Scott Chen

just an ordinary guy from Austin Texas

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

In Texas I went to a game where the entire student side of the stadium did not sit down for four hours.

I assumed the seats were broken. I checked the one next to me. It worked.

I asked a student named Tyler why nobody was sitting.

He said, "In case they need us."

That was the whole answer. In my land we have a saying, always on the battlefield. A samurai does not lounge in the presence of a lord who may call him. He stands, so that when the call comes there is no distance between the call and the man.

Here were thirty thousand of them. Standing. In case.

I asked Tyler how often they are needed.

He thought about it. "Once."

Once. In 1922. The team was running out of healthy men, and a student named Gill was called down out of the stands. He put on an injured player's uniform and stood on the sideline, ready, for the rest of the game. He never went in. They won without him.

That is the whole origin. A man who did not play. A hundred years of standing for a man who did not play.

So I stood. I am not a student. I was not going to be called under any reading of the rules. My knees began filing complaints in the third quarter and I ignored them, because Tyler was nineteen and had stood through every home game for three years and had never once been called, and was not bitter about it, and was in fact eating nachos.

Nobody was called. Nobody has been called since 1922. The knees of Texas do not care.

In my land we say be ready at every moment.
Texas built thirty thousand seats and refuses to use them.

[MLB @MLB]

BRADEN MONTGOMERY HITS A WALK-OFF HOMER IN HIS MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT!

[Robert Behrens @rcb05]

If there’s one thing Jim Schlossnagle does best, it’s ensuring Texas’ season ends in the Regionals.

[Scott Chen @scottkchen]

@concerned80 @AustinFireInfo It’s the wind…

[Southeastern Conference @SEC]

WTIV. NAILS. 🎯😤

@aggiembk x #SECMBB

[Houston Zoo @houstonzoo]

Our bald eagles and whooping cranes are taking their turn in the snow. Both birds are native to North America and can tolerate a wide range of different weather conditions, including snow.

📸: Kevin H., VP of Animal Programs

[NFL @NFL]

MIKE EVANS. 1,000 YARDS ONCE AGAIN.

[Interesting things @awkwardgoogle]

Possibly the greatest single male athletic performance of all time

[The SEC Logo @SEC_Logo]

Sweet baby Jesus

[Kelley Ford @KFordRatings]

Projected SEC standings

LSU is out and Texas A&M is back in. The Aggies are projected to play Texas in Atlanta

[charles (“you look good” - andy reid) mcdonald @FourVerts]

here’s what we learned tonight: if you throw enough beers on the field you can lose 30-15 instead of 30-8

[cooked by aggy @beviespimp]

quinn ewers against georgia

[Sidelines - Texas A&M @SSN_TAMU]

We've gone from Jimbo to Mike E,

And we've gone from Jimothy to Mike E.

If it happens twice at A&M, it's tradition.

[NCAA Baseball @NCAABaseball]

A phone call to your younger self: Aggies ☎️

#MCWS x @AggieBaseball

[ESPN @espn]

Saved a 2-run HR in the 9th that would’ve given Florida the lead 😮

What a grab by @AggieBaseball’s Jace LaViolette as Texas A&M hangs on in Omaha!

[Scott Chen @scottkchen]

Wellness & Travel Giveaway Sweepstakes #giveaway #sweepstakes @dollarflights https://t.co/njCIVsVU7v

[Texas A&M Basketball @aggiembk]

Five more minutes.

#GigEm x @mamba___11

[Tampa Bay Buccaneers @Buccaneers]

Every Mike Evans catch ever.

You're welcome.

[Jack Mac @JackMac]

How did ESPN have a pregame b roll with titties in it and STILL air it lmao