I hope all you have been well over the Thanksgiving break. I have been doing quite well myself!
On Thanksgiving day, I had the privilege of accompanying the Churchill family to their feast in Llano, Texas. It was yummy, and I re-met some people that I hadn't seen in about five years. Afterwards, Jon, Mr. Churchill, and I headed down to College Station to watch the UT-ATM game. It was quite the experience! I had never seen so many Aggies in my life. The game ended up being a little closer than I would have liked, but never the less my horns came out on top. I did learn a few things about the Aggie tradition however.
1. The aggies have numerous chants. One that puzzles me is the B.T.H.O. 'whoever their playing.'
This of course stands for 'beat the hell out of....' What I don't get is why 'The' gets its own abbreviation, but 'of' does not. Both words are insignificant and neither one should have an abbreviation, but if one does, surely the other would as well? I guess not. Grammatical fail by ATM? I think so.
2. I had heard stories about the loyal 12 man of Aggie land. Stories that told how every fan stayed to the bitter end, no matter what the score was. I was disappointed (or was I sniggering inside?) when the loyal fans started fleeing the stadium with 2 minutes to go when ATM missed the field goal. It wasn't just the everyday ATM fans leaving, but even the students were leaving in droves. So much for loyalty haha.
So in conclusion I gathered this much:
1. ATM needs to check their grammar. Or better yet, come up with a cleverer phrase :)
2. The famed "12th man" isn't as loyal as made out to be. I would even go as far to say as a downright disappointment.
3. If Reveille got hit by a car, I don't think I would cry.
4. Thanksgiving is quite delicious, and God Bless Christopher Columbus and his Indian-killing comrades for bringing this tradition to us.
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