Fanatic goat

My alma mater is represented by a goat. Not even a cool goat but instead, a “hilltopper”. I don’t even know what the hell a hilltopper is. A frolicking goat atop a hill?

I hated 93% of my college experience. It wasn’t until the end of my tenure that I gained something from the ivory towers of the university. Now I can’t remember what that something was. It wasn’t the school so much as it was the decisions I made for myself during those five years. St. Edward’s is an excellent university, chock full of values, excellent curriculum, staff, hilltoppers, monthly alumni donation envelopes, a mission statement and if I had to do it again, I would.

I don’t even know where my diploma is. I think it’s in a box with a Marcy Playground CD and a bubble jet printer. I sincerely value my college education. It taught me that in order to get a great credit score you can assume a large student loan debt and spend the next 10 years paying it off. I also learned how to think. That’s what St. Edward’s boasts. It’s their motto. “Learn to think”. It’s right there on their website. Without my college education I wouldn’t be able to think or come up with with an alternative and, in my opinion, the better motto: “We are the Hilltoppers, the mighty mighty Hilltoppers. Everywhere we goOOO, people wanna knoOOOW who we are, so we tell them, We are the Hilltoppers, the mighty mighty Hilltoppers…”

What this all really boils down to is what we all know to be the most important aspect of life. College football. St. Edward’s doesn’t have a football team. However, back in the early part of a time we called “the nineties”, we did have a women’s softball team that would have made for a fantastic Big 12 defensive line.

So it is here that I will shed the cobalt and gold, or is it cornflower and mustard?… whatever the colors of the mighty mighty Hilltopper and bleed burnt orange. In the name of college football, of course.

Hook ’em.

6 Replies to “Fanatic goat”

  1. Awesome game! Vince Young made it happen last night. John perhaps the Aggies can get it together and in a few years who knows…

  2. Allan, are you giving me shit about the Aggies? LOL… and here I was cheering for your team during the game.

    I’ll bet you $5 right now that A&M will beat your precious national champion t-sip team next year, in Austin!

  3. Honestly yeah probably trying to stir you up a little bit. But we’ll see what happens next year with Young going pro. I need to thank your mom because she was trying to contact the Koy’s for a possible inroad for a Rose Bowl ticket. But it was just as much fun watching it at home.

  4. well without Vince Young, I personally think the sips are screwed next year. $50 … Aggies win in Austin next year. Anyone want to take that action?

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