Texas A&M Yell Leaders Are the Most Entertaining College Sports Tradition

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00:00 You may have seen this and wondered,

00:01 what the (beep)

00:02 - Gig 'Em Aggies, hey!

00:04 - Woo!

00:05 - Well, for those who don't know,

00:07 these are the Yell leaders for Texas A&M,

00:09 who were formed in 1907,

00:11 when it was an all-male military school.

00:14 As according to lore,

00:15 upperclassmen ordered a group of freshmen

00:17 to entertain the women in attendance at a football game,

00:20 who were threatening to leave because they were bored.

00:22 Thus, Yells replaced cheers to this day,

00:25 making it perhaps the most entertaining tradition

00:27 in college sports, overall.