The time of year we’ve all been waiting for. . .
It’s almost FOOTBALL SEASON!!!
For those of you who haven’t been around my journal long, I feel the need to warn you: this is the time of year when I turn into a raving BYU Football maniac. My family has had season tickets (which arrived today!) since 1987– we started out with two, we’re now at seven (one for each of us, including my sister-in-law), with an eighth one right next to us for my uncle. Since I was 7, fall has meant school and football. And after 3 losing seasons, I’m rarin’ for a good season with lots of wins, lots of points, and lots of fun.
We started the anticipation out right– and by “we” I mean my sisters and my sister-in-law. We hopped into the car last night, drove down to BYU Campus, and participated in BYU’s First Annual Women’s Football Clinic. It was awesome. We walked in, gave our names, recieved our free t-shirt (a nice blue one!), and were immediately greeted by Brandon Doman, former BYU quarterback and Heisman Trophy candidate (and, umm, hottie), grabbed a bit of food, and proceeded on a tour of the facilities (including the locker room, weight room, and equipment room) before heading to one of the team conference rooms. Once there, were were introduced to the coaches, got to grill a referee about the new instant replay rule and why they call celebration penalties, had a question and answer session with 6 of the players (including the starting quarterback, John Beck, who is *also* a hottie), an intensive explanation of defensive and offensive tactics and (and this, strangely, was the funnest part) drills with the coaches out on the practice field. I went from being a wide receiver to a defensive lineman (left tackle, specifically) to a runningback to an offensive lineman to a safety. We had to break after each station, and at the very end we took a knee while the head coach said how much fun he had watching us (yeah, I’m sure it was hilarious). We left with a fold-out guide to college football, a 2005 season schedule poster, and a copy of the media guide.
I had a blast, and I want to go next year. And since we had 4 family members there, we got a special gift– $50 in gift certificates to a salon and day spa. We’re all going to go and get our nails done. Kinda funny– we go to football camp, then get a manicure. 