The Show (SDSU student section)

During the 2002 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament, SDSU pulled off a major upset as the number five seed.

With the Aztecs holding onto a slim lead as the clock counted down, SDSU fans began to line up on the baseline to rush the court.

Right as the final buzzer was about to sound, football player Akbar Gbaja-Biamila looked over to a Rebel fan and stated, "Remember this day, when the Aztecs came into your arena and rushed onto your court!"

[1] Before the 2002-2003 basketball season, Conor Mongan, a member of The Show was watching the movie BASEketball, in which opposing players do whatever it takes to distract each other while they shoot.

As a Long Beach player stepped to the free throw line, Conor revealed a large cutout of an unflattering version of Michael Jackson from a court appearance at the time.

The heads are distributed throughout the lower part of the section at halftime, and are used during the second half of home games when the opponent is at the free throw line.

Since appearing in ESPN The Magazine's December 19, 2005 issue, which documented the origins of the heads, student sections all over the country have joined the trend including Kansas and Marquette.

In fact, one of the Show Commandments reads "Thou shalt wear two types of attire to games: red and black, or whatever the hell you want.

"[5] ESPN columnist Dana O'Neil describes The Show as, "the nonsensical, whimsical, illogical student section at San Diego State, where no costume is deemed too strange.

The list of songs/chants includes: The Show has a Twitter page under the handle @TheShowSDSU that is updated regularly with general athletics information, trash talk about other schools, and other topics.

For this home game, several dozen Show members dressed up in Mormon missionary apparel, wearing white button-down shirts, black ties, and bike helmets.

He is described the stunt as a "Totally classless move by several dozen San Diego State students who dressed up as Mormon missionaries to mock BYU when the Cougars came to town on Saturday night.

"[17] During this game, there were many signs and posters referencing Mormonism, including "Hi mom(s)," "Jimmer Fredette is a false idol," and "Aztec basketball is my religion."

Some of the tweets sent out included “Will Tark be alive by Saturday to see us storm the court for a 3rd straight year?” “Tarkanian makes Tom Ables (SDSU’s dedicated senior citizen fan) looks like Channing Tatum.” and “Tarkanian looks like dog (bleep).” San Diego Union-Tribune writer Don Norcross responded by writing an article saying the tweets were sent in poor taste.