Gary and I headed down to Starkville, MS yesterday for the ESPN Thursday night matchup of MSU and Auburn. We were nervous about the game based on how many yards of offense Auburn gave up last week to Arkansas State. MSU has a new rule allowing the fans to bring in their cowbells (politically correct term of artificial noisemaker) but they can only ring them during pre-game, halftime, timeouts and when MSU scores. Yeah, right!!! Love that the pre-game intro is of Will Ferrell on SNL with the "need more cowbell" skit. Hi-larious!! However, when the bells NEVER stop, it gets a little irritating. supposedly there is someone monitoring it and will fine them if they don't abide by the rules, RIGHT. They have signs on the jumbotron telling the fans to "respect the bell" and to "rest your bell". It is definitely overzealous!Nevertheless, Gary and I had a great time being stressed out the whole entire game. It came down to the final series with MSU having a chance to win and our defense held strong. We have no pictures as my camera battery died and all I saw on the camera was "change battery pack". I've included a shot from the paper for kicks. Traffic was horrific and we did not arrive back at home until 2:15 am but slept in and am enjoying a day at home with not much on the schedule.
Ready for a fun weekend of kids' sports and other activities. War Eagle and hopefully this is a start of a good season for Auburn.
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I am SO GLAD to read that I am not the only one annoyed by those crazy cowbells! I only watched the MPHS vs State game on tv last week and it was bad enough via the tv. And no, they don't stop the cowbells at any point (no matter the rules). UGH! Maybe a few losses and they will be silenced?
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