re: A&M and Grass Question

Here is the subject I put out on the SEC Rant on this topic, hope this helps! It really only applies to a very small area of grass outside of the MSC that is no more than a few hundred square feet. Here was my post:

I know how you guys love to give Aggies a rough time about walking on the grass. I remember when I was in school Tiger fans would run around on it intentionally just to be assholes or simply out of ignorance (more likely). I am just hoping that tradition can stop.

The MSC (Memorial Student Center) grass is forbidden for anyone to walk on and hats are asked to be removed when entering the building. This is because the building is first and foremost a memorial to Aggies that died in combat fighting for all of our freedoms. More specifically the MSC houses all 7 Congressional Medals of Honor that Aggies have been awarded, walking down the hall and reading the plaques of what those men did is a truly humbling experience. We ask that you not walk on the grass or wear hats in the building to honor those men, not just out of tradition. If you do not do so you can expect to be accosted because many, many Aggies look at doing so as the equivalent of going to Arlington and disrespecting the place or burning an American flag. My father is one of them, he served 3 Tours in Vietnam and had many of his classmates that never came home and he looks at the MSC as a memorial to them. I realize that may not make sense to you but that doesn't change the reality of it.

So feel free to make fun of Aggies for being weird or gay or whatever. Yell "Tiger Bait" at us if you like or take a picture by the 12th Man statue with a stuffed tiger eating E King Gill. Just please don't walk on the MSC grass because those men died for all of us. We can hate each other as fans of our teams but in the end we are all Americans.