Adorning the appropriate attire
Come to the game clad in Aggie colors to make your impact seen and heard.
By: Steve Humeniuk
Issue date: 11/24/09 Section: Opinion
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In fact, my finding is that there is a general correlation between victory on the gridiron and a building sensation of overall school spirit on campus. A friend of mine actually has a theory that there are more babies born nine months after an Aggie victory than any other occasion, including Valentine's Day and Christmas.
I like it when we win; we all do. After all, we went to the game, yelled our faces off and undauntedly supported our squad. It's only natural that we should feel a part of the favorable outcome.
But inevitably the tides of good fortune will turn against us, finding a way to snub us out of the joy in celebrating the fruits of harvesting yet another opponent on the battlefield of Kyle Field. We may find ourselves on the opposite end of the scoreboard.
The slogans "Be loud, wear maroon" and "Maroon Out" have appeared on countless versions of shirts and bumper stickers over the years, and used to be the only prerequisites for participation at an Aggie sporting event.
And maybe times have changed, or signals have been crossed or I flat missed the memo, but Saturday looked a little more salt and pepper with maroon and white than I remember.
Remember as enthusiastic supporters of our beloved Aggies, we are game changers. There is a reason why they call us the Twelfth Man.
From the stands, shirt color may not seem like that big of a deal to you. But from the field, looking up into the eyes of thousands of blood thirsty, marooned out, towel-waving school spirited Aggies has got to be intimidating. However, students have to accurately portray that Twelfth Man picture. The first step is to put any notions of "cool" on the backburner by wearing maroon.
But our team on the field is wearing maroon, and as the Twelfth Man, we should stand alongside them. Anyone selfish enough to put their estranged thoughts of comfort before the embodiment of school spirit by wearing white to an Aggie home game might as well be stealing pennies off the feet of Sul Ross.
Only two groups of people are exempt from this strict though entirely unenforceable dress code, our Corps of Cadets and yell leaders. What they wear embodies a lot more Aggie tradition than the rest of us can probably fathom.
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