Fall Means Football
Fall is football season, and since I was a little girl and heard Daddy listening to Kern Tipps broadcasting the old Southwest Conference games, it has been in my head. I even had a p.e. teacher who thought all middle school girls should know about football rules and formations, so I'm not a novice to the game and can stand toe to toe with anybody on what a penalty means or whether the opposing team should be in a prevent defense. When Tech was playing Texas(and winning) last Saturday, it was bittersweet because I expected the phone to ring in the middle of the excitement and it would be Tricia(my sister) saying, "I'm watching from Heaven. Did you see that last play?" There was never a Tech game on tv that she didn't call whether I was still in Lubbock or had moved here to Cibolo. So I was watching, cheering all to my self(which is kind of goofy since you are there all alone), and waiting for the phone to ring. Football has always been in my teaching life, too. Wh...