A Jumbo Proposal in HD
For Renee Steptoe, the Auburn v. New Mexico State game was more than just the Auburn Marching Band playing the Auburn Fight Song or big sweaty football players run up and down the field with a leather ball. It was the day she got engaged on the Auburn University HD Jumbotron.
Steptoe hasn’t led a Hollywood life. She grew up in Statesboro, Ga., with her mom, step-dad and little brother Wayne, attending the same 50-person church every Sunday. In eleventh grade at Statesboro High School she met the love of her life–a country boy named Josh Thompson.
You may know Thompson as the 6-foot, 310 pound nose guard in the Auburn jersey, but to Steptoe, Thompson is her fiancé. He planned to propose on one knee with the fans watching after Auburn’s victory over New Mexico State.
“It was really cute, ” Steptoe said. “I could tell that he put a lot of thought into it because the whole football team was watching and my family was there too.”
Thompson and Steptoe have put off the wedding with a date set for February 2009. They want to wait until Thompson has graduated from Auburn.
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