I feel these 7V7 matchups are on the one hand fun and exciting for a bunch of 16–18-year-old boys to go head-to-head with other schools in the area and prove themselves but on the other hand, it also has to be a pain in the ass to do it so many times a week. Baby A was called again to go and be center for his beloved Cougars, which is something he'll do gladly, when it is once a week. Honestly, I enjoy going out there and watching the boys do what they do, but they are doing this multiple times a week, I feel that after a while, some of these kids will get burned out, with the grind of having to show up on multiple days and having multiple matchups every time.
Last week, they had three scrimmages on Monday, followed by two on Tuesday. I don't know if they are playing the same teams, but this week we did not go on Monday, but did show up last night, on Tuesday. Again, there were only two scrimmages, even though there were eight teams out there. I was expecting to go at least three. Mijo says they are doing so much better than in years past. Last week, we won two of the three scrimmages on Monday, and last night we won one and lost won, although the loss came to LBJ, who is in our district. They went deep in the playoffs last season, all the way to state, according to my son, so they are the team to beat this season.
7V7 is of course, just the receivers and QB running routes and passing. It is football, but it is also so not football, since the whole running aspect is not part of it, not to mention all the commotion caused by the big boys in the line of scrimmage. So far, this has been pretty clean, no one is getting injured, as the game is supposed to be touch, but there still are hard hits now and then. My son said a fight about broke out last week between LBJ and Crockett, which sounds about right when you have that much testosterone running around, and they are supposed to control themselves. The coaches aren't supposed to be inolved, so they are there, but they aren't supposed to be on the field, so I can see the boys losing their cool a lot quicker.
The day went a lot smoother than the first week, I guess it helps now that I am understanding the rules a little better. I found some shade by standing in the shade of the posts that hold the lights up high. I am still wider than the post, but the shade was still helpful. The day was also a little hazy, and the top temperature was only around 98, so a good 10 degrees cooler than last week. Since it was only two scrimmages and we started at 4:30pm, we were done by 6:30pm. I called Wife, she had just gotten home, and we were able to go eat dinner around 7:00pm. It was a good day, helped that I took the day off from work.
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