Sports are back

Many readers of this blog may know that I love me some fall sports. Lets be honest its really the only time the MLB is any fun to watch or really means anything. Especially when the Yankees are in the hunt. (Sorry to all you Mariner fans, looks like another year of not making the playoffs.) Pro-baseball has way too long of a season and its really only a filler between the NBA finals and the beginning of the sport of kings - College Football. It got so bad this summer I actually found myself watching soccer and enjoying it. I am all for little league and such but come on MLB is way too long and there are too many roid users.

Enough about that. Today Benson (65) had his first football game of the season. He is the starting right guard (offence) for the 8th grade A team. I never knew how fun it was to watch linemen play. That is where the game is won. He must have done a great job, as we won 30 - 0. He played in the first half, then they took the starters out and he mostly watched the rest of the game. Here are a few pics:

They warmed up on a very soggy track, so their behinds are a bit red. The game was at Round Rock High School Stadium. Yes that's turf, they don't mess around here...

After the game muggin for the camera.

Right after we moved here Benson decided to play soccer, this is a friend that was on a couple of his soccer teams when they were in first and second grade. Now they are in Jr. High together and are on the same team again.

Obviously the Ceder Vally Jags are my favorite team, but right behind the Utes (nice job this weekend against UCLA) and anyone who plays against BYU are the Texas Longhorns my adopted team of choice. Here are a few pictures from the UT v. TCU game. A friend is a season ticket holder and invited me along. His seats are 3 rows from the top, and there were about 84000 people there very impressive. They also have the largest High Def Screen in the NCAA.

High School Football in Texas

We are gearing up for Benson's first football game this week. And so to get in the spirit of it all we attended the first home game for the high school he will attend and play football and baseball for. High School football in Texas is something else. We sit in this stadium that is amazing!! And we watch these kids that are athletic beyond reason. Friday night's game was so exciting! My heart was pounding, I was shaking, my hands were all clammy and my son wasn't even on the field. At half time our team was down 7 to 17. And with 12.7 seconds left in the game we were ahead 34 to 30. It was amazing! The final play of the game by our opposition almost did us in if it weren't for the star of the team bringing down the ball carrier. It was so fun! Can't wait until Tuesday night when I can watch my boy play.