College Football: Get Saturated!
I was on a run yesterday, which is strong language suggesting that I was doing more than ambling with intent, which I was not. But none the less, I was moving at a gait between "walk" and "run" specifically reserved for those who are not built like runners, and should probably stick to more motorized forms of transportation. It's painful, and I should probably not be observed doing it too often, which is why I tend towards the more deserted part of the park by which I live. It was here, unexpectedly, that I got my first taste that college football was about to start. You see - I live in New England, where pro sports dominate, and college football gets about as much airtime as Jai-Lai. It's been hard to get fired up about this season. But yesterday, on my little deserted part of the path, I got the jolt I needed. There was another runner, moving significantly faster than I, coming at me. She had on Ohio State gear - from her headband to her shorts - she was Scarlet and Gray. I was wearing a Michigan Tee. We didn't stop, we didn't exchange words, but we glared at each other long and hard as our paths crossed. I think I even detected a bit of a buckstache on her.
The point here isn't to bore you with insignificant ramblings on my own personal life, but rather to see what it takes to get you ready for the season. For me, this season, it took a rival fan and a mutual acknowledgment of disdain to get me going. But man - can you feel it? Only one week until the season; only one week until the beginning of the Carnival.
Leave a comment: when do you start getting fired up about the season?
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This offseason has been a very different beast for those of us who are of the Maize and Blue persuasion... We're used to retreating into a cocoon of zero media coverage, zero news other than how "tremendous" everyone and everything is (God bless you Lloyd)... Then come Fall practice you get this intense building of expectations and hopes for the season.
This off-season has been a polar opposite. More coverage of Michigan than probably the last 10 off-seasons combined, more ridiculous and unmerited commentary than anyone should have to tolerate and lower and lower expectations as we trudged on through the spring and summer, all based upon... well very little.
For me, the excitement of the upcoming season started to hit home about a week ago, the weather has been quintessential Fall round about my parts, and almost at the exact moment I started to think "finally!" I ran into a fellow fan in the parking lot as I was leaving a store... The customary "GO BLUE!" brought nothing but huge smiles to both of our faces.
Ironically, at the very next stop a man donning Scarlet and Gray ambled up to me with the confidence of someone who's used the last seven years to forget the previous 13... but instead of talking trash he smacked me on the back and gave me a similar smile, and all he said was, it's that time again isn't it?
Yes it is sir, yes it is.