This last weekend in Logan was the Utah State homecoming. The band nerd alumni got together and cooked for the current band nerd kids. Then we played in the stands with them. Yeah, I can still remember the fight song and "The Scotsman" note for note (as well as I ever did, anyway). The tag and the fanfare tag not so much. Figured out the key to both sometime in the fourth quarter. That, suprising as it was, isn't the miracle I witnessed. The miracle was the actual game. Usually, Aggie fans (even though we love our team) don't normally watch the game - it's a source of frustration. But, when the score is close and we're ahead in the first quarter we begin to take interest - especially since the starting quarterback is only 18. And then, in the fourth quarter and we're down 5 with the ball with three minutes left you pay attention. If, by some miracle, we score a touchdown, we could win. Riley Nelson does that - leads the Aggies to score a TD. Then it's called back. And we do it again. This kid is my hero! I have never seen the team, coaches, the fans or the band celebrate so much. We had fireworks and everything. Nick says they were leftovers from all the other touchdowns we could have scored...
(picture from: http://starbulletin.com/2006/10/08/sports/art4a.jpg)
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