I got an e-mail concerning this incident last night, and we are currently looking into this to see if we can find out who did it.

What I did NOT get was specifics like:

1. Were they in uniform? (I assume so, since I was told that they were without question cadets)

2. Did anyone get a name from a nametag? (again, assuming they were in uniform)

3. Did anyone get a picture?

4. Did anyone go talk to these "cadets" and tell them to stop or at least call an usher to talk to them?

If anyone has any further info about this incident concerning cadet behavior at the game last Saturday, please contact me and I can assure you that I will investigate immediately. We will NOT tolerate this kind of behavior from any of our cadets.

I apologize if these were in fact cadets and they acted so badly in such a public setting. They are NOT indicative of our Corps as a whole, and I will take the appropriate action IF we can find out who they were.

Thanks for your support of our Corps. Beat the HELL Outta Ball State!

Same guy tried this on another site. Was shot down for lack of credibility there. Now claims they had "corps haircuts" , Aggies rings and one had a corps t shirt. His story smells.

What was posted on Rivals' AggieYell, and is what I recall on TexAgs, that I think has been deleted is the following:

Last night, in section 506, row J, a group of Aggies were out of line. Clearly having a good time and drinking beer, they yelled and cussed and argued about everything going on during the game. The worst however, was throwing beer bottles off the balcony onto the families below. The first one came in the 3rd quarter, and the second one was full of Copenhagen spit after the game. I was 2 rows behind them with my 16 year old son. I wanted to go throw them off the upper deck. What a poor example of how to act. In the middle of a bunch of young kids and A&M alumni, we had some real idiots. My thought has always been that the Corp held its members to high standards and they carried those standards everywhere. I know it was only a select few, but it really bothers me that we have Aggies with class rings, acting like that. I've seen it in Lubbock, Austin and Baton Rouge, but never with Aggies, until last night.

On TexAgs and Rivals he was asked plenty how he knew they were in the Corps - i.e., "Were they in uniform?" "Did you say anything?" "No cell phone pictures?" He was pretty widely discredited on both sites.

He later posted"

I've been on the road going home today and stopped in for a dove hunt in Hondo. Sorry for the delay. The guys were not in uniform. All 3 had corps haircuts and Aggie rings, one of them had an Aggie tshirt with corps of cadets on it.

Not many people are believing his story.

I can attest that the vast majority of upperclassmen cadets don't wear civilian shirts advertising the fact that they are in the corps. Also, most upperclassmen in the corps would not have hair short enough to definitively prove they are in the corps. I'm guessing either this story is false, or grossly exaggerated.

Thanks for the feedback.

I met with all the Major Unit Commanders and the Corps Cdr tonight, and emphasized just how much their reputation carries far beyond the Quad - especially when it potentially involves negative behavior. I told them about these allegations, the fact that we couldn't verify that they were, indeed members of the Corps, but that even the thought that it might be members of the Corps elicited some pretty rapid responses - especially by former Corps members.

I am hopeful that these were NOT cadets, but just in case, we are reinforcing whats expected of our cadets at ALL times - especially when out in public.

Thanks again for the feedback, and for the support. Great to know that former members of the Corps still expect our current cadets to conduct themselves with honor and dignity, and that even though its their Corps, we ALL love and care about the Corps, and want to ensure that its is still held to the highest standards of conduct and performance at all times.

Gig 'em and beat the HELL Outta Ball State!

OP should delete his thread !

My daughters fish year, the day before her very first "March In", she had surgery to remove an infected in grown toe nail. Her Dr. Advised her to stay off that foot for a few days and keep it elevated as much as possible.
So what does she do? She was excited as hell and was not going to skip her first March In, period! There she goes, putting that bad foot into her shoe and Marches in with a bad limp, but a huge smile on her face. My wife loads up our game day bag with extra bandages and antibiotic cream, in case it's needed.

She stands with her fish buddies and after halftime, she takes the elevator up to my seats & sits down to redress the toe and get some pain meds. She and my wife get it taped up and she rejoins her Corps buddies to stand with the 12th Man.

The next day, I log in to TexAgs and there is a huge thread about the fish who moved over to sit in the Zone with her parents, hell there were even photos from a couple of different "concerned" Ags! She was only there for enough time to change the bandages, but no one mentions that! This was in a time before everyone carried a camera in their cell phone, but there were still pictures of her sitting with us.

So my point is.... If this really happened, I feel certain SOMEONE would have taken their picture or video of them and it would have been posted here and the other sites where he is making this accusation. It also would have made its way to the General by now or possibly a TV news report.

We all see by the way he spelled "corps" that he certainly is not a former CT. I say save the email and wait for further proof. If and when proof comes along or someone else comes forward to back this guy up, then something should be done. If not, let it die. Until then, just BTHOBS!

This story just did not happen the part where he lost a lot of people was the beer bottle being tossed over the edge. The row he said the kids were on was not close to the edge and they would have had to hurl the bottles over quite a few people, thus getting the attention of ushers and a ton of pissed off people. Many people called this guy out as a troll and someone that was just trying to hate on the CT's

On one hand, I understand why General R has to take these accounts seriously.

On the other, I feel like he shouldn't dignify them with a response.

Joe, I do appreciate that you are looking for facts, not punishing the whole Corps over rumor and innuendo.





Not that there are any previous commandants who would have done such a thing.

Thanks CanyonAg (Mark). I DO take them seriously, and believe me, not ALL get a response from me. I will NEVER punish the entire Corps for the actions of a small handful of knuckleheads. If there is truth to the allegations and I can find out who did it, I will take the appropriate action with the cadet(s) involved.

I know that we all hold our Corps to a higher standard, and we should. I just ask that if we get reports of cast misconduct, that I get as much DETAIL as possible - including pics, video, names, units, class, etc. Any and all of that helps me with these kinds of situations. And I take ALL of them seriously.

Thanks for all your support of our Corps! Beat the Hell Outta the Hogs!!

Doing push-ups now.....