Hello my chickadees,
Happy New Year! 2014 is already turning out to be a big year!
As many of you are aware, the BCS National Championship game was on Monday night pitting the Florida State Seminoles (yay!) against the Auburn Tigers (boo!).
The game turned out to be one of the most intense games of football I've ever witnessed. My roommates and I started watching the game at a friend's house. There were about thirty people watching it and needless to say, emotions were running high. The first half was super disappointing with the Seminoles going into halftime trailing the Tigers by 18 points. My roommates and I decided we should return to our apartment, since that was where we had watched all the other games. (Superstitions ran rampant that night all over Tallahassee. )
Cue second half, which consisted of a back and forth fight to score. Tigers were up and Whitfield, #7 ran the kickoff back to score. We were finally in the lead!!! My roommates and I were jumping up and down and yelling at the tv! It was awesome. But we knew there was still a lot of time left on the clock. A little over four minutes to go, Auburn got the ball. Our defense was tired and we could tell. The tigers pounded them and got a touchdown. They were up by 3 points with 1:19 left on the clock. I have never wanted to pass out during a game as much as I did at that moment. I knew we could score, but we hadn't been played our best the entire game. I saw Jameis giving the boys a pep talk and knew this might be the moment. FSU came back and scored a touchdown with 13 seconds left. We freaked out! Crying, jumping, screaming! We were winning! As the final seconds drained off the clock, the realization that we were National champions hit me. It was such a beautiful moment. I am so proud to be a Seminole!
After the game, Jenna and I went to drive to campus. The entire city was celebrating! Cars were honking, people were doing the war chant up and down the street! It was incredible. Jenna and I made our way to the Unconquered Statue, it's tradition at Florida State for the statue to be lit after big accomplishments by the University. We ran in 28 degree weather to the statue to take a picture! The atmosphere was incredible! So much pride and joy!
This was such an incredible accomplishment, I will forever get to claim that my Seminoles won the championship game my senior year of college!
Go Noles!
Makenna
