In a 1973 halftime show, Rice's marching owl band (the MOB), in one of their early performances, put on a show that mocked the traditions aggy holds sacred. The MOB goosestepped onto the field and marched in the aggy "T" formation while beginning to play the war hymn and then sliding into the "March of the Wooden Soldiers". The MOB also made fun of aggy's mascot, Reveille, by forming a fire hydrant while playing "Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?". Then, the MOB formed a senior boot calling it "the greatest thing to happen to aggyland since the manure spreader". Well, aggy disapproved of the performance. They threw seat cushions and drink cups from the stadium's top deck and there was a sideline scuffle. Police stepped in to calm things down before the beginning of the third quarter. After the game, a crowd of hundreds of aggys formed a mob outside the gates of Rice Stadium, trapping the Owl band in a tunnel for hours until empty food service trucks were sent to the rescue. Late in the evening, the trucks pulled out of the stadium with MOB members hidden safely inside.
Aggy gonna aggy.