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Josh Pate On Texas A&M Yell Leaders (Late Kick Cut)
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2023
- Texas A&M is a perfect encapsulation of College Football with tons of unique tradition you won't find anywhere else. Some of that tradition has consistently drawn criticism from outsiders, and on Late Kick Live Ep 441 Josh Pate responded to an old video making its way around social media again showing the Aggie Yell Leaders participating in various cheers. Does something being unique automatically make it weird? Let us know what you think in the comments below and be sure to SUBSCRIBE to the channel and CLICK THE BELL for notifications as we bring you multiple live shows per week!
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This is why I watch Pate. He's open-minded, mostly un-biased, and truly loves college football.
"mostly unbiased"...no one is perfect i guess.
As an Aggie, and an Old Ag to boot, it is a tradition and it is weird.
We have a saying in Aggieland, "From the outside you can't understand it, and from the inside we can't explain it."
Also, we don't care if you understand, or for that matter, like it.
Love your show, Josh! Keep on keepin' on, man!
So true. Whoop!! Gig Em
You really shouldn’t go around telling people you’re an aggie. Have some self respect
@@StripedSooner I'd rather be an Aggie than a Sooner any day.
WHOOOOP "15
A&M is an excellent school. I planned on attending A&M until I went to midnight yell practice.
If you don't have that one weird uncle in the family, chances are, it is you.
I shall embrace my role 😂
Great video as always, Josh. Two things as an Aggie:
1) Thanks for posting the video of the yell leaders on their own; it helped refresh my memory of how those two yells go.
2) We are definitely weird. In fact, as I've seen posted elsewhere online: We put the "cult" in "Agriculture."
I used to be Cadre in the Air Force in Air Force ROTC at Syracuse University. But we were all connected through the ROTC network throughout the country. The Cadre that were in ROTC at Texas A&M would always say that it’s like a cult there and their ROTC program had an alarmingly high suicide rate among the Cadets. It’s tragic.
The Aggies are an odd bunch...good folks but often living in a bubble as legends in their own minds.
We've never lost a game... We have just been out scored.
And wait till next year!!
It’s definitely hard to find another fanbase that thinks so highly of themselves without winning literally anything important in 70+ years
LOL @@jaredjohnson7137
@@ExcaliberHD They just support their team a lot more than other fanbases. Lol what are you smoking.
Thanks, Josh. Nope - I’m not an Aggie. I’m a Razorback - and we call the Hogs (PROUDLY!) for goodness sake! In Norman, they drive a little schooner around, in Clemson the team rubs a rock as they run downhill onto the stadium turf. All special tradition. Very cool. Thanks for not worrying about who might be offended. Always appreciate your well-thought opinions (don’t always agree with you) and your videos.
Damn right y'all should call the Hogs and be proud of it! That's cool!
Speaking of staying away from the (blech) corporate NFL world, I CAN'T WAIT to return the Southwest Classic back to Kyle Field and Fayetteville where it belongs!
As a Sooner, I'm glad that people focus on the Sooner Schooner and pay no attention to the RufNeks.
@@joed5207 Oh we know about the RufNeks, as long as y'all don't make fun of the Yell Leaders, we'll keep quiet about the RufNeks. ;)
It's weird when it's only the 5 yell leaders. It's very different when the entire student section is participating in those yells simultaneously and you are the visiting team on the sidelines right in front of them.
A&M Traditions:
Muster: Celebrated on the 21st of April every year, Muster engages thousands of aggies on campus, and many more worldwide to honor and celebrate those aggies who have passed in the recent year
Bonfire memorial: A gathering at 2:42 a.m. on campus to honor the lives of those lost in the bonfire collapse in 1999
Silver taps: A solemn gathering on campus on the first tuesday of every month at 10:15 pm following the death of a student
Midnight yell, Yell leaders... the list goes on folks
A&m is a special place to attend college. Proud to be an aggie nurse. (Did i mention a student population of 73,000 and 3 on campus rec centers)
Never understood the Elephant Walk though. I watched as a student while others got food thrown at them. Not for me! lol...
@@kommsofort6977 Elephant Walk was just dumb. You also had March to the Brazos, Big Event, and other notables.
Here's one you don't see often (mainly because it hasn't happened since my senior year):
In a season when the Aggies go undefeated at home, the Drum Majors and the Yell Leaders switch places in front of the Academic Building.
Don't forget the "aggy tradition" of being a "mediocre" football team for the past 85yrs😂
This isn't just a good philosophy for college traditions. It's a good philosophy for life in general.
A lot of people will be into stuff you don't get, or don't like, or don't care about. If it makes them happy and it doesn't hurt you, be glad they're happy and leave them be.
It's not hard to just be chill and respectful of people who aren't like you and are just existing and living their best lives independently of anything that affects you. I wish this wasn't such a hard concept for so much of our country to understand.
The folks who get it, get it. The folks who don't, don't. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. I go down to Gainesville for the Gatornationals every year, and let me tell you, it is my chance to let my inner redneck swamp rat out for a weekend. Smell the nitro, get hot, fat and sunburnt and I love it! Ain't nothing better!
Well said!
for a country so individualistic as we are, it is quite odd how hard people try to chastise traditions and people's hobbies and interests.
and be glad it's not you.
Give me a C, give me an U. Gimme an L. And. T
WHATS THAT SPELL?!
university of texas
I tried to throw the Aggie Yell into a Monty Python skit, but it got intercepted. Ironically like the Texas A&M football season.
When your schools cheerleaders can hype a crowd like our yell leaders, then you can talk.
Tradition is good, just like their dog has free access on campus. aTm keep being you, all good in Aggie Land!
As long as 8 win seasons are the norm....and you can hire a used car salesman/ snake oil salesman for a guaranteed 10yrs 95mill dollar contract to keep you mediocre. Keep doing you aggy 😂😂😅
One thing missed from Josh’s Yell Leader history: the crowd needed entertaining because we were so bad.
Also the reason why kissing our dates for every score became a tradition: it didn’t happen often, so a touchdown or field goal was cause for celebration 😅.
As an Aggie I really don't care what other people think. We are steep in tradition...we used to be a former men's college. The yell leaders are unique and we love it.
I had this Lieutenant who graduated from Texas Tech. He accurately described the Aggies as “a cult that Tech and UT hate but are jealous of their dedication”.
We ain't jealous of any of that. As a UT grad I can tell you we only think about a&m when we play them just to beat them. Little brother stays where he belongs.
As a diehard UT fan we’re not jealous of anything Aggies. Those male cheerleaders are weird as shit and sum up that school.
Average longhorn supporter mindset, that all the other universities are inferior. Forever the bully of the Big12
And yet, here you are 🤣@@kingjonathan7773
@@kingjonathan7773…Uh Huh, sure…
My first day at A&M I saw a cadet talking to a tree. No phone. No other person. Just him and a tree. I know I and other Aggies are different, but I embraced the weird and gained a family.
Sounds good to me. Non weird people are incredibly boring
Probably a stupid "fish detail"
As a native Texan I apologize to the rest of the world for this, Pretty girls in short skirts works for every other football team but not for the College Station cult
"Sorry those assholes don't objectify teenage women like the cool kids."
Bruh. It’s Better than having Whores. Modernity is such garbage
You got that right!!
@@DHClapp Blah Blah Virtue signal Blah
Lolololol
SO WEIRD! 😂
You hit the nail on the head. I love that it’s weird. Dont care what others think. And I am thankful that we don’t play the same basic stand tunes, same basic cheerleaders. All these other stadiums we visit feel like highschools. Not a bad thing but I’m glad A&M is different than my highschool experience.
Odds are...your "high-school" may have had a better football program 🤔
@@thekey1682 better coaching hires for sure.
Dadgum occult is what it is 😂😂
I’ve never been embarrassed of being white until now
That’s the part everyone is being politically correct about. There is also this creepy hyper Texas Republican vibe there too. It all adds up to a tough place for a lot of people.
Longhorn here and I've been around the Aggie traditions from family members and going to games there most of my life. I've always admired their traditions and passions as weird as it may seem for me outside. most of them are good people.
For context, that was during covid for a stream of midnight yell before a game. That is the reason there is no one in the stadium
Looks like something that happens randomly in San Francisco 😅
@@jeffccr3620 Not quite. None of them were taking a shit on the sideline or shooting up with Fentanyl.
@@davidhfranz...are you sure 🤔
Cause at least that would be a decent excuse why they are doing it 😂
Looks like a really bad boy band from the 1990's
I'm a Former Student. Josh, you should do a take on Miss Revelie. There's probably a very unique situation between her and other mascots. Does Uga or Smokey get his choice of bed like Miss Rev? Are they the highest ranking cadet? Do they attend class with the students?
Omg that would be amazing. As a longhorn grad, I love Ms Reveille X!!
I'm a BAMA fan, but I absolutely love Miss Reveille❤️
No one commands stadium participation like the Aggie Yell Leaders. NO ONE!! They are the heart of the 12th man.
Nothing says there is nothing to do in College Station like a Friday night yell practice.
You’re just starting to see what the rest of Texas has had to deal with
😂 What on earth was that! They not only suck with contracts and football, but now they’ve added some weird fan hype😂😂
Give me a G, give me an A, give me a Y.
What's that spell 😂
Are you a fat kid on the middle school playground?
As an A&M grad, I agree with you. Totally strange, and yet it is all ours! FYI...we have the hot girl cheerleaders like everyone else at the basketball games though. Amen, Josh.
Mmmhm sure bud
Keep enjoying your dude cheerleaders at football. 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
@@kingjonathan7773 Nice to know we live rent free in t sip's minds.
Aggies actually think that’s impressive! Lmao
We don't choose our family.. but we do choose our weird college traditions.
As an Aggie, of course it seemed kind of weird at first, but you soon realize it’s just fun. Midnight Yell was always a good time. One of the best parts of going to A&M is all the silly traditions help you learn to not take yourself so serious all the time. It’s okay to be silly and just have fun.
Midnight anything is not a good time😴except sleeping
Gig'em Josh. Checks in the mail.
I agree! i think its a cool tradition!! I went to EMU and we didnt have cool traditions. I wish i would have went south!!
Isn't this pretty aligned to what cheerleaders do? Especially female cheerleaders? And wasn't Texas A&M an all-boys school at one point in time? I'm kinda seeing how this tradition happened...
Especially female cheerleaders. That's what makes it weird.
@@Mike-sp7zv why though? Modern cheer teams have guys on the team too. If you can assume the purpose of it all is not actually about shaking your ass and tits in front of people and giving them the illusion you're available but about supporting your team it's not that strange
We have those at basketball games. @@Mike-sp7zv
@@exomake_mehorololoI don't care if dudes are on a cheer team, but those aggies are lacking testosterone. I didn't say anything about shaking anything. It's just about how they're acting during yell practice they may as well have been wearing skirts and caleb william painted nails
@@kommsofort6977ok
Grew up in Texas, and I have a lot of family that went to A&M. If you've ever been to a wedding between 1 or more Aggies you'll know how strange these people are. I've been to 5 or 6, and they all had some homage to A&M. I remember 2 in particular where they blasted the A&M fight song at their wedding reception. "Yeah we just got married and its not even football season but whatever, beat the hell out of Texas!!".
When you ship your kids off to Aggieland, you get them back in their maroon shirts, and boots, while blasting Jason Aldean. It's real simple, just don't do it. Hook em! 🤘🤘🤘
I’m a die hard Aggie former student, and I’m also a weird little elder emo kid.
Maroon shirts, boots and blasting Jason Aldean… He’ll yeah
I was fully expecting you to dunk on them and I was like "what's to dunk on?"
It looks and sounds stupid. Now half the stadium yell Texas! And the other half Fight! That is a chant that is awesome. Not whatever weird crap was going on there.
@@kingjonathan7773 but that’s why I love A&M. It’s because when I was at North Texas everyone would yell Mean on one side and then Green on the other. I see it everywhere. Bama with Roll and Tide. Auburn with War and Eagle. But to me the yells are different, they’re special in that regard
They are really weird, but Kyle Field is awesome and they are really friendly
All of you calling it "weird" have apparently NEVER seen cheerleaders practice. Do you think they always practice in front of people? Sheesh!
This yell chant is honestly weirder when there's a crowd. It's weird and more cultish that way
@@Mike-sp7zvcultish? It's a chant.
@@yungzooma3650 yes
I was on board with the “It’s weird but do what you do” wagon until I saw the testicle squeeze thing. Nah, man. Weirdos.
It's a sprit that can ne'r be told. It's the spriit of Aggieland. You may not understand but for us it is family.
Whats crazy is the amount of tradition that is not aired during CFB nights. There is so much more tradition that resides in the corps of cadets the TV will never expose ;)
That looked like something out of Glee.
FRUIT cakes
This barely even scratches the surface of weird things the Ags do..
The lore runs oh so deep..
Jimbo & these freaks deserve each other. 🤝
So that’s what became of the Ginyu Force.
As an SEC Homer the aggies are like the weird athletic kid that in the school yard pick up game that you wanted to pick last just because you know they gonna talk about the intricacies and history of air soft the whole time (ROTC much?), yet still be a productive member of the team
Just say no to the sausage parties, let the scantily clad ladies take center stage! 😂
I am an Aggie, but I hsve heard you Josh being as an objective critic of A&M as there can be. Keep up with the good work, do not pay attention to "smart" remarks.
Texas A&M is also a recognized military academy
Yeah most of the aggies I’ve met were the type of leader that their soldiers would follow anywhere, if only out of morbid curiosity.
That is the most flowery thing I’ve ever seen
I wish people had football videos to make about winning Aggie football teams. Losing can be a tradition also.
Oh it is a "Tradition" in aggyland....it's called "irrelevance"
Yep. And it is in their blood to suck at most things.
Dear lord what is with the hate with a&m?
@@balapadmanabhan5705 They spend like a billion dollars a year on mediocre ass football. It isn’t hate as much as ridicule. But we don’t have to split hairs.
I’m going to get in trouble for saying this but…
Gay 🥴
Perception is reality and the CFB fan sees them as extremely weird.
I think it makes more sense to say that reality is reality.
That video is strange even for an Aggie who gets it. It doesn't show the context of what they do within a gameday environment or midnight yell. I also remember them having more of a masculine, John Wayne type vibe to them back when I was in school. That tradition has clearly been lost lol
Every Texas A&M player dates a cheerleader
"Cheerleader or Yell leader" they are about the same 😂
If this were my schools tradition I wouldn’t be a football fan. This transcends weird
@JoshPate We've got the tailgate spot ready for ya in Aggieland my man, cmon!
We live in the world of inclusion so it’s perfectly OK for A&M to have Gay as Hell Yell Leaders. Just be glad they wear Coveralls instead of Drag! 😂😅😂
"Formed in 1907 when A&M was all-male military school."
A&M was basically a reform school. In the early days of the Internet there were official references to this background. "Send us your troubled boys" (paraphrasing).
Some Texas Monthly magazine picture captions from 1981:
"'Squeeze, Ags!’ These yell leaders are-yes, it’s true-squeezing their privates in order to share pain with the team on the football field. Nobody knows who first came up with this idea, but it’s never caught on with anyone but Aggies."
Another caption:
“'It is not a fish privilege to think, want, like, or feel.' So if an upperclassman puts a tennis ball on a fish’s nose just for the hell of it, that fish must maintain military demeanor, and so must any other fish who happens by. It’s tough."
And another:
"Quadding: Stripped to his shorts, a cadet has barrels of water poured on his crotch from a second-story window" (his arms and legs are outstreched by other cadets).
One more:
"Wearing tall, expensive senior boots is the culmination of every Aggie’s career. They show he’s made it through the crap-outs and through the classes. Aggies wear the boots every day of their senior year, then put them away forever."
Thanks for the stories of the cult known as a&m
This all sounds very gay and I’m not saying that ironically
Now show the video in game where those "weirdos" lead 100k Aggies in forcing Alabama into false start after false start. Team didn't win this year, but not because we Aggies didn't do our part.
@josh look at the context of when this was filmed. The unfortunate year of 2020-2021 when all was shut down leaves the yell leaders to lead an empty stadium.
Bro needs to watch Tech throw tortillas
As an Aggie and a legacy, 1. Yes we are absolutely a cult and 2. No, we don’t care, because it’s fun. Something something they hate us cause they ain’t us 🤷♂️
Yes, it's tradition, but that doesn't clear them from being WEIRD. Anyone that has been to a midnight yell knows it's disturbingly strange.
Amen, Josh. I fully agree with this.
No one thought you were going to make fun of A&M we all know you love them
They’re basically just cheerleaders saying “no homo”.
As long as they're having fun
The thing that i find even weirder than the weird Aggie traditions is how highly regarded A&M is as a (supposed) football power. What have they won?
A national championship unlike Oregon
Better school than whatever I attend
Highway 6 goes both ways if you don't like the traditions.
I think this is easily the most cringe tradition in college football.
It’s just extremely weird.
Tradition!
Not an Aggie, but if you look into it everything they do has a great story of how it began.
To get why there are male yell leaders at Texas A&M, you gotta look at the history. Founded in 1876, Texas A&M was an all male, military college, hence why the yell leaders are all men to this day. Moreover, every student had to be in the Corps of Cadets (ROTC) even if they did not accept a commission in the military after graduation. Women were not allowed to enroll in the university until 1965, the same year when joining the Corps of Cadets became voluntary. To this day, besides the 5 Federal military academies (West Point, Annapolis, the Air Force Academy, the Coast Guard Academy, and the Merchant Marine Academy), there are 6 schools designated as "Senior Military Colleges" that provide the bulk of ROTC commissions into the military (Texas A&M, Virginia Military Institute, The Citadel, Virginia Polytech, Norwich University, and the University of North Georgia). I've got 3 grad degrees on top of my Bachelor's. I went to A&M for my PhD so while not really part of the "cult of A&M," it was a special and different experience to the other universities I've attended. Gig 'Em Ags!
Funny that they have the ATM on the back so you know which team you're bumping into😂😂😂
That is frightening to watch
Nah Josh. It’s weird
Here's the deal--we Aggies love our traditions (including the Yell Leaders) and don't really care what other people think about them (or us).
I'm pretty sure Josh's uncle was playing the pull-my-finger game incorrectly...
When I was young they had one tradition that I think many would consider weird, but they were not coed back then. I wonder if they still squeeze their testicles when the Aggies are in a tight situation on the field.
Its weird
Got to meet a few Aggie fans this weekend they were all great folks, but they have some interesting traditions, to say the least
They are weird. They all go to the same church. It is a cult don't let their kindness fool ya.
Vol Twitter you are undefeated 😂😂
Listen, I'm an aggie and a buckeye. I'm no stranger to "cultish" traditions. This isn't as odd as people think. It's part of what makes college football great. It's part of the pageantry. Take 5 minutes and read why we have yell leaders, the midnight yell, musters, the aggie ring, the elephant walk, WHOOP, and whatever else, and you might think it's less weird too. Also, Josh is right. We don't care what you think.
Thanks and Gig 'Em.
Yeah but nobody cares. Like people understand traditions. People don’t understand having a constant hard on about yourself and your bull.
That comment really bothered Josh lol
"Weird or tradition." Nothing about something being traditional insulates it from being weird. In fact, many traditions are extraordinarily weird if you look at them from the outside.
Like, from my outside perspective, these yell leaders seem like really bad cheerleaders.
Their primary purpose is to direct the crowd noise. Ever since Bill Byrne became the Athletic Director, everything became scripted. Back when the PA announcer would just shut up and let the Yell Leaders and Aggie Band dictate the crowd noise, Kyle was an intimidating place (we didn't lose a single home game my sophomore, junior, or senior year). No piped in music, no DJ, just the Yell Leaders and the Aggie Band.
@@davidhfranz That's fine. But that sounds a lot like what regular cheer squads are for.
My comment about "really bad cheerleaders" is that they're nowhere near as crisp, organized, and coordinated as what you'd expect from an average collegiate cheer squad. They just look like some frat bros hanging out on the sideline. Apparently, TAMU does have an actual cheerleading team, but it's restricted to women only...probably so as to not step on the toes of these yell leaders.
But, that's just an outsider's perspective.
A&M....Only school in which one of their cheers is " Farmer's Fight."
As a life long Sooner, I can tell you that we've always respected and enjoyed the Aggie Yell Leaders. We have the Rough-Necks. Guys can lead cheers too. Ours are just more manly cause we let them carry shotguns.
As another lifelong Sooner, speak for yourself. The mass majority of Sooner fans do not respect and enjoy aggie yellers. We are creeped out by them.
We do not respect Aggie yell 😂 do not drag the rest of us down with you.
Yea... Dont put that evil on the rest of sooner nation.
The craziest thing is that texas a&m actually voluntarily put tgis information out to the public.... Blew my mind when i realized they were putting it out themselves. Its like posting online that you walk around with macaroni and cheese in your boots.
Just because its a tradition doesnt mean its good.
@@StripedSooner That comment capsized and crashed like the Schooner.
@@davidhfranz...no it "capsized" like that 77-0 whipping a&m has yet to forget 😂
Academy sponsors you AND some college football teams? Oh the horror! You may have to rethink your entire existence. 😂
Yeah, that's pretty weird from the outside looking in. That said, I couldn't agree more with you on this one.
I agree with you much more than when I don't. Great show.
Geaux Tigers!
It also just looks goofy without the crowd. It’s not the same as when they have a full crowd to do it. I still wish A&M a peasant losing season though
@@Cabooseforprez2012it looks goofy with a crowd. Having 100,000 weird people do it does not make it less weird.
Love Love Love this! Whoop! Gig 'em Ags!! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
👎👎👎
They’re weird I’ll always stick by it
It seems strange (and it is) but living about 2 hours from college station, so i know a lot of people who went to A&M and the Aggie Yell Leaders im told are like campus celebrities and not dorks people mock.
Just mocked by every fan outside of college station
Wellll. They ain’t steers.
Married an aggie, it's 100% a cult, but a nice friendly one lol lol. Some dude bought be a beer cause I was a bama fan in College Station... absolute wild night, deff a cult, but the nicest cult on earth