By Friday, the fever pitch is nearly at its bursting point. The workday’s best day of the week, the harbinger of the weekend, and it seems like the day lasts for an eternity. After all, it is almost game day. For me, football fan-aticism is a fairly new emotion. You see, I grew up in northeastern Oregon. The state has no NFL team, and even though many will be quick to chime in, “but you have the Ducks”, referring to the University of Oregon’s furious flock, when I was growing up, they were as intimidating as… well, a duck.
So even though I grew up playing backyard football and got all grass stained nearly every recess; even though I played jr. high & high school football; and despite watching the NFL games as a second helping of Sunday service, I can’t say I grew up a fanatic. Not like I’ve seen those who’ve grown up in a serious football culture, whether it be NFL or college football.
Take one example: a few years ago while in Nashville, Diane and I were standing line waiting to board the bus to haul everyone over to the night’s Grand Ole Opry show and we’re chatting it up with the couple behind us. Several minutes into the conversation the husband politely excuses himself.
He makes his way over to a complete stranger and greets him, “Roll Tide”. The stranger extends the “Roll Tide” wishes back, and then the husband quietly makes his way back over to us and continues the conversation without a hitch. Anyone who has seen the ESPN “Roll Tide” commercial would be rolling, and here I wast thinking ESPN was exaggerating the “Roll Tide” culture for a little commercial comedy. However sometimes life is funny enough you just have to show it as is.
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