That particular academic exercise has been removed from the School of Engineering at Texas A&M due to the events of 1994 where many were killed when the structure collapsed. Today - it is done off-campus with only private sponsorship - no A&M Uni involvement.
I used to be able to see the bonfire from my trailer 2 miles south of the event without straining my eyes at all. It was quite a show and engineering fete. Went to it a couple of times - ya couldn't git within a couple hundred feet of it - too dadgum hot.
And yes, Bevo was a routine kidnap victim at T-time - and the objective was ALWAYS to serve up at Bevo BBQ at the most famous BBQ joint in Bryan/College Station. It is an urban legend about whether they ever actually succeeded in the mission. *s*
The collapse of the SWC and TV rights sellout pretty much destroyed destroyed the Thanksgiving Day traditional battle twixt the two Schools.
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