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12 Stages Of A 12 O'Clock Gamecock Game Day

Some say Saturday's are for the boys, but I think it's for the Cocks.

Sophie Majuri

Oct 25, 2016

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12 Stages Of A 12 O'Clock Gamecock Game Day

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Stage 1: The Alarm

6:59 a.m. The last 60 seconds of peaceful sleep before... *BEEP BEEP* There it is--that annoying alarm. Rolling over you look at your phone and the alarm reads "GAME DAY!!!!" Hauling yourself out of bed you run around the house waking the rest of your roommates up by blaring the gamecock signature Sandstorm.

Stage 2: The Sprint

Now that everyone has awoken from their slumber, you realize your princess of a roommate takes 45-minute long showers. You haul ass towards the back of the house and make it into the shower. Warm water and the smell of Herbal Essence... It doesn't get much better than that.

Stage 3: Blow-dry, Primp and Prep

Time to get yourself all pretty and perfect for the countless game day pictures that are to come.

Stage 4: The Necessities

Chick-Fil-A, Bojangles, or the left over pizza in the fridge? That's the real question of the day... Thinks "I'm broke." Eats pizza for breakfast to prepare for the liquid calories that are soon to be consumed.

Stage 5: Shiv Run

You can't start a Carolina noon game without a Shiv run and mimosas. Shiv has a plethora of poisons of which you can choose from. My personal favorite is the $8 Andres brute champagne. Classy and never trashy my friends.

Stage 6: Pregame the Pregame

Mimosas? It may be 9:30, but its totally 5 o'clock somewhere... *Finishes the bottle*

Stage 7: Time to Venture into the Great Abyss

Frat lot: a tailgate, big or small, filled with obnoxious, inebriated college students (and the occasional drunk parent) in celebration of the weekly sacred Saturday dedicated to football.

TIME TO THROW DOWN, WE'RE FRAT LOT BOUND!!!!

1 sip, 2 sip, 3 sip, floor.

Stage 8: The Recovery

Looking down at your phone after partaking in slapping the bag, you go to take a video of your best friend dancing on a makeshift stage with some southern cutie, you realize it's 12:26 p.m... Second quarter... Take off running for the stadium because you can't afford to have your ticketing revoked.

Stage 9: The Game

The student section is filled. The rowdy young adults are screaming "(insert obscenity) CLEMSON" even if we aren't playing them and the white towels are waving. GO COCKS!!!

Stage 10: Self-loathing

10/10 we've probably lost the game... But there's a motto here in Cola amongst us "youngins"-- If we win we drink, but if we lose there's only one way to sooth the pain-- drink more. Back to the tailgates.

Stage 11: Time to G O, LET'S GO!

You've been intoxicated since 9:30 a.m. and now its actually 5 o'clock, though Margaritaville may be tempting, your bed is calling your name. You uber back to your house and you are out on the couch faster than your middle school relationships.

Stage 12: The Reawakening

You roll over and fall off the couch. Startled and in pain you go to plug your phone in that's been dead for hours. The white apple appears and the time reads 10:33 p.m. ... You contemplate going out and decide that your bed sounds a little better. You manage to stumble over to your room and lights out.

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12 Stages Of A 12 O'Clock Gamecock Game Day

Some say Saturday's are for the boys, but I think it's for the Cocks.

Stage 1: The Alarm

Stage 2: The Sprint

Stage 3: Blow-dry, Primp and Prep

Stage 4: The Necessities

Stage 5: Shiv Run

Stage 6: Pregame the Pregame

Stage 7: Time to Venture into the Great Abyss

Stage 8: The Recovery

Stage 9: The Game

Stage 10: Self-loathing

Stage 11: Time to G O, LET'S GO!

Stage 12: The Reawakening

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1. When you look at the syllabus and realize there are only three weeks of the semester left; even though the first day was LITERALLY yesterday.

2. You look at your grades and realize they probably aren't as high as they should be, which is a terrifying realization.

3. When you think to yourself at night, "tomorrow, I will wake up early and go to the library ALL day, and, hell, maybe after I'll go to the gym for a little bit, just to push myself that extra mile."

4. Tomorrow actually comes. The inevitable and overpowering sense of procrastination is too strong to overcome.

5. But you DO end up going to the library. Not all day though, but still, a while. But no, you do not go to the gym. Still, you made an effort, so you decide to treat yo' self.

6. When you realize you need to schedule a meeting with your adviser because you need to sign up for classes next semester. But you also realize that since you waited until the last minute, you're going to get stuck with all of the crappy classes.

7. When you low-key try to slip into conversation with your professors that you need extra credit because you're that desperate.

8. When it's already the third time you've seen your adviser in two days because you have no damn clue what you're doing and need all the help you can get.

9. When you apply for a job associated with your major even though you have no experience, but you just want to dive headfirst into the deep end of adulthood and get it over with.

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10. The fear of forgetting something

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14. However, despite the stress and student loans, college is amazing and there's plenty of reasons to smile.

Thank you, April, for inspiring us with your wicked relatability.

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