Are you ready for some Football!! The NFL training camps begin this week with players reporting to their teams throughout the week. You can see where your team holds camp by clicking HERE.
The first pre-season game is August 5. The last preseason game is August 31. The regular season kicks off Thursday, September 6. The Superbowl is February 3, 2008 in Glendale, Arizona. So there you have the basics.
I know what you’ve been going through my NFL friend and the long wait is almost over, so rest easy. We’ve suffered since the final gun sounded at the Superbowl. We watched the Pro Bowl to get a “fix” for our addiction. Then we patiently waited for the draft. We watched the draft for two days just to help us prepare for the long dry spell between draft day and the opening of training camps. We talked to friends about football; we checked our team’s website for any news. We looked up information on the draft picks. We read the paper to see if there had been any trades. Yes, we’ve all been hurting for some football – I hear you.
We watched some of the NBA playoffs and caught a baseball game or two. We even watched a little of the Arena Football League. Nothing took the place of any NFL game. We are hurting. I know how you feel my friend.
So relax and prepare yourself! From now until the final gun at the 2008 Superbowl goes off, we’ll have football. Yes, football. There will be news coming from the camps. There will be rumors, trades, cuts, holdouts, and predictions. Ahh yes, good ol’ football is back.
It’s time to make sure you have your house is in order. Get those chores done now, don’t wait. You don’t want to be working on a project – you want to be sitting in your Laz-E-Boy chair, drinking a cold one, eating some ribs or brats, and watching the games. So make sure your favorite chair is in front of the TV (like you are the king), and check that the TV is ready (is it time to get that new one?), and the surround sound is working. The little things, like checking that the remote has new batteries and that the lighting is perfect and does not cast a glare on the TV, should be on your checklist. You should read TV listings to ensure you know what channels the games are on. Maybe it’s time you and the little wife invest in DirecTV and subscribe to NFL Sunday Ticket? The school clothes for the kids can wait, huh?
Thousands of people across the United States are getting ready for football season. Are you with me? I mean REALLY with me? Let’s go…
Jack the Blogger is a Kansas City Chiefs fan who’s attended many games at Arrowhead Stadium. Jack’s “Man Cave” is decorated with Chiefs photos, banners and other stuff he’s collected over the years. He still remembers the Chiefs winning the Superbowl in 1970 and hopes they will get to the Promised Land again before he dies.
Beating the Oakland Raiders and Denver Broncos brings joy to his heart.
