The Tidehaven Tigers lost its bid to return to the state championship game this week, but a sizeable group of its fans did their part last week.
Late in the semi-final game with the Woodville Eagles, a roar came from several Tiger stalwarts bearing long plastic horns.
The horns produced a note almost loud enough to be confused with a train horn.
One such horn certainly couldn't capture the sound from a locomotive, but many in the partisan Tidehaven side produced such a blaring cacophony that its impact was felt on the football field.
Specifically, the Woodville offense was having so much trouble hearing the quarterback's signals, that it resulted in illegal procedure penalties.
That was glorious vindication for what I call the Horns of Tidehaven – kind of a Tolkien touch I think.
That prompted even more screams from the horns.
Since I am the product of the A&M 12th Man that prides itself in making Kyle Field's noise level part of the game strategy.
Last season at Aggieland, one or two opposing teams' signal callers
dismissed the poential impact of Kyle Field's decibel levels.
Nothing like a challenge to stir Aggie fans into proving the young quarterbacks were mistaken in how the stadium's maroon and white-clad occupants could indeed upset
game plans.
A&M coaches welcome the assistance the Aggie throats provide.
Head Coach Mike Elko even
brags about it.
And I certainly thought Tidehaven coaches enjoyed the fervent addition to the normally vibrant Tiger
faithful's cheers.
More importantly, the Woodville offense wasn't appreciative.
I would just have to guess the Horns of Tidehaven will make more appearances and clamor to Tiger athletics.
And become the scourge of the opponents.
