Tag: Football
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Bad Calls
“Life is a game with many rules but no referee. One learns how to play it more by watching it than by consulting any book, including the holy book. Small wonder, then, that so many play dirty, that so few win, that so many lose.” Joseph Brodsky The past few years have aged me. I…
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Fighters
“The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.” Paul Valery After my life of experiences, both personal and football related, I would have to argue that fighters aren’t born, they are made. I would agree that some people are born with a little more fire in their bellies than others,…
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Recruiting Season
Disclaimer: I don’t know exactly what I’m talking about here. I am simply an observer, as I am with many things in life. I take it all in and form an opinion, then I write about it. But in the household where I reside, I pick up on a lot of things having to do…
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Dear Anonymous,
I’m sure The Coach isn’t the first to receive an anonymous letter telling him all of his faults and how he should have coached last Friday night’s game, and I’m sure he won’t be the last head coach to receive such a letter. On behalf of all the people who put themselves out there in…
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Rivals
“Don’t matter what they throw at us. Only angry people win football games.” Darrell Royal Who are we without our rivals? In football, the very best rivalries are often between schools which are close in proximity (like Clemson and South Carolina), and have a deep tradition and history of playing against each other (like Auburn…
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Sugar Bear
There once was a man who was larger than life, and was at times more like an imagined character from a movie. Around his house Larry was referred to as “Sugar Bear”. He had a thick head of wavy white hair, and a roundness to him which made him much like a burly bear. There…
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Friends and Football
Proverbs 18:24 The Message Friends come and friends go, but a true friend sticks by you like family. The first time I met the Devines we were in the receiving line at my father in law’s funeral. As they were approaching The Coach turned to me and said how lucky we were to get David…
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Lessons From Football
A quote by Norman Cousins stood out to me this week. “Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.” Life can be so wearying at times. This week has been especially hard for our little community. There has been a heaviness in the air…
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Life After A Big Win
Most people who aren’t “football people” don’t really understand what life is like at my house. I’m sure they imagine us sitting around after a big win soaking up all of the praise from the community and basking in the after glow of the recent accomplishment. Feeling proud while laughing and talking over a big…
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Football is Love
Welcome to my blog about my football life with The Coach. The Coach is my husband, Lance Ware. I married him thinking I could make him change some of his football loving ways, but how dare I try. Instead football has changed me. Football and I have had a love and hate relationship for the…
Life With The Coach 