
The big day arrived, the fight was fought, and the mighty Aggies came out victorious! Yes people, as much as all those BYU fans of the world pretend not to care, the Utah State Aggies FINALLY got the BYU Cougars to come to the Spectrum. and we WON. Final score of 71-61. I would be "classy" and say something like "it was nice to have the Cougars here. good game" but I'll go for the more popular "classless" route we BYU haters like to take and say "Revenge has never been sweeter! Suck it Cougars!" The game was the first time the Cougars have come to the Spectrum since 2005. Ridiculous much?! After refusing to play here last year and having their temper tantrum quieted with a "neutral court", the Aggies showed them exactly why they were scared to come here.
I'm a big fan of Aggie Basketball. Anyone who knows me, know that. But I reached a new level of crazy on Tuesday, the day before the game. My friends and I got there early Tuesday and then spent the night (yeah you read right, SPENT THE NIGHT IN 16 DEGREE WEATHER) and then waited all day Wednesday. Coldest night of my life and sooo worth it!!!! There's nothing like being on the front row to yell right at the BYU players (knowing they can hear me!) and watch them get creamed.
I have many things I want to point out as my favorite from this game:
- The looks on the BYU players' faces as they saw us rushing in and while they were reading our signs. I have never seen so many shocked and awed faces on one team.
- Which brings me to my next one, the signs!!!! So many fantastic signs were brought to this game. We have very clever students here and it was great to see them go all out for this game. If you would like to see them, go to this page: http://www.cachevalleydaily.com/news/local/78397612.html
- The togetherness of the crowd! Our chants have never sounded soo good!
- Sold out arena. Like, to the point where they had to turn away thousand (not an exaggeration) of students away. Good thing the game was on tv!
- Screaming so much and so loud that I STILL have a sore throat two days later.
- Doing the "Winning Team...Losing Team" Chant at BYU. Best feeling ever.
- I gotta say, I love that Emery fouled out. It was the cherry on top!
- Coach Stew Morrill was quoted to say that although the fans tend to go overboard, he doesn't care. He's ok with it. Well if Stew's ok with it, nothing's stopping us now! haha
Next big game is tomorrow against St. Mary's. Should be another great game!!! I'm not camping out again though. haha That was a once in a lifetime kind of thing. :)
Dedication and Love....the two words that sum Alyssa up
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