{"id":3641,"date":"2015-12-10T17:45:52","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T17:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=3641"},"modified":"2015-12-10T19:51:13","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T19:51:13","slug":"the-face-on-the-video-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=3641","title":{"rendered":"The face on the video board"},"content":{"rendered":"

\""The<\/a><\/p>\n

Auburn Engineering student Lucas Tribble<\/strong> gained instant fame during Auburn\u2019s home football game against Mississippi State on Sept. 26, when he became the focal point on Jordan-Hare Stadium\u2019s new 200-foot-wide video scoreboard.<\/p>\n

With a deadpan stare into the camera, Tribble held up one hand and extended his index finger \u2013 an emotionless \u201cnumber one.\u201d He did not move a muscle, and hardly blinked, as the camera stayed on him, and later came back to him for more.<\/p>\n

Fans laughed at his expression and cheered when he came on the screen. The camera shot to kids mimicking his pose. By the end of the game he was a campus celebrity known to most as \u201cThe Mustache Guy,\u201d homage to his impressive facial hair that was front and center on the big screen.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Mustache Guy\u201d was quickly imprinted on a T-shirt design stating he is \u201cThe Hero We Need, Not the One We Deserve.\u201d Football fans and students alike ask him to pose for photos, and call out to him when they see him on campus.<\/p>\n

He was in the newspaper, on the scoreboard time and time again and even a Halloween costume at the game against Ole Miss on Oct. 31.<\/p>\n

But there is more to \u201cThe Mustache Guy.\u201d\""The<\/a><\/p>\n

Tribble is a senior in industrial and systems engineering, and is unaffected by the newfound attention. The 6-foot-6 Montgomery, Alabama, native is instead focusing on the greater good, which was his career goal all along.<\/p>\n

After graduating this year, Tribble plans to go to seminary school to one day become a pastor and apply his engineering skills to the mission field. He currently serves as a youth minister at a church in nearby Smith\u2019s Station, to which he is donating 25 percent of the T-shirt profits to the church\u2019s mission budget.<\/p>\n

It seems that, like his \u201cThe Mustache Guy\u201d alter ego, Tribble himself is also a hero we need. And we can\u2019t wait to see what he does next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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