re: First time CS trip, what should we do?

Thanks C2 and Walnut!

We’re staying about a mile north of campus and will have a good bit of time to take in a bunch of stuff. Very helpful!!

Not really that fun of a game day experience other than the game itself.

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Eat at Layne’s and compare to Cane’s

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I heard they are similar, but they have a couple of Cane’s there as well.

storm the field after tigers win
just be careful if an audie murphy wanna be pulls a sword on you…

The North Gate area with the Dixie Chicken, Dudley’s and Dry Bean Saloon is cool and fun on GameDay relatively cheap drinks and good bar food

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eat some brisket at Rudy’s

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Please don’t. Coopers is much better. C&J’s is also much better and more of a local spot.

Rudy’s can be good but is also prone to be bad.

Eat at The Republic. One of the better restaurants you’ll find.

Try not to become gay like the locals

Just a friendly clarification on an urban legend repeated several times in this thread.

You can absolutely walk on any grass you want to. Enjoy.

The only exception is the lawn surrounding the Memorial Student Center (MSC), because, well, it’s a Memorial building (same reason as removing your hat in the building).

There are signs in this area politely reminding you. It’s no big deal.

Have a safe trip to CStat. Visitors are enthusiastically welcomed.

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I don’t know anything about the grass except by the union (msc), but the union is called the memorial student center and is dedicated to any former student who lost their lives fighting for our country.

There are things to be an arse about, but I don’t think that is one of them. Just take your hat off and show respect for those fallen soldiers.

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The whole damn campus is dedicated to dead Aggies. Who dedicates their student union to dead guys?

No kidding. Walk around their bleak "campus" and you'll find statues, plaques, buildings, all named in honor of some Aggie who died in the Spanish-American War or something. And don't even dare ask about the Bonfire collapse. Aggies still cry on the anniversary of that one.

The whole fake Army thing is humorous, and yet unavoidable. They push it on everyone. It's just a weird, weird place, and I think anyone from a real school that visits is going to be turned off by the inherent silliness, from the milkmen to the dog to the khaki uniforms to the nonsensical cheers.

I've been a bunch of times. I will say this: the remodeling of Kyle Field made it a much better place. That side of their campus looks like a real college now, as opposed to the stark Fort Aggie look of the rest of the place.