Issue date: 4/17/08 Section: News

Media Credit: Philip Crowson During a press conference Wednesday in the Bright Football Complex, junior communication major Joseph Delgado, football Head Coach Mike Sherman and freshman agricultural journalism and communications major Courtney Roland discuss Saturday's Maroon and White game. Delgado and Roland will serve as honorary student head coaches during the game after they submitted videos that were selected by the football team. [Click to enlarge]

In the words of Elton John's, "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting," the Fightin' Texas Aggies will take the field Saturday night for the annual Maroon and White spring game.

This year's game will have a twist. As part of his ongoing efforts to involve the student body with the football program, Head Coach Mike Sherman invited two students to join the team on the sidelines as honorary assistant coaches for the game.

"It goes back to the basketball game when I talked to the students and said, 'It's your team,'?" Sherman said. "I want to make it more of their team by letting them coach it. We are going to have the team choose two students - one for Maroon team, one for White team - that will serve as honorary coaches and get to meet the team and do some fun things surrounding the spring game."

To get one of the two spots on the sidelines, students had to convince the football team they deserved it. Students were asked to submit two-minute YouTube-style videos to the athletic department. The football team voted for their favorites Monday.

"Everybody that submitted a video was first class," Sherman said.

"We got a really positive response," said Drew Martin, the assistant athletic director. "We whittled [the submitted videos] down to eight finalists that we showed the team, [then] we tallied the votes [Monday night]."

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