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5:45 Rose Belzung is one of six students who arrives early to pull tickets for Monday's game against the University of Texas. Belzung has a broken clavicle and a third-grade separation in her shoulder. However, Belzung is not daunted. "I would stand at the basketball games even if both my legs were broken," she said.
8:30 The Texas A&M men's basketball Team defeats Iowa State soundly and encourages fans to start heading toward the ever-increasing line for the ticket pull. In the next hour, organization dissolves.
9:15 Aubrey Bloom, a senior history major and head of the Reed Rowdies, arrives at the scene with two security guards. He urges people under the bridge, saying that he has a plan to organize the pull. Bloom's plan is to allow groups of students to form into 30 lines under the bridge. The front people of each line would move forward to pull tickets.
10:15 The once distinct line turns into a mass of 1,500 people. "This is absolutely ridiculous," said sophomore Ricky Schoerman. "The organized line we originally had has been completely lost, and no one seems to have a clue what's going on."
10:40 Despite the frustration about the ticket pulls, three students, Leslie Warren, Jourdan Bremmer and Jesse Petty lead the crowd in singing the Aggie War Hymn and the Spirit of Aggieland. By this point, the crowd is more than 3,000.
10:45 The mob advances forward, at first organized, but as each row progresses, the students adopt a more frantic pace. "I really have no idea what's going on right now; my gut tells me this is an hour away from falling apart," said Jimmy Smith, a sophomore.
11:00 The students decide that it is time to settle for the night, and tents sprawl out, covering the entire under walk. There is no room to move anywhere. Students arriving at 11 p.m. have no idea where this line came from. "Is there a plan? It seems to me like the only thing that's certain out here is that no one knows what's going on," said freshman Diana Lizmi. "I thought the line wasn't supposed to start forming till 11 p.m."
11:15 Students are frustrated with one another at the lack of organization. The last vestiges of the line are clearly falling apart.
11:35 Student Body Present Nic Taunton, Student Body Vice President Joe Licata, and the Vice President of Student Affairs Dean Bresciani arrive at the scene. "There is no organization, it fell apart," Bresciani said.
11:45 "Right now, it's hard to predict how this will work out," Taunton said. Students continue to arrive, and the number grows close to 6,000.
12:20 A&M students Kevin Zaiontz and Craig Coolidge announce the ticket pull is cancelled and that University police will arrive in 20 minutes. Zaiontz and Coolidge have no affiliation with a student organization. "We were some of the first in line and it just got chaotic," Coolidge said. Bresciani said the decision was made by an unnamed collection of people.
12:25 Bresciani takes the megaphone and confirms the announcement. "I have no idea what the plan is tomorrow," Bresciani said. "You will just have to wait and see."
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