Making Plays: Mascot Corporal Ryan Kreider on saving Reveille VIII

Key quotes from Ryan Kreider interview

“I can’t really tell you what went through my mind, it was just a reaction. I saw the receiver coming towards Reveille and my football reactions kicked in and I just kind of stepped in front of him, lowered the shoulder and redirected him to the side.”

“It was a reaction, I was just doing my job. Any other cadet in that situation would have done the same thing.”

“I’m from College Station and I played football at Consolidated High School so I have a little experience there."

“That was the first time where I had to step in and do something. They always teach you to be conscious of the possibility of a football player coming toward you and Rev, and to make sure you can get in the way. I don’t think it has ever happened before, and now talking to my buddies they kind of wish something like that would happen to them. It just kind of happened and I’m glad I was paying attention to the game and was able to protect Rev.”

“She usually just passes out in class, I like to tell people her favorite lullaby is algebra. She’s not too interested in what the professor has to say but I’m hoping she can reward me in some type of way.”

“I couldn’t believe the reactions of everyone, right after it happened we kind of joked, saying ‘Hey that might be on ESPN, you never know’ and then at half time we were cooling off Rev and we notice our phones had blown up. This is just unreal. I never expected something like that to happened.”