r/CFB • u/defensecowboy Texas Longhorns • 4h ago
Video [Luke Evangelist] Aggie Park is empty. It’s 55 degrees. I’m not sure what the vibes are at this point.
https://x.com/lukeevangelist_/status/2111478800366141539?s=46383
u/tagillaslover Clemson Tigers 4h ago
I mean they’re playing the citadel. I wouldn’t want to go and watch my team play the citadel either.
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u/AgITGuy Texas A&M Aggies • Zlín Golems 4h ago
The way we have played, I wouldn’t go see the game for fear of us shitting the bed and regressing further.
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u/GreatBarrierQueefDD LSU Tigers 3h ago
But its your chance to see a win and id imagine tickets are cheap
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u/StreetReporter Clemson Tigers • Cheez-It Bowl 3h ago
Nah man, the Citadel can be very scary for some teams
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u/Chillhouse3095 Clemson • South Carolina State 2h ago
Would you like to elaborate on what teams might be given providing by The Citadel? I seem to be having a memory lapse of sorts.
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u/nkfish11 Miami Hurricanes 4h ago
Yeah I’d save my money and watch this at home too. Out on the porch with a beer in sweater weather.
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u/matt_austin Texas A&M Aggies 3h ago
This is the dumbest narrative ever. The stadium is full for the game.
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u/downvotemesensei 4h ago
55 degrees is essentially 25 degreesfor residents of Texas.
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u/AlphaH4wk Texas A&M Aggies • /r/CFB Poll Veteran 3h ago
It's true. I'm huddled in my apartment with my sweatpants on and a cup of hot chocolate
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u/KansasEF5Tornado Kansas State Wildcats • Paper Bag 4h ago
Not the panhandle
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u/Gopokes34 Oklahoma State Cowboys 3h ago
Ya definitely gets cold there, even north Texas has regular bouts of winter
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u/downvotemesensei 3h ago
I lived a year in the panhandle. It snowed in April that year.
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u/KansasEF5Tornado Kansas State Wildcats • Paper Bag 3h ago
It's a combination of higher elevation, flat terrain, and the multitude of mid-lattitude systems that move through from basically mid-late October through early June. Temp swings are common, but like southern snow, it doesn't last long.
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u/ben3345 South Carolina Gamecocks 3h ago
Watching your bad SEC team get into a dogfight (no pun intended) with The Citadel is not for the faint of heart.
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u/tonto515 South Carolina • William & Mary 3h ago
We don’t speak of November 21, 2016 in my house for this exact reason.
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u/Local-Finance8389 Texas A&M Aggies 3h ago
They just showed a full Aggie Park on the broadcast.
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u/plefe Texas A&M Aggies • Houston Cougars 2h ago
Yeah, people just weren't out there at 8:30am. I was there, there were plenty of people around 9:30.
The early kicks have a lot folk drive in from Houston or DFW that morning so they don't have buy a hotel room for the two night minimum most hotels require.
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u/vannawhite_power Texas A&M Aggies 4h ago
This what we are doing? Talking shit about tailgating for an early game against and FCS team? Have no doubt the stadium will be damn near full- far more full than it should be for the product being put on the field.
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u/ABaldFatGuy Texas A&M Aggies 3h ago
Just saw a pic from my buddy at the game. It's almost as full as it's been for the last 2 SEC games lol.
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u/R4gn4_r0k Texas A&M Aggies 1h ago
101k attendance today. I'm at the game. It was a bit empty in the 4th deck, but the rest of the stadium was pretty full for most of the game.
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u/historical__mistake Texas A&M Aggies 3h ago
Billy absolutely got his feelings hurt and is trying to make elko look bad
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u/DiplomaticAggie Texas A&M Aggies 4h ago
r/CFB when a non “Blue Blood” team aspires to be good
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u/RahvinDragand Texas A&M Aggies • Iowa Hawkeyes 2h ago
This sub has been insufferable when it comes to A&M for as long as I can remember. They root for underdogs until the underdogs "try too hard", then they relentlessly shit on them.
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u/jc1402 Texas A&M Aggies 3h ago
This is why Billy’s Cesspool comment was so accurate. TexAgs is all sunshine pumping all spring summer and fall and now they’re putting out sarcastic and negative content about the team because Billy got his feelings hurt
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u/TheOriginal_G Texas A&M Aggies 1h ago
Because Billy is a Baby Back Bitch. Absolutely cannot stand him & hate that any insider information I want to get about my team seemingly has to run thru him.
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u/MasterArCtiK Alabama Crimson Tide 4h ago
I mean it’s cold, they are 3-3, and they’re playing citadel, why would anyone go to that game lmao
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u/lil_layne Indiana Hoosiers 4h ago
Man 55 degrees is a perfect fall temperature in the Midwest to go tailgating and go to a football game
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u/RoastedDonutz Nebraska Cornhuskers 4h ago
They said the Indiana game was 48 degrees and perfect midwest weather for a game lol
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u/a_banned_user Purdue Boilermakers 4h ago
Right? “ it’s cold” ffs.
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u/lcr68 Texas A&M • Mississippi State 3h ago
We just had upper 80s to low 90s two days ago after weeks of upper 90s. It’s shorts weather for me but my Texas-born kid immediately said it’s freezing outside lol. Mid central Texas can handle the heat, but the cold hits different for them. I saw some scarfs out yesterday in mid 60s. Just can’t handle it.
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u/Mydogsblackasshole Oklahoma • Red River Shootout 3h ago
part of the problem is lack of time to acclimate. Going from upper 80s early this week, and then 50 by the end of the week. Temps in the 50s are nice, but when you were sweating a couple days ago the 50s feels more like 30s almost
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u/Bigbadbrindledog Auburn Tigers • SIAA 3h ago
It's almost like Texas and Indiana have different climates and therefore find different temperatures enjoyable.
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u/Saltyspaghetti Troy Trojans • Alabama Crimson Tide 3h ago
The downvotes you’re getting is hilarious lmao. What a CONTROVERSIAL take
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u/Unrelenting_Salsa LSU Tigers • Georgia Bulldogs 1h ago
Next you're going to tell me that people hate the cold are more likely to live in the Houston area where it's rarely cold.
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u/SophonsPonytail Memphis Tigers 2h ago
It's almost as if people from different regions have different gauges as to relative temperature
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u/pumpkinspruce Wisconsin Badgers 4h ago
Today is absolutely perfect football weather.
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u/southernflatlander Georgia Bulldogs 4h ago
Tbf 55 is perfect in the southeast too
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u/zadharm Notre Dame Fighting Irish • Miami Hurricanes 3h ago
Fuckin right it is. Sure wish it would have been here last week when I didn't have power for 6 days though. I've been putting off cleaning up my yard from that damn hurricane for over a week because I knew this was coming and it's been in the 90s heat index. The fact it lined up on a Saturday is unfortunate though. For my yard
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u/theREALbombedrumbum Notre Dame Fighting Irish 3h ago
Some of the best Notre Dame tailgates I ever had were even colder than that. 55 is perfect.
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u/Numerous-Ad6460 Michigan Wolverines • Florida Gators 4h ago
55 is shorts weather
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u/Ugaalive1991 Georgia Bulldogs • NC State Wolfpack 3h ago
Hoodie and shorts weather.
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u/hedgemagus Indiana Hoosiers 3h ago
I feel sorry for the people who don’t understand the beauty of a baggy hoodie and shorts with the leaves on the ground
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u/saberz54 Iowa Hawkeyes 4h ago
Eh if I’m moving around and working sure. Sitting on a metal bench I think would qualify it as a jeans and hoodie affair.
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u/Serial-Eater Michigan • Slippery Rock 3h ago
Unless it’s sunny then maybe t shirt and jeans after a while
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u/saberz54 Iowa Hawkeyes 3h ago
Also need to factor in wind and how much alcohol is readily available.
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u/hotsauce126 Georgia Bulldogs 3h ago
And to me 65 degrees is jacket and pants weather
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u/racoonXjesus 3h ago
I would be sweating my ass off by noon in Ohio
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u/gravteck Ohio State • Vanderbilt 3h ago
I was outside working on the second leg of my patio build, and I wasn't even to the more involved parts. Shorts, long sleeve compression, shorts and baseball hat. I was sweating in less than 15 minutes at 51 degrees.
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u/MediumStrange Cincinnati • Michigan 3h ago
How do you not sweat to death? Unless you are like entirely motionless.
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u/himason Brown Bears • Tennessee Volunteers 3h ago
Your body sort of trains the need to sweat out of you at those temps in the south. Same way that we aren’t completely dying in 90 degree heat with high humidity, but people from the Midwest would think Louisiana in July feels like hell on earth.
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u/Juhbellz Appalachian State • Virginia … 3h ago
Hot chocolate or coffee. Hoodie. Cheese fries. Heaven
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u/StlCyclone Iowa State • Missouri State 3h ago
There's hardly enough beer in the Midwest for a 55° sunny Saturday with college football.
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u/EmuMan10 Arizona State Sun Devils 4h ago
Yeah that sounds like ideal jacket weather
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u/theREALbombedrumbum Notre Dame Fighting Irish 3h ago
The jersey (often a hockey one) over a hoodie combo was undefeated back in my day at ND. Could go straight to a party after the game with that fit. Perfection.
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u/MediumStrange Cincinnati • Michigan 3h ago
It's been 55 degrees here in Cincy the last few days and I have been loving the ideal temperature. I wish every day was this nice weather wise.
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u/SaintsNoah14 LSU Tigers • SEC 3h ago
Its not even that's it unbearable for us, its just came so abruptly. TX was still hitting 100° a month + 1 week ago
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u/TheKerj2 Ohio State Buckeyes 2h ago
Right, so, the perfect temp to be outside after getting roasted
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u/45ACPisGOAT Nebraska Cornhuskers 3h ago
55 and sunny with no wind is the perfect temp for anything. Can wear a hoody and or vest to keep you warm, but if you have to do any physical activity where you’re working up a sweat then a t shirt is perfect. Somewhere in between and a long sleeve t. I love this weather.
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u/Milton__Obote LSU Tigers • Northwestern Wildcats 2h ago
55-60 and sunny is perfect football weather
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u/Captain_Nipples Oklahoma Sooners • Summertime Lover 1h ago
Yea. Its 58 outside my house right now and the sun is shining. I legit thought it was 70s. Feels awesome
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u/bretticus733 Boise State Broncos 4h ago
it's cold
it's 55 degreesMy northern mind cannot comprehend
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u/crimsoneagle1 Oklahoma Sooners • Oklahoma Sooners 4h ago
It's the shift that gets people. It's not gradual, just a few days ago in Austin it was in the 90s
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u/bretticus733 Boise State Broncos 4h ago
That shift happens in the north too; it ain't a southern thing
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u/Wonderful_Touch_7895 Florida Gators 1h ago
Just wait until you find out what I, a north Floridian, think is cold lol
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u/one-hour-photo Tennessee • South Carolina 4h ago
I feel like it could be raining diarrhea for a game against Milligan college and I still couldn't afford Neyland tickets.
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u/TheTedsaretheworst Tennessee • Third Saturday… 4h ago
I paid less for Orange Bowl tickets in 2022 than the price they were charging for Georgia Tech this year, it’s ridiculous
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u/one-hour-photo Tennessee • South Carolina 4h ago
AYY me too. and G tech was cheaper than the neyland SEC games . You could also have got a hotel in Little Rock and driven, maybe even flown to the game in FVille for cheaper than the Neyland games.
My hotel was in deerfield for the orange bowl for $120 a night. flight was allegiant.
So yes, my ticket, hotel, flight, was LESS than a single ticket in Neyland.
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u/bullseye717 LSU Tigers • Tennessee Volunteers 3h ago
I paid $50 for Saints vs Panthers playoff tickets in 2018. Tickets are outrageous today.
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u/ASK_ABT_MY_USERNAME UCLA Bruins 4h ago
The tweet isn't even accurate anymore. It's 63 now with a high of 68 there. Couldn't be more ideal.
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u/RIPfreewill 3h ago
They’re just making other excuses now. “But it was 90 a couple days ago.”
As someone who went to the first 4 Texas state games where people were literally passing out from the heat, I would have loved a game in the 60’s.
I can’t wait for the cool weather games. If you’re chilly just throw on a jacket or sweatshirt. It’s not really a problem. It’s not like it’s raining or something.
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u/Alpine_Exchange_36 Colorado • Minnesota 4h ago
Forgot that South thinks 55 is cold
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u/tackleboxjohnson 4h ago
It’s the shift that gets us. The heat index was over 100 a couple days ago. We’re all still in heat mode down here
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u/i_d0n_LikeIt_here Texas A&M Aggies • Texas A&M Aggies 4h ago
Bruh, Thursday felt like a normal day. Yesterday I walk out of the house and get blasted by Skyrim winds. We need a minute to adjust to spontaneous fall/winter weather
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u/EmuMan10 Arizona State Sun Devils 4h ago
It’s been windy as hell in AZ the last two days. It’s wild lol
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u/i_d0n_LikeIt_here Texas A&M Aggies • Texas A&M Aggies 3h ago
I'm telling you, I'm still tryna understand the change for me in Texas from Thursday to Friday. It was spontaneous. Is it supposed to work like that? Did we break the software? Cause I ain't ever seen fall/winter just happen over night
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u/EmuMan10 Arizona State Sun Devils 3h ago
I’m embracing it. It was 97 here last week and now we are topping out at 83 for the foreseeable future. I’ll take it
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u/i_d0n_LikeIt_here Texas A&M Aggies • Texas A&M Aggies 3h ago
My bad, I forgot how hot Arizona gets lmao. I apologize. Enjoy your fall 83 lol. Actually, how cold does it get in AZ? I know how hot it can get but never asked about the winters
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u/Dan-of-Steel Notre Dame • Arizona State 2h ago
Meanwhile, I live in NorCal where the wind is usually insane.
The past 4 days, there hasn't be so much as a light breeze and it's been in the 90's since like Wednesday.
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u/Phantom1100 Alabama Crimson Tide • Team Chaos 3h ago
I went to the airport on Thursday in Houston and I was sweating my ass off lol.
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u/Dry-Membership3867 Jacksonville State • Arkansas 4h ago
I mean, the Citedel does have an FBS win
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u/StreetReporter Clemson Tigers • Cheez-It Bowl 3h ago
They have multiple FBS wins
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u/Dry-Membership3867 Jacksonville State • Arkansas 3h ago
This year? I know they’ve done it in the past, but I’m talking about 2026
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u/StreetReporter Clemson Tigers • Cheez-It Bowl 3h ago
Oh, I thought you meant in general, and I wanted to make fun of South Carolina and Georgia Tech
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u/FCoDxDart Texas Longhorns • Texas A&M Aggies 3h ago
It’s cold?! It’s perfect outside. Best tailgating weather ever.
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u/BrilliantArm5914 Missouri Tigers 4h ago
finally have a day in south Texas where you can do yard work without getting soaked in sweat
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u/Fantastic-Coat1967 UC San Diego Tritons • Stony Brook Seawolves 3h ago
Cold?????
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u/otoverstoverpt UCLA Bruins 3h ago
man this is hilarious, we get whole articles about our attendance after years and years of mediocrity with far more obstacles but we are giving A&M an excuse for the most agreeable climate imaginable lmfao
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u/KingInDaNorf34 Texas A&M Aggies • Houston Cougars 3h ago
Dude, there are still like 80,000 to 90,000 in the stadium. Bit of a different animal compared to UCLA or USC problems
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u/Flying_Fish_Fiend Florida Gators 3h ago
That’s literally the dream football scenario. 55 degrees at kickoff 😍
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u/redbullsgivemewings Missouri Tigers 3h ago
55 is cold??????? Man the south is a different planet sometimes
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u/GuyWithTriangle Wisconsin • Notre Dame 3h ago
Many will resist the truth but 55 is the best temperature
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u/MasterArCtiK Alabama Crimson Tide 2h ago
From my perspective, it seems like everyone would be on your team
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u/beenhadballs Notre Dame Fighting Irish • Team Chaos 4h ago
Do teams need an undefeated season on a room temp day to get fans out now? USC too hot out, Aggies, too cold. Build a dome and get to recruiting then.
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u/StreetReporter Clemson Tigers • Cheez-It Bowl 3h ago
The Citadel is tough, they played yall better than anyone in the SEC did in 2018. They also have wins against South Carolina and Georgia Tech in recent history
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u/PriorPeak1277 Tennessee • Third Saturday… 3h ago
On the first half… I remember hate watching that game
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u/Braves1313 South Carolina Gamecocks 3h ago
Should have gone up in the 3rd quarter. An offside penalty on a made FG robbed us of that glory.
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u/StreetReporter Clemson Tigers • Cheez-It Bowl 3h ago
They scored more against Alabama than like 3 different SEC teams did combined, and promptly talked shit to those teams on Twitter. It was glorious
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u/MagicPoindexter Fresno State • Utah State 2h ago
Yes, G6 teams that play against the SEC are tough. G6 teams that play against other G6 teams are soft cupcakes on the schedules.
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u/KCCO1987 NC State Wolfpack 3h ago
No, no. Don't you see. This is the best regular season in all of sports! Or something like that. I'm not sure, I don't speak corporate bullshit.
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u/VannesGreave Appalachian State Mountaineers 3h ago
At 3-3 they’d be in prime position for a playoff spot in a few years.
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u/MohnJilton Texas Longhorns • West Texas A&M Buffs 3h ago
Low 60s and terribly windy in Austin here and I got hot in a beanie and coat. It ain’t even bad.
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u/Doogitywoogity Texas A&M Aggies • Florida Gators 4h ago
This is your last chance to set up deer feeders before hunting season of course folks aren’t there
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u/historical__mistake Texas A&M Aggies 3h ago
The stadium is full. Did Billy just start order his crew to start posting fake news cause elko hurt his feelings
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u/DiplomaticAggie Texas A&M Aggies 4h ago edited 4h ago
I get OP is a Longhorn, but this sub rly has a hate boner for Aggies. Lmao you are all unstable.
It’s 55 against The Citadel and we’re posting about tailgating attendance? Alright
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u/TwiztedImage Texas A&M Aggies • Summertime Lover 4h ago
55 and probably windy. We had like 40mph gusts across central Texas yesterday with wind advisories
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u/Hacym Florida Gators 3h ago
55 degrees?
If you’re saying that is too cold, grow a pair.
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u/Greatness46 Virginia Tech Hokies 3h ago
Get an alcohol blanket on like a real football fan. 55 is perfect weather, it doesn’t matter who they’re playing
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u/i_d0n_LikeIt_here Texas A&M Aggies • Texas A&M Aggies 4h ago
We're all scared of coming out of our bomb shelters to watch Marcel Reed terrorize Aggie football and college football in general.
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u/AstronautWorth3084 3h ago
Feel like there's less fun in seeing your team beat up on a bottom feeder in the nil/transfer era, these games were never ideal but you could at least hope to see the first stringers dominate, then getting to see the young guys/next guys up in the second half. Now that team building is pretty much on a one year timeline I couldn't imagine caring about a game like this in a lost season
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u/Strakedev LSU Tigers • Valdosta State Blazers 3h ago
Oh yeah I’m sure people are clamoring to spend 500 dollars to watch a game like this from the nose bleeds.
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u/Condom_Breaker256 Billable Hours • Jacksonvil… 4h ago
55° is fucking paradise, them folks in College Station aren't real fans if they ain't showing up in that kind of weather on a Saturday
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u/Ok_Fix6757 Florida Gators • West Florida Argonauts 3h ago
I’m a hockey fan and thought that said Luke Evangelista. I was really confused for a second.
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u/maskdmirag USC Trojans • Rose Bowl 1h ago
You're only supposed to play your cupcakes in November not October
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u/libsoutherner Texas A&M Aggies 14m ago
Posted by a Texas fan while they were in the process of losing to Florida. Lol.
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u/Flying_Fish_Fiend Florida Gators 3h ago
55 degrees is GORGEOUS! Literally perfect football weather
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u/fhqwhgads_football Carnegie Mellon • Pittsburgh 4h ago
Wow, I had no idea Luke was into football! Someone should ring up the Church and make sure this is canonical
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u/FrivolousMe California Golden Bears • Sickos 3h ago
Look I'm from southern california and I can tell you that the idea that 55 degrees is "too cold" is insane
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u/trollfreak Alabama Crimson Tide 3h ago
Look on the bright side - A&M has a chance to make the playoffs - next year
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u/Sam_Strake Texas A&M Aggies 3h ago
I tried to find a stream and the first one I clicked on was frozen so I immediately gave up. So yeah that sounds about right.
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u/Dan-of-Steel Notre Dame • Arizona State 2h ago
It's one of those rare occasions where I envy Texas weather. The high is 68 in College Station today.
Meanwhile, in the NorCal, it's gonna be 90 in the deadass middle of October.
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u/ElToroDeBoro Notre Dame Fighting Irish 2h ago
Mr. Henderson - Book your plane ticket to South Bend for 11/7.
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u/SlushyBear7 Texas A&M Aggies 2h ago
55 is perfect for a football game, we’re just playing a nobody and we suck. It’s not that deep.
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u/Conn3er Texas A&M Aggies • Texas Longhorns 4h ago
Probably because my blackstone in central Texas has fired up brunch and we have double box UT and Ohiost/Indiana on