Texas A&M's history of loud yells, good dogs and so many Aggie rituals

Texas A&M's history of loud yells, good dogs and so many Aggie rituals | Gridiron Traditions

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In this episode of Gridiron Traditions, Andrew Hawkins dives into a team whose very identity is wrapped in its traditions: the Texas A&M Aggies.
0:00 Intro
0:41 Aggie origins
1:53 12th Man
3:54 Midnight Yell
5:26 Yell leaders
6:10 "Saw Varsity's horns off"
7:19 Reveille
8:18 The concept of losing
9:10 Maroon Out games
9:40 Keepers of tradition
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@ST-ov8cm 8 ай бұрын

The t.u. cow’s name was “Varsity” back then. The Aggie’s forced them to change its’ name to bevo. Another story

@opentile_minis8659 12 күн бұрын

they did not "force them" they branded "13-0" on the side of a longhorn, and UT thought that 13-0 kinda looked like Bevo. 13EV0.

@ST-ov8cm 11 күн бұрын

@@opentile_minis8659 Forgive me. Perhaps “caused them” would have been more accurate. Although, they did kind of force their hand in making the decision, so…..tomato, tomAHto. And, how come all the longhorn fans dress up like Aggies instead of dressing like cows. What’s up with that, anyway?

@stischer47 8 ай бұрын

A lot of the traditions began when A&M was an ag college with a train stop on the railroad between Houston and Dallas (they would load onto the train to go to dances in Denton held by Texas Women's University), reinforced by its isolation and military traditions. Even for those of us who are not Aggies, we understand their traditions. I get goosebumps upon hearing the trumpet call at the beginning of the Aggie War Hymn.

@ericmatthaei9711 8 ай бұрын

Back in the day, the University of Texas liked to refer to themselves as "The University." This was a dig at the Aggies, whose school was not a university. Until 1963, Texas A&M was (officially, by name) just a college. But they taught the Aggies some grammar at this college, and the cadets understood that "The University" was not a proper name. So, if the Longhorns wanted to call themselves "the university" that's fine, but it should be written in lower-case letters; and the abbreviation for that isn't U.T., it's t.u. That's where "t.u." comes from!

@theNfl_Esq 8 ай бұрын

My dad’s class ring said College instead of University like mine. Great point. Also that Bevo was named,Ed that bc instead of sawing his horns off(literally) they branded him 13-0 bc that was the score. Hence B EV O

@stischer47 8 ай бұрын

So, it doesn't have to capitalized, because if you talk about "the university", at the time there was only one, A&M was a college.

@ericmatthaei9711 8 ай бұрын

@@stischer47 That's what made it a dig on the Aggies when the Longhorns called themselves "the university." It doesn't have to be capitalized -- and it would be improper to capitalize it -- BECAUSE those are the rules of the English language. Okay... It's kinda petty, but it was just the Aggies' way of turning a Longhorn insult back on them. They never really understood it. You will still hear Longhorns complaining that the Aggies inverted U.T., and that they're being disrespectful by not capitalizing the initial for the State of Texas. Oh well... There are some kinds of stupid that just can't be fixed. But, to be more charitable, most Aggies don't know exactly where the "t.u." moniker came from either. I posted my comment because in my view this video (created by an Aggie) didn't get it entirely right.

@ericmatthaei9711 8 ай бұрын

@@theNfl_Esq My dad was at Texas A&M in 1963 when it switched, so he had the option of choosing "College" or "Univsersity" on his class ring. He chose the latter.

@theNfl_Esq 8 ай бұрын

@@ericmatthaei9711 same but he chose College lol. Back then it was a split decision from what I was told. I never actually looked into it. Unfortunately he passed away last year from Agent Orange (or I’d ask him) which caused dementia and cancer. So in a way was also a casualty of Nam. 28 years sooner than his dad.

@bhgangsta27 25 күн бұрын

Went to an Aggie game back when I was in college. Went to Midnight Yell, tailgating and sat in the student section. Excellent college football atmosphere

@chopkong 4 ай бұрын

You forget to mention that for the first nearly 100 years, the school was a military school. During WWI, WWII, Korean War, and Vietnam War, much of their enrollment was enlisted for war. Also, A&M still places more officers into the military than any other school in the country.

@briceasterling 8 ай бұрын

video about Aggie traditions...and they called the first "former student" in the video "alum" nice :)

@jbratt 4 ай бұрын

I am sure the narrator knew the difference. It was just more descriptive to the intended audience. He did a good job 👍

@Liam___ohara___ 26 күн бұрын

A&M finally getting the recognition we deserve. Forgot to mention what happens down at North Gate 😂😂

@YouTubeViolates1A 8 ай бұрын

You guys should cover every major school.

@lazyakers 17 күн бұрын

Class of ‘07, whoop!

@beebssqueebs3843 2 ай бұрын

Aggie for life. Gig 'Em!

@KbdAGOAT41 23 күн бұрын

Gig’em

@ST-ov8cm 8 ай бұрын

The gesture Manziel gives after a touchdown was started by a teammate. The sign represents that scoring was their way of “cashing in” on all the hard work they had done during the offseason.

@tightywhitey9779 Ай бұрын

Ben Malena… miss that guy

@lilchi721 7 ай бұрын

The very first Maroon Out caused a temporary national shortage of Maroon Shirts.

@eddietheaggie2010 2 ай бұрын

For those unaware, Maroon Out was started as an A&M-flavored response to Nebraska's traditional "sea of red" at Husker home games.

@GigemT 8 ай бұрын

Gig 'Em 👍🏾 '98

@100milesnrunnin 3 күн бұрын

Doing my research cuz this is who im running with in college football 25

@Joker-Games1987 8 ай бұрын

Sick beaver 62

@user-un5qs2wt1p 8 ай бұрын

Gentle designer 13

@bigmikem90 5 сағат бұрын

Doesn’t look like a very diverse place, outside of athletics. 🤔

@user-un5qs2wt1p 8 ай бұрын

Busy elk 13

@wastedpotential6440 20 сағат бұрын

The insecurity that A&M has about Texas (that would be The University of Texas) and the way they pretend to be the only school that has traditions is highly annoying

@dh7594 Ай бұрын

DEI AGGIES

@anthonyadamo5614 6 ай бұрын

There really nothing else like it

@Vincente_Guerrero 8 ай бұрын

A history fulla Ls Cam Robinson made quick work of Myles Garrett piece of cake made him look like an average edge rusher

@robertacosta1293 2 ай бұрын

Bunch of weirdos

@tightywhitey9779 Ай бұрын

We dgaf

@guadacoma 8 ай бұрын

eATMe

@CraigSummers 8 ай бұрын

You must have gone to Rice! 😂😂😂

@TylerEubank Ай бұрын

Need to add cheerleaders already. Stuck in the stone ages.

@MNMTheRealThickShady 8 ай бұрын

A woman yell leaders would go against the tradition of yell leaders. Im sorry but its never going to happen.

@kp1238 8 ай бұрын

Only like 10% of Aggies want to see that happen (the lefty feminist types). Even most girls at A&M think it would be weird.

@abshaigavvala9906 8 ай бұрын

cheerleaders would be nice though

@pestyoverlord 8 ай бұрын

Dang. We never even think about aggie unless there's a decommit. They have whole rituals dedicated to us. 😮 Between the lack of cheerleaders, military cosplay, and childish nicknames they give everyone the whole school is just cringe. Glad to have the game back 🤘

@drk_hrs_of23 8 ай бұрын

Dang. Nobody thinks about t.u. ... ever. Even when we're singing the wat hymn, it's really just autopilot. That's just what y'all have been telling yourselves to stay relevant in your own minds over the last decade and a half.

@taylorsalzar4828 8 ай бұрын

We are literally in your fight song, nice try

@66gtb 8 ай бұрын

Tell me you didn’t attend tu without telling me you didn’t attend tu.

@blindsniper9794 3 ай бұрын

It's aggy

@georgerogers1166 2 ай бұрын

Texas fight is anti A&M.