WATCH: Texas A&M takes over gate at Austin-Bergstrom Airport

February 27, 2019
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Texas Longhorn fans will have to try a little bit harder to keep the Aggies off their minds as Texas A&M has implemented (very) large advertisements at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.

The university set up displays throughout one gate, complete with large banner signage, 12th Man charging stations and more. Perhaps the most jabbing advertisement can be found on a staircase display that includes a quote from the Washington Monthly that named Texas A&M “number one in Texas.”

The time-lapse video below, provided by Texas A&M Marketing & Communications, shows the work that went into making the airport a little more redass. 

Aggies are 100% on board with these efforts, as evidenced by yesterday’s Premium post by TexAgs user sleepliving — he took pictures of the banners after returning home from a trip to Beijing, promptly received over 500 blue stars, and is in line to win back-to-back Posts of the Day. 

He’s not the only one noticing: photos of the banners have made their way onto social media as well.

While the advertisements likely won’t be well-received by Longhorns, it’s important to note that no ‘Hook ‘em’ signs were turned upside down in the making of these banners.

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WATCH: Texas A&M takes over gate at Austin-Bergstrom Airport

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4:05p, 2/27/19
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Named for J.A. Earl Bergstrom, class of 1929

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John August Earl Bergstrom:
Dec. 8, 1941, Capt. John August Earl Bergstrom, 34, was serving as an administrative officer with the 19th Bombardment Group, at Clark Field in the Philippines was killed. A graduate of Texas A&M University, Capt. Bergstrom was the first native Austinite to be killed in action during World War II. At the urging of his former employer, Austin National Bank, Lyndon B. Johnson, who at the time was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 10th District, prevailed upon the U.S. Army Air Force to rename a base recently opened in Austin after its fallen son.
On March 3, 1943, the Del Valle Airfield has officially renamed the Bergstrom Army Airfield. When the Air Force split from the Army to become its own military branch in 1948, the base was renamed Bergstrom Air Force Base. It would have this name until it was decommissioned in the early 1990s, with all military aviation ceasing in 1995, after more than 50 years of faithful service.
ABIA stands on the foundations of the base named after Capt. Bergstrom some 70 years ago. Opening in 1999, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport carries on the legacy of Bergstrom Air Force Base.
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LOL...imagine that Randolph duke fella landing there...some
Poor sap will have to clean up the brain splatter
Make Mental Asylums Great Again!
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7:37p, 2/27/19
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I'll check it out next week after I get my cold one at the salt lick beer to go counter.
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This... is.... GLORIOUS!!!!!
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" no 'Hook 'em' signs were turned upside down in the making of these banners."
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7:42a, 2/28/19
this is how you troll
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9:15a, 2/28/19
tu will try and get even. I'm sure we'll see something at easterwood....nevermind.
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"#1 in Texas". But the sips will be in denial till the cows come home because they (still) think they're the largest university in the state.

Actually, TEXAS A&M is the second largest public university in the U.S. and THE largest university in the SEC as well as the largest university in the state of Texas. Sips are having a hard time catching up.
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