This was a big game for Baby A (again coaches keep changing his nickname, now it is the initial for his first name and Baby I guess is because he is the shortest lineman on the team), he started as right guard and then switched over to defensive tackle in the second quarter. The boy was all over the place, and I loved watching it and I know he loved doing it.
It was a perfect night, weather wise, the temperature started in the low 70s and was around 60 by the time the game ended. My in-laws showed up for I think the first game since Baby A started playing and they couldn't have chosen a better game. Wife came in around 6:10pm which was great, it gave us time to catch up before heading out, and she was able to change into her new polo shirt. We noticed all the parents wear various shirts with the team name and/or their kid's number on their backs. Wife wanted some of that action, so she got online and ordered us some polo shirts with the team logo, which made our boy complain that we were wearing identical shirts to what the coaches wear. All I could muster jokingly was "go run two laps and shut it."
It was a bit of a pain in the butt getting into the stadium, every game has been different, but all have required we buy the tickets beforehand which Wife did. This time, they asked us a bunch of Covid-19 questions to make sure we haven't been around sick people, then they took a temperature scan of our forehead. Once in, it was sit anywhere and it was a little annoying where some people don't really get the social distancing aspect. The stadium fits, I don't know, 20,000 people and we were maybe 200 bodies total in the stands, yet everybody felt close. But, when you win, it doesn't annoy as badly.
As far as the game goes, it was really great to see the boys play their hearts out and be effective on the field. Last Friday was the end of the 1st six weeks and the team lost about half the players, so suddenly where our son barely played in the fourth quarter for two sets of downs in the first game and a handful of random plays last week, he became a starter by force of attrition. There are hardly any other bodies to put in, and it helps that for a big boy, he has good conditioning, he does run when he has the chance in his off time, which is how he keeps his weight down around 230 pounds. All week he was excited and nervous about the chance that has fallen in his lap.
Con't tomorrow....
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