Faith Hope and Love in Sports

The concepts of faith, hope and love are so vital to a successful relationship… with your sports team.
You should always remain faithful to your squad. As The Beach Boys said, “Stay True To Your School”. You wouldn’t cheat on your significant other (and if you would, you shouldn’t). So why would you ever root for another team besides the Aggies? The faithfulness of a fan base is part of what draws other fans to be a part of it. For instance, the Chicago Cubs haven’t won a World Series since 1908 and arguably have one of the three largest fan bases in baseball. Cubs’ fans are loyal to their team in both winning and losing years.
This type of loyalty leads to hope. The type of hope that makes you believe you are always poised for a comeback and the victory. This is the type of hope that encourages a positive attitude amongst the players, coaches, fans and mere spectators. It’s the kind of attitude that inspires, encourages and changes history. Fans with the positive attitude and an undying faith have no fear, no worries, nothing but confidence in their team.
The men’s basketball team has lost two straight games and head into the WAC tournament on a bit of a skid. Thinking positively, the Aggies just took a couple steps backwards to get a running start. A running start that could lead to the type of momentum that could bring a WAC championship, an appearance in the NCAA tournament or possibly more back to Las Cruces and New Mexico State University.
Think about all the miracles in sports: Flutie’s Hail Mary, the Immaculate Reception, NC State’s final shot in the 1983 championship to beat highly favored Houston. Miracles happen everyday around all of us, which leaves us no reason to ever quit believing.
After expressing this type of faith and hope in a team you develop a love and a passion for them. You are proud of them, their effort, their hard work and dedication. You are proud of the way the represented New Mexico State, our university. It’s an unconditional love. A love that has no strings attached but is its own entity. A love for your team that only can be explained by comparing it to temporary madness, a love that can explain everything when none of your actions or arguments makes sense. It’s an unconditional, unwavering, undying, endless love. Most of all the love you have for your college and sports team is a love that can see the flaws but simply decides to ignore in the fact that you see your team as perfect.
Love the Aggies during and through March Madness and year around by showing your faith and bleeding crimson. Don’t let numbers and statistics get in the way of believing in something bigger and better.

Keep living the dream Aggies,

Pistol Pete