By Aggie Athletics
Your Aggie football team has been on campus this summer lifting weights and conditioning through the triple digit heat preparing for the upcoming season. We started practice on August 9 and have had an excellent fall camp leading up to our nationally televised season opener against a very good SMU team on September 4 at 6:30 pm. Our players and coaches are pumped to get the season kicked off and we know you are too.
Our last home game on Kyle Field in 2010 was a memorable one against the Nebraska Cornhuskers. There is no question that the Twelfth Man played a major role in our victory. It also made an unforgettable impression upon the recruits who were in attendance at the game, along with the millions of people who watched the nationally televised game. The atmosphere at that game was the best atmosphere in college football thanks to YOU, the greatest student body in the country.
In 2010, your football team's motto was "TAKE THE NEXT STEP." Your team took the next step on the field with some great victories over teams like Oklahoma, Nebraska and Texas. Just as importantly, you as students also took the next step by creating a home field advantage at Kyle Field that is unmatched anywhere in the country.This was especially evident at both the Oklahoma and Nebraska games where our opponents not only had to battle the 11 Aggies that represented you on the field each play, but also the 30,000 other students who were standing ready for their school with an unbridled spirit and passion.
This year the motto for your football team is "PROVE IT." We need to prove it to the world that the Aggies are one of the best teams in the country and will remain a force to be reckoned with. Our student body also has an opportunity to "PROVE IT" to the rest of the country; that the Nebraska game atmosphere is for real and Texas A&M does have the greatest student body in college football.
After the victory over Nebraska, I truly felt a strong connection between our football team and the student body. If we continue to build on that connection, Kyle Field will remain the hardest place for other teams to play in the country. You have my word that your team will play at a very high level at every game. When Aggies unite on the field and in the stands, we are unbeatable. YOU do make a difference. YOU have an incredible affect on our football team.
When your team sees the Twelfth Man towels and hears you rocking in the stands it gets them even more fired up to be representing Aggies everywhere. Not everyone can participate on the field, but your participation in the stands without question plays a direct role in the game. I am asking you to come to every game with that passion for Aggie Football that you showed in our games against Oklahoma and Nebraska.
This is YOUR team and every day we work with a fanatical effort to make it a team all Aggies are proud of. As an extension of the student body we strive to demonstrate the same qualities on the field that Aggies hold in such high regard: Tradition, Passion, Toughness and Excellence. With these things in our heads and in our hearts your team is in an excellent position to "PROVE IT."
See you at midnight yell practice on September 3. It is an honor to be your coach.
I have one last question: ARE YOU READY?
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