third deck said:
2007? 2005? 1999?
You youngsters crack me up.
BAS has been a thing for the better part of a century now, and probably longer.
It's only received its near DSM-5 designation until recently, but its lived in and among us from the very start.
My father, class of '57, at A&M during the Bear Bryant years and a baseball letterman, described how in the ensuing decades that followed the Bryant years, the faithful had to resort to kissing their dates on 1st downs as there was precious little scoring on the field to celebrate.
BAS has roamed Kyle Field since those days, and my guess it probably even dates back to when the doors opened at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. It is in our DNA.
There have been select few that vanquished its effect for some time...certainly Jackie Sherrill from my era and hopefully it is completely and finally conquered under the Elko era.
I was a student during the 4 seasons ('58-'61) following Bryant's departure for Alabama. During those 4 years our overal football record was 12-24-4. We ended up in last place in the SWC in '59 and '60 with zero conference wins both years.,. In 12 games against tu, Arkansas and TCU we never won a game. The closest we came was a 14-14 tie against TCU in 1960. The 4 years after I graduated ('62-'65) were even worse than my 4 with an overall 9-30-1 record,
We had 3 tie games in 1960 including a 0-0 tie vs, SMU which gave rise to the yell "Tie the hell outa (opponent)." I was born in 1940, 8 months after we won the MNC so I had been conceived as of that game, but don't remember much of it. As of my 35th birthday in Sept. 1975 our overall record against tu was 3-32-1.
Hearing those SOBs singing that "poooor Aggies" year after year after year, just remebering it now gats my anger and hatred for tu all stirred up again.
Finally, as far as BAS goes, try being a fish in the Corps in 1958 after a foootball loss and go back to Dorm 17 and have a bunch of angry "A" Armor pissheads hazing you as if you were personally responsible for the loss and you'll know what I'm talking about. A few olds on TexAgs probably know, but I expect most of you have no clue.
Anyhow, enough history lesson for one night!
Charlie Wallace, AMC '62
