In a longstanding tradition, the Texas A&M Aggies have a cannon on the sideline which they fire as a celebration after the team scores touchdowns. But ahead of Saturday’s game against the UMass Minutemen, the team fired the cannon at a pretty inopportune time causing quite a bit of controversy.
Ahead of Saturday’s game, a few UMass players appeared to be praying in the end zone after running out onto the field. As they silently sat on a knee, the players were delivered quite a shock when Texas A&M fired the cannon right at them, startling them with a huge plume of smoke and an obvious loud “boom”
I’m dying…. @billyliucci @TexAgs @Jmackie00 pic.twitter.com/lRklHqcxYo
— Braxton Sherrill (@CoachBSherrill) November 19, 2022
The UMass players were obviously annoyed by the cannon fire disrupting their pregame moment, giving looks of disgust as they walked away.
It also caused white a bit of controversy on Twitter as plenty of people blasted Texas A&M for the pregame antics on Saturday afternoon.
Texas A&M has declared war and fired the first shot against the Minutemen of UMass! pic.twitter.com/8RQE0vYeiP
— 🇸🇲 Sickos Committee 🇸🇲 (@SickosCommittee) November 19, 2022
Texas A&M literally firing cannons at the UMass Minutemen has me wondering: who wins in a war, the A&M Corps of Cadets or the Continental Army https://t.co/HGJWEYcHDS
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) November 19, 2022
the way i hollered…im in tears. That fake army at Texas A&M has be stopped. Lol https://t.co/De9iDFBTlt
— Clarence Hill Jr (@clarencehilljr) November 19, 2022
This is absolutely disrespectful!!! #DoBetter https://t.co/9qDI6MKfYW
— Mike Hardge (@HardballHardge) November 19, 2022
Can’t spell lame without A & M https://t.co/ZbYdKTVwks
— Rod Brooks (@rodbrooksTV) November 19, 2022
As for the game itself, things did not go quite according to plan for the Aggies as the team held just a 10-3 halftime lead over Umass despite entering the game as a massive favorite over one of the worst teams in all of college football.
