At an early age I knew i wanted to play the sport, one of my first words was touchdown and I always had a high interest in everything about the sport; playing it, coaching it, and talking about it.
Some people laugh at the idea that it is more than just a game, but they just don't understand. Football is not just a game, it's a way of life... if you are a part of the game it effects you in ways you can't imagine. For me it gave me some of my best friends, my best memories... and it was a way to connect our family. In high school it brought some of the best times and also some of the worst..
Nothing in the fall makes me happier than driving down the road and looking in the yards as i pass and seeing a father and son toss the pigskin or a group of kids playing a pick up game in a school yard or pee wee football practice...
It's a sport full of tradition... like playing a family pick up game after eating turkey on thanksgiving, or generation after generation rooting for an alma mater... or tailgating in the cold snow of late november..
There is nothing in the world like it... it is more than a game, it is all of these things I have mentioned and more.... to some people and towns it is all they have... it is their life.
I will never be able to explain the feeling the sport gives you to someone who has never played it, but I certainly wish I could.