Last month, my favorite season of the year commenced: FOOTBALL SEASON. Part of my love of fall is inherently connected to my love of the game of football. Every Saturday morning, I wake up to ESPN's College Game Day with my boy Kirk Herbstreet (he's on my card) and that dick Lee Corso (why won't he just die or get fired already!). On Sundays, I go to the early service at church so I can be home in time to catch Fox NFL Sunday. (I miss James Brown but I refuse to watch the mess on CBS. Shannon Sharpe requires closed captioning, I swear!)This year, JB signed back up for football (yea!), so now I get to spend my Friday nights watching more football and cheering on the Hawks.
I use the term cheer in it's most intense form. What I do is really more of a crazed fan scream that is quite possibly the loudest in the county. People who've never met me ask others who THAT woman is...and I actually scared a toddler into crying last week! The team loves to hear me, though, in person AND on game film. While watching film a couple of weeks ago, coach told the team that, "You can hear JB's mom screaming in the background on this play." Poor JB. (But again, I strongly believe it's our job as parents to embarrass our kids in public and often.) So the next game when he missed a tackle and I screamed at him, coach went over to him and said, "Man. Your mom is pissed!"
I even seem to have a problem yelling at the television. Last week, I even was yelling during a NFL replay of a Dallas Cowboys game from 1977. Do you think they could hear me 31 years into the future yelling at them for not tackling their guy?
During Lauren's last basketball season, John tried to get me to stop and made me watch two games with no yelling allowed. I have to say....longest games I've ever watched IN MY LIFE! I just can't NOT yell.
DEAL WITH IT! (Yes, the all caps means I'm yelling) :o)
5 comments:
I think this is one reason why lil Avery will not join any sports, my sister moved back to our hometown and she is LOUD!!! LOL
Jasmyne did become a cheerleader this year, she cheers for my nephew's football team, yes my sister's son!!
I take my iPod to the games and just sit there...
Would love to watch a game with you - I have no doubt you would have me laughing my ass off (which BTW would hurt me one bit!)
OMG Linda I actually have TEARS in my eyes I'm laughing so hard about the tape "JB's Mom yelling inthe background" LOLOL
I am so not THAT mom, but James is THAT dad at soccer, I try to pretend he's not with me, sort of like what I do with Rowan when he's being a devil spawn in public ;) "I have NO idea whose kid that is, some parents eh?"
ROFLMAO! I would love to bring my husband to a game with you. I might actually look subtle. My husband refuses to go with me to Dillon's soccer games because I'm the one screaming louder than the coach. I can't wait until he can play football!
I haven't visited your blog in a while (lost the address), but I'm glad you sent it to me so I could catch up - I LOVED THIS POST! I was laughing so hard, Linda... You? Loud? NEVER!! ;-)
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