1. Aggieland is spectacular. The campus doesn’t impress like Chapel Hill or Charlottesville (let alone Clemson), but rather it was the people who made their mark. We were invited to an Aggie tailgate in advance of our trip. We asked if we could send some money for food and drink and were told “Absolutely not. Welcome to Aggieland.” Then we had trouble finding the tent and nice couple from Houston invited us in, and let us use their cooler until we found our planned tailgate. We later walked into the alumni center and were greeted with “howdy.