Finally. It's college football season. To me, there are two real seasons in a year--Football Season and The Rest of the Year--so the end of August is a super exciting time for me. Just about every Saturday for the next few months, I will be somewhere for a college football game. While many of you other football fans out there support some of the larger schools, I actually prefer watching the smaller schools' teams play. I just love I-AA (or what is it now? Championship Division?) football, particularly the SoCon. I grew up a Citadel fan, as my dad is an alum, and that's just how I was raised. Day trips to Charleston on Saturdays in the fall were a way of life. I'm sure he just LOVED it when I jumped ship to attend one of The Citadel's biggest conference rivals, Furman University, and became an avid Paladin football fan. Needless to say, the smack talk in my family gets a little intense... and I love it!
I will never not love Furman football, but I actually go to more Citadel games than FU games since I'm living here now (not to mention my parents pay for my ticket, and I can usually get at least one free meal out of the weekend too!). I think I'll be in Greenville a few weekends this season for Furman games, but the rest of my Saturdays will be spent at the newly renovated Johnson Hagood Stadium, hopefully watching the Bulldogs get some good wins--except against my Paladins, of course!
This weekend The Citadel is taking on Webber International, a team they beat last year by a score of 76-0. Let's face it, that's not really an incredibly entertaining game to watch, so I hope it's at least a little closer this time. Regardless, I'm looking forward to the first game of the season, especially in the new stadium! Furman is playing Mars Hill at the same time, but it's on tv, so I'll record it and watch it Sunday. I think I'm going to see some high school football this weekend too. My mom is a high school principal, and her school's team is playing at Wando on Friday night, so they're coming down here early for that. I'll probably meet them out there for a little HS football action and just make it a 3-game weekend--doesn't get much better than that!
My plan is to use this space to talk about the games I am able to attend (or tivo in many cases), maybe share some fun stories, and post a few pictures. I can't promise to stick solely to the football, but I promise to bring something interesting from my weekend adventures. So welcome, and whether you're a football fan or not, I hope you have yourself a Pretty Nice Little Saturday!
