Texas A&M Buses Allegedly Vandalized

UPDATE: Texas Tech released a statement about the alleged vandalism:

Texas Tech has conducted an investigation regarding this allegation, and has discovered the following:

The buses were not spray painted. Instead, washable shoe polish was used on the windows of one of the buses.
No feces were found either in or on the buses. Fish bait was dropped onto the floor of one of the buses.

The full statement can be seen here.

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP)— Texas A&M's team buses were vandalized before the Aggies played Texas Tech, with drivers finding manure inside and outside the four vehicles.

Texas A&M athletic director Bill Byrne said Saturday manure went "from one end to the other" inside one bus that couldn't be locked. The others had manure along the exterior. He tweeted that the outside of all the buses had vulgarities "spray painted" on them.

"Classy," ended his first tweet.

It wasn't immediately clear why vandals targeted Texas A&M, though the Aggies are planning to leave the Big 12 after this school year for the SEC.

The team was accompanied by school security and a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper and no official report was made to the agency, an email from Aggies spokesman Brad Marquardt said.

Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt called the vandalism "unfortunate" and that it doesn't "represent who we are as a group."

The Red Raiders play the No. 24 Aggies Saturday night.

Comments

[Cristina Weber]

06:13 AM on 12/08/2011

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[Bfry420]

10:22 AM on 10/27/2011

Wow. What S*** heads. I tell you people think I'm bad. Man I just know right from wrong.

[TechFan]

01:36 PM on 10/13/2011

agree with you about the story and it being misrepresented, however, a little Texas Tech ribbing is not what I witnessed in the stands and I can guarantee you not one male on here would stand for their wife having to endure the language and the gestures. It was filthy and disrespectful.

[Anthony Garnett]

12:37 PM on 10/11/2011

Guess someone at the Huffington Post attended Texas A&M because I am not sure why this is important college news.

[MFlick]

05:11 AM on 10/11/2011

Yes, the Huffington Post should amend the article with the more current information. Also, A&M's athletic director should issue an apology for defamation for his sensationalist finger-pointing.

[donladwross]

12:04 AM on 10/11/2011

The Huffington Post should update the story, seems as if aTm made things sound much much worse than what actually occured. If they can't handle a little Texas Tech ribbing, how can they expect to handle the SEC?
http://blog.chron.com/sportsjustice/2011/10/its-on-between-texas-am-and-texas-tech/

[Veritas 1]

10:04 PM on 10/10/2011

I am waiting to see how West Virginia will respond, i can't imagine they like being shown up by Tech.

[texasags11]

09:46 PM on 10/10/2011

As a tech grad but aggie fan I totally agree w/TechFan. Unacceptable !!
Tech should formally apologize ! Kirby Hocut????unfortunate .

[TechFan]

04:15 PM on 10/10/2011

As a Tech fan and parent of a current student I was disgusted by the behavior of Tech students at Saturday nights game. This behavior included giving the bird with both hands while the Aggie band was performing, not to mention many other times, making a gesture which resembled a certain part of the female anatomy each time an Aggie player was injured, not to mention the many vulgar and disgusting comments which my wife had to listen to. Hats off to all of the Aggies and tech fans that acted with the utmost maturity and class as there were many of them on both sides. This is a big rivalry and emotions run high but some of these Tech fans were considerably less than classy and showed a level of immaturity that is digusting. Either your parents would also be disgusted or they obviously have no class as the case with you.

[Old Jarhead]

09:48 PM on 10/10/2011

I remember years ago, going to Jones Stadium for ballgames. The majority of the Tech fans were enthusiastic, yet polite and respectful of the opposition. It used to be the Tech fans would correct their own ill mannered brethren, but that appears to be a thing of the past. One of the reasons I haven't been to a game in nearly 20 years.

[Garret Autry]

03:17 PM on 10/10/2011

Do you realize that your story really says nothing more than, "look what this guy said on twitter"? Also, the writer didn't even have the guts to put his name on the page. It's okay though, if I wrote like this, I wouldn't either.

It really gives a news post a lot of credibility when they post a news story based on a tweet. Let me know if you ever decide to do any real reporting in the future.

[BikerDad888]

02:01 PM on 10/10/2011

There is no sense attacking anybody. Truth is, there was never an incident. The police cannot find anything on the buses. But then, it is just a game.

[Bonhopper]

01:29 PM on 10/10/2011

This is a "news" story based on a tweet. Here are some facts:
1. No police report has been filed with the DPS, the Lubbock police or the campus police (which A$M claimed they did).
2. No photos of alleged vandalism.
3. They had their own security. Where were they?
4. The buses were parked in a busy hotel parking lot. Where is the security video and why didn't anyone see it? Ninja vandals maybe?
This whole story reeks. As for the goal post incident a few years ago, that was proved to be Aggie fans, not Tech.
If A$M thinks Tech fans are bad, just wait til they get a taste of the SEC.
I'm not condoning any kind of vandalism, but the media needs to do a little investigating before printing a story like this that may very well be false.

[jahzilla]

01:05 PM on 10/10/2011

" . . . with drivers finding manure inside and outside the four vehicles."

The "drovers" forgot to mention the most important disclaimer . . . that the Aggie buses weren't equipped with restrooms.
The spray paint issue is clearly unrelated.

[BurtonDesque]

12:21 PM on 10/10/2011

Ah, Texas. Stay classy down there.

[SouthTexasDEM]

12:04 PM on 10/10/2011

This is par for the course for Tech fans, whether it comes to chucking a torn down goal post into the A&M fan section after a game, or vandalizing A&M's campus when they play in college station. Over the years, I've come to expect nothing else from these classless fans. But A&M doesn't have to play tech anymore. I think they're more angry about the fact that after this year, this will have no one to project all of their hatred on to. A&M is leaving this rivalry with 3 wins in a row, including 2 in lubbock. Don't be sad that it's over, tech fans. Be happy that it happened. Once this whole conference shake up is over and done with, and OU and tu have left for greener pastures, just pray that you are relegated to the likes of the lonestar conference. You stay classy, lubbock.