07 and even is he quit the next day, for the rest of his life, **** would consider him a lifelong member of the **** class of '11. If he had graduated early in 2010, **** would consider him a lifelong member of the **** class of '11. If he graduated late in 2016, **** would consider him a lifelong member of the **** class of '11. If he never graduated, **** would consider him a lifelong member of the **** class of '11. If he was enrolled at **** one day, left ****, transferred to TCU and graduated from TCU in 2011, **** would consider him a lifelong member of the **** class of '11. Whether the individual wants to claim their graduating class as opposed to the "**** declared" class in not an issue. At ****, people do what they are told and if the cult brands them to be in a certain class, they dutifully obey. Blind obedience is a terdition.

Now, just like E. King Gill was a nobody to the ****s and not the school's 12th Man when he graduated in 1924, if for some reason a graduate were to have some notable occurrence in their life (or even after their death) **** puts a retroactive claim as always having been cloaked in maroon glory, even when that isn't true. The fact the school didn't give two $#@!s about them between the time they graduated and the occurrence of the marketing opportunity if "conveniently not spoken of" by the school's administrators or by other ****. They do this as a marketing gimmick for their school. Any honor or respect due the individual is immaterial.

A similar situation would be how Scientology treats its members. They are only random, nameless members of the cult, but when they hit it big in Hollywood and can be a notable public face for the cult, their life story is rewritten, they become examples of how Scientology shaped their life starting at birth and are celebrated as great human beings.

For at least the better part of two decades after he graduated, E. King Gill wasn't recognized in any way by **** for his actions at the football game in 1922. No one cared. The extent of their 12th Man "tradition" was their band spelling out the phrase once every five years or so (something shown not to actually be connected with their school's actual terdition as they quit doing it years before the 1939 radio play that actually started their "terdition.")

Some time after the radio play was broadcast, they created the fraudulent story that Gill had all along been the most important student ever to have attended the school (something he repeatedly explains he certainly never was aware of until after the radio play when, as he says "the truth was bent a little.) when history shows E. Oscar Buck was actually the school's first "12th Man" in 1925.

Ditto Horace Carswell. No one at the school gave Carswell two thoughts after he left and they certainly didn't take time to congratulate him for being a great **** when he graduated from TCU in 1939. I'm not sure when retroactively he became a revered ****, but it never would have happened at all if he had not been awarded the Medal of Honor. Once that happened, Carswell retroactively became one of the greatest ****s of all time.

My mocking how **** retrocatively claims individuals to be "great **** alumni" got me ridiculed by **** when I pointed out the hypocrisy of how ****s who do notorious things or become criminals are declared by **** to never have been **** (such as last year's White Rock Lake incident), regardless of how long they were enrolled. Hence, the observation that their terdition of "bending the truth a little" is all about trying to wrap the school's history in either false glory, or the stolen glory of others.

At the very least, if someone rejects the terditions and culture of **** after one semester, starts over at another school and graduates from there; then after their death, evidence is shown that some of their last words were about how attended the other school was such a monumental positive impact on their life, it is beyond disingenuous and borders fraud for **** to claim them as one of the greatest ****s ever. Especially when the claim is highly discouraged by the individual's family and done by the school only for marketing purposes. The name and likeness of ever individual who enrolls at **** for at least one day does not become the property of the university in perpetuity.

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Don't know if it was some horrible family trauma or what that resulted in him being so messed up.

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In addition to my previous emails, I am sending you this response from the editor of the College Football Historical Society. I find these comments on the perception of the "12th Man" by college football historians poignant. All emphasis is in the original.


I contacted both members and also talked to several other very knowledgeable members we have, along with myself. EVERYONE said the same thing -- that their understanding of the Texas A&M "12th man" is that it is the STUDENT BODY cheering that is being referred to. ALL OF US have been given this impression from the MANY times that the football announcers on TV have screamed repeatedly before A&M games about their "12th man" FANS.

NO ONE in our group of members that I spoke with has EVER heard of some A&M individual back in the 1920s who is supposedly the source for this "12th man" concept. In fact, I would bet that you would have a hard time finding anybody other than Texas people who are familiar with this other source for the "12th man" term. So, BLAME it all on the TV people because I think that's ALL THEY KNOW also."

I remain troubled by the fact that there is no conceivable way to reconcile the representations made in paragraph 7 of the plaintiff's complaint (that the university's use of the phrase "12th Man" dates back to a 1922 football game) with the repeated instances of E. King Gill (the central character in this story) that the university's association with the phrase "12th Man" is not associated in any way with any game Texas A&M University (or their predecessor in name) played in 1922.

Be aware that if the litigation in which you are counsel to the defendants does not somehow reconcile statements made by Texas A&M University, or their counsel in their complaint, with the historical record, I will go to the Texas Attorney General and seek a formal review of this matter, as well as a complete review of how every individual has fulfilled their ethical obligations.

I wish you the best in your efforts to represent the interests of your client in this matter. I also wish you the best in your efforts to fulfill your ethical obligations in this very troubling matter. Should I be able to assist you in way, I hope you will let me know.

I see no way in which this matter is not going to lead to a formal investigation of the claims made by Plaintiff's counsel in paragraph 7 of their complaint. I want to leave you with no impression other than I intend to press for a full review of the conduct of all individuals involved in this matter. I am extremely troubled by the impressions of improper behavior and, if warranted, I will go to the State Bar of Texas and ask for a review of counsel involved in this litigation.

Again, if I can be of any assistance in helping you understand the details, magnitude and gravity of the issues that trouble me, please let me know.

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I'm looking forward to taking a break from all this. But I do think we are in the middle of a story that will be talked about for a long time. The **** 12th Man "tradition" is a fraud. It was all about calling their fans their "12th Man" until the radio play and their representations in their trademark filing and their federal litigation against the Colts is a perpetuation of the fraud.

If anything other than the attorney for the school withdraws the complaint tomorrow morning, I will go to the Texas Attorney General and I will go after the bar cards of the school's attorney and the attorney for the Colts.

Every player in this story knows the truth. They also all know their legal and ethical obligations. Starting tomorrow, it all becomes criminal behavior and will start costing people their careers. Starting with John Sharp.

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The answer is due tomorrow (unless they file for another extension).

Call me a nut, call me overzealous or whatever you wish. The fact is that Sharon Israel, the attorney representing the Colts, is aware the attorney for TAMU filed a fraudulent complaint. There is no way around that fact.

Sit on whatever side of this argument you want. Just grab your popcorn, because its happening.

At this point, it is not about what is contained in the defendant's answer to the complaint. It is about how Sharon Israel fulfills her ethical obligations, what the atty for the school does and how Sim Lake handles the matter.

I am calling Texas A&M University out for perpetuating a criminally fraudulent scheme. If the complaint in the federal litigation against the Colts is not withdrawn tomorrow, I am going to the Texas Attorney General and the U.S. Attorney General. I am very comfortable the fourth estate is aware of this and will deal with the facts accordingly.

The attorneys involved in the litigation have had three months to do the right thing. It is time that people are held accountable.

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