Today begins the most agonizing portion of my year: Vanderbilt football season. The game is tonight, and I’m a bit under the weather, but you had better believe I’ll be out there rooting for the Commodores. We play Northwestern. They should be really bad at football, seeing that they’re the same kind of school as us and all. But they’re not. Actually, they’re quite good. Here’s hoping we can start off strong (like that year we went 4-0 to start the season or that one where we beat South Carolina in our first game)!
For a healthy amount of skepticism, I introduce to you the words of blogger KingJamesIV of Anchor of Gold. He sums up the feelings of Vanderbilt fans everywhere:
The Classic Vanderbilt Football Season [my activity in brackets]: Start strong [Get hopes up]. Sustain injuries [Curse wildly with no regard for decorum]. Rest hopes on seldom-used/freshman replacement [Not recognize said player's number. Look up name in program]. Pray [Pray]. Take lumps like men [Turn to basketball season]. This is the circle of life that I have known for close to three decades. Sometimes the injuries occur before the strong start. Like this season.
Really, that’s all you need to know.
I’m off to don my black and gold…
Please cheer extra loudly for me! Tailgate some for me. Text me if exciting things happen…or if a certain player declares his love for me. Okay, thanks!