Reveille handler getting boots and Aggie ring paid after throwing block
By 5 p.m. Monday, Reveille VIII made it known she was finished with the media for the day with a rare bark just five minutes into an interview. The long day started at 4 a.m. with a trip to Houston for an interview on Fox & Friends, but she wasn't the one doing the talking.
The First Lady of Aggieland's spotlight traveled up the leash to her handler, Ryan Kreider, who delivered a potentially life-saving sideline nudge to SMU wide receiver Der'rick Thompson during the second quarter of the Aggies-Mustangs matchup in Dallas on Saturday. Kreider maintains he was simply carrying out his duties as mascot corporal in the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets and protecting her, but the sophomore from College Station quickly became the water cooler talk of the country.
In less than 48 hours since the hit, Kreider said he gained more than 1,500 Twitter followers, appeared on a national talk show and conducted numerous local and regional print and radio interviews. During that time, Corps of Cadets Commandant Brig. Gen. Joe Ramirez said he will pay for Kreider's senior boots, and Kreider will receive upperclassman cadet privileges. An unnamed fan told Ramirez he will pay for Kreider's Aggie ring.
"I thought that this young man deserves something special for what he did on a national television audience," Ramirez said. "I told him these aren't just from me, but every Aggie all over the globe who is proud of what you did."
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Cross-posted in the Sports Group.
