Josh Pate On Texas A&M Yell Leaders (Late Kick Cut)

[@JoshPateCFB]

Keep the show free - SUBSCRIBE to the channel and LIKE the video! - JP

[@aredman22]

This is why I watch Pate. He's open-minded, mostly un-biased, and truly loves college football.

[@nicolep7241]

"mostly unbiased"...no one is perfect i guess.

[@ad9aggie]

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!

[@billcollier6565]

So true. Whoop!! Gig Em

[@StripedSooner]

You really shouldn’t go around telling people you’re an aggie. Have some self respect

[@ad9aggie]

@@StripedSooner I'd rather be an Aggie than a Sooner any day.

[@rayalmendarez2076]

WHOOOOP "15

[@michaelspecks7053]

A&M is an excellent school. I planned on attending A&M until I went to midnight yell practice.

[@stevendigges4151]

If you don't have that one weird uncle in the family, chances are, it is you.

[@oscarma15]

I shall embrace my role 😂

[@jefffrank3173]

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."

[@mofreeman8237]

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.

[@haydenpeairs4635]

The Aggies are an odd bunch...good folks but often living in a bubble as legends in their own minds.

[@jaredjohnson7137]

We've never lost a game... We have just been out scored.

[@koolhandlukemakemyday8812]

And wait till next year!!

[@ExcaliberHD]

It’s definitely hard to find another fanbase that thinks so highly of themselves without winning literally anything important in 70+ years

[@BigDave131]

LOL @@jaredjohnson7137

[@balapadmanabhan5705]

@@ExcaliberHD They just support their team a lot more than other fanbases. Lol what are you smoking.

[@brucewallace3860]

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.

[@BullMuscleAg]

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!

[@joed5207]

As a Sooner, I'm glad that people focus on the Sooner Schooner and pay no attention to the RufNeks.

[@Letsreviewsomething]

@@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. ;)

[@cajunag]

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.

[@RobertRamsey-b5w]

It's the difference between 5;queers and 50,000

[@The_Proud_Texan]

When your schools cheerleaders can hype a crowd like our yell leaders, then you can talk.

[@brianw5336]

It looks like to me yell leaders is just a glorified name for cheerleaders

[@The_Proud_Texan]

@@brianw5336 pretty much, only reason they get so much attention from other schools is cause they’re all male

[@davidwarner3326]

​@brianw5336 , cheerleading actually comes from yell leading. Women started participating-rather controversially-in the 20's and became more prevalent as the men went off to war in the 40's. A&M just keeps the tradition.

[@showmemoblues]

Tradition is good, just like their dog has free access on campus. aTm keep being you, all good in Aggie Land!

[@thekey1682]

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 😂😂😅

[@dylan-pi2zy]

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)

[@kommsofort6977]

Never understood the Elephant Walk though. I watched as a student while others got food thrown at them. Not for me! lol...

[@davidhfranz]

@@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.

[@thekey1682]

Don't forget the "aggy tradition" of being a "mediocre" football team for the past 85yrs😂

[@rpeebles]

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.

[@vinnythewebsurfer]

Give me a C, give me an U. Gimme an L. And. T WHATS THAT SPELL?!

[@PrimeTime399]

university of texas

[@joshuacorso2788]

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 😅.

[@justinboatwright4318]

I tried to throw the Aggie Yell into a Monty Python skit, but it got intercepted. Ironically like the Texas A&M football season.

[@audiodile]

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.

[@shanekeenaNYC]

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!

[@dream_in_digital]

Well said!

[@troybaxter]

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.

[@wardad5628]

and be glad it's not you.

[@robertlincoln8338]

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.

[@thekey1682]

Odds are...your "high-school" may have had a better football program 🤔

[@robertlincoln8338]

@@thekey1682 better coaching hires for sure.

[@DMS-pq8]

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

[@DHClapp]

"Sorry those assholes don't objectify teenage women like the cool kids."

[@cowboyschad5x778]

Bruh. It’s Better than having Whores. Modernity is such garbage

[@koolhandlukemakemyday8812]

You got that right!!

[@DMS-pq8]

@@DHClapp Blah Blah Virtue signal Blah

[@hoffpauirconcrete.semperfidCC]

Lolololol

[@blchamblisscscp8476]

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?

[@JosephSalazarIII]

Omg that would be amazing. As a longhorn grad, I love Ms Reveille X!!

[@kakykall]

I'm a BAMA fan, but I absolutely love Miss Reveille❤️

[@MangoPod6969]

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

[@jeffccr3620]

Looks like something that happens randomly in San Francisco 😅

[@davidhfranz]

@@jeffccr3620 Not quite. None of them were taking a shit on the sideline or shooting up with Fentanyl.

[@thekey1682]

​​@@davidhfranz...are you sure 🤔 Cause at least that would be a decent excuse why they are doing it 😂

[@danielbarrett3434]

Josh Pate, a principled man. He actually does his homework on teams and loves tradition. My man. I hope you become the most successful national football pundit ever. Thanks and gig ‘em

[@gijakob]

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”.

[@kingjonathan7773]

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.

[@Andy-White]

As a diehard UT fan we’re not jealous of anything Aggies. Those male cheerleaders are weird as shit and sum up that school.

[@AJthe13th]

Average longhorn supporter mindset, that all the other universities are inferior. Forever the bully of the Big12

[@richardwalker4903]

And yet, here you are 🤣@@kingjonathan7773

[@MaxQ2989]

@@kingjonathan7773…Uh Huh, sure…

[@CountryMozart]

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.

[@exomake_mehorololo]

Sounds good to me. Non weird people are incredibly boring

[@davidhfranz]

Probably a stupid "fish detail"

[@jalaremarks5885]

SO WEIRD! 😂

[@thehonksterkadunedalickyda7036]

I’ve never been embarrassed of being white until now

[@Dustyphoto915]

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.

[@brentthebloodhound]

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!!

[@davidjohnson6747]

No one commands stadium participation like the Aggie Yell Leaders. NO ONE!! They are the heart of the 12th man.

[@kommsofort6977]

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.

[@Bakarost]

Mmmhm sure bud

[@kingjonathan7773]

Keep enjoying your dude cheerleaders at football. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

[@balapadmanabhan5705]

@@kingjonathan7773 Nice to know we live rent free in t sip's minds.

[@davidwarner3326]

They're the dance team.

[@davidwarner3326]

​@@kingjonathan7773, yell leading was started by a male student and yell leaders were often male athletes from other sports. When women started being included 100 years ago, it was rather controversial. As men went off to war in the 40's, women took a more prominent role. Stay classy, my friend.

[@OklahomaMan1990]

Dadgum occult is what it is 😂😂

[@itsmeevan027]

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...

[@Mike-sp7zv]

Especially female cheerleaders. That's what makes it weird.

[@exomake_mehorololo]

​@@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

[@kommsofort6977]

We have those at basketball games. @@Mike-sp7zv

[@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

[@Mike-sp7zv]

​@@kommsofort6977ok

[@GLA34567]

😂 What on earth was that! They not only suck with contracts and football, but now they’ve added some weird fan hype😂😂

[@johnlane2511]

Looks like a really bad boy band from the 1990's

[@willparisi9455]

You’re just starting to see what the rest of Texas has had to deal with

[@citygirljace]

My late grandfather, an Aggie, had a mug that said “Aggie Mug.” The handle was inside.

[@HughJaneous]

We don't choose our family.. but we do choose our weird college traditions.

[@shane24374]

Give me a G, give me an A, give me a Y. What's that spell 😂

[@tightywhitey9779]

Are you a fat kid on the middle school playground?

[@BAYBears85]

Nothing says there is nothing to do in College Station like a Friday night yell practice.

[@billyblanton8042]

Let's not forget they also do the yell at midnight and used to do a massive log burning. Walking down the street with tiki torches.

[@stischer47]

All of you calling it "weird" have apparently NEVER seen cheerleaders practice. Do you think they always practice in front of people? Sheesh!

[@Mike-sp7zv]

This yell chant is honestly weirder when there's a crowd. It's weird and more cultish that way

[@yungzooma3650]

​@@Mike-sp7zvcultish? It's a chant.

[@Mike-sp7zv]

@@yungzooma3650 yes

[@dougrose7334]

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.

[@davidrawls369]

Aggies actually think that’s impressive! Lmao

[@BrotherCarl]

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! 🤘🤘🤘

[@tightywhitey9779]

I’m a die hard Aggie former student, and I’m also a weird little elder emo kid.

[@The_Proud_Texan]

Maroon shirts, boots and blasting Jason Aldean… He’ll yeah

[@user-tz2zz5ij1s]

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.

[@turdferguson12]

Midnight anything is not a good time😴except sleeping

[@michaelspecks7053]

They are really weird, but Kyle Field is awesome and they are really friendly

[@blindsniper9794]

I was fully expecting you to dunk on them and I was like "what's to dunk on?"

[@kingjonathan7773]

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.

[@rookieexe3444]

@@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

[@terrylemmons9772]

Gig'em Josh. Checks in the mail.

[@aggieaquarist8470]

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.

[@thetony5474]

I’m going to get in trouble for saying this but… Gay 🥴

[@saldiven2009]

"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.

[@davidhfranz]

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.

[@saldiven2009]

@@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.

[@4IdiotsGaming]

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.

[@Dustyphoto915]

Yeah but nobody cares. Like people understand traditions. People don’t understand having a constant hard on about yourself and your bull.

[@bigmike2026]

Anything looks weird when you don’t have a crowd of people doing it with you

[@df8340]

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

[@BellyUpFishGarage]

I think this is easily the most cringe tradition in college football. It’s just extremely weird.

[@tedskullhammer]

Amen, Josh. I fully agree with this.

[@kevinlindstrom8486]

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.

[@vidpie]

"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."

[@kingjonathan7773]

Thanks for the stories of the cult known as a&m

[@theonenationpopulist]

This all sounds very gay and I’m not saying that ironically

[@joelstrange8018]

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!

[@Cabooseforprez2012]

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

[@kingjonathan7773]

​@@Cabooseforprez2012it looks goofy with a crowd. Having 100,000 weird people do it does not make it less weird.

[@Gigem17]

@JoshPate We've got the tailgate spot ready for ya in Aggieland my man, cmon!

[@rodgerbane3825]

Weird, weird, weird. I think the strangeness of aTm is a big reason why they are historically bad. Unless you are an alum, they are just weirder than hell. And in a bad creepy way.

[@davidhfranz]

Wasn't a problem until everything became scripted 2002-present. A&M had home unbeaten streaks of 35 (1990-1995) and 22 (1996-2000) games during that time.

[@Dustyphoto915]

I wish people had football videos to make about winning Aggie football teams. Losing can be a tradition also.

[@thekey1682]

Oh it is a "Tradition" in aggyland....it's called "irrelevance"

[@kingjonathan7773]

Yep. And it is in their blood to suck at most things.

[@balapadmanabhan5705]

Dear lord what is with the hate with a&m?

[@Dustyphoto915]

@@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.

[@kensmith173]

Tradition! Not an Aggie, but if you look into it everything they do has a great story of how it began.

[@jamestacular]

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

[@djpaintles]

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! 😂😅😂

[@ja6896]

This barely even scratches the surface of weird things the Ags do.. The lore runs oh so deep..

[@LJfootball14]

Perception is reality and the CFB fan sees them as extremely weird.

[@manuelmendoza5238]

I think it makes more sense to say that reality is reality.

[@mt_v96]

@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.

[@ryand5875]

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 ;)

[@smokey04b53]

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!

[@jdr617]

Nah Josh. It’s weird

[@PauMaz]

That looked like something out of Glee.

[@TheGreatMatty]

Texas A&M is also a recognized military academy

[@Cabooseforprez2012]

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.

[@BullMuscleAg]

Highway 6 goes both ways if you don't like the traditions.

[@ClintPhillips-ep4xl]

FRUIT cakes

[@littlekingchris969]

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

[@ricardothierryaguilera1657]

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.

[@TREYGENTRY]

Its weird

[@23StudiosSports]

Good for them but it’s still weird and we will still continue to make fun of them for it.

[@brotako9556]

"Well, scientifically, traditions are an idiot thing." -Rick Sanchez

[@philmccrackin2160]

Hey JP, nothing to do with this video but I am curious to know if you were on the committee, would you use the JP power ranking to determine how you vote and if so how much weight would it have against all other factors?

[@n0handl3bars]

Every Texas A&M player dates a cheerleader

[@thekey1682]

"Cheerleader or Yell leader" they are about the same 😂

[@davidhfranz]

Here's the thing about the Yell Leaders. Their routines have gotten more and more bizarre since I graduated in 2000. Here are some facts about them: 1. The Yell Leaders are ELECTED positions. For anyone throwing a fit that there aren't any women Yell Leaders, the primary voting block for Yell Leaders are sororities. As far as I know, there have been four women to ever run for Yell Leader. They received 3,000 COMBINED votes over the last 20 years. 2. As least when I was in school, R.C. Slocum had the head yell leader participate in 2-a-days in fall camp. The most notable Head Yell Leader is Rick Perry '72, former Governor of Texas. 3. The Corps of Cadets tend to vote in a single voting bloc for 3 seniors and 2 juniors. Of the 4 head yell leaders when I was in school, two were USMC Lieutenants for a fairly significant length of time. The makeup of the yell leaders when I was in school was as follows: 1996 - 2 senior cadets, 1 non cadet, 2 junior cadets. The 1996 election was infamous because the Aggie Band voted en masse against one of the Corps Bloc candidates, splitting the Corps Vote and electing a candidate they "did not approve of". Gary Kipe was treated poorly his senior year to say the least (someone destroyed his senior boots with shears). This also resulted in the Aggie Band losing the right to put the Outhouse on the top of the Aggie Bonfire. 1997 - All cadets 1998 - All cadets 1999 - 3 senior cadets, 1 junior cadet, 1 junior non-cadet. Ricky Wood was treated so poorly during the 1999 season that Jeff Bailey, the Head Yell Leader, had to address the entire cadet corps and admonish them. In the 2000 elections, Wood ran unopposed. 4. The entire tradition of Yell Leader was started as a joke in the 30's. During one game in which the team was doing poorly, a group of seniors had their freshman dress up in janitor uniforms and act like fools. They ended up drawing more of the attention of those cadets' dates than they did, which caused them to take over. It's since morphed from there.

[@sneaky_pete18]

It’s even older than the 30s-1907 officially. It’s older than the states of New Mexico, Arizona, Alaska, and Hawaii.

[@davidhfranz]

@@sneaky_pete18 I stand corrected. It was Reveille that started in the 30s.

[@Bixby290]

That is the most flowery thing I’ve ever seen

[@nickaguirre8804]

According to Aggie fans if you don’t attend your favorite team, you cannot be a fan of them. Just because y’all do blood rituals doesn’t mean other will.

[@BlackMountainCycles]

They’re basically just cheerleaders saying “no homo”.

[@exomake_mehorololo]

As long as they're having fun

[@matthewlee6168]

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).

[@aepage22]

So that’s what became of the Ginyu Force.

[@cravenhunter562]

Vol Twitter you are undefeated 😂😂

[@Mark-zx2bq]

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.

[@worldsgreatestdude1784]

Better school than whatever I attend

[@Silverfox1982]

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?

[@RhettMueller]

A national championship unlike Oregon

[@calebjosephcountry]

If this were my schools tradition I wouldn’t be a football fan. This transcends weird

[@RhymingLemon]

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.

[@tps55555]

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.

[@StripedSooner]

We do not respect Aggie yell 😂 do not drag the rest of us down with you.

[@jdd2817]

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.

[@davidhfranz]

@@StripedSooner That comment capsized and crashed like the Schooner.

[@thekey1682]

​@@davidhfranz...no it "capsized" like that 77-0 whipping a&m has yet to forget 😂

[@davidallen4859]

Most of our traditions began in the 40s and before. They are based on the school being an all military and all male school. Each tradition has a reason how it began. When the reason is known the tradition makes sense (at least to us ags). If we changed our traditions we would loose that connection to our past. All schools have their traditions. We just have a whole lot more than most, and that makes us "weird" to a lot of people. You're right though Josh, we really don't care what other people think.

[@cane870]

Funny thing is… LSU is the original Ag school, with a huge military past similar to A&M… and we don’t have weird freak traditions like this. I don’t think A&M has more traditions, just weird ones. A truly odd school with weirdos.

[@sneaky_pete18]

@@cane870 You have neck, which encourages the worst with an animal lol

[@Dustyphoto915]

And all white. Military. All male. All white.

[@johnnydangerously7186]

Just say no to the sausage parties, let the scantily clad ladies take center stage! 😂

[@arubial1229]

I'm pretty sure Josh's uncle was playing the pull-my-finger game incorrectly...

[@Frenchindochina]

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 🤷‍♂️

[@ChattNCC]

That is frightening to watch

[@Ritzncheese24]

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.

[@Andy-White]

Just mocked by every fan outside of college station

[@jamestrujillo3344]

Not much of a football school (1939). Every town has its fool. For Texas, it's A&M.

[@tonybevilsizer2331]

Wellll. They ain’t steers.