Aggie Ring Story from Auburn Game

Story shared on Facebook today from Texas A&M's Association of Former Students. Good stuff.



Auburn's good people give a very happy ending to this lost ?#?AggieRing? story from Layton Miller '12
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Subject: Aggie Ring Story from Auburn Game
Association,

I thought I should let you guys know my story from this past weekend’s trip to Auburn.

During the 2nd quarter of the game after the blocked field goal for a touchdown, I ended up celebrating a little too hard, and lost my Aggie Ring after high-fiving a friend. It ended up flying over my shoulder behind me about 15 yards down into the infamous hedges that surround the field at Jordan Hare.

During halftime there were nearly 20 A&M fans, Auburn fans, and members of the A&M band helping me look for it but we had no luck. I told everyone to forget about it for now and enjoy the rest of the game and that I would look for it after the game.

After the game, same thing, the Auburn police and grounds crew allowed me to take my boots off and look for my ring in the flowerbeds for about an hour (with no luck again) until I was forced to leave by security when the lights were going out. I was able to give my contact information to Eric Kleypas – Director of Athletic Turf for Auburn and he said “not to worry buddy, we’ll find it, go have fun and enjoy the win.” This guy was nothing but true class and I can’t thank him enough for all his help.

Waking up Sunday I thought to myself that there was no way I’m leaving town without my ring. I called Eric and he let me drive right up next to the stadium, let me enter through the media gates and I was escorted on to the field with a member of the grounds crew to help me look for my ring. I looked for nearly 2 hours Sunday morning but again, no luck at all. They walked me into the grounds crew office where I left them my contact info and thanked them for their time. All of these guys were amazing and were very sympathetic with me, even when they were really busy with work the day after the game.

Monday Morning: I get to work back in Houston and get a phone call from Eric saying that he had good news for me. He had gone out of his way to contact anyone he knew with a metal detector and ended up finding Robert Hensarling, TAMU Class of ’87, to come up to the stadium this morning with his metal detector. They couldn’t get the detector to work so they got in there on their hands and knees and low and behold, Robert ended up finding it after about 5 minutes. Eric said that he would mail it to me as soon as he got the chance today. I’ll say this again, this guy is just incredible.

I’ve visited nearly all of the SEC West schools and Auburn is by far without a doubt the best one of them all. The Auburn Grounds Crew guys are top notch as well as the Auburn fans that helped me during and after the game (even after a tough loss). Just goes to show you how great the Aggie Family is and how incredible of a place Auburn is to visit.

Thanks,

Layton Miller