You guessed it: Collie will be A&M's Reveille VIII | Bryan/College Station, Texas

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Published Monday, August 11, 2008 11:17 AM
Updated Wednesday, February 18, 2009 2:37 AM

You guessed it: Collie will be A&M's Reveille VIII

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Company E-2 Mascot Corporal John Busch (c) holds a photograph of Reveille VIII while standing with fellow company members (from left) Sean Cook, Andrew Davis and Austin Stobaugh Monday, Aug. 11, 2008.

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In keeping with tradition, Texas A&M University on Monday announced that another collie had been selected to become the next campus mascot.

Reveille VIII will be introduced later this month at Kyle Field during the season-opener football game against Arkansas State.

She will replace Reveille VII, who retired at the end of the spring semester. Administrators appointed a search committee tasked with determining if the next mascot should be another female collie or a different breed.

The committee came back in May with a list of characteristics that the next Reveille -- an adult dog with a noble look about her similar to a collie or golden retriever -- should have, but stopped short of recommending a specific breed.

The panel also suggested the mascot be a healthy, medium to large dog that is outgoing, positively motivated, at ease in large crowds and not highly reactive or afraid of loud noises. The next mascot, they said, should have undergone some sort of service dog training.

Administrators said just last month that they had narrowed the search to about 10 training organizations, including one based in Texas.

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Posted by: TS On: 8/14/2008

Comment Title:
To WOW : You used the "R" word. Maybe you should be boycotted .

Posted by: Vickie On: 8/13/2008

Comment Title: Good choice
I'm glad they picked a collie. It's a great tradition and there's nothing wrong with the breed. The idea of a mutt just wouldn't be right. I'd hate the idea of our mascot being born an accident.

Posted by: Edward '72 On: 8/12/2008

Comment Title: Yummy!
So,you suppose anyone in the mood to eat collie? Another example of the superior planning of UT...mascots you can eat!

Posted by: Married to an Ag On: 8/12/2008

Comment Title: When Rev dies, she gets a formal funeral...
when Bevo dies, they cut him up and eat him for dinner.

Posted by: Shark On: 8/12/2008

Comment Title: Rev IX
Form the committe now to begin searching for Rev IX that way when this one goes belly up we will be ahead of the game. For the low price of $50K per year I will chair the committee. It should take us 3 to 5 years. What a bargain!

Posted by: Ryan On: 8/12/2008

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The fact that you call her a stupid dog proves that no explanation would ever suffice. Gig 'em!

Posted by: On: 8/12/2008

Comment Title: 2 articles
Why does the Eagle have 2 separate articles saying essentially the same thing (on this site) about a stupid dog?

Posted by: Collectonian On: 8/12/2008

Comment Title: Replies
Dwight - as someone who has been searching for a collie herself, I can tell you that good collie breeders in Texas seem to be a rare commodity, so it isn't suprising they had to go out of state. CountyGuy - do you actually have proof any of the Reveille collies have been inbred or do you just have a thing against breeding in general?

Posted by: No big fan On: 8/12/2008

Comment Title: Reveille
I heard she's a bitch.

Posted by: Howard - A&M '81 On: 8/12/2008

Comment Title: Whew
I'm just relieved they realized that another collie would be just fine for Reveille VIII. Gig 'em!

Posted by: CountyGuy On: 8/12/2008

Comment Title: ANOTHER INBRED COLLIE?
Well, maybe an inbred Collie is a fitting mascot for the kind of school TAMU is becoming.

Posted by: A&M '75 On: 8/12/2008

Comment Title: New Army Stinks!
Months and months of discussion -- a 16 person committee -- polls -- discussion -- back and forth -- for what? Political Correctiness stinks - and it makes us look lame. NEW ARMY STINKS!

Posted by: On: 8/12/2008

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THis is embarassing. Ok a committee was a total waste of time if they ended up with the same damn dog. They didnt even mention if she has service training.

Posted by: KGB On: 8/11/2008

Comment Title: Damn Dog
It should have been a pit bull and we could change it to Bite the Hell Outta UT. Why did it take a commitee to figure out we wanted a healthy dog? Way to go boys!

Posted by: Dr. W On: 8/11/2008

Comment Title: Highest Ranking Member of the Corps
The entire state and much of the nation and some of the world has been waiting. My sleepless nights now may end though since I get to see Her at the Ark State game I am very thrilled. The governor of Texas, the Mayor of Austin, and Dr. Gates will be watching with the rest of this great nation. Gig 'em Aggies and bthoas!

Posted by: 77Ag On: 8/11/2008

Comment Title: Re:Pins and Needles
Quote - "Comment Title: Pins and Needles I, for one, am anxious to hear this decision concerning a replacement for A MASCOT!!! To all of those who think this is newsworthy...you've been drinking the A&M Kool-Aid for too long. To all of those who join in my cynicism and sarcasm...making fun of A&M is like shooting fish in a barrel." And yet you thought it important enough to read AND comment on.

Posted by: Steve Bryan On: 8/11/2008

Comment Title: You guessed it: Collie will be A&M's Reveille VIII
I like the idea of a Collie. Not just because I have two animated colies that sing and dance to the war hymn, but, because when I look at Reveille on the field, I want to see a dog that looks like the dog that was there when I went, Class of '76. One adopted mutt isn't going to change the world. A good thought, but, collies are tradition.

Posted by: Matt '93 On: 8/11/2008

Comment Title: FINALLY!
It's about freaking time! This has been such an embarassing process headed by high paid college administrators!

Posted by: Dwight On: 8/11/2008

Comment Title:
The only place they could find a new mascot was in Kansas? You mean that Texas has run out of Collies? You would have thougth they could have found at least one healthy Collie in the state of Texas. I hope when we play either of the Kansas teams the dog knows who to root for.

Posted by: Victor On: 8/11/2008

Comment Title: And the Chronicle
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5937267.html

Posted by: Jack On: 8/11/2008

Comment Title: Rev
This story is also on the front page of the Austin American Statesman. Clearly it is news-worthy around the state.

Posted by: Rin On: 8/11/2008

Comment Title:
The panel suggested the mascot be "healthy". How many meetings did it take to figure that one out? Or were we really considering a dog w/ a severe case of the mange or something???

Posted by: I need a govt. job. On: 8/11/2008

Comment Title: Wait a sec.
So, there was months of build up, and research, and meetings, and public comment, and they picked the same kind of dog? Really?

Posted by: Patrick Braswell '59 On: 8/11/2008

Comment Title: Selection of Collie to Replace a Long Line of Collies
Thanks to the heavens that someone or group connected to Texas A&M made an common sense decision instead of one mired in PC and psychobabble! It is refreshing to know that logic and reasonableness can still be found at the University.

Posted by: AggieAurora2010 On: 8/11/2008

Comment Title: duh
Um in case you were wondering which newspaper you were reading...this is the newspaper for Bryan-College Station. Meaning that it reports news involving Texas A&M...located in College Station. It is news because mascots are important at every university, the only difference here is that it is a real animal and not just someone in a funny costume, so it does matter when they get replaced. Just like it makes the news when Bevo gets replaced. Why do you have to comment on an article you don't care about? Just don't read it, and move on. Anyway...I hope this one doesn't bite. :)

Posted by: On: 8/11/2008

Comment Title:
Notice about comments: TheEagle.com is pleased to offer readers the ability to comment on stories. We expect our readers to engage in lively, yet civil discourse.

Posted by: Snoopy On: 8/11/2008

Comment Title: Aggie Fan
Hey "Aggie Fan", Snoopy was wearing senior boots several Reveilles ago, and has both spent time in combat and has forgotten more about what it really means to be an Aggie than you obviously know, (since you apparently lack a sense of irony or humor, you might want to know that the comment was making fun of needing a "committee" to take way too long to select a new dog,) but feel free to name a place and time and we'll meet to discuss it.

Posted by: On: 8/11/2008

Comment Title: Pins and Needles Pt 2
I find it amusing that some people immediately assumed I was pro TU - I'm not - I'm just someone who finds "news" items like this "amusing".

Posted by: Aggie Supporter On: 8/11/2008

Comment Title: Re: Snoopy's comment
As a Aggie Supporter and that is not a Jockey Strap, I thought 'Snoopy's' comment was funny. It is good to be light hearted about serious subjects every now and then.

Posted by: Aggie Fan On: 8/11/2008

Comment Title: SNOOPY
SNOOPY - YOU ARE A IDIOT

Posted by: Aggie Fan On: 8/11/2008

Comment Title: BEAT THE H**L OUTTA ut
To PINS & NEEDLES : GROW UP AND GET A LIFE!

Posted by: On: 8/11/2008

Comment Title:
I bet it'll be a pug.

Posted by: Young On: 8/11/2008

Comment Title: When in Rome...
I was once told by a local TV sports reader that if I wanted news on Baylor sports that I needed to switch to either channel 6 or 10. I did then and still do whenever he comes on. That said: give the aggies a break. The local college, it's sports programs, and (yes) mascot are important to them.

Posted by: Snoopy On: 8/11/2008

Comment Title: Too bad
Guess my suggestion about getting a chicken and a big bag of rice, and turning it into a casserole if it didn't work out didn't make the top choice?

Posted by: On: 8/11/2008

Comment Title: Really?
I may be mistaken but I am fairly certain that when Bevo died it made national news... And we all knew that he was being replaced by another longhorn so I dont want to hear any of that crap...

Posted by: On: 8/11/2008

Comment Title:
spoken like a true t'sip

Posted by: On: 8/11/2008

Comment Title: Pins and Needles
I, for one, am anxious to hear this decision concerning a replacement for A MASCOT!!! To all of those who think this is newsworthy...you've been drinking the A&M Kool-Aid for too long. To all of those who join in my cynicism and sarcasm...making fun of A&M is like shooting fish in a barrel.