Jon in Pasadena

I was surprised as heck when my younger son announced out of the blue last Spring (sophomore year) that he wanted to play football. And I'd be lying if I said I didn't have some concerns, especially since, unlike most of the kids, he had never played organized fb at any level. But after checking out as many factors as I could, (coaching, medical support team, etc) I decided to let him go for it. He dove right in, worked his tail off in Spring practices, fought through some early training-related injuries, learned the playbook inside and out, and went from basically knowing nothing to becoming an impact player at OLB by the end of the season, and helping his team make the CIF playoffs for the first time in five years. There is still a level of worry about concussions, etc., but my angst about some possible low-probability freak accident was offset to a degree by seeing the joy on his face in those special moments, like when the announcer called his name on three consecutive plays (tackle, TFL, PBU) and when they found out they were playoff-bound. Life is all about managing risk, and IMHO everyone has to make their own best decisions for their family.

Well, if the giant red shoe fits...

Eff that noise. Three hours sleep plus the adrenaline rush of a big Bills W is plenty for the TO-MIA run.

Holy ***** what a catch! ...or maybe not..?

Whoever tipped that made a great play.

Mac Jones's arm could be a dish at a Chinese restaurant.

Sorry, Nick Wright calls dibs on that. 🤷‍♂️

It's like he's been taking cough medicine advice from Jamarcus Russell or something...

Great take!

Interesting. Personally, my list of things I never, EVER want to see now definitely includes Matt Ryan's "O-face"

Good points!

Japan and Croatia are very well matched. This one could come down to a PK shootout.

A few years ago I was riding to work on my MC. On the freeway a medium-sized panel truck in the next lane over and around 20 car lengths ahead of me started to weave in and out of his lane, clipped some lady in a Mercedes, and caused a nasty accident involving more vehicles that hit both of them. I was literally dodging flying chunks of truck as it came apart. I'm pretty good, but I don't think I could have dodged the entire truck though.

OMG what a GOAAAAAAL!!! Hope Pulisic is OK.

Captain Cook is breaking bad!!

If it's Brown... flush it down!!

At least the timeout will be happy

FTFY

And that is saying something!

Obscurity like the... 1972-73 Dolphins? (lost Bob Griese, replaced by Earl Morrall) 1980-81 Raiders? (lost Dan Pastorini, replaced by Jim Plunkett) 1987-88 Redskins? (lost Jay Schroeder, replaced by Doug Williams) 1990-91 Giants? (lost Phil Simms, replaced by Jeff Hostetler)😢 2001-02 Patriots? (lost Drew Bledsoe, replaced by #!$!*#*!) 2017-18 Eagles? (lost Carson Wentz, replaced by Nick Foles) The kind of obscurity memorialized by permanently engraving your team & season into a large silver object?

Both of you run like you have ankle weights.

Congrats Dawg!

Thanks! That's awesome. I coached my kids in soccer for years. Good times. It was The Senator that started every season with 19-0 baby! (That was before the 17 game reg. season.) Sadly, I recently learned that he is no longer with us.

I know at least at our school the numbers were declining for a few years (and Covid certainly didn't help!) but with the new coaching staff that came in last year, and a renewed effort to recruit & fund the program, I think the numbers have reversed and we got more kids this year. Hope it keeps trending up!