Both of my parents went to A&M and consequently I grew up singing the war him and believing I could legit ‘bleed maroon’. I met my first friend, and still best friend, Megan Shurtleff tailgating and have grown up surrounded by the families we have tailgated with for my entire life. We even meet every Sunday for dinner!! To say the least Texas A&M and Aggie football has had a large impact on my life.
Tonight was our last home game against LSU and my whole family was together, because Maddie was still in town from Thanksgiving break. We starting tailgating at 1 pm even though the game didn’t start until 6:30 and like usual we spent the afternoon eating food and chatting with friends. However as we walked towards the stadium I could not help but feel nostalgic entering the stadium for possibly the last time with my family. I knew next year I wouldn’t be able to go to a single game because I would be out of the country on the world race. And when I come back I don’t plan on going to A&M (it could happen though who knows) and would probably only go to 1 game during the holidays. The fact that my last game loomed before me felt like an era of my life was coming to an end.
we sat down in our usual seats: section 118 row 26 and considering our history with LSU I didn’t have much hope for a positive outcome, but I thought maybe the odds would be in our favor because I could not imagine losing my last Aggie football game.
Throughout the game we held strong but in the last quarter we got behind by a touchdown and everyone began to leave because the moral was low and our quarterback had just thrown an interception…
however, when we least expected it, the call was challenged and we ended up getting it back and throwing a TOUCHDOWN WITH 1 SECOND LEFT ON THE CLOCK
THE 12TH MAN WAS RESURRECTED
At this point even if we didn’t win I would have been happy that we played a good game…
But
7 OVERTIMES LATER
SETTING NCAA RECORDS
BREAKING A 6 YEAR LOSING STREAK
THE AGS PULL IT OFF SCORING THE 2PT CONVERSION THAT WOULD PUT US AT 74PTS TO LSU’S 72 AND WINNING US THE GAME OF A LIFETIME
Everyone began rushing the field high-fiving and hugging strangers. Thousands of people were united under the spirit of the 12th man and it was the most unified I have ever seen people in person. Hugging and kissing and rolling all over the field out of pure joy for a team that had overcome odds to defeat #7 in the nation. I was speechless.
unfortunately if you weren’t there you will never understand the excitement, energy, and connectivity that flowed throughout the entire stadium. No words can capture the iconic night Texas A&M beat LSU. I was completely filled with the spirit of the 12th man and I could not think of a better way to spend my last home game.
I could not believe the joy that winning a sport could bring people. I could not believe the unification that winning a sport could bring people. I could not believe the boldness that winning a sport could bring people, (rushing the field costed A&M roughly 50k oops).
I recognized that everyone wants to be a part of the winning team, everyone wants to rush the field in victory, everyone wants to make history.
Thankfully we have a God who invites us to be on the winning team, a savior who wants us to rush the field in victory, and a Messiah who came down to make history.
Eventually the hype of beating LSU will fade, until we pull out another epic win;), but until then all we will have is a memory and everyone will say, “remember that crazy time we beat LSU in 7 overtimes??” in reminiscent of an era when we were the ultimate victors.
How crazy is it to believe that our God invites us to feel joy, unification, boldness and many other feelings of victory EVERYDAY, that there is never a time where we will have to say “remember that crazy time Jesus overcame the grave?” because he is doing it every. single. day. in the lives of people all around the world.
It is so sweet to rest assured in the fact that I will never have to feel nostalgic about Jesus’ victory over my life because each day he declares “you are mine, and I am yours” and not for one second allows me to feel defeated by the enemy.
Going into the LSU game I was not sure what the outcome would be, but with Jesus He has already settled the final score, He has already proclaimed victory, He has already scored the 2pt conversion, He has already rushed the field and is opening his arms to strangers in jubilee saying
“come celebrate with me, we have won.”
