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Went to the Aggie game yesterday with my kid and was struck by how different A&M students behave. They’re not rabid in the least (loud is not the equivalent of rabid). The expectation bar is shockingly low. This era of Aggie students isn’t drinking the same Kool-Aid the older generations did. They sip it. They’re definitely not aggieholics. They said "when" before the Kool-Aid started to flow. Maybe it’s the seven-days-a-week firehose of college football now, or just the amount of information you can explore online, but they seem to understand exactly where they are in the big picture—way more than even the Aggies who were in school as recently as the Big 12 exit. The loss was disappointing, sure, but treated like an inevitability. On the ramp leaving Pyle Field, I actually heard one student tell another, “That’s just how it goes for us.”

Bottom line. A&M is stuck in a weird tug-of-war: the “old” traditions (yell leaders, hand signals, the whole Aggie liturgy) are the brand, but they don’t reliably hook the student body they have now. So the school leans hard into newer game-day material—music, hype cues, big-screen programming—to manufacture energy the traditional stuff used to generate on its own. The result is an identity mismatch: traditions still run the script, but they’re being propped up by modern stadium theater because a generous share of their students aren’t there to be Aggies first—they’re there for a degree, a program fit, or because another door didn’t open. That’s how you end up with “2%ers” who don’t wave towels… or need the instructions printed on them to know what yell to do.

 

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The endzone comment is legit.

When I saw it live, I thought he was easily in...ohh wait a minute.  Who the fuck painted...  oh  fuck you aggy.  You deserve that mirage.

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13 hours ago, Hank Kingsley said:

In the two biggest Aggie home games in decades (vs. Texas 2024, today), their offense scored a combined total of 3 points. 

 

Their defense and special teams scored ALL the points. Offense scored 0.

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16 minutes ago, Saint Tacky said:

Went to the Aggie game yesterday with my kid and was struck by how different A&M students behave. They’re not rabid in the least (loud is not the equivalent of rabid). The expectation bar is shockingly low. This era of Aggie students isn’t drinking the same Kool-Aid the older generations did. They sip it. They’re definitely not aggieholics. They said "when" before the Kool-Aid started to flow. Maybe it’s the seven-days-a-week firehose of college football now, or just the amount of information you can explore online, but they seem to understand exactly where they are in the big picture—way more than even the Aggies who were in school as recently as the Big 12 exit. The loss was disappointing, sure, but treated like an inevitability. On the ramp leaving Pyle Field, I actually heard one student tell another, “That’s just how it goes for us.”

Bottom line. A&M is stuck in a weird tug-of-war: the “old” traditions (yell leaders, hand signals, the whole Aggie liturgy) are the brand, but they don’t reliably hook the student body they have now. So the school leans hard into newer game-day material—music, hype cues, big-screen programming—to manufacture energy the traditional stuff used to generate on its own. The result is an identity mismatch: traditions still run the script, but they’re being propped up by modern stadium theater because a generous share of their students aren’t there to be Aggies first—they’re there for a degree, a program fit, or because another door didn’t open. That’s how you end up with “2%ers” who don’t wave towels… or need the instructions printed on them to know what yell to do.

 

This is a slow drip as A&M has been moving more mainstream vs rural conservative whites. Higher admission standards at Texas coupled with A&M boosting enrollment to 65-70K means less brainwashed hurr durr Aggies.  

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fewer.

 

and I dispute fewer...the people who say aggy is improving tend to be the ones who interact with aggy the least.

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2 hours ago, MirrOlure said:

They had a second generation QB who won the Heisman and was the No. 1 overall pick on their roster, yet somehow managed to fuck that up. 

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11 hours ago, Steamboat1874 said:

This

Get a Casio keyboard and a drum machine and read a Dr. Seuss book and be a millionaire.

Shit is horrible.

I will admit liking a couple of Scabs rap songs but there is actual musical talent and singing involved.

“This one time, at Rap Camp…”

Said nobody ever. 
 

Rap is a great genre for people that can’t match pitch with their voice and don’t have the discipline to practice an instrument for hours and hours. 
 

But talking in rhymes ain’t music.  

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1 minute ago, Vanilla Strange Gato said:

... talking in rhymes ain’t music.  

Actually, it is.

"Music" means "of the Muses", and the Muses are the goddesses of poetry. The words are the point, and instrumental accompaniment is supportive... the real performers are vocalists.

Greek word for poetry is "musika" (latin alphabet).

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1 hour ago, MirrOlure said:

 

Come on dudes…I was referring to Kyler Murray 

I'll take that L, saw the JFF reference and didn't really think about it further than that

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To points made by @Saint Tacky and @6th Street - Texas A&M has changed mightily in the past few decades.

Because they are not land-locked, they are free to grow enrollment.  Does that impact student quality?  Perhaps, and it may also impact student outcomes. 
aTm remains a highly ranked engineering school.  #15 overall.  ECE is top-20.  Aero top 10; civil top 10; industrial top 10.  Etc.  It is doing its job at educating engineers.  Is it better than Texas?  No, but it is not bad, by any stretch.

In 1992, Texas A&M was almost 80% white.  Now it is around 48%.  The gender enrollment gap has closed, with around 47% female.  The percentage of in-state students seems to be about the same - over 90%.  Today it is 95% in undergraduate and 86% overall. 

aTm has more women and more non-whites attending.  It is going to change whether the old guys want it or not.

 

Edited to add (no need for another post) - yes, this is rap.  And yes, this is music.

 

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4 hours ago, tx ind said:

This may be the second worst take ever posted on this site behind the time someone said Salma Hayek’s tits were too big.

Too big for what???

 

3 hours ago, Jimbob said:

Pretty much all of this will happen except because they will be breaking in a new OL Reed is going to be running a lot early on.  I would set the O/U at 3.5 games..  Guessing LSU is the one who breaks him in half when they game plan for him scrambling 40+ times.

they will pay him without remorse all the while whining to anyone who will listen that 2026 was their year, Reed would have won the heisman and they would have won it all if he just hadn’t gotten hurt.  

Next year is ALWAYS their year. 

 

Always.

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3 minutes ago, Bullneck said:

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That previous topic title, seriously aggy?  Lamar is a legit 6'2" (not 5'10" in heels) and 30lbs heavier.  What kind of nonsense is this.

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