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10/10/2026

💁🏼‍♂️ If you like to decorate for Halloween, get over to Homegoods in College Station. All Halloween is on clearance! 🎃

10/10/2026

💁🏼‍♂️ If you went to Texas A&M, you have sat at a table with somebody else's initials cut into it.

The Dixie Chicken sits across from campus in Northgate, and the reason it looks the way it looks is a record album. Don Anz ran a record store over in Bryan. Don Ganter was in real estate. The two of them opened up Jerry Jeff Walker's "Viva Terlingua," and inside the gatefold was a photograph of the beat-up b**r joint in Luckenbach where that record had been cut: weathered wood, old b**r signs, dusty deer heads. Anz remembered what they said looking at it. "We both said, 'Let's do something like this.'"

So they did. They each borrowed a few thousand dollars, took over an old campus pool hall called the Aggie Den, and finished the inside in reclaimed barn wood until it looked like the picture in the sleeve. The doors opened on the fifteenth of June, 1974. The name came off a different record altogether, the 1973 Little Feat song "Dixie Chicken."

Then a couple of generations of Aggies went to work on the place. The wooden tables got carved on by customers until the carving was part of the furniture. There are pool tables and dominoes and photographs of the Bonfire on the wall. The alley alongside has bottle caps worked down into the ground from all those years of longnecks. There is a live rattlesnake on the premises with a herpetologist on the payroll to look after it. Robert Earl Keen, class of '78, played there. So did Lyle Lovett, class of '79.

Don Ganter died in 2004, and his daughters Katy Jackson and Jennifer Ganter took it over. Jennifer has said plainly what that was like: "It was a battle after he died. One, we were young. Two, we were women. And three, we were in the bar industry." They kept it. In June of 2024 the Dixie Chicken turned fifty, which is a long run for a building that started out as two men trying to copy a photograph they found inside a record sleeve.

10/06/2026

Happy Birthday, Texas A&M! 🎉

On October 4 in 1876, classes began at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, now known as Texas A&M University. The university opened with just six faculty members and 40 students.

Texas A&M was established through the Morrill Act of 1862, which created the land-grant college system across the United States. Its original mission was to educate students in agriculture, mechanical arts, and military tactics.

The Corps of Cadets was established in 1876 and is the oldest student run organization at Texas A&M. Aggies have served in every major U.S. war since the Spanish-American War in 1898. During World War II, more than 20,000 Aggies served in the armed forces, including more than 14,000 commissioned officers. A total of 953 Aggies gave their lives during the conflict.

Today, Texas A&M recognizes nine former students who have received the Medal of Honor. Seven earned the nation’s highest military decoration for valor during World War II, one for his service during Vietnam, and one for his actions during the Afghanistan War and the broader War on Terror.

Across campus, numerous memorials honor Aggies who gave their lives in service to our country, including the Memorial Student Center, which was dedicated to the memory of fallen Aggies.

Outside of the federal service academies, Texas A&M has a long-standing tradition of commissioning more military officers than any other university. In 2026, Texas A&M celebrates its 150th anniversary—a century and a half of tradition, service, and sacrifice.

PC: Old Main 1894, Cushing Memorial Library and Archives, Texas A&M
Main (Academic) building and Cadet Corps of Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1916
The Corps of Cadets marches down Military Walk in 1928. Cushing Memorial Library and Archives, Texas A&M

10/02/2026

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The history of “fish spurs”.

Fish spurs are a unique tradition that started back when Texas A&M used to play SMU in football. SMU’s mascot is the Mustangs, so the week before the game the fish would pullout (a senior privilege) and wear spurs to “spur the mustangs” at the game that weekend! Now Aggies no longer play SMU so the tradition continues the week we play Arkansas. The last part of the tradition is that if Arkansas wins, the fish have to wear the spurs for another week until Aggies win a football game! 🏈

And so there you have it. Fish spurs explained!

09/19/2026

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09/19/2026

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09/19/2026

Common Aggie Sayings & Football Lingo

• Gig ’Em 👍 — The classic Aggie greeting/sign of approval; accompanied by the thumbs-up hand sign.

• Whoop! — Expression of excitement or approval; traditionally used by upperclassmen and former students.

• Howdy! — The official Texas A&M greeting.

• Good Bull — Something positive, admirable, or representative of Aggie Spirit.

• Bad Bull — Common Aggie expression for something contrary to Aggie Spirit or tradition.

• BTHO — Beat the Hell Outta; followed by the opponent or even something like “BTHO finals.”

• BTHO [Opponent] — Standard football-week version of BTHO.

• 12th Man — The Aggie student body/fan tradition of standing ready to support the team, originating with E. King Gill in 1922.

• Home of the 12th Man — Kyle Field/Texas A&M's famous identity tied to the 12th Man tradition.

• Kyle Field — Home of Fightin’ Texas Aggie football.

• Midnight Yell — Huge yell practice held at Kyle Field the night before home football games.

• Yell Practice — Aggies practice and perform organized yells rather than traditional cheers.

• Yell Leaders — Five elected upperclassmen who lead Aggie yells; Aggies famously “don’t cheer — they yell.”

• Pass Back — Hand signals Yell Leaders use to tell the crowd which yell is coming.

• Aggie War Hymn — Texas A&M's famous fight song.

• Saw Varsity’s Horns Off — Famous part of the War Hymn when Aggies link together and sway back and forth.

• Hullabaloo, Caneck! Caneck! — Famous opening words of the Aggie War Hymn.

• Farmers Fight! — Classic Aggie yell/phrase rooted in A&M's agricultural heritage.

• Fightin’ Texas Aggies — Traditional way of referring to A&M teams/Aggies.

• Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band — Texas A&M's military-style marching band and a centerpiece of football gameday.

• Maroon Out — Designated football game when the 12th Man fills Kyle Field in maroon.

• Reveille / Miss Rev — Texas A&M's official mascot, affectionately known as the First Lady of Aggieland.

• Aggieland — Common nickname for Texas A&M and the College Station/Bryan Aggie community.

• Aggie Spirit — The loyalty, traditions, service and camaraderie associated with being an Aggie.

• Former Student — Traditional A&M term preferred over “alumni” in everyday Aggie usage; never “ex-Aggie.”

• Old Ag / Old Army — Traditional informal references to longtime Aggies and A&M's older traditions.

• Fish — Traditional Aggie term for a freshman.

• Wildcat — Class-specific sound and hand motion used by current students.

• Aggie Ring — One of the most recognizable symbols connecting current and former students.

• Ring Dunk — Informal Aggie celebration associated with receiving the Aggie Ring.

• Muster — Annual Aggie remembrance tradition honoring Aggies who have died during the previous year.

• Silver Taps — Solemn campus tradition honoring currently enrolled students who have died.

• The Spirit of Aggieland — Texas A&M's university anthem and a phrase often used more broadly for Aggie loyalty and community.

• Once an Aggie, Always an Aggie — Expression of the lifelong connection among current and former students.

• WHOOP! 👍 — Perfect shorthand in Howdy content when something is especially exciting or distinctly Aggie.

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