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Related: About this forumAggies Want "12th Man Jesus" to Lead Out the Team Against Alabama
Sam Tomaso, an engineering senior at A&M, bears a striking resemblance to a certain Nazarene.
Mark Santoyo Jr.
Lo, it was a miracle.
The Aggies of Texas A&M trailed the Gamecocks of South Carolina by ten points at the approach of the fourth quarter of the game on Saturday evening. A late field goal aided the team in overcoming the deficit, leading to a deficit of only seven as the final quarter began. Still, the challenges were vast. The team had been frustrated for much of the game. But then the skies parted, and onto the screen overlooking the field, there emerged an avatar for the hopes and dreams of the people of College Station. And they knew him as 12th Man Jesus. He appeared, and it was good.
It was really good, actually. Running back Keith Ford emerged in the 4th, rallying the team for two scores on the ground, tying the game with twelve minutes left and then taking the lead five minutes later. A&M held on and won, the Aggies went on to a 3-1 record, and the legend of 12th Man Jesus was born.
12th Man Jesus is an engineering senior at A&M named Sam Tomaso. He earned the nickname because hes got long hair and a beard, and hes prone to shaving the number 12 into his chest hair. And after he appeared on the Jumbotron screen in A&Ms comeback against South Carolina, he became a sensation. Aggie fan forums celebrate the guy. A petition launched by a friend of Tomasos urging the university to bring the bearded fan to the front of the tunnel before A&Ms game against Alabama went viral; at press time, it has more than 7,000 signatures.
Chris Patch, the friend who launched the petition, told The Battalion that he wasnt surprised that people responded so powerfully to the sight of Tomaso on the screen.
Read more: https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-post/aggies-12th-man-jesus/
Cross-posted in the Texas Group.
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Aggies Want "12th Man Jesus" to Lead Out the Team Against Alabama (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Oct 2017
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NBachers
(17,117 posts)1. He could start marketing toast with his likeness on it.
Laffy Kat
(16,382 posts)2. This is getting ridiculous.
I'm so embarrassed for this country.
Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)3. Agreed. FUBAR