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Aggies to take on Bulldogs in the (Advocare 100) Independence Bowl, December 28, 2009, Shreveport, Louisiana, #gigem

This week marks the 10th anniversary of the collapse of Bonfire that killed 11 students and 1 former student. While we did not know any of the victims, personally, we both worked in Student Affairs. Furthermore, several of our friends were directly affected by the death of someone very close to them. It was terrible.

Our clock radio went off that morning with perfect timing. The first words we heard went something like this:

“Once again, the Bonfire stack collapsed at approximately 2:30 this morning. Rescue crews have been working all night. Please avoid the area.”

Lori laid there, awake, and too shocked to speak for a moment.
Emil’s first words, “honey, did you hear the radio?”
Lori’s first words, “Poor Rusty.” (Rusty was Bonfire’s Advisor…what hell must he have been going through!)

Tonight/tomorrow, at 2:42am, there are remembrance ceremonies all over Texas (and elsewhere probably). It’s particularly special that the Leonid Meteor Shower will be brightest in the sky at the same moment as the anniversary of the collapse.

When looking for a ceremony in Austin, we discovered that the bonfire site is down.

bonfire.tamu.edu

It’s also a fairly active topic on Twitter:
http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23bonfire
and
http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23aggiebonfire

In Memory

Miranda Denise Adams
Christopher David Breen
Michael Stephen Ebanks
Jeremy Richard Frampton
Jamie Lynn Hand
Christopher Lee Heard
Timothy Doran Kerlee Jr.
Lucas John Kimmel
Bryan Allen McClain
Chad Anthony Powell
Jerry Don Self
Nathan Scott West

The Eagle also did some great stories about each of the families of these Aggies,

Spirit of Aggieland

Some may boast of prowess bold
Of the school they think so grand
But there is a Spirit can ne’er be told
It’s the Spirit of Aggieland
We are the Aggies – the Aggies are we
True to each other as Aggies can be
We’ve got to fight boys, we’ve got to fight
We’ve got to fight for Maroon and White
After they’ve boosted all the rest
Then they will come and join the best
For we are the Aggies, the Aggies so [true]
We are from Texas A.M.[U.]

Texas Aggies Will Yell for Miami Hurricanes to Win

Got this in email today (from Rivals.com). You Aggie readers should want Miami to beat FSU next Monday.

History that Correlates

Since 1997, there has been a direct correlation between the winner of the Miami/FSU game and the Texas/OU game.

1997
FSU 47 – Miami 0
Texas 27 OU 24

1998
FSU 26 – Miami 14
Texas 34 – OU 3

1999
FSU 31 – Miami 21
Texas 38 – OU 2

2000
Miami 27- FSU 24
OU 63 – Texas 14

2001
Miami 49 – FSU 27
OU 14 – Texas 3

2002
Miami 28 – FSU 27
OU 35 – Texas 24

2003
Miami 22 – FSU 14
OU 65 – Texas 13

2004
Miami 16 – FSU 10
OU 12 – Texas 0

2005
FSU 10 – Miami 7
Texas 45 – OU 12

2006
FSU 13 – Miami 10
Texas 28 – OU 10

2007
Miami 37 – FSU 29
OU 28 – Texas 21

2008
FSU 41 – Miami 39
Texas 45 – OU 35

Game

Monday, September 7, 2009
7pm CDT (8pm Eastern)
Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, FL
ESPN

“Thanksgiving Football For Aggies And Longhorns

The Big 12 Conference and its television partners announced the 2008 Texas A&M vs. Texas football game will be televised by ESPN and the game will be played on Thanksgiving night. This marks the first time for the game to return to Thanksgiving since the 1993 game, which is also the last time ESPN televised the rivalry game. “When I arrived in Aggieland, one of the first questions I was asked was when would we get the Texas football game back on Thanksgiving?â€? Aggie Director of Athletics Bill Byrne said. “I knew the Big 12 contract called for the game to be played the day after Thanksgiving on ABC, but that didn’t stop the questions or desire to move the game back to Thanksgiving. I am thrilled that ESPN has offered to move the game back to that traditional date of Thanksgiving. I applaud the Big 12 Conference and our television partners in making this happen.â€?”