I'm an Aggie, but can't help it... If you threw him on the field at least he'd be safe from the Aggie defense. I know, I know...lame.
Lame? Yes...but so is the Aggie defense recently. I can't bring myself to call them the Wrecking Crew anymore. Very sad.
http://www.theeagle.com/aandmnews/110102cadetcharged.htm He's turned himself in. Looks like he's reaching for his saber in the picture. yeah.
My take is that the guys in his unit pressured him to turn himself in. More specifically...the CO probably commenced morning formations and stated that the individual had until evening formations to turn himself in or EVERYBODY would face a severe punishment. Funny how that kind of thing works.
He's not reaching for his saber, he's just holding the scabbard back, or it would swing forward. Also, in the interview, the guy talks about how the A&M fans had been nice and respectful before the incident...if they had been nice and respectful, why did he disrespect the A&M fans by going on the field? Not that he should have been cold-cocked in the back of the head, but it seems he's a little bit of a hypocrite.
How is that disrespectful? It's just a field and it didn't look like they were gonna destroy anything. I was joking about the saber.
It's disrespectful because everyone who ran out onto the field KNEW that it would upset the Aggies, they new that people would find it offensive...yet they still did it. If someone holds a tradition in respect, and you break that tradition, its pretty disrespectful. Kind of like the people from Nebraska walking to the game in front of us. They walked on the grass at the MSC (Memorial Student Center), which is posted "Please do not walk on the grass, this building and the surrounding grounds are a memorial to those Aggies who have fallen defending our country. Please respect this time honored tradition." When our group asked them to walk on the sidewalk and pointed out the sign, they read the sign, laughed, yelled "screw the aggies" and ran across the lawn. You might say, "oh well, that doesn't actually hurt the lawn, and whoever heard of staying off the grass as a tradition anyways?" The point is, you respect other people's traditions and values even if they are not your own, and especially if you are at their place. Its a tradition that nobody is allowed on the field at A&M except the Aggie players, band, and the invited team and their staff, players, coaches, cheerleaders, ect. Running out on the field is in direct disrespect of that tradition. People KNOWINGLY ran out on the field when they KNEW that it would upset people who attend A&M. Its not a matter of whether or not they were going to tear up the field, its a matter of running out on the field knowing they were going to piss people off and still doing it anyways. When visitors' fans come to Kyle Field, they have a pretty large couple of sections of tickets they can buy, they're invited to yell and cheer as loud as they want for their team, they're invited to bring they're mascots, their cheerleaders, they're invited to have their band play before the Aggie band at halftime. They can boo our team, they can talk some trash in the stands, they can sing their school songs and wear their school colors. Hell, if they come in and beat us, and act respectful to our traditions and our stadium, you'll usually hear the visiting fans get congrats on the win, or being invited to drink some beer and have some bar-b-que as they walk out the the parking lot. I've seen this a lot, I've done it, we shared a cooler with some dudes from V-Tech earlier in the year. The ONLY thing that they ask the fans to do during the game, and the announce it at the beginning and right before the end of the game...don't go on Kyle Field. Please respect this one request, please respect the tradition...don't go on Kyle field, you are not allowed. You've been invited into our stadium and our town, but your not invited onto the field. But what do people like to do? Run their un-invited asses down to the field. The one thing your asked not to do, knowing it will just piss people off for disrespecting a tradition. That long winded answer is why its disrespectful to run onto the field. I don't believe that the dude should have been clocked in the head. That was stupid. But all this stupid talk about A&M being r****ded for the Corps. is wrong. They are a part of the University, sometimes an honorable and mentionable part, sometimes a stupid and forgetable part. But they are just a part, a smaller and smaller part as the years go on, of a huge University. If you go on campus...its a normal college. People running around stressed out about exams, people struggling to 8:00 am classes in pajama pants and sweatshirts. But its also a tradition rich school that prides itself on being a pretty tight-nit school for such a large population. The students pride themselves for silver taps, where people come from all over campus on the first Tuesday night of every month without saying a word, just to hear Silver taps played and a 21 gun salute for students who have passed away the previous month. They pride themselves on muster, where Aggies from all over the world get together and remember those who died, having their name called on a role once more, and having a fellow Aggie answer "here." There's tons of other traditions, don't walk on the grass around the MSC, walk with the one your going to marry under the century tree, there's bonfire...the last one to burn my freshman year...and let me tell you...it was a hell of a lot of fun getting to know everyone in my dorm, doing a bunch of dirty, grimy work with them, then watching it burn with them. So does this tradition rich school make mistakes? Hell yes. Are there dumbasses that do stupid stuff and ruin if for everyone else? Hell yes. Are some of the traditions kind of corny? Hell yes. A&M and Aggies make mistakes, and sometimes the traditions fail and are mistakes too. But even the best hitters strike out, even the best drivers have accidents, and even the most honest people sometimes lie. Should that guy have hit that guy in the head? No, he made a mistake because he was angry and someone got hurt. I don't think that you can judge an entire school, or the majority of students, or the University in general for mistakes made by a few of its members. If you judge everyone on their mistakes and not their successes, then everyone and everything is a failure to you. People make mistakes...sh*t happens...quit knocking my school because of those mistakes. If you want to knock my school, look at the good things first...the hallways of Congressional Medals of Honor in the MSC, Silver Taps, Muster, the fact that Aggies actually tend to be pretty good people overall...then weigh it against the mistakes that a few have made...and after all of that...if you still have a negative outlook of my school and of Aggies, and of me...then I can't convince you otherwise. Sorry for the rant. Its late, I'm hopped up on cold medicine and can't breath through my nose because of my cold...so I can't sleep...I just started typing...you see the results...
Are you an Ag? If so, that explains alot. Boo ****ing hoo. Hit me in the back of the head for typing that. Put a sign up for visiting fans who have no idea what is going on. Otherwise, give them a saber and fair warning to make it a good fight. Not every home team with corp cadets sucker punches the opposition. I'm not very omniscient, but why does it seem like the other service academies never have this problem? Why didn't Air Force fans beat up Notre Dame for kicking their football team's ass? Heck, I'm still waiting for an explanation as to wh general gomer took so long to come forward and why the cadets didn't go after the Tech player for soveling the endzone in to a glad bag? No testicular forittude? That's what I thought.
Did you even read the post? I SAID that I still don't think it was right for the guy to hit the guy in the back of the head. He should be thrown out of the University. Nobody noticed the guy take a piece of endzone. Nobody knew until he said he did it in the post game interview. Read before you comment.
Gee, people didn't know or they just didn't want to see. Or, maybe they couldn't get a good angle from behind. And at ease your rude, caustic comments.
I'm just answering your rude, caustic comments with rude, caustic comments. You answered my admittedly long winded post with a rude, caustic comment. My long winded post was not rude, nor caustic.
Yes...in fact he's joining me on my 5 year mission on the quest for an intelligent opinion. Judging from quotes like those reproduced above...it may be a harder search than what I had anticipated.
Where are you gonna go? And, where did he learn the vulcan death grip? I've always wanted to learn it. My karate teacher says it's overrated though.
