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It was hot. Got to low 80's by the end of the game (around 2) but I had headed over to the baseball game (season tickets can't be wasted) with just over 5 left in the last qtr.

The D is looking good but the O needs a lot more work on the new playbook.
Our Soph QB (Arndt) wore a green shirt because he is not fully back from the ACL injury from October, so no contact.
Coach kept the plays simple and that also helped the D. He stated they weren't going to show a lot of the playbook due to other teams possibly having scouts amongst the crowd.

ESPN radio did a show @ tailgating and interviewed the coach for 30 minutes prior. Had somewhere in the area of 4000 show up. Pretty good for us with everything else going on around the area and UT & A&M having their games the same day. Free pizza could be had if you got there early enough. Lots of free hand-outs and some new cool tee shirts and hats that I couldn't afford to buy.

A small part of the band and our student cheer/spirit group showed up. Something new at TXST spring games. Never had the band there before. (from what I am told)

It was a full on "game" situation. (I think A&M starts continually from the 20 and their game ended up something like 133-113). Four 10 minute quarters with a 15 minute half time. We actually had a pre-game draft (held Wednesday) with team captains running the show...and a trade dead-line of 24 hours.

There's a new atmosphere and excitement exuding from the team. Time will tell if the new staff can get it done for us.

Final 16-9 Gold team

It was a nice way to spend the early afternoon.

(Had 8 guys sitting out with injuries)

I think the official attendance was like 2200. Which is still incredible seeing that only a few hundred would show up in the past.

Both offense and defense are learning new schemes so there is a learning curve as expected. This season should be interesting as the team gets ready to transition to the the WAC

And the winning touchdown was scored on a 80-yard bomb to CatMom, right?

(That would be freaking awesome!)

SuperHornet wrote:And the winning touchdown was scored on a 80-yard bomb to CatMom, right?

(That would be freaking awesome!)

Eh, they wouldn't let me out on the field...but I could have done it

It was actually a 2 yd run by Marcus Curry.
(The Navy transfer that tore his Achilles right before the season last year)

slycat wrote:I think the official attendance was like 2200. Which is still incredible seeing that only a few hundred would show up in the past.

How would they even know that? It was a free event. People were milling about. People came and went. You had 13 officials for cripes sake. The band, the people in the booths, a zillion folks taking pictures on the field, tailgaters that never left the parking lot and people that never sat in the stands because it was too hot so they watched from the concourse.

Yeah 4000 is probably too high but I got that figure from elsewhere. However, I think 2200 is too low.

Just saying what was in some report. I have no idea since I didn't have a chance to go. Sounds like it was fun and a good chacne to meet a lot of people.