Best. Game. Yet.

I can’t even begin to tell you the emotions that ran through my mind last night at the game.  Okay, that sounds cheesy….but honestly. The game last night was INSANE! One of my friends from California was watching the game and keep laughing at our….great QB.  Seriously. As many as you probably know our offense isn't the best this year. No one can complete a pass or catch the ball and don’t get me started about fumbling. (I’m a college student now so I actually get football J)

The best part about the games is definitely the atmosphere. Sure, it’s fun to watch the game on TV but being there is so much fun!  My sports pass group includes Whitney, Alyssa Adair, Sarah Freeman (a girl from Virginia who added to our group randomly), Charlotte Reinerger and her roommate, Blythe and Sarah Spendlove, and then two boys Abel and Alex (who I haven’t met).  The cool thing though is my dorm floor slaves come crash and join our spot! The first game Lydia, Janel (a girl on our floor who doesn’t have a roommate but is lots of fun to hang out with!), and Emily crashed and there was hardly any room! For the second game (after suffering the whole lost), Shelby got a ticket from Alyssa and came to the game!! No one came to that game which was too bad cause it was another amazing win with the 93 yrd kick off return touchdown! I definitely lost my voice and the following day my throat hurt like crazy!?

Emily, Abel, Sarah, Me, Alyssa, and Whitney!

So…last night’s game…I was really tired for some reason.  The game was not very crowded and it was only Whitney, Alyssa, Sarah, Abel and I, with Emily crashing our seats.  Towards the end of the third quarter, Whitney and I considered leaving because we were losing.  We said that if Utah State scored another touchdown, we’d leave.  The game continued to go back and forth…Utah State getting to a fourth down and then BYU quickly messing up to give the ball back to Utah State. 

Football. :)

SCHOOL SPIRIT/EXCITEMENT/UNBELIEF/AHH!

All of the sudden it was like three minutes left and we had the ball, first down.  We were ALL the way at the like 90-something yardline.  I was texting my friend Steven from back home and he was like it’s not impossible but it’s not probable.  We all didn’t think it was going to happen seeing as our team kept making dumb errors (such as not catching the ball in the endzone TWICE!).  The fans made everyone be quick by waving their arms like birds—started by Cosmo.  The stands were silent, everyone standing up.  No one wanted to breathe.  The anticipation was intense and the fear of losing was growing when we were SO close.  Our team practically walked the ball down the field, continuing to gain yards and more first downs.  With every first down, the crowds erupted but quickly got silent afterwards to give the players concentration.  We chanted to throw back in Riley (instead of Jake Heaps…LOL!) and I don’t know if they did (I’m not very good with the names of the players yet…. except for Jake Heaps because everyone yells at him during the game when he messes up! L).  Suddenly…we were SO close to the end zone and our QB threw it to a receiver….a Utah player got his fingers on it…tipped it into the arms of a BYU PLAYER!!!!! THE STANDS ERUPTED. We didn’t even know if it was considered a touchdown yet!!!!! Our little group was gathered by Abel in a big bear hug!!! We were screaming—and I mean screaming.  I didn’t even know what to do!! My legs were shaking, my lungs were screaming, my voice was hurting, and I was getting hugs from random people! Thirty seconds left. No one thought it would happen.  In fact, Steven had texting me saying it’s over-you lost.  And THEN the touchdown happened and he sent me…lol jk…!!!!!! Our team kicked the field goal. 27-24. 11 seconds left and we kicked it off.  This guy sitting behind us was from Utah State and was like I believe! It can happen! We were like YEAH RIGHT. Needless to say….

WE WONNNNNNN!!!!!!

And then….EVERYONE STARTED RUSHING THE FIELD.

So being the new freshman…what did we do? WE RUSHED THE FIELD.

Rushing. The. Field. Everyone had their cameras out haha

We jumped over the railing and run onto the field, still screaming. We ran over to the circle set up by the football players.  A player on the team was being lifted into the air (I’m assuming whoever made that amazing play!!) and people were on others shoulders, just trying to see what was going on.  We started chanting BYU BYU BYU. It got nasty and hot down there fast but we were just so caught up in the excitement.  Even typing this I’m getting chills thinking about the feelings I felt!!!!! Then we tried to get out of there….took forever but was SO worth it!!!! We walked back in the streets to the dorm and went in screaming and yelling! Everyone came out (thinking we were others making noise) and were shocked to see Emily Whitney and I yelling.  We celebrated at the creamery.  There was loud music going on and one group of kids had a random dance party with an amp!  BYU partied haaaard….just kidding! We watched a movie as celebration.  It was crazy.  My voice is gonnne.  But the game was just so worth it! I love BYU FOOTBALL…when it’s amazing like that! J