ALL CAPS PREVIEW-OKLAHOMA STATE

THE 2011 SEASON DAMAGED ME IN A BIG WAY. WHATEVER TRUST OR HOPE I HAD FOR AGGIE FOOTBALL LEFT ME. I BECAME A SHELL OF A FAN WHICH IS ODD GIVEN HOW EVERY YEAR OF MY LIFE FOLLOWING AGGIE FOOTBALL HAD GONE BEFORE THAT.

ALL OF THAT TRUST. ALL OF THAT DAMAGE STARTED BECAUSE OF OKLAHOMA STATE. IT STARTED WITH THE FIRST DOUBLE DIGIT BLOWN LEAD. THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE. I LEFT THAT GAME AT KYLE BEFUDDLED AND WONDERING WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED. THEN I SAW GUNDY DANCING IN THE LOCKER ROOM.

LET THAT IMAGE BURN ITSELF INTO YOUR MEMORY. IT, ALONG WITH THE GIF OF THE ARKANSAS FANS CELEBRATING THAT YEAR IS PART OF MY EXISTENTIAL ANGST. IT’S PART OF OF WHO I AM AS A FAN.

AND TOMORROW WE GET TO EXORCISE THAT DEMON. WE GET TO VANQUISH THAT GOD AWFUL MEMORY.

CATHARSIS: THE PROCESS OF RELEASING, AND THEREBY PROVIDING RELIEF FROM, STRONG OR REPRESSED EMOTION.

TOMORROW REPRESENTS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CATHARSIS FOR YOUR FIGHTIN TEXAS AGGIE FOOTBALL PROGRAM. NOT FOR A GAME 8 YEARS AGO (ALTHOUGH IT STILL HURTS) BUT FROM THIS ENTIRE GODFORSAKEN SEASON. A SEASON WHERE WE EITHER PLAYED TEAMS THAT WERE GOD AWFUL AND LOST GAMES BASED ON FAKE PEEING ON A FOOTBALL FIELD OR TEAMS THAT WERE PLAYOFF CALIBER AND UNSTOPPABLE.

WE FINALLY GET TO PLAY A “GOOD” TEAM. NOT AN ELITE ONE. NOT A CRAPPY ONE. BUT A “GOOD” TEAM. AND WE GET TO SEE HOW GOOD WE REALLY ARE.

AND DON’T GET IT TWISTED. OKLAHOMA STATE IS SOLIDLY GOOD. CHUBA HUBBARD IS GOOD. THEIR QB IS GOOD. THIS WILL NOT BE AN EASY FIGHT. THEY ARE RANKED AND PRETTY GOOD.

I LOVE THE CHALLENGE. ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT.

I BELIEVE IN THIS PROGRAM. DESPITE ALL EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY I HAVE FAITH AND BELIEF IN THIS PROGRAM AND ITS ONE SINGLE RUNNING BACK WHICH IS FINE WE’RE GOING TO BE FINE THERE TRILLER IS ELITE AND CONNOR BLUMRICK IS THE NEXT COMING OF BARRY SANDERS ITS FINE AND EVERYTHING IS FINE. IT’S COOL.

I BELIEVE IN THIS TEAM. I BELIEVE IN THIS PROGRAM. I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE SICK AND TIRED OF THE WAY THE SEASON ENDED AND THAT WE ARE GOING TO COME LIKE A PISSED OFF CORNERED ANIMAL AND RIP THE COWBOYS TO SHREDS. I BELIEVE. I DON’T KNOW WHY, BUT I DO.

WE HAVE GIVEN OUR EMOTIONS TO AGGIE FOOTBALL FOR THE PAST 119 DAYS. WE HAVE GONE UP AND DOWN AND BACK UP AND BACK DOWN. I FEEL ALIVE AS HELL. AND AGGIE FOOTBALL HAS OUR EMOTIONS FOR ONE MORE DAY. THEY HAVE ALL OF OUR FOCUS ALL OF OUR ATTENTION ALL OF OUR TOUGHNESS EFFORT DISCIPLINE PRIDE AND GRIT FOR ONE MORE DAY UNTIL THE OFFSEASON WHEN SOME OF YOU ALL WILL HEAL AND MANY OF US WILL STRESS ABOUT RECRUITING.

ONE MORE DAY TO GIVE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE INSIDE OF YOU TO THIS PROGRAM WHO I THINK LOVES US BACK BUT JUST HAS A HARD TIME SHOWING EMOTION.

ONE MORE DAY. ONE MORE GAME.

LET’S DO THIS AGS. LET’S GET THIS DAMN WIN. THE TEAM IS READY. THE COACH IS READY. THE RUNNING BACK IS READY. AND THAT’S SINGULAR. BUT AGAIN IT’S FINE. NO WORRIES. ALL IS WELL.

WE’RE READY. LET’S GO GET THIS DAMN WIN. LET’S BURY THOSE MEMORIES OF GUNDY DIPPING LOW IN OUR LOCKER ROOM. LET’S DO WHAT WE DO AND MASH THEM INTO THE GD GROUND AND GO INTO THE OFFSEASON WITH A GOOD TASTE IN OUR MOUTH.

TOMORROW. WE GET OUR CATHARSIS.

LET’S GET THIS DONE.

BEAT THE

EVERLIVING

EVERLOVING

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FIGHTIN TEXAS AGGIE I SPENT A FEW MINUTES YESTERDAY WONDERING IF I SHOULD HAVE GONE WITH JALEN WYDERMONSTER INSTEAD OF JALEN WIDOWMAKER FOR A NICKNAME

FIGHTIN TEXAS AGGIE HOUSTON IS LOVELY THIS TIME OF YEAR

FIGHTIN TEXAS AGGIE SIGNING DAY WENT REALLY WELL

FIGHTIN TEXAS AGGIE 8 WINS WOULD FEEL SO MUCH BETTER THAN 7

FIGHTIN TEXAS AGGIE IF WE ARE WHO WE THINK WE ARE THEN LET’S GO OUT THERE AND PROVE IT ON THE GD FIELD

FIGHTIN TEXAS AGGIE HELL OUTTA

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