Football Fall

Denver Broncos Training Camp 2010

Since when did all the football hype begin when I am still thinking about going to baseball games in the heat of the summer? This is a question I asked myself in the end of July when my Broncos crazy mom asked if I wanted to go to Broncos training camp to watch the tram practice. I thought to myself, doesn't this only happen in Texas? Apparently not. For the first time this year I guess I woke up to smell the pigskin and realized that pre-season football is almost as popular as the regular season. Avid fans like to watch the players from the beginning to the end of the season. Growing up I can just remember watching football when it was cold out, like during Thanksgiving and eating Chili in February on Super Bowl Sunday. Never can I remember hearing about fans going to training camps to watch the players merely warm up in the heat of July. 

Football season hit me even harder when I came back to school in Texas though. I was abroad last fall so I missed football season at SMU with the Mustang's comeback. Yet, after finally giving into my mom's pleading, I attended a session of Broncos training camp in Denver with her this summer. After this I was so much more excited to go to my first SMU game of my senior year. I have even begun to notice how big an event high school football is to the people of Highland Park. Seeing Ford Stadium packed on a Friday night almost completely full with Scots fans proves their love for football.

I guess I can now admit that football whether it being high school, NFL or even college is a big deal to not only Texans (I mostly thought this because of what I saw on Friday Night Lights), but to Americans all over the country. Sunday and Monday nights in the fall (end of summer too I guess) is all about football. They even have a theme song that my mom loves to sing over and over again while watching. Football is such a huge part of American culture, and this year I am going to start to embrace it like a true fan. My mom will be proud.