Still rubbing sleep from our eyes on Saturday morning, we hit the road to College Station with a few of our favorite Aggies, Ray, Alicia, Colin, and Amy. Music was playing and the sun was shining on our girls car.
As girls do, we chatted about everything we could possibly cram into the far-too-short, three hour ride. Amy could hardly get a word in edgewise with chatterboxes like me and Alicia.
Blue Baker was our first stop for a light lunch...a bread bowl and red velvet cupcake later, not quite as light as I'd hoped.
Making our way to campus, it was a miracle neither car got in an accident with all the rubber-necking at the changes in the town. Even campus itself has a new building at every turn. We all thought the new designs were sleek and classy additions.
Of course we had to stop by the Century Tree...
And visit the remodeled MSC.
Yep, those are gaming stations on the lower level of the MSC. Pretty cool.
If you know anything about Chase, you know he does not discriminate based on sporting event. He has attended just about every possible Aggie athletic event, and he doesn't mess around. When we were dating, we actually got into real arguments because he wanted to attend so many. And if you know anything about me, you know I enjoy watching sports myself (if failure to breathe, increased blood pressure, and sudden onset of involuntary shouting are what you call enjoyment).
Check out this group of good-lookin people right here!
Unfortunately, our Ags ran out of time (even though they had four overtimes!!!!!!!!) <- see what I mean about involuntary outbursts? Those exclamation points were completely out of my control. Reed Arena's atmosphere left much to be desired. While a student, my Aggie basketball experience was one of richness, excitement, and a lottery for conference game, student tickets. Not only were many seats vacant on Saturday, the people who did occupy seats didn't seem interested in making noise during a game that was within a bucket or two for much of the second half and overtimes. Empty seats could suck the life out of any arena. Complete lack of intensity from the coach and players seemed to do the rest for the Aggies. I wanted to see more fast breaks, penetration in the paint, and drawn fouls. Sorry for all of you who just lapsed into a comatose state as I pined for the days of Joseph Jones and Acie Law...maybe you could lend a hand as I step off my soapbox.
Ray and Alicia had to say goodbye after the basketball game so Ray could go kick the Cowtown Marathon's tail on Sunday Morning. Loved that we got to share these memories with them!
And all of this was only day one...stay tuned!
We are coming next time! Sorry we had to be lame and miss this excitement. Blue Baker would have been my first stop in town too.
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