Loved G Rollie. The whole east side was student and GA seating. Image how intimidating it would have been if that south wall was pushed back enough to have another 500-750 seats.

Little Rock Ag said:

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I spent some time working out under the bleachers in DeWare back in the early '90s; I still can't believe we went from that dark, cramped, sweatpit to what the students have now.

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Is this code for something?

BJM1781 said:

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Little Rock Ag said:

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I spent some time working out under the bleachers in DeWare back in the early '90s; I still can't believe we went from that dark, cramped, sweatpit to what the students have now.

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Is this code for something?

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No, and you can take your dirty little mind out of this conversation.

Used to play racquetball in some courts that were located on the upper level of Deware, that was in the early 90's. Also shot baskets in The Grove, and saw them show Rocky Horror Picture show there - with a pretty big crowd and active crowd participation.

Some old Deware photos: https://oaktrust.library.tamu.edu/handle/1969.1/97043/mdbrowse?node=348

My best memory at G. Rollie was using my senior ring to sit in the senior section in the floor bleachers in fall of 1982…

Seriously though. Just needed one-third of the arena bouncing sound off the closed end to produce amazing noise. It's key defect was support pillars creating view problems for upper row fans. Well…and it wasn't built to expand.

Graduated same day as my younger brother both from College of Science in Spring of '85. But because Chemistry alphabetically precedes Physics I graduated first!!!

I'll back up those who say G. Rollie was awesome. You have to consider the dates, and at that time not only was it filled for many conference games, it was the loudest gym by far in the SWC. Speaking of dumps, you should have gone to a game at tu then. That was a true dump.

I still don't understand what happened to support for Aggie basketball between then and now.

coloradoag69 said:

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I'll back up those who say G. Rollie was awesome. You have to consider the dates, and at that time not only was it filled for many conference games, it was the loudest gym by far in the SWC. Speaking of dumps, you should have gone to a game at tu then. That was a true dump.

I still don't understand what happened to support for Aggie basketball between then and now.

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Aggie basketball didn't have much support during the Melvin Watkins era. Then Billy Gillispie was hired and made Aggie basketball fun to watch. Reed was very rowdy during that era. In fact, there were large lines to pull for basketball games in 2008. There was still support for Aggie basketball under Turgeon, but attendance slid at the end after losses to Baylor and tu despite going to another NCAA tournament. Than support was lost during the Billy Kennedy era with the exception of a few games.

I graduated twice in GRW. High school (Bryan) and A&M. 41 spoke at grad but not mine. Saw at least 100 basketball games there (punch cards!). Loved that place. Last time I was in it, I bought a tshirt on the court when it was a temp book store.

If you played there you would not be saying that. Back then we really had a HOME COURT ADVANTAGE. Opponents did not look forward to playing there. If an opposing player went in for a layup on the end where the football players sat, he would not come out of the stands in one piece.

my personal fave, tho not at G Rollie.
Winston Crite slamming over Akeem.
Got WC to sign a copy of this photo a few years ago.