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RVs in Rex Parade today… watch at 5:29:00

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Happy Mardi Gras from the New Orleans A&M Club. 💜💚💛

New Orleans A&M Club hosts the 74th Ross Volunteer Company Mardi Gras visit New Orleans A&M Club hosts the 74th Ross Volunteer Company Mardi Gras visit.The Ross Volunteers have led the Rex parade on Mardi Gras day since 1947. The Ne...

Thanks to the generosity of New Orleans A&M Club members the club will be hosting the Fish Drill Team to a meal on Saturday after they finish marching in the Krewe of Iris Parade. Tom and Michon Shinn '84 will serve as the lead hosts at Hard Rock Cafe with an expected arrival time by the FDT at 3:00 pm.

Defending their championship title from last year, the FDT, once again, will compete in the Tulane Mardi Gras Drill Meet on Friday. All information regarding the meet can be found here: https://nro tc.tulane.edu/mardi-gras-drill-meet

Also, as has been our tradition, the club will also host the Ross Volunteer Company to lunch on Lundi Gras (Feb 12th) at Hard Rock Cafe starting at 11:00 am. Please join us as we welcome the RVs to NOLA in preparation for their march in Rex on Fat Tuesday.

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What I learned about Clemson University

My father grew up with Dan Jenkins a well known Sports Illustrated writer and author of the book “The Longest Yard”. Back in the day pre-game trash talk was not the norm. Visitors were treated with the up most respect. Our society has slowly drifted away from these core values.

I had heard about a letter Clemson sent out to alumni, students and fans in the spirit of “show Texas A&M fans the same respect and camaraderie they showed us last year”. This prompted my curiosity to discover what Clemson was about. A dear friend invited me attend the Texas A&M vs Clemson game, so the journey begins.

The flight from New Orleans to Atlanta was early enough. I met a New Orleans traveler who noticed my Texas A&M shirt. He told me a story about his banker who said the best investment for the week was a Las Vegas type wager to take the Aggies and 14.5 points. The spread started at 19.5 points in Clemson’s favor. His investment banker said those are crazy odds. You would be so much better off taking the Aggies vs buying stock this week. Of course this was all fun talk in a joking way. We parted ways he was heading to the Northwest corner of South Carolina in the mountain area. That sounded fun and relaxing.

After renting a car, I noticed the traffic was very light for Atlanta on a Saturday morning. The GPS plotted a nice two hour ride up I-85 to Clemson.

As I crossed the state line into South Carolina for the first time, I noted some really beautiful lakes, with winds which would make sailing a blast. My friend texted me a recommended parking venue. As I arrived at Kite Hill, the parking attendant noticed my Texas A&M shirt as I was paying the known $25 fee. He looked at me with a smile and said, welcome to Clemson and refused to take my money. Now ask yourself how often does this really happen.

As I was walking with an “I am lost” look, a Wildlife and Fisheries student approached me and offered to help me find my way. We talked about careers and life in general. She wanted to work for DNR which is a blessing to have a passionate caring visionary to manage our natural resources. The student walked with me until she arrived at her tail gate location. She said go down this path to get more shade. It was blazing hot this day. We parted with a “high five” and good luck talk to set the pace of the future.

As I arrived at lot five I noticed a sea of tail gate tents down a hill. My host JP texted me the exact location with direction to walk down the middle path. She met me with a smile and introduced me to her family which are multigenerational graduates. There were a half dozen tents joined together organized by siblings and cousins. This celebration of life was all about family in a kid friendly sort of way. I learned of some amazing stories. One of which a grandfather as he aged was taken to Myrtle beach by his grandchildren and friends to go fishing. These stores reminded me of what is really important in life - spending time with each other. Material things don’t matter.

The Clemson band, cheerleaders, coaches and football players all traveled down that middle path in a parade format called “Tiger Walk”. Clemson founded cira 1889 as I learned is a military land grant school like Texas A&M which was founded in 1871 with classes starting in 1876. Clemson opened the doors to civilian students in the late sixties while Texas A&M opened up the door to non-military students in the mid seventies.

By tradition, Clemson coaches and players enter the stadium initially on the West side of stadium at the end of the “Tiger Walk”. After warm ups the team enters the stadium on the East side as they run down the hill to get fans primed and ready for the record breaking 133 decibels of college football sounds.

I learned to watch the corners of the upper deck, this will tell you if the game was sold out. Over 80,000 attended Saturday’s game the upper deck corners were completely full. The stadium has typical clear bag security policies and will allow spray type sun screen containers. What was amazing at half time, fans can exit the stadium with a green re-entry pass to allow a visit back to the tail gate areas. Most stadiums have a “no re-entry policy”.

The Texas Aggies Band was granted some really nice seats as a visiting team should. I learned later that the University of Texas hosted the LSU band and only 3000 fans in the nose bleed section. The policy was set by the leadership at UT to improve the experience of its fans. This type of selfishness never wins. See the difference between Clemson and UT?

The most amazing experience, fans are allowed on the real grass field after the game. Clemson alumni tell the story “we are not rushing the field” this is simply a tradition and a great way to meet friends after the game and exit the stadium a bit faster. I haven’t walked on a football field since my youth attending games at TCU. It was an amazing experience to walk on the Clemson field this Saturday.

To end the day, a fellow Aggies texted me to say her father W. David Maxwell was buried in December 2005 on a hill overlooking the stadium. She cried every time a Clemson home game was broadcasted on TV. JP’s father took me on a tour of Fort Hill Cemetery located on a hill behind the South side of stadium to pay Mr. Maxwell’s respect. Clemson founders and distinguished leadership are resting on this hill. We answered “here” by Aggie tradition to close the day.

Thank You Clemson students, alumni and fans for making my day special. Hopefully we will fire up a home and home series again soon.

David Erwin
A Texas Aggie