TexAgs 2018: A Year in Review

From the arrival of Mike Elko to the farewell of 41, from one of the best games at Kyle to the best game at Kyle, and from an incredible finish in February to an even more incredible finish in December, 2018 was loaded with drama from beginning to end. Here's a look back at the stories, threads, posts and users that made the year on TexAgs so memorable.

Top Stories of the Year (ranked by total views)

1. TexAgs Stewdio: Run through a brick wall edition 
2. Jake Hubenak details the 2015 Aggie QB Chaos
3. Texas A&M hires Notre Dame DC Mike Elko
4. College Gameday signs, ranked
5. The Internet reacts to A&M’s 7OT victory over LSU
6. College Gameday announces it’s headed to A&M
7. Slocum, teammates remember Taylor Whitley
8. TexAgs Stewdio: Grow-a-Pear
9. ‘Shop Class: College Gameday Signs Part II
10. Johnny Manziel talks off field struggles on GMA
11. Manziel featured on Kevin Hart’s ‘Cold as Balls’
12. Twitter reacts to A&M’s hiring of Mike Elko
13. Post-Clemson football press conference
14. Christian Kirk declares for the NFL Draft
15. Slocum opens up about early '90s NCAA troubles
16. Manziel traded to the Montreal Alouettes
17. 2018 Aggie Football wallpapers
18. National Signing Day press conference
19. Texas A&M hires TE coach Joe Jon Finley
20. Jimbo Fisher announces his full offensive staff
21. Manziel signs 2-year CFL contract
22. George H.W. Bush picks A&M to win NCAA Tourney
23. ‘Making Hope’ short film by TPG
24. Chennedy Carter hits game-winning 3-pointer
25. Players rally around Fisher after facemask grab

Top Threads of the Year (ranked by total views in 2018)

1. Horn Meltdown Thread [2018-2019] (Premium) - 7.5 million views
2. Q anon (Politics) - 1.8 million
3. Official Houston Astros 2018 Season Thread (MLB) - 1.7 million
4. Mueller dismisses top FBI agent (Politics) - 1.2 million
5. 2018 NSD running thread (Premium): - 654k
6. BCS Coming & Going 2018 (Aggieland) - 516k
7. Long live Tine traffic/weather/sports girls! (Houston) - 493k
8. Horn Meltdown Thread [2017-2018] (Premium) - 474k
9. Ongoing Johnny Manziel news thread (Premium) - 404k
10. Stock Markets (Business & Investing) - 379k
11. Official Funny Political Tweet Thread (Politics) - 323k
12. Snake Thread 2018 (Outdoors) - 289k
13. NSD Eve thread (Premium) - 286k
14. NSD Eve Eve thread (Premium) - 260k
15. A&M/LSU Game Thread (Premium) - 254k
16. January 9th recruiting thread (Premium) - 241k
17. Hog Tears Thread [2018-2019] (Premium) - 239k
18. A&M/LSU Game Thread (The Zoo) - 235k
19. January 30th recruiting update (Premium) - 216k
20. January 31st recruiting update (Premium) - 213k
21. Official James Woods' tweets thread (Politics) - 211k
22. Official Texas Rangers 2018 Season Thread (MLB) - 206k
23. February 3rd recruiting update (Premium) - 192k
24. mugshawtys (General) - 184k
25. Quick message from JFF - 154k

Top 10 Posts of the Year (ranked by total Blue Stars)

1. Quick message from JFF (Premium) - 3,663 blue stars
2. An Open Letter to Quartney Davis (Premium) - 1,485 
3. 12th Man Productions saves the day (Premium) - 1,246 
4. I’m concerned (Premium) - 1,176 
5. New text from Santino to Daddy (Premium) - 1,139
6. On a personal note... (Premium) - 1,123 
7. Rumors of jorts’ demise have been greatly exaggerated (Premium) - 1,065
8. Let’s all admit one thing (Premium) - 904
9. Connor Lanfear update from someone who would know (Premium) - 882 
10. Marchiol out at Arizona (Premium) - 872

And once again, those were all Premium, so....

Top 10 Non-Premium Posts of the Year

1. I REFUSE TO DIE (The Zoo) - 591 blue stars
2. An informal political poll (Politics) - 439 
3. To any tsip who graces this board (Old Rivalries) - 428 
4. Give me a break, Arnold Leunes (The Zoo) - 380
5. My wife wrote a book and now it’s a movie (Entertainment) - 377 
6. Sorry to say it, but... (Politics) - 374
7. Another political poll (Politics) - 353 
8. The look on my face when I realized this wasn’t satire (Politics) - 350
9. A good idea to solve a neighbor problem (Outdoors) - 328
10. One final political poll (Politics) - 326

Top 10 Users by Blue Stars earned in 2018
TexAgs users collectively awarded nearly 12 million blue stars in 2018. Here are the top 10 earners of the year.

1. Gary79Ag - 230,086 blue stars 😳
2. Prognightmare - 93,173
3. PJYoung - 68,897
4. IrishTxAggie - 63,632
5. Rapier108 - 59,737
6. Lou Holth - 56,328
7. Bo Darville - 54,628
8. BenFiasco14 - 50,000
9. aggierogue - 49,002
10. aggiehawg - 48,257

Top 10 Users by Total Posts in 2018

1. BenFiasco14 - 10,554 posts
2. aggiehawg - 9,811
3. Prognightmare - 9,396
4. cr - 8,839
5. Muy - 8,241
6. FriscoKid - 8,103
7. titan - 8,095
8. Gary79Ag - 8,094
9. CanyonAg77 - 7,836
10. MouthBQ98 - 7,825

Top Tweets of the Year (ranked by total likes)