The deaths of 11 Aggies in the collapse of logs stacked for the traditional bonfire had many players focusing on the tragedy, rather than their meeting with No. 6 Texas.
Young people tend to consider that it's old people who die.
The bonfire, the torching of a 55-foot stack of logs that annually precedes the Aggies' battle with archrival Texas, is one of the most visible traditions at a school that prides itself on togetherness and school spirit. People come first. This is just a game. Our hearts go out to the families who lost their loved ones. The team canceled practice for Thursday and Friday, some of them helping remove logs at the accident site.