I dunno, some of you may have heard of this guy:
His name is Jimmer Fredette. And he plays for BYU. And he's really good. He's averaging 27.4 points per game. He scored 49 at Arizona last year. 42 at Colorado St. 47 at Utah. We were kinda hoping for big things from him against #4 SDSU. In fact, his name means "One who is in range as soon as he steps off the bus," according to urbandictionary.com.
Some of you may have heard of this guy:
Yeah, I'd never heard of him either.
But anyway, there was a whole bunch of hype surrounding this game. The #9 BYU Cougars hosting the #4 San Diego State Aztecs. People lined up on Tuesday at 5am for tickets to this game at 8pm on Wednesday. And it snowed on Tuesday. That's dedication people.
Well, I wasn't one of those crazies that waited hours for a wristband. I waited until about 2pm on Tuesday to get one. And only had to wait like 20 minutes.
So I decided to check out ESPN, CBS Sports, Fox Sports, all the sport's blogs to find out what this game was about. Apparently, this was the real deal. Two of the best teams in the country, one of the nation's most exciting scorers, were going to be in the building about 1 block from where I'm living. I was getting a little excited.
So Wednesday came. At 4pm, I waited in line for seats. It was freezing cold, and there were about 4,000 people in line. The line extended forever.
The line went all the way down to the end of that building, then around it, and all the way behind me. Forever!
So then we got inside at 6pm (two hours of waiting in the cold!). It was a madhouse trying to get seats. Students rushing, pushing, shoving, all hoping for the best seats in the house. It was nuts.
Then, TJ Fredette, Jimmer Fredette's brother, gives a pre-game performance of his rapping skills. He was ok. Definitely feeding off of his brother's hype. But, decent, at least for a white rapper.
People began filing in for the game. Then the Aztecs came out for their warm-ups. They decided to put on a dunking clinic. Kinda reminded me of when we played Odessa Permian in the playoffs, but that's another story. Then the Cougars came out and did their own dunking clinic, though it was a white version of it.
Pre-game introductions the crowd goes nuts. When they announced Jimmer's name, the crowd erupted and the place was loud. It was LOUD!!! 22,700 people screaming at the top of their lungs.
Then the game started. Loud, fun, loud. I'm not going to go through the details of the game because, well, you can watch highlights.
And here's a better link to see photos of the game.
Ok, so back to this Jimmer guy.
Well, he went off during this game. He scored 43 points. That's a lot of points. I don't think I've scored 43 points in church ball. And he did it against the #4 team in the country. And now my claim to fame: I made a shot over Jimmer. Yes, folks, I made a shot over Jimmer. 15-foot pull-up from the left side in the Marriott Center, with Jimmer's hand in my face. Ok, don't rush too quickly to get my autograph.
So yes, this game was amazing. It was exciting, it lived up to it's hype, it was loud, it was packed. And most importantly, BYU won 71-58.
The only bad thing I have to say about the game: Fans rushing the court. I am not a big fan of rushing the court. Having been a basketball player when fans have rushed the court, it is pretty scary. It's not a good idea to have thousands of people jam packed in such a confined area as a basketball court. Especially for players, it is scary because anything can happen. Even Jimmer said it was scary.
But overall, it was such a great game. It was really amazing. It was one of the greatest experiences I have had.
To end, I want to give a shout-out to Andre Gigena and Greg Fitzpatrick. Andre received his mission call to the Ventura, California mission and Greg received his to the Buenos Aires, Argentina mission. Makes me kinda excited to receive my mission call.
And I will leave it at that.
My friends, God bless.
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