What It’s Like to Ride With Baylor’s NoZe Brotherhood on Homecoming Weekend

For roughly a century, Baylor University has been home to a secret society known as the NoZe Brotherhood, whose members—hidden behind Groucho Marx glasses and pseudonyms—stage elaborate pranks and publish their own satirical newspaper.

Sometimes their jokes make moral points about powerful institutions like the university, the Southern Baptist Convention, and the Baylor football team. Other times, they joke about drinking beer. TM Audio subscribers can listen to this article. Subscribe today for audio stories, bonus podcast episodes, and much more. Already a subscriber? Log in .

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Recently, members of the brotherhood invited Texas Monthly story director J. K. Nickell to join them as they prepared for Baylor’