Wife asked a throw away question last night after the game, who is going to bother doing all this work you are doing? I was too busy sucking air, after going all the way up the bleachers and bringing down the flags I went and installed before the game started, followed by going down to the bottom of the bleachers and taking down the banner I had also tied up with zip ties.
All season, we have been a part of the booster club, but we kind of participate as a side entity. I have now ordered around 8 team flags with the Cougar logo, a long 12ft banner with the school logo, a couple of feather flags, Wife bought the team 4 footballs, we got them a board to show the plays that is used now at every game (Knucklehead actually punched it and broke the first one, which we made him replace it for the following week), and of course we donated the roughly 100 pairs of socks with the school mascot/name imprinted on them that will net the booster club close to $1500 when they sell them all.
Between the time we give the team and the actual stuff, we will be missed next season, but that is the thing, every year is different, we didn't exist as participating members last year, until we started giving to the wrestling team. I believe every year brings something new, and this year between us donating and the booster lead getting us to work the concessions at the UT games, the Crockett Booster Club is moving up and hopefully, bringing everything into a new mental state of winning and accepting nothing less.
Last year, there was very little school spirit on display, now as Mijo says proudly, winning schools run out with flags, and now the Coogs have a beautiful red, white and blue Lone Star flag and a couple of black and gold Cougar flags to run out with. McCallum might still have more flags to cover their side of the stadium, but we are working on it, last night we had six glorious flags flying while Eastside had nothing to show what school they were.
Maybe someone else steps up our efforts, makes ordering spirit flags and banners a part of the booster club activity, or maybe it all falls apart. There was a new character running around amongst the people, a mascot in a Cougar uniform. That had to come from having pride in the team, a winning team makes things easier and more exciting. We might not be part of the booster club next year, but I think we will continue being Cougar fans and going to an occasional game for a few years after.
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