At halftime of Saturday's game against Arkansas State, the War Eagle Girls and Plainsmen lined up on the field to be introduced to the Auburn faithful.
Either by fate or coincidence, Danny Feltham and Meghan Kaple were lined up side-by-side in the middle of the field.
Feltham had been waiting for this day for five months, ever since he got the idea while eating with his friends at Momma Goldberg's Deli.
He had asked permission from Kaple's parents, bought a ring and planned it out perfectly.
"I pulled the ring out of my pocket as last names were being called, and there was a pretty big eruption from the student section," Feltham said. "I'm awful with secrets, and I had tried to keep this one; probably everybody in Auburn knew but her."
To top off such a unique proposal, both Feltham's and Kaple's parents were in attendance because it was parents' weekend for the War Eagle Girls and Plainsmen.
"Our parents and family made it over to sing the Alma Mater with us," Feltham said.
Luckily, the parents did not tell her about what was waiting for her at halftime, even though they had been tailgating together all day.
Another person who kept the secret is Cameron Crosby, senior in biomedical sciences and Feltham's fraternity brother and roommate.
"I knew that he was planning on proposing for about a year, but I didn't know the day or how until about a month ago," Crosby said.
Crosby was sitting with FarmHouse fraternity in the student section when Feltham proposed.
Crosby stood up and got his camera out while the War Eagle Girls and Plainsmen were being announced, much to the confusion of his fraternity.
"It was the equivalent of scoring a touchdown for us," Crosby said. "We went wild basically."
The newly engaged couple celebrated their fourth anniversary in July. Kaple knew the big question couldn't be too far away.
"I expected it sometime this fall, but not on the 50-yard line," Kaple said.
They met when Kaple moved to Birmingham from Texas, and their relationship began in New Orleans during a mission trip after Hurricane Katrina.
"We met in high school," Feltham said. "I played baseball, and she was my diamond doll."
The wedding is planned for June, but no church is booked yet. Feltham said they were trying to register at his parents' church in Birmingham.
It will be tough to match the scale of the proposal at the wedding.
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