Aggie Bonfire 1988

[@54adventures]

This was my junior year and I was there that night! Great…awesome memory! Thanks for posting this!

[@markslater2941]

I got to wrap center pole with the fish in C-1 in 85 so this was my class year.. It brings back great memories. Thanks for sharing.

[@apaullo2115]

As of a few years ago we don't do fish wrap anymore :(

[@kristinmccann3502]

I was at this one, I was 12 years old & it was insane how massive the wood stack was.

[@carmenlinnea8751]

I was at the bonfire 1-2 yrs after this at age 15 the logs would take weeks n weeks to haul to campus I’d see from driving by. Thank you for posting! Great memories & seeing ol’ tradition

[@blairquinney214]

THE TIME HAS COME AND GONE. IT'S TIME TO BUILD THE GREATEST BONFIRE EVER.

[@blairquinney214]

LET'S THIS YEAR BUILD THE GREATEST BONFIRE EVER.

[@eddietheaggie2010]

Gave me chills--this was the year I was born. Good Bull!

[@blairquinney214]

1988. I'm in the 11th Grade. We're so on the cusp. Reagan's still in The White House. Frat Boys' getting married (to one another, of course) is still a ridiculous notion (unless one's in Denmark), and, yet, stealing a real Texas Highway Department sign has become unacceptable. On the cusp (as I've said). On the cusp. It''s all over now, of course. Greece produced Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle and then became worthless. Italy produced The Renaissance and then became worthless. England ruled the world for a while and then opted for worthlessness. The US of A walked on the moon and then decided to become worthless. Back in 1988 the world (outside of China) was riding The Cusp. It was a good time to be alive (outside of China). 20 years is long enough. We've done our penance. It's time to rekindle BONFIRE full force.

[@klettersteig599]

Oh boo hoo, Reagan was a terrible president and war criminal for what he did to Central America. Why do you care about men wanting to love men? You’re not that old, even more so when you left this comment 7 years ago, but you talk like a dying man, bitter about the way things turned out. P.S I agree we should start doing giant bonfires again

[@jwc7215]

nice.... great video... Ive only worked on off campus bonfires

[@blairquinney214]

It's time to build the largest Bonfire EVER....

[@reneb98]

Great video! Ol' Army!

[@blairquinney214]

The last of the famous international playboys...

[@GordonChi]

15 years since the 1999 disaster

[@jmpercy]

I'm sorry, but this is all the footage that I have of this Bonfire.

[@danem.9402]

Thanks so much for this vid. As a current TAMU graduate, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. ‘Ol army does it right. There’s a spirit can ne’er be told.

[@allpeeps4me]

Maybe if old army would do the yells during the game too the new army would hear the "correct" way. Instead Old Army sits. I'm going to try to lobby on texags as hard as I can for the underclassmen yell leaders to be sent to the west side so Old Army will finally get involved.

[@JMVuko]

Good bull. Present students. Get bonfire back to campus and burn it. Nothing compares to the unity it brings.

[@alexstark5568]

I'm in student bonfire and I feel such a strong sense of unity and brotherhood with everyone who works on it. I can't even imagine how it was in old army, I wish we could have a larger presence among all students like back in those days.

[@JMVuko]

Alex Stark Bring it back. Safety can be managed. It was for decades. It is a great loss but imagine if everything stopped because of tragedy.

[@alexstark5568]

​@@JMVuko We take safety really seriously, we also have a completely different design for the stack in which every log touches the ground so it's more stable. While we've shown that it can be built safely off-campus for over 15 years, the university doesn't officially recognize or acknowledge us in any capacity. The university is certainly in a difficult position in this topic and I think even if they wanted to bring it back to campus they would get caught up in endless bureaucratic red tape, which really is a shame. I could go on and on but I'm just grateful that there's still a lot of aggies passionate about building bonfire.

[@JMVuko]

Class of 1987 and an engineer. I recall the discussion and reasons. The concern was that it should never happen again and not do it ever again on campus. I think it’s illogical to think anything can be 100% safe. It’s worse to show that we should not proceed. History shows there problems and solutions. One must continue to work and not stop in the face of tragedy. Certainly the history of our nation and Texas are examples.

[@rustyshackleford5464]

​@@JMVuko Class of 02' and I agree about the illusion of safety, but the way the administration is now, one risk is too many. You should look into Student Bonfire. The University "kicked the can" on Bonfire just long enough in hopes that all involved, including me, would move on or graduate. The way the administration handled it left me sour for over a decade. This group has kept experience alive, they build a hell of a fire too. Watching this group the last few years have made me an advocate.

[@allpeeps4me]

Why were the yells so slow?

[@StevenfromTX]

50,000 people surrounding a roaring crackling fire lit with jet fuel, there will be a slight delay to keep the yells clear. I was a freshman at Bonfire Cut every weekend that year.

[@allpeeps4me]

@@StevenfromTX I asked that question nearly ten years ago.

[@MattTigers]

Excuse me, are yall with the cult? Yeah, this is it.

[@rdwoodw]

This is how I remember the yells...A-G-G-I-E-S!! not A-G-G-I-E-Ssssss??? like that stupid crap new army does.