Our run for the National Championship starts today. My wife and I will be there and we hope Aggie fans will be loud and proud. Go Ags!

that a custom model! AgAlum sent me a high quality cowbell vid Amazon and my wife meticulously painted it Aggie Blue. I picked up the sticker when I was up for basketball on Thursday. Much louder than the little bookstore ones! Thermonuclear powered!

Looks like the Mississippi State cowbell design

morning everyone! ticket sales looking significantly better than yesterday...

Multiple sections sold out on Visitors side.

Picked up my GA (end zone) ticket today.

Hope the crowd is so loud I can hear it all the way in Hawai`i! Go Ags!

I’m doing the general admission thing too. The rest of the family has prior obligations.

I rode past The Tomb this misty morning and was vividly reminded of a late November day in 1978 when the Ags took on Eastern Illinois. I had intended to watch the game but one of the student organizations needed volunteers to help with concessions. I spent most of the game ferrying food but was able to watch some of the last-minute heroics by the Aggies as they made a charge.

Bob Dunning was in early-career form as he reported for the Sacramento Bee:

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee/101610804/

Game time!

Some of the home teams are struggling a bit.

North Dakota St down 17-10.
South Dakota tied 14-14.
Mercer up 7-3
Incarnate Word tied 3-3.

Hopefully we can take after Montana St and South Dakota St who are both up 3 scores.

3 straight runs leads to a 3 and out

Surprised no pass on second down and short.

Would have liked a play action on second down.

exactly my thought.

Redbirds moving. Aggies starting slow.

One drive but the defense is playing like they did against Sac so far.

Their lines look solid .
We need to be creative to win this game.

Why is it so empty.

QB had all day to throw

Ugh.

QB had all day to throw. D line all year has had a hard time putting pressure.

Got to get some pressure on QB. Defense looks a bit lost.

Two screens that go nowhere

4th down and someone missed the block.

Illinois State tackles well, so stuff behind and at the line of scrimmage will be difficult to turn into substantial gains.

Color commentator said liked like a catch by Davis but I don’t think so.

3 man rush and they have a WR wide open on 3rd down. How?

They should have reviewed that Chaz catch and they haven’t missed a throw yet…

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