Student section, the biggest fall semester trend

Utah State, Hey Aggies All the Way! Go Aggies, Go Aggies, Hey! Hey! Hey!

If you’re an Aggie fan, you know exactly where to be on a weekend night in fall. Thousands pack into Maverik Stadium to show their school pride and cheer on the Utah State University Football team at every single home game. USU Alumni, students and future Aggies are all present with great anticipation for what’s to come. The energy is electric as the students begin to chant, “I believe that we will win,” over and over just seconds after kickoff.

Being a member of the Hurd is one of the greatest benefits of being a student at Utah State. For freshman Rylee Mansfield, this means she is “a part of the Aggie family. I love instantly becoming friends with the strangers that stand on either side of me at a game,” she said.

No matter what your reason may be for going to the football game, we’re all there as a part of the Aggie family. It’s a place to hang out with friends, have a random dance party and scream at the top of your lungs. What a great way to relieve all of the stress and tension built up during the school week, right?

Like many of us, Grant Kleiner is an avid Aggie Football fan. When talking with him about the greatest part of being in The Hurd at the football games, he said, “the thing I love most about USU football is how united the fans are during the games. Everyone gets so rambunctious and it feels like one big party.”

With aching feet, we all push on through the second half and if you cheer loud enough, all of that pain goes to the back of your mind. Once the band starts to play “The Scotsman,” everyone is singing as loud as they possibly can. Suddenly you hear the announcer say, “And it’s another Aggie….” as the students come back in unison, “FIRST DOWN.”

There’s a million fantastic things about being an Aggie but a definite best is attending the football games with the rest of The Hurd. If you haven’t been to either of the first two home games of the season, you’ll definitely want to be there Saturday night as we take on Air Force in the homecoming game. And I think I speak for the majority when I say I believe that we will win!

-shelbstoor11@aggiemail.usu.edu

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