For some reason the Jim Rome rant about Texas A&M came up the other night and of course I went and found the transcript. I have to share. As Rome would say, especially about something he said, un-be-liev-ahhh-ble:
“They won’t shut up. They have to go on about spirit, and old army, and red ass, and how bonfire represents the burning sensation they have in their urine to beat UT, and blah blah blah. Shut up. You start to get the feeling the entire school was built to spite UT. Forget the fact that when the Texas Legislature back in the 1870′s passed legislation to start a state university they also decided to have a subsidiary branch of the main school(University of Texas) that would teach agriculture and mechanics. Aggies love to say their school is older, from where they get that I don’t know……the fact is, the State intended A&M to be a branch of UT. They are like the afterbirth from the original creation. Like Danny Devito in “Twins”. So they apparently have this complex, so much so, that they must devote their entire school to trying to prove to UT that they are just as good. All the while, nobody at UT denies that A&M is a good school, yet they won’t shut up. So they write a fight song……about?….Texas , and how they want to beat them. They have a Fish Camp for freshman where they tell them how bad Texas is and how good A&M and all its traditions are.
It is the world’s largest known case of penis envy, and it is manifested in everything A&M does. The people at A&M. Now we all have friends who went to A&M or are at A&M. There are some nice people there. However…there is the Corp. East Texas’ answer to dreams of ROTC kids everywhere. For every boy scout who never learned to stop playing with his GI Joe Toys, there is the Corp. Now, forget the fact that A&M will actually let people with sub-par grades enroll if they agree to join the Corp. Forget the fact that the Corps looked like a Gestapo hate rally while beating down students on Kyle Field in 1995. Forget the fact that along with the numerous hazing charges that have been filed against them, and swept under the rug over the years, they just this past month have had one Corps member bring charges against another Corps member who apparently had been propositioning others for a little actual sodomy. Not only could I go on with more instances of idiocracy by these Khaki-clad-shaven-headed-dorks, I am sure each of you have your own stories.
The point is: We all respect West Point, Annapolis, The Air Force Academy; however, nobody respects the Corp. I imagine they are kind of the laughing stock of the military world. Just because you dress like the Army, and try and act like the Army, does not make you the Army. People at A&M don’t even respect these clowns. It is not cool to shave your head and dress up. Halloween is only supposed to be one day of the year. If you want to carry guns and beat up civilians, move to Israel. It is even less cool to slobber on somebody’s daughter on national television and call it a tradition. Dry humping 18 year old girls in the stands at football games is not cool. Not only is it not cool, it should be against the law. I know that in College Station, students are just prone to mount each other on the campus lawn, or in the middle of class, or anytime anything good happens you can just grab the girl sitting next to you and start sucking on her face. But everywhere else in the world, it is looked down upon. Especially if you are doing it on my TV. That is why we have moved the game from Thanksgiving. Because people across the nation were gagging on their turkey when in the middle of watching a football game, some boy scout is tongue thrashing some overweight co-ed during somebody’s Thanksgiving dinner. We do not need to see burly women engaged in a suckfest every time your woeful offense manages to put points on the board. Some of these girls are in desperate need of a trip to the Clinique counter. Screw that, forget make-up, it is too late for that, just give them a veil.
“t.u.” is not funny. It is NOT insulting. It is dumb. Just imagine if folks from Texas kept talking about M&A and giggling. That would not be funny. In fact, it would be retarded. That’s why UT fans don’t do it. Please learn. You want to lose the image of country bumpkins, of a people fond of sheep, of people that aren’t stupid? Then quit building things that fall down. Quit chasing cheerleaders around with swords on national TV. Quit whooping in church. Quit whooping period. Quit putting up scoreboards for the enjoyment of dead mammals. Quit spending your Friday nights practicing how to yell. Quit telling rape jokes to reporters when you’re running for Governor. When you are filling out season ticket renewals, and the form asks for your phone #, H & W, quit putting 258-3999, Height 6’3″, Weight 185. Just, collectively, stop making asses of yourselves.
Go to East Texas, tour every small town, and ask every red neck with a 5th grade education why they cheer for A&M and wear maroon. That is your fan base. This is why you are perceived by the educated masses as stupid. Nobody cares if you think your band is better. They might be louder, they might march in neat little zig zags, but they have no musical ability. The point is, nobody cares who wins halftime. Quit getting geeked up about marching bands. I find it hard to believe you stood through your high school band’s entire halftime performance. And why? Cause nobody cared then and nobody cares now. Plus, you can hear them fine sitting down even if you do care. Why is it cool all of a sudden now that you’re in college? Men should never let out high pitched whooping sounds. Perhaps the only justifiable situation in which this can be tolerated is perhaps during an anal probe. Oh wait…I understand now.
Dogs are not ladies. They don’t look or smell like ladies. Dogs eat their own feces and should be treated accordingly.
Finally, College Station is an arm-pit of a town. Quit pretending that it is a great college town. It is a town and there is a college there. That should be the end of this comparison. If you feel that life doesn’t get any better than the Dixie Chicken, and enjoy being stuck in a never ending “Dukes of Hazard” episode, then move there. More importantly, don’t move to Austin…..they are trying to create an educated, technological, and open minded population base. Austin is, and will continue to be, the birthplace and final resting place of all that is cool.
As my friend Stephen Johnson once said: “If the world were ever to get an enema, College Station is where you would connect the hose.” If you go to school at A&M, please don’t be an Aggie.
You sound like you are the most envious of all! If you hate Aggies so much, why would you write an article to begin with; one that is mostly inacurate to the facts. You embarrassed yourself………
Dude. Did you read the post? I didn’t write it. I didn’t state the facts. It’s a Jim Rome transcript that I re-posted. And I’m embarrassing myself?
Silly Aggies. And I quote: “You start to get the feeling the entire school was built to spite UT.”
Thanks for writing. Should be a fun season. You know it’s football season in Texas when the trash talk starts. All the best this year to you guys.
that didn’t even come from Jim Rome. It was an email back and forth between my brother and his friend. The Jim Rome credit has been incorrect for almost 10 years now.
is that like cliff cobb from curb being the inventor of the cobb salad or richard lewis coining the term the … “from hell” ?
Call the phone number and you’ll reach the parents of our friend, Jeff. Yeah, it’s a local Aystin, Texas number too. You forgot to throw in “that’s like Dr. Evil inventing the question mark.”
Yes, this article should be considered envious of the A&M culture. The envy being that ignorance, anger, dressup for an army that doesn’t exist, and a misled since of childhood perception gets to be considered a “college experience.”
Get a life Longhorn calves.
rome…..YOU SUCK!!!
The thing about Texas fans is that most of them never went to school at UT (or tu, as we call it). How can you love a school so much that you never stepped foot on? When I was hunting for colleges, I visited both campuses and went to a few classes at both. Not one person said hi to me at UT, not one person gave a crap that I was on their campus. A&M was the opposite. In all our stupid traditions and overly friendly culture, Aggies take care of each other and stick together no matter what. That is something you won’t find at UT. That is something many people are jealous of and will never have because they are so busy making fun of us.
I am an Aggie and damn proud of it. I absolutely hated this rant regardless of where it came from. But the one thing that sickens me the most is the fact that this guy thought it was ok to make fun of bonfire! No one is laughing about 12 members of the Aggie family DYING, you narcissistic idiot!! When bonfire collapsed, that was a tragedy! Not a joke! Bashing our team and our traditions, while terribly unclassy, is tolerable, but that is the most disrespectful thing anyone can do is make fun of a very tragic ACCIDENT where TWELVE PEOPLE DIED!!!!!!!! Dumbass!
To every aggie who commented here, thank you. You have proven this article to be completely true….and I am not even from Texas.
I picked UT not because people weren’t friendly (which is wrong to say), but because of the quality of the education it offered. I picked it because it is very diverse, not only in the people but in the programs offered too. I lived my high school years being all spirited and such. But it was time for me to grow up. I moved to the city because that’s where jobs are at.
And no, we are not envious of Aggies. We don’t even care about the Aggies. The only time we remember the Aggies is when there is a game against them. Other than that, who are you?
If you check out both facebook fan pages, the UT one is full of comments about UT. On the other hand, the majority of the Aggies fan page is about trashing UT (Or TU as you like to call it, which is not funny at all). Piece of advice, grow up!
so i go to Baylor and i hate both UT and TAMU equally actually i hate UT more but this article is completely true.
Aggies- you are not making any good points on your arguments all you are doing is making this article correct. talking about schools having t shirt fans… TAMU and UT are the worst out of everyone. i have come to the conclusion that aggies are just a bunch of dyslexic sheep loving overly spirited traditionalist.
Is it true that the Corps Cadet uniform pants actually come with zippers in the back for easy access? I read that somewhere…
Okay, so i’m a longhorn, and as much as we hold our tongues and take the high road with all the aggie shit talking, enough is enough. so don’t say that this rant is us being envious because its just us being ANNOYED.
He didnt make fun of the bonfire… obviously any life lost is a tragedy.. duh. we get that.
i hate all the bullshit about a&m (should i say m&a) being friendly. im sorry, do people go to college now in order to make friends? i, personally thought it was for an education. I’m glad it makes you feel validated and important to walk to class and have 57 people say “howdy” to you, but us longhorns dont need that to know that we’re important. Don’t get me wrong, im sure its a happier atmosphere but UT is the real world and in the real world not everybody eats cakes made of smileys and rainbows. aggies need to grow up and worry more about education and opportunities than having people say hi them. also, i feel like a&m is actually one of the most hateful schools, as every year that cram into the freshman’s heads to hate UT. what did we ever do to you? (other than beat you in everything…)
with that being said, im not trying to beat on a&m’s academics. I understand they have many majors that UT doesnt offer. such as flowers and cows. so if you would like to major in flowers or cows, by all means go to a&m. but if you want to be a doctor, engineer, or especially a businness major, what the hell are you doing there?
i absolutely love UT, and have made more friends than i can ever ask for. On top of that, i get to live in an amazing city, have sports teams that actually win, get an even more amazing education, and have endless opportunities when i graduate!
HOOKEM
Aggies and Red Raiders take the focus off of how awful UT fans are, so get over yourselves. I have done much research on this. Here is the hierarchy of unbearably obnoxious Big 12 Texas sports fans:
1. Texas A&M – may win worst in the nation. If you disagree and hate that people at UT aren’t nice to you, it’s probably bc you are plastered head-to-toe in maroon and look/act like a complete jackass 24/7. Your traditions are as stupid as everyone else thinks. You are probably brainwashed, and the above article is completely true. No, no one is jealous.
2. Texas Tech – Lubbock is an island and a dirt mound no one cares about, your fans are frightening quasi-Guido retards, and you have a strain of STD named after you dubbed “Raider Rash.” Maybe it’s because your “kickass party school” is in a dry county and populated with dipshits.
3. UT – Only because people in Austin are delusional and think that bc they grew up in Round Rock and went to Ju-Co they can wear burnt orange and talk shit.
3. Baylor – It’s a tie with UT. The same way most UT fans are wannabes, Baylor fans are typically just a bunch of dorks. Lots and lots of dorks. Decent fan support, but mainly just dorks. Also, Waco is a completely miserable town and the administration at BU is a joke.
I know we’re all going to disagree here and everyone will be blinded by bias (I, my parents, grandparents, sister, bro-in-law, aunt went to Baylor), but the bottom line is that it’s great to love your school and have pride, but to be a complete tool about it is just obnoxious and loathsome and every one is sick of it.
Yes, Aggies are as terrible and lame as you have heard or you think they are.
Yes, there are a lot of good people there and some fun to be had.
Yes, College Station sucks, but so do Lubbock and Waco.
Get over yourselves and your stupid ass traditions, Aggies, and kindly fist yourselves.
PS – I don’t think there’s any way Jim Rome said this.
I used to be a Longhorn fan and used to want to attend UT, however I then got a look at Austin. Shit hole of a town. Traffic everywhere, no one talks to you, its full of shit-heads to put it point blank. I would like nothing more than to remove Austin from the state. One thing I will say about A&M is that they have tradition. They stuck behind what has made them such a great university and did not lose their original purpose which was the army (hence the corp). I would choose A&M over UT for any major except that of being a total dick-wad. Y’all UT people have that one down pat. I am saying this, not as a future A&M graduate, but as a member of the Rice graduating class of 14
Just wanted to validate that Jim Rome did infact say this on his Radio show a while back. So far, everyone that has said Rome didn’t say this didn’t go to UT…another point that we know more about sports than you. The fact of the matter is, UT doesn’t consider A&M a rival anymore. The definition of rivalary is competition for the same objective or for superiority in the same field. Operative word being competition (aggies-operative means key word). We don’t hate you, we infact have some form of respect for you in that you give us free advertising when all your shirts and bumper stickers have our logo on them. People see the saw ‘em off shirts logo that you put on everything and it reminds the world not of A&M but rather UT. That’s why UT has a top tier business school…they teach their kids effective marketing. Quit trying to be our rivals, get over yourself and once you master the art of competition, we can talk. HOOK ‘EM!
allaboutTEXAS,
Your points make tons of (read: no) sense regarding the lack of quality education people recieve at A&M. After all, who needs education when you can make some good friends right?
Aggies are friendly because they show respect and humility to everyone on our campus and in our community. You are sure right that Longhorns (see, I am even respecting you by capitolizing your mascot) don’t need to have people say hi to them to make them feel important. Longhorns (read: you) are so self-important and entitled already that they wouldn’t need anyone else for that. That kind of arrogance is a sad way to spend your life, but that is perfectly within your rights. Your idea of the “real world” where people only look out for themselves and care nothing for their community is just sad and negative. I would never want to live near you, work with you or visit you.
Regarding the educational comments you made: nobody every needs to preserve the ecology of environmental areas like Lake Travis right? Why would we need a school that teaches “flowers and cows,” when we make all of our food from tofu right?
A&M does an incredible amount of research on new ways to improve global food production to ensure our planet can continue to support new human generations. Ya, we do silly stuff like growing maroon carrots too – learn to enjoy life a little.
Engineering is a huge program at A&M (Texas Agriculture and MECHANICAL University), so I’m not really sure why you would even suggest that students couldn’t go to A&M to get a quality engineering education.
To be honest, it sounds to me like you have never actually known someone who went to A&M beyond the annual football rivalry. Your assessments and suggestions about the university are ignorant and intolerable (although I admit they are not atypical). I have many friends and former students who go and have graduated from both A&M and UT. They are both excellent schools and have a fantastic rivalry. The rivalry is fueled by competition (and yes, you are ahead in the football competition), but I wouldn’t say the Longhorns beat the Aggies in everything. If you want to keep track you can check out the full competition at lonestarshowdown.net
Gig’em!
Both schools suck big balls. I will say though people who go to A&M are more annoying. Just reading through comments on Facebook on gamedays, it is easy to tell. All my friends that go to A&M all put
Whoop! Btho ( whoever opponent is) now that’s fine. You’re entitled to do so. No longhorn fans criticize them for putting that but if a longhorn fan puts hook em on their profile, you will see 4 or 5 aggress put cments about how tu sucks and such. That’s what is annoying. That’s why I have no respect for them.
Ok that
Ok Jim Rome.
lolz
You forget that people from the Corp join the military service of this nation every year and in big numbers. They are protectors of our freedom, so to talk shit about them is the same as talking shit about any other military branch. Whoever actually wrote this has a worse “penis envy” than any Aggie I have ever talked to. Grow up and get over yourself, A&M isn’t out to get UT. They are rivals, and that’s what rivals do.
“You want to lose the image of country bumpkins, of a people fond of sheep, of people that aren’t stupid? Then quit building things that fall down”
Fuck you sir. This devalued every other sentence in your petty little rant. The day you feel it is ok to mock the death of 12 people you never knew is the day you lose the right to contribute your thoughts and ideas to society.
Sad idiot article and author ….someone who obviously knows nothing about the university – and talk about ‘penis envy’ – why would you spend so much effort hating on a school? Ridiculous and classless – just like the school you profess to love.
I have a few things to say about this. I am attending A&M this fall. No, it was not my first choice school. Yes, I in fact used to be a die-hard Longhorn fan. But I stopped caring about the football and the rivalry started caring about what was best for me and my education. All of this useless bashing shows nothing but ignorance.
I chose A&M because of the networking and the opportunities you come in and leave with, for the community and connection among students. That community, and the spirit in it, goes far beyond trying to BTHO of UT. We have spirit in us to make the best of our lives and keep our eyes ahead on the future of our education, careers, and personal investments, as well. You want to rag on our traditions because they don’t make sense to you? How is that any different from ragging on another culture’s traditions? Or a religion? But you would think before doing that, wouldn’t you? The traditions are something of value to our students, and something that we cherish. If they seem absurd to you, fine. We aren’t asking you to understand.
Fish Camp is about connecting with fellow students and learning the ropes, just like any other orientation would be at ANY other school. The same goes for Gig ‘Em Week. It helps nervous freshmen feel better about transitioning from high school to college and taking on an entirely new way of life.
Don’t ever, EVER insult the musical talents of a band that has players from across the nation and of all ranges of musical ability. If you have never been involved with a marching band, you have absolutely NO place to talk about what goes on. That is a world all of its own, and something that many people take pride in.
As far as the town of College Station, it is home to all of us, no matter what the status may be. We’re allowed to take pride in the place we live. Ok, I won’t deny that Austin was recently named the best place to live because of the growing economy, culture, educational and professional wealth that is erupting from it. So what? Get off your high horse. There’s no need to rub that wealth in the faces of any and all who do not reside there. Oh, what’s that? You’re only rubbing it in OUR faces? Hmm. Seems like you want to start a pissing match, yourself.
We all have reasons to love what we do, and we all have the right to brag a little about the things we’re proud of. But there’s a limit for everything, and when the line is crossed into very crudely and unprofessionally presenting hateful views toward others, even in general cases, it just comes across as belligerence. You’re assigning a very negative connotation to anyone and everyone that calls themselves an “Aggie”. So what happens when you meet someone that doesn’t fit any of the awful stereotypes you named? What happens when (God forbid) you meet someone that is proud to be an Aggie and happens to be an intelligent, well-rounded, well-mannered individual who is as prepared as any for the professional and social world? At the very least, you should be ashamed that you are bashing people for taking pride in the things that they do.I know you merely re-posted this, but that action alone shows that you agree with what has been said. Therefore you are as much at fault as the original author.
I know, however, that none of my words will matter in the least, and that I will only be seen as an arrogant, whooping, tongue-sucking, out-of-control country bumpkin that doesn’t have a chance in life because I’m proud to call A&M my school and my home, instead of the academically focused, down-to-earth, levelheaded, well-mannered young lady with a wealth of tasteful interests, a high work ethic, and a goal to excel in all that I do. But that’s ok. You keep on keepin’ on with the things that make you happy, and I’ll carry on with my own.
at least we don’t eat our mascot for dinner.
I have visited both campuses. Honestly, I’ve never met a genuinely nice Longhorn. Period. For those of you that don’t know the TU tradition, UT calls themselves “THE University of Texas”. So we correct y’all and say you’re a texas university. We don’t say it to be funny. We say it to correct y’all. And what is a Longhorn useful for anyways? Did you know you can’t even eat them? They are worthless! They’re not even pretty to look at!! A&M is an all around better school. Number one friendliest campus in the nation for several years. UT can’t say that. A&M has set world records, put themselves in the history books with medical breakthroughs (like Dolly), and topped the lists in science. Fish camp is for helping freshman adjust to college life before we get to college station, don’t flatter yourselves. Yes, we trash Longhorns, but every Longhorn I have ever met has openly trashed Aggies and I took it with grace. Yes, there are annoying aggies but there are also douchebag longhorns. Aggies are the friendlier people. It’s just natural that way.
So Jim Rome….. STFU and grow a pair!
Dearest Jim Rome, and you who posted this piece of trash:
I am disgusted to say that I did read this entire post. Disgusted with myself, because it is a one-sided self-proclaimed “rant” from a hypocritical man who claims that UT doesn’t complain about Texas A&M. Quick reality check- try proofreading your work before you make a claim like that. I was disgusted with you, because you are an ignorant jerk with a blog, who thinks that your opinion counts a whole lot more than it does.
Yes, the Texas legislature did commission UT to be The University of Texas. Congratulations, you can google stuff. Awesome for you, dude. Texas A&M has never claimed that to be false. However, the fact remains that Texas A&M was in existence first. If you’d like to dispute that, you are sorely mistaken to do so. A&M was there first, and that’s that.
As for the Corps, I cannot believe you would dare to compare an entire group to the misguided actions of a few. You can say that about quite literally every organization of people in history. Perhaps an anthropology class would have helped you with that. How about the Duke Lacrosse team’s little foray into rape? Or the girl who may or may not be lying about it? Does that make all of Duke Men’s Athletics a bunch of pigs, or every Lady Blue Devil a liar? No, it doesn’t; the same way Longhorns who make tasteless jokes about the Bonfire tragedy don’t make all Longhorns a bunch of trashy idiots. The Corps fought in numerous wars, served honorably, and continued a revered tradition at Texas A&M. Sure, sure; you respect West Point Cadets and students from the Naval Academy. That’s great. It is purely and simply your prejudice against A&M that leads you to make disrespectful comments about an honorable system.
Aggies take care of their own, no matter where they are anywhere in the world. Texas Exes….please. When you come to A&M, you become an Aggie for life. You are never an ex.
The rivalry is a sporting thing that both sides enjoy, whether they choose to admit to it or not. I will argue with you all day long that Texas A&M is the greatest school in the world. They teach you more than academics – it’s a spirit you’ll never understand from the outside. They teach you respect, integrity, honor, character building, and PRIDE. Just try to stop us, you’ll fail.
My name is Kayla Briel, I’m a freshman telecommunication media studies major (and member of the multiple-national champion equestrian team) from Coppell, Texas, and I am THE LOUDEST and THE PROUDEST member of the fighting Texas Aggie class of 2015.
And by the way, how was that bowl game of yours last year? Come on, even cereal makes it to the bowl.
Gig em, now and forever.
Facts about the corps for all you non Aggies out there
A&M corps produces more commisioned officers than any school in the nation (besides the service acadimes of course).
The A&M corps has produced over 225 generals in the United States Military.
The A&M corps has produced seven Medal of Honor winners.
Well over half of the members of the A&M corps have graduated with a commision and gone on to serve our country.
So no, it is not just dress up and pretend like all you uninformed people seem to think.
In WWII 20,229 A&M graduates served in the military. Of those, 14,123 were commisioned officers (more than the combined total of the U.S service Academys).
So when us Aggies ask our ancestors what they did in the great war, they wont have to tell us that they were shouveling s**t Lousiana.
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Bmj, aggies spend so much time Hating UT… This article prove further the inferior intelligence of m&a. Oh you silly little aggies, and I quote, “why would you spend so much effort hating on a school?”. Please tell us why! We have one article about how annoying this waste of space college is, and you (aggies) have devoted your entire college to hating UT. I believe m&a Is the only school entirely devoted to bashing another school. What a joke
As an out-of-state student I honestly wonder sometimes what I’ve gotten myself into. I know this rivalry means a lot to you guys but it’s not worth destroying the other school to make you feel better. And as much as I hear UT say that A&M isn’t a rival, I have a word of advice… hatred is not the opposite of love, it’s apathy. If you truly didn’t care about what was happening at A&M or the rivalry, such a post would not exist because you wouldn’t find it meaningful to even talk about it.
Please, guys, be chivalrous. I know you don’t like each other but some of the things that are being said and done to each other are really quite unnecessary and uncalled for.
And please hear me out when I say this… as a student at A&M I do not go around calling people who attend UT stupid (among other names) and I ask you do the same. Do not assume that because I attend one school that that automatically means that I lack intelligence, well-roundedness and the ability to strive and succeed in the world. I would appreciate it a lot more if you had the time to actually met me before you made an assumption of who I am/am not. Just because I’m proud to call myself an Aggie does not mean I approve of everything that a fellow Aggie does.
Keep the open-minded and accepting of diversity approach that you give your fellow Longhorns. It makes you sound hypocritical when you boast your ability to accept everyone’s view points but yet you make an attempt to show how little you accept ours. At that point you’re basically saying you accept everyone’s viewpoints as long as it’s convenient and they agree with you.
Beyond that, I wish you all the best. Good luck in all your endeavors and UT, we shall see you on Thanksgiving Day. For better or for worse, let’s end this on a good note (meaning let’s not smear the reputations of either school in the name of coming out on top).
Thanks and Gig ‘em
You guys are fucking dumb. A&M is nowhere close to West Point and all the other military academies. Typical faggies.
A fact Ben15 forgot to mention is that a dog is the highest ranking officer in the Corps. Yeah that’s right, a dog.
Do you know what an Aggie and a Longhorn have in common? They both applied to UT.
76-35-5. Have fun in the SEC!
Hook’em