November 23, 2007 will go down in Aggie lore as "Good Friday". A day of triumph, hope, and new beginnings.

1. AGS BTHO t.u. 38-30

In front of an all-time record 88,253 crowd, the once vaunted Aggie offense returned from months in cryostasis. Stephen McGee reconnected with his HS roots, throwing for a career high 362 yds, 100 of which came in the first quarter. The defense line played with their hair on fire, coming up with big 3rd down stops, and sacking Colt McCoy and forcing turnovers. Goodson showcased his electrifying ability to turn any play into 6 pts, in doing so, making everybody's 2008 Heisman watch list.

Most significantly, in his final game as the head coach at Texas A&M, Coach Fran gave us his Opus Magnum. The staunchly conservative tactician called for gadget after gadget and most shockingly, a succesful fake field goal. All of which were in the 1st HALF!! The fake field goal run by TJ Sanders set the crowd on fire. As the wildly popular senior 3rd-string QB crossed the goal-line, the euphoric cheering and pandemonium was of a level that had been missing from Kyle Field for far too long.

In his farewell to the 12th Man, Coach Fran gave us 2 things. With his 2nd straight victory of Texas, he restored the rivalry to it's glory days. Most importantly, he made Kyle Field fun again.

2. Fran Fired

Having reached an agreement on the term's of Fran's buyout earlier in the week, Bill Byrne stuck with his mantra of waiting until the end of the regular season to make his coaching evaluations.

He waited approximately 60 minutes.

In a press conference that had all the feeling of an execution by firing-squad, Fran read from a prepared statement, was thanked by Bill Byrne, and was ushered off into the shameful period of Aggie history where he will remain.

3. Aggie Basketball wins NIT Tip-Off

Headed into the 2007-08 season, many (including myself) expected the Ags to struggle through a series of growing pains as the team adjusted to the Turgeon system of Aggie Basketball. The Ags annihilated Ohio State 70-47 on national tv to take the NIT crown and put that nonsense to rest.

While the 6-0 Aggies still have a ways to go before we can properly evaluate their conference/post-season play potential, the 12 players contributing to the 75 ppg and the 36.9 opposing FG% bodes well for Coach Turge and the Ags.