I love the crisp breeze, changing colors and falling leaves that autumn brings. Fall is also synonymous with football in my house. I'm married to a former high school quarterback who has at least two fantasy football teams every season. I grew up in a small Midwestern town where Friday nights were spent sitting on cold, hard bleachers cuddled up under wool blankets watching high school football.
The husband's favorite team is the Dallas Cowboys. Has been a huge fan since he was a kid. My favorite teams are the Colts, Giants and Ravens. Have been since I discovered the Manning boys and Todd Heap.
With four teams to follow each season, our Sundays are usually spent watching football. Sometimes we invite friends over to sit on the couch - beers in hands - watching TV. Sometimes we sit on hard seats at sports bars - beers in hands- trash talking with other football fans. Sometimes we're lucky enough to be sitting on folding chairs - beers in hands - in a parking lot outside the Georgia Dome meeting new people, waiting to see a game.
Tomorrow will be such a day. We'll be tailgating before the Lions/Falcons game. O.K., sure this is not likely to be a outstanding display of talent and these aren't even "our" teams, but football is fun. And watching live football is really fun.
What makes football fun? For the husband it's following players' careers, memorizing stats about interceptions thrown, yards run and touchdowns scored. For me it's sitting – beer in hand – chatting with friends.
4 comments:
Sounds like a great way to spend a Sunday. Wait, minus the football. I like your ideas about chatting and drinking beer though.
Did you have lots of fun (and drink lots of beer)?
Tons of fun! Lots of beer. Don't remember who won... Perfect!
Sunday was a blast- we have to do that again!
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