I will be there Saturday...

[untcampbell]

Stream of consciousness while recovering from an evening of Mexican food and drink:

I attend NT games.

I pull for my school.

I will clap for the players on Saturday. Some will be Seniors and play their last game of football (unless they join us for a GMG.com flag football game a few years down the road).

I won't doubt their effort. I won't doubt their coaches effort. I will likely question the latter's competence...but what do I know.

I will ask the question:

TV announcers just said the coaches call Jeffrey Wilson a difference maker. Why wait to put the difference makers into a game when it is too late to make a difference?

I will expect my team to play better at home than they do on the road. By inference, I guess the coaches will coach better at home than they do on the road. Neither I nor the team and the coaches will be able to explain why.

I will pray the team will not wear the uniforms worn during the Indiana and UTEP games...ever.

I expect I will never see Dajon Williams play at NT again. Whether that is good or not, I will never know.

I will continue to manage my expectations: #Hit4 is a good year. Anything better: call the Pope and seek miracle status.

I will expect to win by 21 or more or lose by at least 10.

I will likely wager on UTEP to win its bowl game.

I will wonder why QB turnovers will only be allowed if they are done so within "the system."

I will watch my team play late into the night, where every break in play the announcer will say something like...."as soon as we can possibly get this game over with, we will turn you over to the highlights of football that matters, that you have watched for the last 12 hours, if in fact you didn't watch them as they happened."

If my coach will insist on not playing a QB, I will pray we run the ball every down....football's version of four corners...run the ball, run the clock...for three plays. Then punt. Repeat the same after the opponent has the ball for four plays and scores.

I will trust my coaches (and their bosses) as I do my politicians. I won't.

And after the game on Saturday, I will go to San Antonio and repeat the above.

I will quit hitting myself in the head with the hammer only after I believe it will feel better to stop than it does to continue.

GMG

[NT91]

Me too

[oldguystudent]

I will engage in socially acceptable day-drinking as only college football can provide.

I'm bringing two guests this weekend. I've brought guests to four games this year. None of them commented on the run vs. pass or the quality of the opponents. They all raved about the experience.

This football team as it is today, isn't going to change for at least another two years (too lazy to look up contract details). It just isn't.

That said, I'm past letting myself get angry at the activity on which I spend my disposable income. I'll continue to enjoy the aspects of it that are still enjoyable.