I don’t feel like they are sweeping it under the rug necessarily but more so treating it like a freak accident in which the driver couldn’t control what happened. I don’t understand not taking the driver into custody to check for sobriety or other potential impairments.
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he is quite the celeb in C.Stn even though his time was in the 1920s
really, all he did was stand up during a game when everyone was falling, and he didn't even get to play.
while volunteering to play is a nice gesture, i think deifying him is overdoing things.
his fame/adulation far exceed his achievements and deeds
no offense.
Nice troll job...
I will respond any way.
I wouldn't say he has be "deified" but he certainly started something that has transcended what the student body represents for generations. While you are correct he never got to play, he stood ready to go in just in case he was needed and that in my opinion was pretty damn cool and worthy of the accolades he has received over the years. Here was a guy who didn't play football, but was willing to get out there and fill a spot just to make sure his team had enough players to continue on. In my opinion that tells me that he was a great Aggie and willing to do whatever it took to support his team and I admire that. 20231569
Wasn’t Gill on the football team but then quite because he wasn’t going to actually play? Meaning he wasn’t just some random student but an actual football player who quite on his team until they talked him into suiting back up to maintain numbers.
He may be now because of the injury, who knows. But before the injury he was a preseason All American and a 1st round draft pick candidate. Do you need a needle and some thread to see up that gaping slit between your legs?
Pierce put together the preseason #1 team in the country last year and then Witt getting injured really killed the season.
This was understandably a rebuilding year but we won a share of the conference tournament and made it to the Supers. A healthy Witt likely has us as outright conference champs hosting both the regionals and supers in Austin.
Anyone claiming that Pierce should be on the hot seat is a dumbass. Don’t underestimate the significant impact that Witt’s injury had on the last two seasons.
I know a husband and wife who were killed while riding their bikes last week. They have a young teenage daughter that is now an orphan. It was midday, clear skies, straight road that is not hilly. In other words it should have been very easy to see them. Driver of the truck that killed them was not apprehended or charged with anything.
You need to throw a couple of Molotov cocktails through the drive thru window of the Burger King. Then go home and commit seppuku for having eaten at Burger King voluntarily.
If aggy was smart they would want the game in Austin. If they lose in Austin then it was just another loss on the road in conference but if they were to win then they can hail it as a glorious victory that shows they have truly overtaken big bad Texas as the premier team in state.
In college Station they absolutely have to win. A loss means that the status quo has never changed. It means that everything they have beaten their chest about and screamed at the top of their lungs over since 2012 was meaningless. A loss for Texas in CS would be bad but in reality is just a tough loss on the road in conference.
A road loss for aggy would be bad but a home loss would be absolutely devastating. They stand to lose a hell of a lot more from a home loss than one in Austin.
Miami likely has a sluggish start tomorrow against LA. They won’t get to bed until almost midnight tonight. Their next game starts 13 hours after this one ended.