NCAA reportedly cracking down on signature Texas A&M baseball tradition in Omaha

Texas A&M baseball fans, beware! NCAA reportedly looking to crack down on those using bubble machines at the College World Series

One of the most identifiable traditions of Texas A&M baseball is without a doubt the prodigious use of bubble machines at home games whenever there is a run scored. This has been the case for quite some time, and it always makes for a great visual whenever the Aggie faithful get it going.

This is obviously a tough thing to stop when nearly the entire crowd brings their own bubble machine to a game. At neutral site contests, however, it is not only more frowned upon, but easier to put an end to.

In Omaha, with a potent Aggie offense looking to plate double-digit runs in every contest, the bubble potential quotient (hereafter BPQ) is quite high. However, the fun-loving, tradition-rich, well-thought-of organization known as the NCAA is—in a surprising turn of events—apparently looking to put an end to this at Omaha.

If this comes to pass, we could be looking at an unprecedented BPQ of near-zero. Those are catastrophically low levels. Something must be done.

I tried going to petition dot org to get something going, but I’m not sure there’s enough time to get anything through the legislature. In lieu of this, maybe we as Texas A&M baseball fans need to sit this one out and leave the bubbling to others. Or non-bubbling. Or leave the non-bubbling to ourselves. That’s what I mean.

One thing we know for certain: the NCAA has never steered us wrong. This is a murky future for the BPQI (bubble potential quotient index, trademark pending), but with all the trust and goodwill the organization has built up, we have no choice but to place our faith in them. I’m excited to sit down in my powder-blue NCAA team uniform tonight and cheer on my favorite regulatory body. Go bureaucracy!