Texas A&M Midnight Yell comes to South Carolina, things get tense
By Dan Zinski
It's time for a fightin' Texas Aggie yell practice in South Carolina! The #12thMan is in full force! pic.twitter.com/ybwMsNGX0R
— Scott Jarvis (@sjarvis00) August 28, 2014
Texas A&M Midnight Yell Practice is one of these silly college traditions that you forget exist until they come back around every year to remind you of how dumb they are.
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Because Texas A&M is starting their season against South Carolina, Midnight Yell was held early Thursday morning on the steps of the South Carolina state Capitol in Columbia.
Guess what? A bunch of South Carolina fans showed up to boo and jeer the Texas A&M fans practicing their yells. And the cops had to come clear it up.
The tweets from the scene demonstrate the rowdiness of the affair. It didn’t quite descend into a Ferguson situation thankfully. But it was stupid enough.
Three chants of "Beat the hell outta South Carolina," followed by vigorous fist shaking. And we have our second chant of "---- the Aggies!"
— Rixon Lane (@RixonLane) August 28, 2014
These South Carolina fans are mighty salty out here at yell practice! Yelling F the Aggies, and ring disrespectful! Let's smash these idiots
— Brandon Leone (@BrandonLeone) August 28, 2014
And yes....these fans are by far the trashiest and most disrespectful I've seen! We gotta do work on these clowns. This has just become real
— Brandon Leone (@BrandonLeone) August 28, 2014
Lots of tension tonight. RT @BarbieYell: If a Cock touches me, someone's going to die.
— Good Bull Hunting (@GBHunting) August 28, 2014
USC fans chant "Where's Johnny?" TAMU answers, "Same as Connor." USC: "Connor's better."
— David Cloninger (@DCPandC) August 28, 2014
Yes, there are protestors at midnight yell #SEC pic.twitter.com/CsWThhu6YQ
— Drew Nelson (@DrewNelson13) August 28, 2014
Cops have successfully cleared Gamecock fans from the upper levels of the statehouse steps. 12 uniformed officers flanking the yell leaders.
— Rixon Lane (@RixonLane) August 28, 2014
Stupid.