University sports: seven extensions later: Aggies and Jimbo Fisher reach a major goal by toppling LSU

COLLEGE STATION – They crossed the barrier between the stands and the court, sprinted on the sideline and jumped into the air after the last break of the match.

Even after seven extra times, the majority of people inside Kyle Field still had the energy needed to celebrate one of the most unlikely victories in the history of A & M Texas. .

The No. 22 Aggies beat Saturday night LSU No. 7, 74-72, in a historic match for both programs. The two combined teams total 1,017 yards, 197 games and one night no one will forget at College Station.

This was the biggest match in FBS history and the longest match between the teams ranked by the Associated Press.

The game will be remembered for a lot of things, including an altercation between the staff of both teams after the match, but this could be a cornerstone for A & M coach Jimbo Fisher and the program that he wants to develop.

That's at least what Fisher was hoping for after a crazy, wild night out.

"I do not know if it's a catalyst win," Fisher said. "You still have to play the next game and do it, but at least it's a bump that they overcame and that they learned to defeat and defend themselves."

The Aggies won when A & M quarterback Kellen Mond defeated Kendrick Rogers for the winning conversion of 2 points. Mond finished with 287 yards and six touchdowns. Rogers had three catches for 53 yards and two touchdowns.

The win broke A & M's seven-game losing streak against LSU (8-4, 5-3 SEC), including six straight losses since the Aggies (8-4, 5-3) joined the conference before the season 2012.

All the craziness at College Station was created by a ridiculous end.

In the final regulation match, Mond found second-year receiver Quartney Davis, who jumped into the air and grabbed a 19-yard touchdown pass that allowed the crew to make extra time.

Initially, the clock inside Kyle Field read all the zeros during the last A & M training. But the re-broadcast managers felt that there was a second left.

It was the second big break that the Aggies received during the last race. Earlier, it seemed LSU defensive back Grant Delpit had intercepted Mond. But after LSU coach, Ed Orgeron, was sprayed from a cooler, a replay review showed that Mond's knee was on the ground before the pass, while he was recovering the ball.

After the Aggies tied the match on the miraculous pass at the end of the regulation period, the teams played seven overtime until Mond and Rogers finished seventh. During overtime, both teams teamed up for two touchdowns and three 2-point conversions, including the winner.

"It was definitely a crazy game, but it's the type of game we live for," said Mond.

After the match, during which A & M students stormed the field for what is supposed to be the second time in the school's history, a staff member each team had a physical altercation. Officials from both teams did not comment on the incident after the match.

This is another incident that made Saturday's match a unique event in the history of A & M.

Lost in the seven extra times, the post-match punches and all that surrounds it is what victory meant for the Aggies.

This has allowed A & M to break its conference record since 2012, the first season of the Aggies within the SEC, one of the best in its history. This is the second time since A & M left the Big 12 that the Aggies are improving on the record of the regular season of the previous year.

And it gave hope that the Aggies could regularly beat the powers of the SEC West as LSU. At the end of a match that lasted nearly five hours, it was this hope that fed A & M at a historic evening.

"We knew we could have won this game," said senior A & M defenseman Landis Durham. "It was all we needed, just knowing we could win, beat those guys and go home happy.

"It was only the motivator here: go out and win."

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