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Comment by Aggie on January 18, 2019 at 10:58pm

I was there at Silver Wings Ballroom in 1981.

Comment by Aggie on December 31, 2018 at 11:55pm

Texas A&M had its ‘Rudy’ moment.
With less than a minute left in the fourth quarter, redshirt sophomore Nick Starkel handed the ball redshirt senior and 12th Man Cullen Gillaspia who ran it in to the end zone from 13 yards out to score the first and final touchdown of his career.
Following the win, Gillaspia said it was a one of a kind experience.
"[There's] nothing like it," Gillasipa said. "The offensive line opened up some great holes for me. It was there I didn't have to do too much. Finally getting to cross that goal line, was a really cool deal."
Gillaspia is the only 12th Man to score a touchdown in school history.
"Not necessarily to me, but to all the great 12s that have come before me for the original Jackie Sherrill 12th Man team to all the way to now [and] what it has become. It's a huge honor to get to wear that number and I'm glad I got it for my self but at the end of the day its for the student body."
With the touchdown, the Aggies capped off a 52-13 victory over NC State to win the 2018 Gator Bowl Monday night in Jacksonville, Florida.
The tradition of the 12th Man was born in 1922 when the Aggies were facing Centre College in the Dixie Classic. With several players out due to injury, E. King Gil – who was in the press box helping identify players — was called to the sidelines by then-A&M head coach Dana X. Bible.
According to the legend — and the Aggie Traditions website maintained by the university — Bible asked Gil to suit up and stand on the sidelines. With the bench completely empty, Gil stood on the sidelines waiting to be called into the game.
Although Gil’s name was never called to go into the game, his story became one of A&M’s greatest and most recognizable traditions. Now, the student body stands at A&M games a representation of the Aggie Spirit Gil embodied on that day.

On the football team, a walk-on football player is named the 12th Man. The player has the honor of wearing the No. 12 jersey and representing the thousands of students in the stands.

http://www.thebatt.com/sports/one-for-the-th-man/article_7d28e0a2-0...

Comment by Aggie on December 31, 2018 at 9:53pm

Comment by Julia A Knaake on December 31, 2018 at 8:27pm

loved the vis Don't Let the Old man In   - Toby Keith

Comment by Aggie on December 31, 2018 at 12:26pm

The Arcane Texas Fact of the Day:
William Achatius Menger, the namesake of the famed Menger Hotel in San Antonio, was five feet tall. He was born in Bei Henau, Hessen, Germany in 1827. At the age of 20, having become a cooper (barrel maker), he traveled across the ocean to San Antonio, arriving in 1847. He began brewing beer not too long after that. William started selling his beer, using barrels that he would make. Customers complained about carrying those heavy barrels on horses, so he opened a small tavern and started selling by the glass. His beer was quite strong and some folks would drink too much, making it dangerous for them to ride their horses home, or they would pass out right on his saloon's tables, so he took the next step, opening a little boarding house over the saloon. One thing led to another and, on Feb. 1, 1859, less than 12 years after traveling to Texas, he built and opened the Menger, which cost $15,712 to construct. I should also mention that he did all of this with his extraordinary wife, Mary, who did most of the cooking and cleaning and who inherited the hotel after William's death in 1871 and who owned it for 10 more years, doing almost all of the work herself. One of the very first guests at the Menger was Robert E. Lee, who rode up on his famous horse, Traveller.

Comment by Aggie on December 31, 2018 at 7:51am

Comment by Julia A Knaake on December 25, 2018 at 3:45pm

Prunella Farquar's Texas Chili sounds delicious

Comment by Aggie on December 24, 2018 at 9:27am

Comment by Aggie on December 23, 2018 at 8:16am

Official Chili Recipe from TBD. Prunella Farquar's Texas Chili
2 lbs lean beef, chunked
1 lb pork, chunked
1/2 tsp ground cumin seed
2 onions chopped
7 cloves of garlic
4-6 Tabs bacon fat
2 cups mighty fine beef stock
1 cup chopped canned tomatoes
6 -10 Tabs of chili powder (However hot you like it)
2 Tabs flour
1 bay leaf
1 tsp dried basil
In heavy chili pot, brown the meat, onions and garlic in hot bacon fat. Add boiling beef stock and tomatoes and bring again to a boil. Cover and simmer very gently for about an hour. Blend chili powder and flour in a little hot liquid from the pot and then add this back to the pot along with the remaining seasonings. Continue gentle simmering until the meat is tender and the chili thickened.
You may want to keep your beer ice cold and have it handy.

Comment by Aggie on December 12, 2018 at 8:28am

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