Josh Pate On Texas A&M Yell Leaders (Late Kick Cut)

Texas A&M is a perfect encapsulation of College Football with tons of unique tradition you won't find anywhere else. Some of that tradition has consistently drawn criticism from outsiders, and on Late Kick Live Ep 441 Josh Pate responded to an old video making its way around social media again showing the Aggie Yell Leaders participating in various cheers. Does something being unique automatically make it weird? Let us know what you think in the comments below and be sure to SUBSCRIBE to the channel and CLICK THE BELL for notifications as we bring you multiple live shows per week!
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[JoshPateCFB]

Keep the show free - SUBSCRIBE to the channel and LIKE the video! - JP

[aredman]

This is why I watch Pate. He's open-minded, mostly un-biased, and truly loves college football.

[jefffrank]

Great video as always, Josh. Two things as an Aggie:

1) Thanks for posting the video of the yell leaders on their own; it helped refresh my memory of how those two yells go.
2) We are definitely weird. In fact, as I've seen posted elsewhere online: We put the "cult" in "Agriculture."

[adaggie]

As an Aggie, and an Old Ag to boot, it is a tradition and it is weird.
We have a saying in Aggieland, "From the outside you can't understand it, and from the inside we can't explain it."
Also, we don't care if you understand, or for that matter, like it.
Love your show, Josh! Keep on keepin' on, man!

[stevendigges]

If you don't have that one weird uncle in the family, chances are, it is you.

[haydenpeairs]

The Aggies are an odd bunch...good folks but often living in a bubble as legends in their own minds.

[brucewallace]

Thanks, Josh. Nope - I’m not an Aggie. I’m a Razorback - and we call the Hogs (PROUDLY!) for goodness sake! In Norman, they drive a little schooner around, in Clemson the team rubs a rock as they run downhill onto the stadium turf. All special tradition. Very cool. Thanks for not worrying about who might be offended. Always appreciate your well-thought opinions (don’t always agree with you) and your videos.

[cajunag]

It's weird when it's only the 5 yell leaders. It's very different when the entire student section is participating in those yells simultaneously and you are the visiting team on the sidelines right in front of them.

[dylan-pizy]

A&M Traditions:

Muster: Celebrated on the 21st of April every year, Muster engages thousands of aggies on campus, and many more worldwide to honor and celebrate those aggies who have passed in the recent year

Bonfire memorial: A gathering at 2:42 a.m. on campus to honor the lives of those lost in the bonfire collapse in 1999

Silver taps: A solemn gathering on campus on the first tuesday of every month at 10:15 pm following the death of a student

Midnight yell, Yell leaders... the list goes on folks

A&m is a special place to attend college. Proud to be an aggie nurse. (Did i mention a student population of 73, 000 and 3 on campus rec centers)

[audiodile]

This isn't just a good philosophy for college traditions. It's a good philosophy for life in general.

A lot of people will be into stuff you don't get, or don't like, or don't care about. If it makes them happy and it doesn't hurt you, be glad they're happy and leave them be.

It's not hard to just be chill and respectful of people who aren't like you and are just existing and living their best lives independently of anything that affects you. I wish this wasn't such a hard concept for so much of our country to understand.

[showmemoblues]

Tradition is good, just like their dog has free access on campus. aTm keep being you, all good in Aggie Land!

[rpeebles]

As an Aggie I really don't care what other people think. We are steep in tradition...we used to be a former men's college. The yell leaders are unique and we love it.

[justinboatwright]

I tried to throw the Aggie Yell into a Monty Python skit, but it got intercepted. Ironically like the Texas A&M football season.

[The_Proud_Texan]

When your schools cheerleaders can hype a crowd like our yell leaders, then you can talk.

[joshuacorso]

One thing missed from Josh’s Yell Leader history: the crowd needed entertaining because we were so bad.

Also the reason why kissing our dates for every score became a tradition: it didn’t happen often, so a touchdown or field goal was cause for celebration 😅.

[DMS-pq]

As a native Texan I apologize to the rest of the world for this, Pretty girls in short skirts works for every other football team but not for the College Station cult

[gijakob]

I had this Lieutenant who graduated from Texas Tech. He accurately described the Aggies as “a cult that Tech and UT hate but are jealous of their dedication”.

[dougrose]

Longhorn here and I've been around the Aggie traditions from family members and going to games there most of my life. I've always admired their traditions and passions as weird as it may seem for me outside. most of them are good people.

[robertlincoln]

You hit the nail on the head. I love that it’s weird. Dont care what others think. And I am thankful that we don’t play the same basic stand tunes, same basic cheerleaders. All these other stadiums we visit feel like highschools. Not a bad thing but I’m glad A&M is different than my highschool experience.

[CountryMozart]

My first day at A&M I saw a cadet talking to a tree. No phone. No other person. Just him and a tree. I know I and other Aggies are different, but I embraced the weird and gained a family.