Got a little story for ya AGS!

[gigemaggs99]

So being a stay at home dad is making me $0.00 but I get to raise my two boys. My wife is a 9 year teacher so money is tight.

I haven't been back to Kyle Field for a few years now since I graduated in '99, I went to a few games with my wife who graduated in '01.

My buddy calls me on Wednesday 10.12.2011 and asks me if I'd like to be an usher at Kyle Field.

I fill out the application online and then they tell me I need to do a background check in order to work for the university. So I fill that out on Thursday. I tell them I can work this weekend but they tell me, well the background checks usually take atleast a few days. But if all works out I can probably work the next home game in 2 weeks. So I say ok cool.

I stay up until midnight drinking and playing NCAA 12 and then at 7:40am this morning my 3 year old is standing in front of me saying, "Dad, you phone was ringing." I tell him, "ok thanks buddy."

I check my message and it says I've passed the background check and they need me to be at Kyle Field at 8:30am for the 11:00am game vs Baylor.

I jump in the shower, wife drives me up to the HOME OF MY FIGHTN' TEXAS AGGIES KYLE FIELD where I proceed to get paid to help other AGGIES into their sections (sections 238 and 239) and I get to see MY FIGHTIN' TEXAS AGGIES BEAT THE HELL OUTTA BAYLOR 55-28 WHOOP!!!

I tried to take some pictures on my phone but since I didn't charge it last night I had a battery that was telling me it was going out. I was able to get 2 pictures, one of the team warming up and the 2nd of the team running onto the field prior to kickoff. Working on sending those pictures to my email and then I'll upload them here.

Great day in AGGIELAND WHOOP!!!

Gus '99

[gigemaggs99]

darn phone won't send the pictures. In 2 weeks we have another home game vs Kansas, I WILL figure out how to make some pictures happen for that one.

[gigemaggs99]

HOWDY!

Alright game 2 as an usher at Kyle Field AGGIELAND, TEXAS USA. Mizzou came to town and we got a nice lead on them, but then like our other 2 losses we let them come back on us. It was a good game, wish our defense would have been able to shut down the Missouri HB sweep and Read Option but they were just too much for my Aggies, we lost in OT 38-31.

I was able to take my camera and got some good pictures prior to kickoff. Once we get to less than 30min prior to kick-off I'm pretty busy checking tickets and helping people find their seats, so my pictures came from the PRE-game. I was able to get some short videos later in the game. I'm going to try and post the links to the pictures and videos.

We don't have another home game for 2 weeks. Sure is A GREAT JOB!

Parson's Mounted Cav bringing the cannon and ammo in, they fire the cannon before every kick-off, TD, and end of the game.







Both teams on the field prior to kickoff warming up.



Missour head coach paying off the refs prior to the game:


Aggie Team facing the student section prior to kickoff signing The Spirit Of Aggieland


My 3-year old son loves the different mascots on NCAA12 so I had to take a picture of the Mizzou Tiger for him:

Here the Tiger is doing push-ups after one of their scores:


Here I am in my section, the stands are still empty, we are to report to our sections 2 hours prior to kick-off, it's nice b/c we get to see all the warm-ups, march-ins (band, players, etc.)


I made some short movies too, I have the fly-over 3 F-16s, a short clip of the student sections signing the Aggie War Hymn at the start of the 4th quarter and a 4th & 1 play that I wanted to record the sound of the crowd. I'm uploading those to youtube now and will edit this post and include the links as soon as they are finished.

video walking up the ramp into my sections, 238-239


FIGHTIN' TEXAS AGGIE BAND Marching into KYLE FIELD

3 F-16 Flyover prior to kick-off.


Start of the 4th quarter, sawin' Varsity's horns off


4th and 1, Aggies getting LOUD


It's a bummer we lost, but you can't win them all. So far, I'm loving this "job".


GIG 'EM AGGIES!

Gus '99

[Roadhouse]

The typical disclaimer "this thread is worthless without pics" has been officially lifted. Great shots, Gus! Thanks for sharing.

[JBHuskers]

Did they make you clean the poop up too?

[gigemaggs99]

Did they make you clean the poop up too?

Fortunately no sir. They have the "fish" freshman in the corps of cadets clean it up, they have a burnt orange t.u. and this week a yellow with blue M for mizzou wheel barrow, the come behind them and scoop it up.

At first I saw the Missouri wheel barrow and I was like, WHY do they have a Michigan one this week?