Texas A&M has many great football traditions, including their mascot Reveille VII. I was reading an article by Pat Forde on ESPN.com and he has a funny take on an incident that happened with Reveille VII. Here is what he wrote:
"Texas A&M mascot Reveille VII (35), the collie that sits on the sideline at Aggies games, was benched last week for snapping at her handler after the guy stepped on her tail. Sounds like he had it coming.
Being the highest-ranking member of the Corps of Cadets gives Reveille something to bark about.
But here's the part of the wire story that stopped The Dash: "Reveille is considered the highest-ranking member of the school's Corps of Cadets and stands at attention in her maroon coat during sporting events and other functions."
Highest-ranking member of the Corps of Cadets? Do they salute the dog? Are there medals on the dog's coat? And why does the dog wear a coat to begin with?
If Reveille outranks the humans, what right do they have to discipline her for biting one of them? Shouldn't the correct response to a bite from a commanding officer be, "Thank you, ma'am, may I have another?"
Tough as Reveille might be, The Dash would rather take its chances with her than Ralphie (36) the buffalo or Mike (37) the tiger."
2 comments:
What do the numbers (35), (36) and (37) refer to? Were they ranking the mascots?
Pat Forte, who wrote the article, does a weekly article called the "Forte-Yard Dash" in which he talks about 40 items during the past week of college football. Many times he tries to cordinate the numbers with what he is taking about, ex. Reveille 35. IN this case he considered mentioning the other two mascots as items 36 and 37. Its an entertaining read each week.
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