Tag: Texas Am
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A Burning Desire
It has been 19 years since bonfire collapsed and if the University had it their way it never would have been built again. Fortunately the tradition has been carried on off campus. Bonfire is constructed by hand. Trees are Cut with axes, shouldered out of the Woods to tractor paths, hauled to Load Site by…
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Habit of Winning
It is a testament to Aggie spirit that 97,000 plus fans packed Kyle Field to watch Texas A&M take on the University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) on a chilly Saturday evening the week before Thanksgiving. UAB arrived as a top 25 team with one loss. In the past these types of teams have proven to…
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Three longtime friends experience something distinctly Texan and uniquely Aggie
Wearing Aggie shirts they bought at a tent sale Klyer, Eric, and Andrew walked from Northgate to Kyle Field to witness their first football game in Texas. When I asked them why travel to College Station they replied: “We don’t have things like this in Oregon. There are a ton of people here and everyone…