fighting the origin of the name of the band started with the early drum majors of the band the first student drum major was h a california morse but he did not last the year in his leadership role and was asked to leave the college because of fighting in addition the early drum majors were chosen in physical combat with the best fighter being named to the coveted position thus the name fightin' texas aggie band though the terminology has evolved to include the athletic teams similar to the fighting illini or the fighting irish i found this a bit confusing it looks like fighting is bad got morse kicked out of school and fighting is good earns coveted position i didn't know how to clean it up since i'm not sure what the message is here