sports opera

I love the fall. I love the weather. I love dressing for fall weather. I love pumpkins and seasonal foods. I love the smells associated with the fall: cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin spice, roasted turkey and baked apple. I love fall foliage and fall festivals. Its a wonderful time of year. I suppose another reason to love the fall is college football. I'm not an avid football fan meaning that I haven't memorized any team rosters. But I do enjoy the spirit of college football. I like the idea of family and friends gathering on Saturdays to cheer on their teams and either grieve or rejoice with them. And I also enjoy the sounds of football. There's something familiar and comforting about the sound of college football playing lightly on the television on a Saturday afternoon.

People love football. I'm amazed by how much people know about athletes both in their professional and personal lives. I have thought for years that the world of sports is very much the equivalent to soap operas for sports fans. When I was a little girl, my mom and her mom would talk about soap stars as if they were their friends and as if the events on the show were actual reality. Hearing people talk about athletes and sports teams often feels similar to that. Sometimes I wish I knew more about the sports opera. As I type this I am watching "First Take" on ESPN. I'm challenging myself to follow college football more closely this fall. I have cable and internet this year so I have more advantages than the last couple of years. I can do it and I am excited about it. My roots make me a Tennessee Volunteer fan, but this weekend I have been invited to a Georgia Bulldog game and I think I'm going to go. This is a break through. The Bulldogs aren't playing the Vols so I think its okay that I cheer for the Dawgs. GO DAWGS!?