That old familiar feeling is creeping into my stomach again. My blood pressure is easily up 15 points. I just spent 2 weeks watching 130 videos of highlights from previous Hokie football campaigns. Yes, my Calm and Beloved Reader, it must be football season.
I don't listen to Metallica's Enter Sandman from April until August. If I hear it on the radio, I'll change the station. I don't want to become "used to" that song. I don't want to be numb to what it means. It even makes me a little sad to hear parts of it when it's not football season because it reminds me that there's no football and I get sad. But today, on the way home, on the same day that the Hokies opened their summer practice, the riff of Enter Sandman began blaring through my car stereo. It was fate. And instead of changing the station, I nearly wrecked my car exiting the highway while I headbanged my heart out. Oh yes, my Calm and Beloved Reader, it must be football season.
I reviewed the current heights and weights of the full Hokie roster and pondered over the fact that backup whip LB Alonzo Tweedy lost weight over the summer and only weighs 188 lbs. Is that big enough? Blake DeChristopher put on weight. Will he be able to maintain his stamina into the 4th quarter of a key game? Is Nick Acree actually human at 6'5", 301 lbs as a true freshman? Yes indeed, it must be football season.
I've begun practicing cursing the name Bryan Stinespring. I've noticed that I've begun pacing a little. At work, I just started walking back and forth when I talk on the phone, whereas usually I'll just sit at my desk. I am wondering about the torn quadriceps tendon (Barquell Rivers), dislocated kneecap (Vinston Painter), injured knee (Darren Evans) and strained groin (Jayron Hosley and Dyrell Roberts) of young men in college I've never met. Strained groin??? It must be football season.
I've reviewed the roster of the Boise State Broncos and I know that one starting receiver is Titus Young who hails from Los Angeles and is majoring in Communications. The younger brother of Boise star QB Kellen Moore is Kirby Moore and he's the other starting receiver. Those two have to know what each other is thinking at all times which is a dangerous weapon on the field. I'm beginning to dislike the color blue and staying away from anyone I know that went to UVa (ok that last one is pretty much year round). Ah yes, gotta be football season.
I'm showingmy 4 yr old daughter the proper spike of a toy football and demonstrating to her what the various referee hand signals mean. I'm teaching high fives and low fives to my 2 yr old daughter and I have begun adding the RSS feed from just about every Hokie site I can get my hands on. It must be football season.
Finally, I've budgeted the additional charges for every channel of FoxSports, Versus, ESPN (including ESPN 3 on the internet), ACC All-Access Pass, and any and all means to catch every Hokie game this year. Now that I'm out in Kansas City, where these people THINK they take their college football seriously, I'm getting the VT flag ready to be mounted out front and I'm checking the HOA rules/regulations for any prohibition of painting my mailbox maroon and orange. The Hokie Viking helmet is ready and I've got my line of credit established at the local beer/liquor store (which is inside the grocery stores here which is convenient). My Calm and Beloved Reader, IT MUST BE HOKIE FOOTBALL SEASON AND TSF IS FIRED UP!
Go Hokies!!!!!!!
9 comments:
Don't worry about Blake. He posted good times in the shuttle and loses weight every year. Is in best shape ever!
That's great to hear. He's a bull if they can keep him fresh and frankly I'd like to see the Hokies use Andrew Lanier like they used Greg Nosal last year - a player who can take a series for either Becton or DeChristopher once in each half to keep those guys fresh.
I know this is off topic, but can I get one of you goons to acknowledge that you fell hard for all of that mega re-alignment hype? Please...someone? VT in the SEC? really? I'll be holding my breath.
Also: glad you're back posting. Please stop working so much and spending time with your family and get more posts up this season.
Also: good idea on the mailbox. I'll be implementing that one, post haste. /punned
Leftorum,
I can't speak for my esteemed colleagues, but check your emails and you'll see I was squarely in the camp of "SEC? Makes no sense to me, I'll believe it when I see it".
Between the SEC stuff and painting the mailbox, we are on the same wavelength, Boss. Now THAT is scary.
Leftorum,
I can't speak for my esteemed colleagues, but check your emails and you'll see I was squarely in the camp of "SEC? Makes no sense to me, I'll believe it when I see it".
Between the SEC stuff and painting the mailbox, we are on the same wavelength, Boss. Now THAT is scary.
Agreed. Having the liquor inside the supermarkets is nice, no?
Know of any groups of hokies out here in Kansas city. My wife is an alumn and we are die hard hokies fans. We live in blue springs mo and are sort of on our own out here since we moved here this summer.
RingVA28,
I've got a message into the local alumni chapter chair. Update your profile with an email address and I'll shoot you the info when I get some, as I can imagine we will be putting together something for football season, starting with the huge Boise State game.
RingV28,
Got this note from the chair of the local VT alumni chapter.
"We meet to watch our games at Ugly Joe's Sports Bar which is on the south side of town right off of I-435 near the State Line Road exit. http://www.uglyjoesbar.com/"
Get ready for a major party!!!!!
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