Monday and Thursday Night Lights
High School football on Friday night, an American tradition.
But there is so much more high school football action throughout the week. There is Monday night, when JV (Junior Varsity) takes the field. And there is the splendor of Thursday night, when the Freshmen square off on the gridiron.
Unfortunately for these young men, all the glory is saved for Friday night. Mondays and Thursdays only seem to attract a few parents into the stands; maybe a girlfriend or two. Most of the stadium remains closed. A stay at home mom might volunteer to open the concession stand, offering only prepacked food items and sodas. Even the cheerleaders (if there are any) seem bored and oblivious to the game or anything else for that matter.
This is a shame. I have seen some awesome action, like a tall goofy kid getting a helmet to the balls. Then there was the overzealous mom who went out on the field, to yell at a kid on the other team, for hitting her kid too hard. And my all time favorite, two Freshmen, in the midst of tackling, manged to yank each others pants off. Those two may have needed to spend more time on fundamentals.
Monday and Thursday night lights, where the real high school football action is.
It ain't over yet!
I am a long time resident of South Carolina, but have never really been a fan of college sports. In the recent victory the Gamecocks stunned the Ole Miss Rebels 41-13. I work with many people that are graduates of The University of South Carolina. I was accosted by one overzealous fan describing down by down of the victory flailing arms overhead and spitting Levi Garrett juice near my feet. That is why I hate talking to the secretary -- she is so out of control.
So it's great that they won. But it is hard for me to be happy or jump on the bandwagon being that this is only one victory. In my life so many other things have ended in disappointment, and I know the Gamecocks will only break my heart too.
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