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'Twas The Night Before Aggie Signing Day

'Twas the night before signing day and all through the ‘net,
Every Aggie was fretting, each bed mostly wet;
No sleep could be had, not even a bit,
While Ol’ Army braces for its next de-commit;

Young men choosing hats, internet chatter,
Auburn and Oregon buy players, both fit and the fatter;
Away to the websites, fans fly like a flash,
In maroon footy pajamas, slim hopes likely dashed;
Except for the fortunate and ever so few,
Goddamn Alabama and f’ing tu.

Bralon Addison to Oregon, Thompson to ba-you,
Heartbreak to Aggie? Israel to Jew;
But Maroon will fight on, even if all in vain,
Did you seriously just lose a kid to Tulane?
On Byrne! On Corp Turd! On Reveille! On Sumlin!
On Nut Squeeze! On Delusion! On Signing Day stumblin’!
To SEC West, where pastures are greener,
Home of the 2 stars, positional tweeners!

What’s that you say, mouth all agape?
That must have been some attempt at a jape;
Turns out those pastures aren’t greener at all,
As you’ll find each Saturday, each dreary Fall;
The Confeds plays for titles and always for keeps,
Their players wear jurry, and drive decked out jeeps;
Though Longhorns will gloat over scoreboard eternal,
We wish you much luck in that redneck infernal;

But before we take leave, some advice to impart,
Bidding good riddance with calamitous fart;
Count your blessings as Texans and stave signing day spite,
Merry commitments to all! And to all a good night!

***

We'll have signing day covered at the Recruitocosm with breaking news and a day long open thread followed by a post-signing day class dissection written by yours truly, as well as analysis of our rivals, likely early contributors, and everything else you need to carry you into Spring football. You can also follow the national recruiting scene dramas (I set the over-under at mamas who refuse to sign LOIs at 3) at SB Nation Recruiting.

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Hook 'em.

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Well done Scipio. Bravo.

by Andrew Wiggin on Jan 31, 2026 3:02 PM CST reply actions  

Texags meltdown is goin’ to be epic….

by UTLawgrad on Jan 31, 2026 3:02 PM CST reply actions  

Beyond awesome.

Thanks for the laughs.

by soliver465 on Jan 31, 2026 3:02 PM CST reply actions  

Holy f’ing hell…THAT WAS FANTASTIC!

I general take my whiskey straight, but in honor of the aTm misery they’ll surely be experiencing tomorrow, I’ll drink it with aggie tears. Just for tomorrow.

by Gman on Jan 31, 2026 3:15 PM CST reply actions  

The only hope we need is that Ridgway doesn’t flip and DGB pulls out an orange ballcap and flashes Hook ’em.

by Gman on Jan 31, 2026 3:17 PM CST reply actions  

wow. thats goin on my fridge.

by PVogel on Jan 31, 2026 3:18 PM CST reply actions  

Awesome… clap, clap, clap.

by PoofyBevo on Jan 31, 2026 3:19 PM CST reply actions  

A masterpiece Scip!!!

BTW, any rumors about where Thomas Johnson is headed? Will ATM end up getting him?

by Nunna Yo Bizness on Jan 31, 2026 3:21 PM CST reply actions  

Anyone know how many guys we are losing?

by Nigel Rotund on Jan 31, 2026 3:21 PM CST reply actions  

“YEAH BUT WE’LL GET TJ FROM YOU TEASIPPIN DOPE,
AND NOT TO MENTION WE POACHED EDDIE POPE!
SO FURK OFF AND DIE, WE DON’T CARE IF YOU SCOFF,
AND FURK 2011, WE’LL STILL SAW ’EM OFF!”

(sorry, but I assume aggy rhymes in all caps)

by WeAreVince on Jan 31, 2026 3:26 PM CST reply actions  

That was excellent rural pentameter.

by Scipio Tex on Jan 31, 2026 3:32 PM CST reply actions  

Chevis Royal Salute? Louis XIII de Remy Martin? ’86 Chateau Margaux? Aggie Tears?

What’s your vote?

by Magnitude on Jan 31, 2026 3:48 PM CST reply actions  

Outstanding. Thanks again, Scip.

by Nobis Haircut on Jan 31, 2026 3:53 PM CST reply actions  

That was amazing. Well done Scip

by looking for clarity on Jan 31, 2026 3:53 PM CST reply actions  

That was triumph for the ages Scip. Well done.

Little known fact guys… not only are Aggie tears delicious, but they’re also very nutritious.

by Magnitude on Jan 31, 2026 3:54 PM CST reply actions  

Nice work for Signing Night. LSU poaching Aggie would have made a good line in there somewhere.

by kemit on Jan 31, 2026 3:57 PM CST reply actions  

sorta like Heartbreak to Aggie, another to LSU…but it’s hard to mess with perfection.

by kemit on Jan 31, 2026 3:59 PM CST reply actions  

So wait, is there some kind of list of who’s de-committed from Aggy?

by Michael on Jan 31, 2026 4:00 PM CST reply actions  

The salt content of aggie tears means it’s ideally suited for ‘ritas, but I’ll take mine with pure grain alcohol and rainwater, if you please, Group Captain Mandrake.

Here’s to returning aggie to Herzschmerzraum, their fitting and proper 1-800-AM-I-THE-FATHERLAND.

by spider on Jan 31, 2026 4:03 PM CST reply actions  

Who has officially left the Aggies?

by Nickel Rover on Jan 31, 2026 4:08 PM CST reply actions  

Nickel -

Word is Bralon and Thompson are out. Sucks balls. I hate Oregon.

by ColoradoAg on Jan 31, 2026 4:16 PM CST reply actions  

ColoradoAg: Still a good class. Addison looked like a game changer though, especially not having to make the decisions as QB.

by Nickel Rover on Jan 31, 2026 4:20 PM CST reply actions  

Darion Monroe decommitted from A&M for Tulane (!). Recruiting Louisiana hasn’t worked out so well for the Aggies.

by bigdukesix on Jan 31, 2026 4:23 PM CST reply actions  

If I take off the maroon beer goggles, I can see why he’d want to play in that Oregon offense. He’ll be a freak there. I’m just tired of those dirty bastards poaching Texas kids.

by ColoradoAg on Jan 31, 2026 4:23 PM CST reply actions  

Thanks Scip. The “rural pentameter” retort brought out my (non-aggie) tears of laughter.

I didn’t know you’d be ramblin’ iambic
So couldn’t foresee I’d laugh like a lunatic.
Now that I’ve closed my office door
It’s safe to go ahead and read some more.

Keep up the good work.

by LongHornedFrog on Jan 31, 2026 4:32 PM CST reply actions  

The aggys have nothing to worry about. They’re convinced if recruits see this video they will commit on the spot. I’m sure the top recruits will be watching this after they leave the Jars of Clay concert.

by Laguna Madre on Jan 31, 2026 4:36 PM CST reply actions  

Laguna, I regret that I used up any bandwidth to even watch that video. That was the gayest most atrocious thing I’ve ever seen! I didn’t know if I wanted to laugh or puke.

by Fellache Me on Jan 31, 2026 5:04 PM CST reply actions  

Even Matt Nordgren thinks that video is rough.

by ColoradoAg on Jan 31, 2026 5:11 PM CST reply actions  

I’ll take the under on the mamas.

Wait, what are we talking about again?

by tx2step on Jan 31, 2026 5:15 PM CST reply actions  

aggy never suffers decommitments. It’s just that the players in question are all “getting dogs.”

Sumlin! Bumblin’! Fumblin’! Stumblin’!

by Orange Marrow on Jan 31, 2026 5:26 PM CST reply actions  

Very nice.

by wethorn on Jan 31, 2026 5:29 PM CST reply actions  

CoAg,
Nordgren likely wrote, directed, filmed and sang back-up in that video.

It’s THAT gay.

I would have really liked to have been a fly on the wall to hear the conversation between VY and Jerrod on the Eagles locker room.

Judging by that video, they have little in common.

by Laguna Madre on Jan 31, 2026 5:29 PM CST reply actions  

Unconfirmed reports of seismic activity in the vicinity of Westminster Abbey.

by parlin on Jan 31, 2026 5:55 PM CST reply actions  

Scipio Tex’s mind while asleep: My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought, cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives.

by Mysterious Package on Jan 31, 2026 6:16 PM CST reply actions  

Scipio - LOL, you are a sick puppy!

ColoradoAg - I hereby nominate you for official adoption by the Longhorn nation. I know you bleed maroon but you are a class guy.

by Snide Aside on Jan 31, 2026 6:24 PM CST reply actions  

Thanks, Snide. I like hanging/writing around here. 95% is good, intelligent discourse.

by ColoradoAg on Jan 31, 2026 6:28 PM CST reply actions  

I watched like twenty seconds of the J. Johnson video…no wonder recruits are jumping off of agricultural’s ship like fleas off of a dog. If they have to watch that, Tulane MIGHT look like a viable alternative location. Sorry Colorado Ag…I agree you’re one of the more rational ag posters around here, but that video is that bad.

by coolhorn on Jan 31, 2026 6:44 PM CST reply actions  

Just magnificent.

by Hooked on Jan 31, 2026 6:56 PM CST reply actions  

ColoradoAG - Alright, so you busted me for the other 5% - sue me!

by Snide Aside on Jan 31, 2026 7:29 PM CST reply actions  

Just like their 2011 season, the Ags started off strong with recruiting, but faded in the 2nd half.

Don’t quote me on this, but I heard Trey Williams was switching to UH.

This is level Number 9, per the Walrus.

by Texoz on Jan 31, 2026 7:57 PM CST reply actions  

DGB and family informed Mack that he won’t be a Horn….per OB. BON reporting it too. No bueno —> Mizzou bound.

Besides that, AMAZING write up and laughed out loud a bit in Family Law. Touche!

by STLaw on Jan 31, 2026 8:33 PM CST reply actions  

Your a cool aggie ColoradoAg.

I have a lot of friends that bleed maroon. Some goto every home game and they are great to talk football with as they are level headed. It is the far far out aggies that make you want to question or debate to further look into the dillusion.

Suck about DGB, but I am happy for him. I think he would have been a Longhorn if the distance would not have been such a deciding factor. Just glad it is not OU or someone that we will be facing in the big12 for the next 3 seasons.

by striker on Jan 31, 2026 9:25 PM CST reply actions  

Scip - a long, slow clap is in order. Brilliant.

ColoradoAg - the voice of reason and welcome any time.

by TD TEXAS on Jan 31, 2026 9:30 PM CST reply actions  

Wow… just for grins I visited the Texags site. Very rare visit but it is like the annimated cartoon of the simpson and American Dad. Cannot take a lot of it but sometimes it is a very entertaining episode. Texags site is on metldown mode. Just for grins again, normally would not care but found it amusing for about 10 minutes.

by striker on Jan 31, 2026 9:54 PM CST reply actions  

In school, I learned rural pentameter as ibebic.

by Young Williams on Jan 31, 2026 10:00 PM CST reply actions  

Conversation during the aggieland video shoot:

JJ: Hey, don’t you think we should put at least one other black guy in this thing?

12th man: No, it’s good. Looks good man, don’t ya think? White guys … maroon … white … milkmen … more white guys, white women, liplock, white kids, maroon … all good.

JJ: (big smile) Well I likes me some white women …

12th man: JJ, shhh …

JJ: Oh, sorry, that slipped. You sure, maybe one black guy? Or how ’bout a Mexican or someone kinda dark?

12th man: I got it, we’ll get you like a chauffeur at the end. He’ll be black, their always black, right?

by UtayHorn on Jan 31, 2026 10:21 PM CST reply actions  

that video was awesome. Tell me you thought he was going to sing when he stepped onto the field, flashed his ring and picked up the ball while images bounce around somewhere. This video can only rightfully end with Hootie looking down from between the goalposts and smiling while nodding about this kids decommitment from Aggie. The whole video is about him leaving. It starts off with him dropping the aggie jersey onto the locker room floor.

by kemit on Jan 31, 2026 11:02 PM CST reply actions  

That video is fucking terrible…so aggie means you’re an automatic Texas country star now?

Oh, and who wears their class ring around their pinky finger? Oh wait…

by STLaw on Jan 31, 2026 11:55 PM CST reply actions  

Too bad this isn’t a forum. This shit should be pinned, right next to the Mack Adams and Clipper Cooper collections.

Reading this:

But Maroon will fight on, even if all in vain,
Did you seriously just lose a kid to Tulane?

I involuntarily winced, snorted and made the “oh-no-u-di’nt” face all at the same time and was thus forced to explain my behavior to others. Granted, it’s not spitting up soda onto my screen, but really, does anyone do that? In any case you touched me right here, man (taps face). Awesome show, great job!

by Dagga Roosta on Feb 1, 2026 12:08 AM CST reply actions  

And JJ: seriously, best American Idol audition ever. That dude and Bo Bice should get together and jam.

by Dagga Roosta on Feb 1, 2026 12:11 AM CST reply actions  

Mack Brown claps for this.

by The General on Feb 1, 2026 1:02 AM CST reply actions  

ColoradoAg - You are definitely one of the more level headed Aggies that I have come across. In general the rule for Aggies is - if they care enough to comment then they are going to be nuts. No disrespect.

So I wonder about something. You say that discourse here is 95% good and intelligent and I would agree with that. So what percentage would you put it at on your average A&M chat? And please try to be serious if you can. Maybe come up with some kind of formula if that helps. Like for every time someone says tu or talks about how much better things are going to be in the SEC they lose a percentage point.

Thanks!

by TheTodd on Feb 1, 2026 2:05 AM CST reply actions  

Todd -

Thanks. I was drawn to BC several years back by Scip’s SOTU’s. I thought they were hilarious and inspired. Generally speaking, I think the readers here just get it a little bit better.

The internet becomes an odd place when anonymous people comment on very passionate issues such as college football. The fringe whack jobs often make the most noise and aren’t representative of the masses. Texags has plenty of ridiculous, embarrassing threads and posters. So does HornFans, Shaggy, RaiderPower, BaylorFans, etc.

As for a percentage? Hell, I don’t know. Corps guys would call me a 2%. The same guys don’t know what a depth chart is.

by ColoradoAg on Feb 1, 2026 6:29 AM CST reply actions  

Made my day!

by Caradoc on Feb 1, 2026 8:05 AM CST reply actions  

On Byrne! On Corp Turd! On Reveille! On Sumlin!
On Nut Squeeze! On Delusion! On Signing Day stumblin’!

It really is the most wonderful time of the year.

Greatness.

by nobis60 on Feb 1, 2026 9:32 AM CST reply actions  

The Dreamwagon has a new bumpersticker:

Heartbreak to Aggie? Israel to Jew

by Vasherized on Feb 1, 2026 1:03 PM CST reply actions  

Just brilliant. I also enjoyed the short little freestyle rap battle in the thread. Was a winner ever declared, and what was their prize? A skull cap worn by Kevin Federline?

by burntorangejuice on Feb 2, 2026 8:28 AM CST reply actions  

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