Aggies r dum & stoopid
On Saturday, the Tigers improve to 5-0 at Faurot Field. Game time against Texas A&M is at 11:30. I’ll be out to the tailgate by 9:30. It’s too damn early to kick off, which traditionally means a poor tailgating crowd as well, but come on out & prove me wrong. After we beat A&M, K-State will beat Neebraska setting up the North division title game next week in the little apple, with a Big XII North victory party the following weekend against Iowa State.
Lots of festivities for Veterans Day including a B2 flyover pre-game and the A&M marching band at halftime. Also, Brad Smith was just today named one of 15 finalists for the Walter Camp award (Player of the Year in College Football). He’s pretty good.
A&M stands for Agriculture & Mechanical, so with all the originality of KU’s student newspaper, the Daily Kansan (I guess the official title is the University of Kansas Daily Kansan printed Daily in Kansas?), they call themselves the Aggies. I guess “Mechies” didn’t suit them. Regardless, the Aggies constitute the largest recognized cult in the history of the world.
Aggies pride themselves on tradition, to the sickening degree that they never think how stupid some of the things they’re doing are. They’re just lucky wheels had been invented before their institution was founded or they’d still be walking everywhere. At Aggie home games, students stand the entire game, taking particular pride in standing during the halftime show. While their band is good, no further evidence will be provided on my earlier comments about the general stupidity of a crowd of Aggies. If you’re bragging about standing during your marching band’s performance, maybe it’s time to brush your tooth and look for something else to do.
Oh wait, one more example. They place the graves of their former mascots (dogs named Reveille) where they can “see” the scoreboard so they always know the score. The dead dogs. When construction was going on, they had a student sit out there and report the score to the dogs. The dead dogs. Presumably, the dead dogs can only hear a short distance, that’s why they needed to have someone placed near the grave. They have a dog as a mascot because a group of students ran over a dog once (true story). Similarly, I now have 2 birds, 3 squirrels, and an armadillo as my personal mascots.
Sorry, I can’t help myself. Here’s some more information taken directly from the Aggie webpage.
- Elephant Walk — Annual ceremony held the day before bonfire in which seniors gather in front of the Academic Building, form a single line and wander about the campus like old elephants seeking a secluded spot to end their days. What can you say about this — a degree from A&M sets you up to die, to move into seclusion? There are lots of other things I can say about this, but none are clean.
- Humping It — Position taken by an Aggie when giving a yell. Bending forward from the waist with the hands placed just above the knees properly aligns the back, mouth and throat for maximum volume. Again, There are lots of other things I can say about this, but none are clean.
- Whoop! — Aggie expression of approval. No word whether this expression is appropriately used during either the Elephant Walk or when Humping It.
- The Aggies’ catch phrase is “Gig Em” uttered while holding out your fist with your thumb up. Again, no word on whether this is related to the Elephant Walk, Humping It, or Whoop!. I’m trying to keep it clean, I really am.
All that being said, i’d still wear an A&M sweatshirt in my grave before cheering for UT. (Don’t even ask about the poor saps to our west.)