Aggies, oh Aggies!
The hills send back the cry
we’re here to do or die
Aggies, oh Aggies!
we’ll when this game or know the reason why
And when we win this game, we’ll buy a keg of booze
And we’ll drink it to the Aggies ’til we wobble in our shoes!
This is the actual fight song of my alma mater. I always rather enjoyed that our fight song mentioned getting drunk. It was always rather…appropriate, in my humble opinion.
When I was in school (lo these many years ago) we enjoyed being the losingest football team in the NCAA, having lost 27 in a row. The streak was broken in a 1990 win in which we tore down the goal posts. I remember. I was at that game.
We even make an ESPN list of worst college football teams of all time (scroll down, we’re number 9).
Today the Las Cruces Sun News is reporting that the 2007 NMSU football season has kicked off with a win over Southeastern Louisiana. The boys in crimson won it 35-14, including a 68 yard interception for a touchdown by a 273 pound defensive….who was gassed after making the run.
It’s an auspicious start for a generally crappy football team.
Gives me something to smile and whistle about leading into a long Labor Day Weekend.
Now to see about buying that keg of booze and commencing the wobbling…..
