re: Now I'm nervous

Thanks wiki-aggie

I'm going to have complete control of the remote, and I'll pause the game and tell someone to shut their piehole in a heart beat!

Seriously, LSU vs ATM is a really good matchup, with some rivalry history to it. Both teams have been unpredictable and anything could happen. I'd much rather this than two teams who can't even find each other on a map playing in some neutral ground location in the middle of the country.

Hey man, be a good sport, it's only a game. But if the Aggies win, don't be shy about firebombing their cars when they leave your place.

That made me giggle..and I needed to giggle. Thanks!

Yu should join our party in Katy….All LSU fans and we are making a Gumbo as well. We have done this at the same guy’s house for the ’07 Championship and the Saints Super Bowl….Lets hope the tradition continues!

First off, I'm a former Corps member too, and let's just say you can't paint all of us with the same brush. Yeah, some will stick out and give the University a bad name, but so will many non-Corps members. Just a byproduct of being one of the largest universities in the nation.

Lots of misconceptions are out there concerning the A&M-Texas rivalry, but regardless of whether you hate burnt orange or maroon, there's much evidence to the fact that the hate is a two-way street.

First of all, Texas A&M's alma mater is "The Spirit of Aggieland," which does not reference Texas at all. The Aggie War Hymn (our fight song) is the one that references Texas in it's SECOND verse (the first verse is completely A&M related. Aggies chose to sing the second verse twice not because we're obsessed with Texas, but because the lyrics to the first song were too "ivy league-ish" for Aggies (and before you lambast Aggie weirdness for so choosing, note that Texas scrapped it's original version of "The Eyes of Texas" for much the same reason).

As far as Texas goes, their fight song "Texas Fight" owes its very existence to Texas A&M (and not just for the "goodbye to A&M line"). The man who composed the song wrote it specifically to combat the popular Aggie fight song of the time period ("Farmers Fight"). Link is provided below the post.

I understand that debates about our respective colleges will be highly charged with emotion--just trying to bring some balance to the discussion. The A&M-Texas rivalry is hardly one-sided.

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We say t.u. because UT is University of Tennessee. "University of Texas" implies they represent all of Texas, whereas that school more closely represents California than the majority of the state. A&M has been around since 1876 while t.u. has been open since 1883, so they weren't even the 1st public institution of higher learning in the state. Their hook 'em horns hand sign was contrived by one of their male cheerleaders in response to the popularity of the Gig 'Em hand sign. Their fight song was written after ours and references us. They used to copy our Bonfire tradition as well. But none of it sticks, 'cause they lack dedication and loyalty. Need proof? Look at all their empty seats when their team isn't winning. They are weak and fairweather and they don't represent the values of Texas.

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This is a pretty accurate representation of Horn fans from my personal experience. I think you have put into words what I have always instinctually known about Texas fans.

If one of them gets too rowdy, tell him to "look at the dead bird!"

When he looks up in the sky, kick him in the nads.

I have always hated the Hitler Youths! Gig This!