It’s that most exciting time of the year again! Every Fall in Aggieland presents all of us with one of the greatest gifts of all —a tabula rasa, or more commonly known as a “clean slate.” All the record books on the 22-23 season are reset to ‘0.’ This is 0 Losses at this point in the season and the possibilities for winning are unparalleled!

First up—Texas Aggie football begins this coming weekend! Kickoff on Sat. Sept. 3 is at 11 am and we’re hosting the Bearkats of Sam Houston.

Across from Kyle Field they’re putting final touches on the most exciting new tailgating spot and community visiting area for Aggies to gather before, during, and after games. It’s not quite finished yet but watch how fast it progresses this fall. If you don’t have your season tickets to the games yet, check out Stubhub
for individual games and extra seats.

Fans can look forward to: “ Aggie Park
”! Think of it in terms of “an outdoor MSC” and a water source, landscaping galore, an outdoor amphitheatre and to go with it, a spectacular Kickoff Concert featuring headliner Robert Earl Keen ’78, with Max Stalling ’89, Julianna Rankin, ’18, and the Barn Dogs (’23-’25). Best of all, it’s a free concert. Register at this link.

Football in Texas begins every Thursday afternoon for the junior varsity, Friday afternoons and evenings for high school to share their skills on the varsity teams, Saturdays are for all the college games, and Sundays of course are for Pro football, with the occasional Monday and Thursday night lineup to work in.

The Bryan Vikings’ schedule is here.

For the Rudder Rangers’ schedule, click here.

The Allen Academy’s Rams’ schedule is here.

The St. Joseph’s Catholic Eagles schedule is here.

College Station Cougars’ play on this schedule here.

The A&M Consolidated Tigers’ play here.

The Normangee Panthers’ schedule is here.

The Navasota Rattlers’ schedule is here.

The Hearne Eagles’ schedule is here.

The Brenham Cubs’ schedule is here.

So, now that you know where some of our area youth are, don’t forget that they are also at soccer practice, golf practice, and countless other sessions that prepare kids for their future.

Life is so much like a sports competition. Everyone comes in with a clean slate; you have a chance to learn from adults and older teens willing to teach, you work hard to learn the rules of the game. Every week you reinforce what you learned before and add a new element in. Eventually you know all the plays.

You learn teamwork, getting along with people, even if they fail you. You give people a second chance. You learn to share credit and share responsibility. It’s all about team, all day, every day. These are just some of the life lessons that they will keep all of their lives. Character building begins when our young people learn competition sports.

So, every year is an opportunity to teach good behavior, being a good sport, and never giving up. The daily grind is a guarantee for success in their adult years. Get your team colors on and we’ll see you at the games this fall!