[Drango]

A&M can show that they were using it way before anybody else,

Well they have a noble history of it and they took it to new levels. Further I remember sitting in the Kingdome, circa 1980s, watching the Seahawks, and I don't recall any 12th man hype. But that begs the issue. I suspect a little research will show that the 12th man concept and utterance, was and has been used by most teams in the world. Long before the Aggies.

[neb52]

You may not of the heard of the hype due to the fact that nobody in Texas had heard of the Seahawks until recently. No offense, just the truth.

As to other teams before A&M, I would have to ask how many other teams College and Pro fielded 11 men on a field back then. Not many. The 12th man only pertains to 11 man football. I am not agrueing to defend A&M(TCU fan myself) but that the law supports A&M in this case. Besides you totally ignored my Happy Birthday comment. That in itself will shutdown any agruement on A&M's position in this case pertaining to legality issue.

[Michael.SF.]

I suspect a little research will show that the 12th man concept and utterance, was and has been used by most teams in the world. Long before the Aggies.

The Aggies tradition of the 12th man goes back to 1922. little research would have shown that.

I have nothing against Seattle, but if they had any class at all, they would have come to an agreement with the Aggies on this one. Tradition means a lot to a lot of people, especially the Aggies.