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Yikes, only 24 days until showtime
The sounds of football in August, metaphorically speaking, are not unlike an orchestra warming up.
Take this morning, for example. I drove out to Midway to check out their first workout, listening to sports radio on the way and hearing (for the 785th time this week) about the Brett Favre saga in Green Bay. I arrived at practice to hear coaches barking orders “Come on linemen, get to the line quick and know where you’re going when you get there.” I saw some dropped passes at Midway practice and heard the grunt and slapping together of receivers’ gloves. Later, a Midway quarterback would tell me the ball was getting there a little quicker than the receivers expected.
I got back in my car to hear more sports radio and an interview with Drew Brees about the upcoming season. Brees was a good interview, but I have to say he sort of primed me for the kind of quotes I’ll be hearing for the next month.
“Well, we’ve got a lot of talent out there. It’s just a matter of putting it together and getting everybody on the same page and seeing how it all fits together. Really, we’ve just got to take it one practice at a time and try to get better every day. If we do that, I think we’re going to be a very competitive football team.”
Understand, that’s not exactly what Brees said, in fact it’s probably not even that close. But it’s what you hear a lot of this time of year. Everybody has a lot of work to do and, it feels like, not a lot of time to do it. And I think that overwhelmedness kind of muddles up the brain.
I arrived at my cubicle to find Brice Cherry and he informed me it was August. Of course, I know it’s August, but I understood what he was saying. “We’ve got a long way to go and a short time to get there,” I said. Then I added, “You know, Brice, I don’t think it’s your first rodeo and it’s not mine.” At that point he accused me of pulling out all the cliches, which I’ll do from time to time as sort of a running gag. The thing is, though, I wasn’t trying to be cliche. I was genuinely trying to remind myself that I’ve done this deal before and it will come together.
I’m guessing that’s how a lot of football coaches feel today, too, as the orchestra starts to warm up for the symphony that is football season.
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By Carl E.Johnson
August 4, 2008 2:29 PM | Link to this
Reminds me of two-a-days in Death Valley (Cameron Park)as a Waco High School Tiger in 1966,1967,and 1968.I am a May 1969 grad of Waco High.
By Fred
August 5, 2008 4:46 AM | Link to this
August is the time for Texas High School Football players to…….suffer.
By Raym Man
September 19, 2008 10:16 PM | Link to this
No 2 La Vega falls short on a 2pt. conversion and go down to a tough Abilene Wylie team tonight,22-20