College Football ---Distraction, Entertainment, Motivator

Both my alma mater football teams, IU and BYU, that I follow closely, are pretty much in the top ten two weekends into November. I do not think that this has ever happened before! Who knows if it will happen again? I need to make note of it. BYU is 8-0 and IU is 3-0. But alas, we recognize that in a pandemic-affected and shortened season, things are topsy turvy and not normal. All is not well in Whoville.

But things are pretty swimming with me and my football team hopes.

 

So, I see the best of it in the worst of it. 2020. Life has its ups and downs, advantages and disadvantages, those who prosper versus those who are left behind, or lose.

Some young men from disadvantaged backgrounds (and some are privileged, or at least middle class economically) get a chance to use their athleticism, skills, determination, and hard work to get an education while also pursuing a professional career in a sport that pays extremely well at the highest echelons. In most cases, not all, it is a brutal sport and can take its physical and mental toll on those who compete in it. It can be risky and pose life injuries, hard to overcome. Thus is our lives. A lot of people get involved and excited: coaches, managers, cheer leaders, bands, commentators, writers, fans, some serious and committed, others laizzes faire, just bobbing along for the fun of the spectating.

Some people pay it no mind.

But, for those who love it, who plan it and scheme it, fantasize and day dream of the glory and the wins, the touchdowns and the sacks, it seems to help move the world along.

Love and passion of the pig skin in the time of pandemic.

Less to do with politics, but save that for another post.