“Ticket pull is probably one of the worst experiences ever. There was just a huge disrespect to the Reveille memorial, trash everywhere, such a buildup of dirty water that people were standing in, no respect for other students. It feels like A&M knew that was going to happen and they didn’t care because they wanted it to be a big deal. We need to switch to online ticket pull. Sometimes tradition is not that important.” Julian Ibarra, engineering sophomore

“It was just an entire mess. The whole student body was at Kyle Field waiting for a ticket, and originally it started with us just sitting as a group … it became who can get to the front first. Cops were called eventually … Sunday wasn’t too bad, like the day part, but around 2 a.m. that’s when the energy came back with rushing. I think when people switched out to go to the Bonfire Memorial, people rushed … I was standing by myself for four or five hours, just standing to hold my spot in line.” Grant Caraway, architecture freshman

“It was not in control at all and not regulated — there were just way too many people doing the exact same thing. The fact that most people started camping after the [New Mexico State] game and still aren’t sitting where they wanted to sit, and then some people aren’t even sitting down at all, is pretty crazy. I think part of the problem is because a lot of the fraternities will pull upwards of 800 people. It was pretty terrible.” Landon Burket, architecture freshman

“It was awesome. Everyone around me was so nice. I ended up getting first deck — we were inside the barricades. We were sharing experiences, we were all staying up together at night, whenever I needed to go to the restroom they were watching my seat and vice versa. The only thing that I didn’t like is how people felt entitled to boss other students around whenever they had no sense of authority or position, but besides that, I love all the Aggies and just like how God forgives people I forgive all of them as well.” Elie Merhi, biomedical sciences freshman

“That was pretty stressful — everyone was inching up, the cops were coming, having to get people out of there, and I was really nervous about getting a good spot … we made friends with everyone around us. I think the reason it went by so fast was because we had a lot of people to talk to. The actual pull went pretty smoothly, other than all the rain that fell on us, but it was pretty fun. That was the first time I’ve had to camp out so it was a good experience.” Whit Taylor, financial planning freshman