You learned the four seasons the first day of elementary school. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, Repeat. But, if you are from Texas (and many other places too), a certain word falls somewhere between those words.
This season does not have a particular temperature (but we appreciate the cooler games). It does not come with specific weather issues. Trust me, it is very unpredictable. It does not interest everyone, and there is not one specific way to do it. This season is a time where everyone gets to come together and support their teams the way they want to. A time to have fun with family and friends and get passionate about a classic pastime. But a time where you also fear for your life 24/7 and the life of your team as well. It comes at a certain time of the year, and that time is everyone's favorite time: Football Season. Here are 10 reasons why football season is the best but scariest season (especially at Texas A&M).
1. You get to see your teachers, classmates, and peers at their very worst and most competitive. And this can be a life changing experience (a negative life changing experience). Nothing cool about seeing the person who sits two seats in front of you scream like they are about to die at the football players who can hear his scratchy yells.
2. Parking is no longer a task for the weak. Starting on the Thursday of game weekends, the lots and spaces become scenes that you see in the zombie apocalypse movies. Aggie kindness knows a few bounds when it comes to our parking spaces.
3. Your wallet will haunt you for the upcoming weeks. Why did you spend 50 dollars on an outfit and 30 on the food at the game? No one knows, and frankly everyone is too scared to look into their thought process of the past three days.
4. Tailgating is absolutely no joke. If you want a good spot for your tailgate, you better have been preparing for the past four years because spots go like free donuts.
5. The chance of getting your actual assigned seat is smaller than pigs flying. Brave enough to ask them to move? Mistake, no one is moving in these Aggie stands.
6. 11 o'clock games. You either have the sun beaming down on you giving you the sunburn of a lifetime, or you are in the farthest corners of the stadium wishing you would have brought binoculars for once.
7. Scoring a touchdown. There is absolutely nothing wrong or scary with scoring. It is the five million screams and yells that erupt and shakes the entire stadium (if you are on the balcony). Not to mention the stress of getting your leg in the right place for the A&M fight song.
8. Losing. Or winning. Cannot decide which is scarier.
9. Leaving the stadium. Take a step, wait for five minutes, take a step wait for five minutes. There is nothing more terrifying than being trapped on the 8th ramp of our beautiful stadium with no way out while all your friends are outside celebrating our (hopeful) victory.
10. The pain of waiting a whole other week for the next game. None of this matters for the rush of watching your team fight their way to victory.
The scariest thing about an A&M game is the fact that football season eventually ends. There is nothing worse than waking up on a Saturday morning, throwing on your game day attire, grabbing your white towel and realizing that the Aggies will not walk on the field for another five months. Besides that, every "scary" thing turns out to be pretty worth it when it comes to football season. Gig' Em Ags.
