A&M won’t revive bonfire for rivalry with UT

COLLEGE STATION, Texas– Texas A&M’s conventional bonfire, which tragically ended 25 years back, will not go back to school for the renewal of the Aggies’ yearly football competition with Texas, school president Mark Welsh III revealed Tuesday.An unique committee had actually advised bringing it back as part of a the school’s event of the reboot of the competition with the Longhorns next season. The suggestion had actually called for a bonfire designed by and developed by professional engineers and contractors.In 1999, 12 individuals were eliminated and 27 more were injured when the log stack collapsed throughout construction.Welsh stated he considered public input and noted that numerous who

responded did not wish to bring it back if students were not arranging, leading and building the bonfire. The committee, however, had stated the only practical option would be to have it expertly developed.”After mindful consideration, I have decided that Bonfire, both a terrific and terrible part of Aggie history, should stay in our treasured past,” Welsh said in a statement.The conventional bonfire before the Aggies-Longhorns football game dated to 1909. The 60-foot structure with about 5,000 logs collapsed in the early-morning hours of Nov. 18, 1999, eliminating 11 students and one previous trainee. The school has a school memorial for the tragedy, and Welsh noted the upcoming 25th anniversary. “That spiritual place will remain the focal point of how we keep in mind the precious custom and the dedication of those associated with the awful 1999 collapse. We will continue to hold them and their families close at that occasion and constantly.” Texas dips into Texas A&M on Nov. 30 as the Longhorns sign up with the Southeastern Conference this season. The competition split after the 2011 season after Texas A&M left the Big 12 for the SEC.