Why did the Corps not wear Class A Winter? That is my favorite uniform.

I have never seen the Corps wear Class B Winter with ties to a game, but of course that doesn't mean it hasn't happened.

Did someone think it was too hot for A's?

it was warmer the game before when they did the Corps Block T and wore winter A

So, BQ-90 was a fish when BQ87 was a senior. Did either of you ever march in a drill without wearing a tie?

I'm pretty sure game day uniform decisions are the Corps Commanders decision. So take it up with the cadets.

Gentlemen, thank you for your prompt, on point, courteous replies. You don't always get that on here. You pay your money, and you take your chances.

Any younger BQ's are invited to chime in, I'm curious as to when the FTAB first quit wearing ties at drills.

aggiejim70 said:

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Gentlemen, thank you for your prompt, on point, courteous replies. You don't always get that on here. You pay your money, and you take your chances.

Any younger BQ's are invited to chime in, I'm curious as to when the FTAB first quit wearing ties at drills.

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Sounds like somewhere in the late 90s. 2000-2004 we wore the same uniform as the rest of the Corps, no tie unless in As.
There was one year the Corps wore maroon ascots though. That was 01 or 02 I think. Looked pretty good imo, but a pain. I don't remember if that was to games or just Parents Weekend or something.

ABATTBQ87 said:

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Just piss poor leadership at the top
It's not hard to remember that Class A winters is the formal uniform for November/December/January games.

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YOUR preference on uniforms is no reflection on leadership. Get the heck of here with the nonsense.

That said, Winter Bs (I think that is the right name...pink pants, tan shirt, tie) is the ugliest combo out there in my opinion.

Quad Dog said:

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aggiejim70 said:

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Gentlemen, thank you for your prompt, on point, courteous replies. You don't always get that on here. You pay your money, and you take your chances.

Any younger BQ's are invited to chime in, I'm curious as to when the FTAB first quit wearing ties at drills.

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Sounds like somewhere in the late 90s. 2000-2004 we wore the same uniform as the rest of the Corps, no tie unless in As.
There was one year the Corps wore maroon ascots though. That was 01 or 02 I think. Looked pretty good imo, but a pain. I don't remember if that was to games or just Parents Weekend or something.

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I think it was for games as well. I have the photo album my parents made from my 4 years (2000-2004) and while annoying at the time, I'm glad they took so many photos.

Ol Jock 99 said:

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ABATTBQ87 said:

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Just piss poor leadership at the top
It's not hard to remember that Class A winters is the formal uniform for November/December/January games.

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YOUR preference on uniforms is no reflection on leadership. Get the heck of here with the nonsense.

That said, Winter Bs (I think that is the right name...pink pants, tan shirt, tie) is the ugliest combo out there in my opinion.

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This will be difficult for you to comprehend but the last weekend of October/first weekend of November was the time when the physical plant switched radiators from.ac to heat and it was the time uniforms went from summers to winters. Wasn't a preference but a fact of the seasons. We didn't have to guess the uniforms for GameDay because we knew what to wear and when to wear it.

40 years before my time the cadets wore Class A winters to all games.

Well, we are 40 years after your time. Still not seeing "piss poor leadership".

Ol Jock 99 said:

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Well, we are 40 years after your time. Still not seeing "piss poor leadership".

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The bar was lowered so much over the past 30 years you just think piss poor leadership is good leadership today

I remember that Florida State game well. We fell out in Class A Summers (never had any event in four years other that Class As). Almost as an afterthought, they sent us back in to change to pisspots and ponchos. We were supposed to march in carrying the ponchos in their case. I do not remember when it started raining, before we got inside Kyle Field or during the march itself. In the end, the ponchos made no difference as we were soaked by the end of the game

My memory--and you know how that goes--is that the Corps Commander called out "SWIM IN REVIEW" as we stood in the downpour outside Kyle ready to march in, and that call was echoed through the brigades and battalions, etc.

From 1970-74, we always had to wear our uniforms to G Rollie White for basketball. But never had to be in uniform for baseball games (at what we called a baseball stadium--ugh!) We were also required to be in uniform at away basketball games: Baylor, TCU, SMU, UH, Rice, Tech, t.u. Just walking in with uniforms on at that hellhouse called Gregory Gym in Austin never failed to get the fires smoldering. Regardless of who won, almost always those smoldering fires blew up into brawls on the way out. But that wasn't the only place fights would happen. For the past several years, cadets attending basketball games aren't required to wear uniforms. Not sure when that latter change occurred. Maybe some bigwig decided uniform at away games put unnecessary targets on cadets. But shoot, most of those Aggie-haters itching to jump Aggies didn't give a damn if we were cadets or not. If we won a hotly-fought game, best to run out full-speed or risk having to pay for another badly-damaged uniform.

I saw that god-awful uniform and wondered who made that decision. I am Class of 1986 and we never wore pink pants and tan shirts.

I am 100% sure that is why we were outscored by t.u.

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I am Class of 1986 and we never wore pink pants and tan shirts.

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Never wore them to a game, or at all?

1967-1971, the Class B Winter uniform was the khaki shirts, pink pants, and an army green cap with colored trim according to class, except for seniors, who wore pink caps.

We wore uniforms to all football and basketball games.

I think we had to wear uniforms to enter any building on campus (at least as I remember it), especially the MSC.

C/O 99 and we never wore Winter Bs (Pink pants, tan shirt). Pinks were only worn as part of Winter A (jacket).

ABATTBQ87 said:

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Ol Jock 99 said:

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Well, we are 40 years after your time. Still not seeing "piss poor leadership".

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The bar was lowered so much over the past 30 years you just think piss poor leadership is good leadership today

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Seeming how most of the Commandants/CTOs/Bulls all have '7X-'9X behind their name, seems to be a self indictment. I am tired of boomers looking at GenX and Millennials saying that they are the problem when the boomers in fact have been in the "decision making" positions for decades, notice I did not say "leadership" positions. That flies in the face of leaders that went to the most recent conflicts and continue to serve. I may be D&Free, may be a civilian, and may just be a dumb fireman, but that logic is as airtight as a fishing net. I can't remember saying "whatever boomer", but I guess there's a first time for everything. And this time, it's directed at just one boomer.

He spends a lot of time on F16 which has been scientifically proven to cause brain rot.

OldArmy71 said:

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I am Class of 1986 and we never wore pink pants and tan shirts.

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Never wore them to a game, or at all?

1967-1971, the Class B Winter uniform was the khaki shirts, pink pants, and an army green cap with colored trim according to class, except for seniors, who wore pink caps.

We wore uniforms to all football and basketball games.

I think we had to wear uniforms to enter any building on campus (at least as I remember it), especially the MSC.

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I agree with your recollections. Class B Winter also required long sleeve shirts. We had a particularly warm weather spell. One of our '71 senior yell leaders went to Trigon wearing his yell leader sweater. He was asking the commandant about wearing short sleeve shirts. The CC asked some questions causing the yell leader to take off his sweater where he was wearing a short sleeve shirt. Class B winters changed then, allowing Short sleeves.
I was a married Day Duck my senior year. I had a job during that year and had to get a letter from Trigon allowing me to wear civilian clothes instead of uniform in campus buildings.

You can call the Texas Aggies went you want a little fun
They'll even join in laughing at some of the things they've done.

One of the things we laugh about is anything we do twice and like becomes a tradition. I'd just as soon see this uniform combination get filed as something we tried and didn't like. BUT, I have a grandson in the 8th grade that aspires to join the FTAB. If we keep this uniform, by the time he gets there in 5 years it will be a tradition that's been around since 1876.