Every game and sport is fickle. To be the best obviously requires a combination of well-aimed vision, work, talent, and luck.
Whether your team is an NAIA soccer team or D1 football team, all four apply. Whatever profession you’re in, enjoyable or not, is based on those same things. There’s always someone better and more qualified, but each day and scenario is different, so you never know.
Our record (and everyone else’s) reflects where our team is at a specific date and time. It’s temporal and fleeting, but eternal. Successful 2-point conversions, missed field goals, dropped passes, injuries… children’s illnesses, missed phone calls, forgotten items on to-do lists… these are all daily occurrences, but the timing of each causes ripples that have real consequences. The threshold between success and failure is razor-thin and ephemeral.
The reasons for absolutely loving and being fascinated by college sports are exactly the same reasons they drive me crazy. There’s always an explanation why things did or don’t work. The usual trend is when bad things happen everything/everyone else is to blame, and when things go well it’s us/ourselves that takes credit.
As Vols fans we hate being barked at or gator-chomped by other adults. We do the same things, though. We’re identical to every fan base. If we had won on Sat our radio calls would’ve been just as obnoxious as UGA’s fans. And they’re failures and successes are the same as ours, just at more or less-convenient times.
If we had this schedule to play over each game would have different outcomes. As close as we are to being 9-0, we’re also a few plays away from being 6-3. Same for UGA and everyone else.
It’s football. It’s sports. It’s jobs. It’s parenting. It’s marriages. It’s life. Win or lose this is exactly why we care more than we should. Every good and/or bad outcome could easily never have happened.
My point in all of this is nothing replaces preparation, planning, and execution, but never forget that there are no guarantees. Wins don’t mean you’re better, and losses don’t mean you’re worse. Math and history says we’ll get to the top again, but we’ll lose it, too. Rinse and repeat. I’m enjoying the ride and hope y’all are, too… and without a doubt I think we can very well win a Natty this year. (And if so I hope I get a chance to bark in some grown man’s face!!!!!!)
Peace, mofos
Whether your team is an NAIA soccer team or D1 football team, all four apply. Whatever profession you’re in, enjoyable or not, is based on those same things. There’s always someone better and more qualified, but each day and scenario is different, so you never know.
Our record (and everyone else’s) reflects where our team is at a specific date and time. It’s temporal and fleeting, but eternal. Successful 2-point conversions, missed field goals, dropped passes, injuries… children’s illnesses, missed phone calls, forgotten items on to-do lists… these are all daily occurrences, but the timing of each causes ripples that have real consequences. The threshold between success and failure is razor-thin and ephemeral.
The reasons for absolutely loving and being fascinated by college sports are exactly the same reasons they drive me crazy. There’s always an explanation why things did or don’t work. The usual trend is when bad things happen everything/everyone else is to blame, and when things go well it’s us/ourselves that takes credit.
As Vols fans we hate being barked at or gator-chomped by other adults. We do the same things, though. We’re identical to every fan base. If we had won on Sat our radio calls would’ve been just as obnoxious as UGA’s fans. And they’re failures and successes are the same as ours, just at more or less-convenient times.
If we had this schedule to play over each game would have different outcomes. As close as we are to being 9-0, we’re also a few plays away from being 6-3. Same for UGA and everyone else.
It’s football. It’s sports. It’s jobs. It’s parenting. It’s marriages. It’s life. Win or lose this is exactly why we care more than we should. Every good and/or bad outcome could easily never have happened.
My point in all of this is nothing replaces preparation, planning, and execution, but never forget that there are no guarantees. Wins don’t mean you’re better, and losses don’t mean you’re worse. Math and history says we’ll get to the top again, but we’ll lose it, too. Rinse and repeat. I’m enjoying the ride and hope y’all are, too… and without a doubt I think we can very well win a Natty this year. (And if so I hope I get a chance to bark in some grown man’s face!!!!!!)
Peace, mofos
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