Randolph Duke
THE DUKE
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lol.That's a lot of words just to say "You're right, and I hate myself for it"
The best part of this story is the reaction of the ags, or should I say the demonstration by the ags of such an absence of critical thinking. Gill himself said repeatedly that there was no 12th Man tradition he had heard of prior to McQuillen's radio play version of story of the 1922 game. And the overwhelming majority of the aggy alumni simply can't reconcile Gill's statements with the version of the school's "history" they were taught in fish camp. So they simply ignore Gill's statements as if they have no importance.
I never expected many ags to read the actual facts of their school's 12th Man "tradition" and say "Wow! I just learned something about the history of my school." But I never realized the lack of critical thinking, the intellectual dishonesty or the feelings of low self esteem were so deep a part of the aggy culture.
Gill seemingly was a honest many who seems to have given an honest recitation of the origins of TAMU's 12th Man "tradition." It is ironic that the way TAMU and its alumni choose to honor Gill is to cloak his memory in lies and to banish his words, especially his 1964 San Jacinto Day speech, from the school's history. You guys have an amazing culture for an institution of higher education.