A&M president Michael K. Young has since announced a commission will determine the statue’s standing, in pushing the volatile topic down the road.

Brent is the author of four published books about Texas A&M, three related to A&M athletics.

A&M president Michael K. Young has since announced a commission will determine the statue’s standing, in pushing the volatile topic down the road. Mond left himself no wiggle room among fans primed to pounce on his first mistake this season — if there is a season based on the global pandemic — and the howls for backup Zach Calzada will resonate from A&M followers long before the scheduled opening kickoff Sept. 5 against Abilene Christian at Kyle Field. "It's a FACT for a reason. Critics of Ross point to his days as a storied "Indian fighter" in the early Texas frontier. IGNORANCE keeps people from UNITY & CHANGE.

The post Mond retweeted included the hashtag: “Defund the Corps.”. George Floyd’s death is the latest of hundreds — thousands?

His widow, the late Margaret Rudder, once said while her husband’s actions were noble, they also had much to do with football, at least when finally allowing women to attend A&M.

Mond’s retweet about the Corps prompted much more angst from A&M fans than anything to do with the Ross statue. Authorities reached a guilty verdict after discovering that despite wearing uniforms in public, displaying military medals, and being big time hardos, less than half of cadets go on to serve in the military. His coverage of Texas A&M’s move to the SEC from the Big 12 also netted a third-place finish nationally in 2012. Brent Zwerneman is a staff writer for the Houston Chronicle covering Texas A&M athletics. “The values of Texas A&M University do not align with RACISM, VIOLENCE, SLAVERY and SEGREGATION,” Mond wrote. The first occurred this past week, when a suddenly emphatic Mond threw himself into the debate on whether a statue of one of A&M’s first presidents, Lawrence Sullivan “Sul” Ross, should come down. Capital One Fan Vote: Who's the best team in the country. 2:52 pm pic.twitter.com/1gkd4hgkMR, Texas A&M president Michael Young defended the Ross statue's place on campus in 2017 as the national debate raged after protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, and several monuments were removed at the University of Texas in Austin. On ExpressNews.com: Voices: Coach Jeff Traylor, UTSA football players vow to speak out. It is now his second most surprising assertion to date among A&M fans. "We are all entitled to our opinion, but we are not entitled to our own wrongheaded facts," Sharp added. In the Civil War, he was accused by Union generals of killing black soldiers who were captured in battle in Yazoo City, Mississippi, and threatening to use "no quarter" against commanders who fought alongside black soldiers against him. Last Wednesday, the statue of Lawrence "Sul" Ross, a former Confederate general, Texas governor and A&M president, was vandalized, spray-painted with "Racist" and the acronyms BLM and ACAB, and a clown wig was placed atop the statue's head.

Instead of integrating the TAMU campus, PVAMU was created. I don’t want to incriminate anybody, because their situation has been dealt with, but I’ll just say it was in an employee-employer relationship.

“ … (Ross) killed and disenfranchised blacks.”. Brent met his wife, KBTX-TV news anchor Crystal Galny, in the Dixie Chicken before an A&M-Texas Tech football game in 2002, and the couple has three children: Will, Zoe and Brady.

As in, “Why are you following me?” And you can get confrontational about it — or not. Today the no-nonsense Earl Rudder might find himself forming commissions, as the current president Young leans on, in trying to figure out how to handle today’s issues — ones certain not to fade away following Mond’s first fade pass in September.

The iconic Rudder was a World War II hero and perhaps A&M’s only leader in that disruptive 1960s era who could have pulled off such drastic and needed changes.

A&M was an all-male, white military institute until then-president Earl Rudder pushed for the inclusion of female and black students in the mid-1960s. He’s a four-time winner of APSE National Top 10 writing awards for the San Antonio Express-News, including a second-place finish for breaking the Dennis Franchione “secret newsletter” scandal in 2007. "Lawrence Sullivan Ross will have his statue at Texas A&M forever, not because of obstinance, but because he deserves the honor with a lifetime of service to ALL TEXANS and ALL AGGIES.". And if each of us takes on a similar responsibility maybe, maybe we won’t have to ever think, ‘Not again.’”. A&M was an all-male, white military institute until then-president Earl Rudder pushed for the inclusion of female and black students in the mid-1960s. "Anti-Black laws, poll taxes and voter intimidation, and violent attacks against people of color were the primary way that white southerners consolidated their power in the post-Reconstruction era," the statement said. Prairie View A&M was created to obtain federal funds from the second Morrill Act (1890). Brent Zwerneman is a staff writer for the Houston Chronicle covering Texas A&M athletics.

Brent met his wife, KBTX-TV news anchor Crystal Galny, in the Dixie Chicken before an A&M-Texas Tech football game in 2002, and the couple has three children: Will, Zoe and Brady.

", If one side is protesting racism, the other side is counter protesting racism. He is a graduate of Oak Ridge High School and Sam Houston State University, where he played baseball. "He saved our school and Prairie View through his consistent advocacy in the face of those who persistently wanted to close us down.". No one in college football in 2020 deserves a great season more than Kellen Mond. Perhaps this generation will be the one to fundamentally ensure social justice in America. “But (coach) Jimbo Fisher’s most prominent saying will always stick with me: ‘Your ACTIONS speak so loud I can’t hear what you’re saying.’ The Lawrence Sullivan Ross Statue NEEDS to be removed.”, On ExpressNews.com: Voices: Area high school coaches gives lessons beyond the field, A resolute Mond later added: “Texas A&M University, I NEED to see ACTION.”, Mond then retweeted an ambiguous post claiming “90 percent of racist comments” on a Twitter thread regarding racism at A&M “have been about the corps” — Texas A&M’s Corps of Cadets, the heartbeat of the university. ", In response to a tweet saying that wasn't the case, Mond replied: "If one side is protesting racism, the other side is counter protesting racism. On ExpressNews.com: Voices: Conversations about race just beginning between Texas athletes, school officials. Yes, one side is counter protesting racism. On Saturday, A&M professor Michael Alvard, an assistant in the school's department of anthropology who is a supporter of the statue's removal, was arrested by Texas A&M police after crossing police tape into an "exclusionary zone" between the protesters while trying to speak. Mond’s retweet about the Corps prompted much more angst from A&M fans than anything to do with the Ross statue. COLLEGE STATION — For the past three seasons Texas A&M fans have yearned to see more passion from their stoic starting quarterback. Mond tweeted, "Michael Alvard was arrested at the Sully Statue protest for trying to speak to both sides of the protest. “I was born in 1964 in the heart of the civil rights movement, and grew up with a generation that should have done more to correct the wrongs in America. Voices: A&M QB Mond’s comments on removing statue receives praise, Photo: Michael Miller /Bryan-College Station Eagle. The post Mond retweeted included the hashtag: “Defund the Corps.”. Uiagalelei, aka Big 5inco, Biggest ACC game in five years, BYU's ascent and college football's newest heel, No outrunning his past, Alabama's Steve Sarkisian ready for another head-coaching job, Finding respect will be harder than ever for Pac-12 this season, The Bottom 10 is looking blue as Michigan enters the fray, DeVonta Smith -- fresh off 4-TD performance -- is Alabama's 'other' wideout no longer, Heisman Watch: Mac Jones takes a lead over Trevor Lawrence, The Tagovailoa tour: Four days, three states, two wins and one unforgettable weekend, The biggest obstacle for each College Football Playoff contender, College football conference power rankings, Inside the first mid-pandemic, college football head-coaching hire. Happening now on the Texas A&M campus. Conversely, Mond and his teammates might ask of any fan discontent concerning quarterback: What’s new? Instead of integrating the TAMU campus, PVAMU was created. The Lawrence Sullivan Ross statue on the Texas A&M campus in College Station remains covered after it was defaced. It’s quite an evolving dynamic at historically buttoned-down A&M and on other campuses across the nation this summer: players becoming vocal activists on a variety of matters via social media, at the risk of alienating plenty of the people who have ponied up financially to make places like Kyle Field and its surroundings so appealing to recruits and current players. The information is out there, but some people don't want to research because it could change the way they perceive someone / something. He killed and disenfranchised blacks. As debate continues about a controversial statue's place on the Texas A&M campus, senior quarterback Kellen Mond has taken on a role as an outspoken critic of … Ross served as president of Texas A&M from 1891 to 1898, and his statue was dedicated in 1919. "You can't make up a FACT," Mond said. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Aggies have a long-standing tradition of placing a penny on its base as a way of honoring "Sully," who would reportedly help students with their homework, only requesting "a penny for your thoughts" in return. COLLEGE STATION — For the past three seasons Texas A&M fans have yearned to see more passion from their stoic starting quarterback.