Each season Hank Williams, Jr. asks that rocking rhetorical question, "Are you ready for some football?" Granted, he is asking NFL fans, tonight millions of college football fans will be singing a united chorus of, "YES!" A brief moment where fans of all teams agree, it's time to play.
In a few short hours, "what if" will become "what might have been." "I'm telling ya" will become "I told you so" or "I didn't see that coming" or even, possibly, "I guess I was wrong." In a mere matter of days, normally reasonable people will suddenly lose their minds and become completely absorbed with numbers, not those in their checking account, but those that make up the BCS. Polls will become the new obsession. Before accepting invitations to weddings, parties, and, yes, even Thanksgiving, wives will ask their husbands, "who's playing this weekend....are they important....did you plan to go...watch...." They'll then shrug their shoulders and exclaim, "it's only football!"
Only football?!!! Anyone who has ever caught the fever knows it's more than just football. It is a camaraderie with those you'll never know. It is about more than the two teams playing on the field; it is being ten again back in your old neighborhood rounding up all of the other kids for a few hours of football before heading into the house to watch the game with your family. It is the first time you walk into Jordan-Hare or Bryant-Denny holding your dad's hand, overwhelmed by the spectacular display of fanfare. It is watching the eagle soar around the stadium as the low rumble of "War Eagle" builds to a frenzied roar. It is the buzz on Sunday morning of the congregation trading friendly barbs before opening their hymnals. It is those traditions and memories that are savored each time you watch your team take the field, thinking, once again, "this could be our year!"
Are you ready for some football? I know I am. War Eagle and good luck!
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