"This is NOT a TAMU-Iowa-Minnesota college issue.  It never was.  This is Randolph Duke, an internet troll who, if you run a google search, is irresistibly drawn to any and all articles that might be somewhat complementary of Texas A&M; and has made it his life's crusade to ""correct"" everyone about mean ol' Aggy.  Secondly, EVERYONE on this article seems to get it wrong about A&M;'s 12th Man.  The 12th Man at A&M; does NOT refer to the fans in the stands.  It refers to the STUDENT BODY.  It always has.  I was a member of the 12th Man while in school.  The second I graduated, I became a former student...and no longer a member of the 12th Man.  The 12th Man is represented on the field by a non-scholarship player who wears the number 12.  On the football team, players on scholarship are not allowed to wear number 12.

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