UT Football

I love to watch UT football with Joe. He's a lot like my Papaw used to be, which used to drive my brother and my dad crazy. He gripes and rants and screams. This year, of course, he's doing it a lot more frequently because the Big Orange is, well, not looking so big -- or fast -- or good, for that matter!

We're watching the Florida game now and we're down by like 408 points and there he sits in his chair, orange hat on, orange golf shirt on, still cheering them on (well, alternating that with the screams of frustration). It's just a matter of time now before he says something like, "Well, we're young," or "Hopefully we'll play better next week," finally letting the reality of the situation seep in and relaxing a little bit. I mean, really, it could be worse. We could be NOTRE DAME, for Pete's sake!

I wonder if we'll have a new coach next year. I think we will. I'm usually one of the ones who feels like you should give a guy a break if he has a bad year, but I'm starting to have a change of heart on this one. It's just hard to watch it week after week and watch Joe get so red-faced and irritated. And it's especially hard when one of my old high school buddies is a Florida alumnus and will almost certainly be leaving me something supremely hateful in my in-box tomorrow morning! What else would I expect from a Gator fan?!? :)

We're only 3 games in and it feels like it needs to be almost over. It's going to be a looong season. Guess it's time to find a new bandwagon to jump on. How long 'till basketball season?