Sometimes it’s bigger than sports. Fans at Kyle Field stood in silence with three fingers up on the first play of the third quarter to honor South Carolina QB Ryan Hilinski’s late brother, Tyler:
The King at Kyle lived up to the hype.
Story on George Strait's show in Aggieland tonight that drew 110,905 people and broke a 47-year-old record for highest-attended ticketed concert in United States history.
“Just invite me back. I’ll come!”
With LSU’s loss to Ole Miss and Alabama’s win over State, Texas A&M will host the Crimson Tide for outright first place in the SEC West next weekend.
High-stakes game at Kyle Field.
Stopped by Kyle Field to see how long the student ticket pull line for the Alabama game had gotten. It wraps around the west side of Kyle Field all the way to Texas A&M’s new indoor facility. Students in the front put tents up right after the Auburn game ended:
The loudest moment at Kyle Field in Texas A&M’s win over Abilene Christian wasn’t after a star player made a big play.
It came when a lineup full of walk-ons took the field, which paid homage to A&M's 12th Man Kickoff Team.
“They’ll never forget that.”
Texas A&M baseball coach Jim Schlossnagle joined Pat Green at Troubadour Festival to play guitar for Green’s final song of the night “Wave on Wave.” Green told the crowd he was at the Aggie baseball game today.
Tonight was supposed to be all about Kentucky RB Benny Snell. A&M's RB Trayveon Williams stole the show instead and took over Snell as the SEC's rushing leader after his 138-yard performance.
I’m over at Texas A&M talking with folks about the situation at The Battalion. This is on the wall of
@TheBattOnline
’s newsroom ft. some of their best print work in recent years:
FINAL | Texas A&M 41, No. 1 Alabama 38. They’re storming the field. Zach Calzada is being swarmed. Jimbo Fisher said the Aggies would beat Saban’s ass and they did.
Texas A&M was seeded behind 8 teams they finished ahead of in the NET. I tried to write down as many key metrics as I could on this notecard to compare them (lol):
Michael Earley said A&M baseball director of operations Jason Hutchins couldn’t come since he is running camps across the street. “The Hutchins family is baseball royalty to me.” Adds Jason’s son, Jace, accepted a role on A&M’s staff yesterday.
When I was in HS, I was paired with one of Sam's older brothers at the district golf tournament. He smoked me and I told someone how impressed I was with his game. That man told me Sam, who was in the 7th grade at the time, was even better.
10 years later:
Group of Texas A&M players gathered with coach Elijah Robinson around the “TP” when they got to Kyle Field.
That of course is a way to honor Terry Price, A&M’s assistant who passed away this summer:
Bryce Anderson was jacked up after that one. Looked like Florida native Shemar Stewart threw an A&M towel into the Florida recruit section in the end zone during the celebration:
5:29 3Q | Texas A&M 33, Florida 7
A&M defense gets on the board. Will Lee III tips a pass and its intercepted by Bryce Anderson who returns it 42 yards for a pick-six.
How a Texas A&M fan, a biology prof, behind home plate captured attention with his hand gesture.
“[My son] said I was ‘IG famous’ and I didn’t know what that meant. I thought it meant Immunoglobulin Class G, but it turns out that means Instagram."
New: A capacity study report has recommended Texas A&M University pause its undergraduate growth on the main campus over the next five years after enrollment grew 33% over the past decade.
See, I don't get why all the hate continues to boil down on Kellen Mond. Sure he missed a couple of key throws, but he also made many plays with his arm and legs that kept the Aggies afloat. He's done that all season. A&M's issues are more than at QB:
Texas A&M defensive linemen huddled around the TP on Kyle Field again. Aggies will need them to play well again if they want to knock off the Crimson Tide:
Late Texas A&M football assistant coach Terry Price is also among this year’s Muster displays. Tucked in the back corner is a framed copy of The Eagle’s magazine cover from September 2021 that profiled Price and his barbecue skills.
Story:
Programming note: I’m now The Eagle’s Texas A&M athletics beat writer.
Blessed is an understatement. Covering college sports in a full-time capacity has been a longtime goal of mine. Looking forward to tackling this new role at my hometown paper:
Texas A&M LB Anthony Hines III with the pipes singing Vanessa Carlton’s “A Thousand Miles” in a singing competition with Oklahoma State (accompanied by many background singers):
So here’s a fun one: What if Florida State wins on Saturday to become bowl eligible, Texas A&M hires Jimbo Fisher afterwards, and then it’s announced Sunday afternoon there’s an Aggies-Seminoles bowl game.
Gov. Greg Abbott sent this letter to Texas public university systems, including A&M, today telling them to not comply with the Biden Administration’s new Title IX rules:
Here's why a group of B-CS Longhorns helped clean Texas A&M's Bonfire Memorial to honor the father of an Aggie who died in the 1999 tragedy ahead of the 24th annual remembrance ceremony this Saturday:
Source confirms that Mark Welsh is expected to be recommended by Texas A&M Chancellor John Sharp to A&M's Board of Regents as the sole finalist to become the university's full-time president later this week. First reported by
@McGeeReports
. Story to come.
Former Texas A&M football players Trayveon Williams and Buddy Johnson are at Reed Arena for tonight's game. Two great dudes to cover when they played for the Aggies.
Texas A&M has been snake-bit at quarterback over the last 15 years. A look at all the Aggie QBs I could think of that suffered injuries that were season-ending or cause them to miss extensive time:
The Texas A&M football team saws ‘em off with the Aggie fans that traveled to Missouri and some of the Aggie Band after the Aggies 35-14 win over Mizzou:
Late night story: Here's the fan who caught Kaeden Kent's seventh-inning grand slam that helped send the Texas A&M baseball team back to the College World Series. He then gave it to an 8-year-old kid from Bryan. Kent said he signed the ball after the game.
With Tua declaring for the draft and Joe Burrow soon to be done at LSU, Texas A&M’s Kellen Mond will be the SEC West’s most experienced QB next season.
This is a big one: Kaeden Kent announces he will return to Texas A&M. He was the breakout star of A&M’s postseason run after Braden Montgomery got injured.
College Station coach Steve Huff and Cougars QB Jett Huff share a long hug after this one.
This father-son duo came up a little short of winning a state title together, but will have a lot of good memories to look back on in the years to come.
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Looks like Texas A&M’s Kellen Mond, Quartney Davis, Kendrick Rogers and Justin Madubuike will be in Los Angeles for the ESPY’s tomorrow. Aggies 74-72 7OT win over LSU is up for Best Game.
Golf tweet: Texas A&M's Sam Bennett just birdied 18 to force a playoff with Clemson for the final spot at nationals. Bennett birdied 5 of the last 6 holes and shot 65 on the day. A&M was in 8th place coming into the day and 11 shots back from 5th.