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cr0wbar

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I posted this on GB, and thought that I would get a bigger response from some of you guys...

Since Im c/o 2008, when I would pull out as a fish or pisshead I would have to do 108 pushups. But back for the class of say.. 1980, did yall do only 80 push ups? Or 180? Just curious.
And, did any of yall see the switch from double to triple digit pushups?

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NoACDamnit

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3:12a, 8/12/07

80

For us it was 100 since 0 didn't make any sense.

commando2004

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5:30a, 8/12/07

Right. Class sets suffered from the Y2K problem.

agnatgas

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9:18p, 8/21/07

80 - class of 80

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9:21p, 8/21/07

Related question: Were class sets around back in 1900?

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10:10p, 8/21/07

What do you think?

commando2004

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11:42p, 8/21/07

quote:
What do you think?

Well, A&M having been an all-military school, it would have been commonplace for cadets to be ordered to do PT. However, the tradition of class sets most likely started at a time when class years corresponded to a "reasonable" number of pushups. I guess this would have been in the '30s or '40s.