On days that end in Y....

We play football. No, I'm not kidding. I'm serious. We always play football on days that end in Y. Or, at the VERY least, we watch football. I'm not complaining, really. Football is a great game. I guess. My favorite part of the football game has always been, and most likely always will be... the band. Yep. I'm a dork.

But, I suppose I will finally have to break down and learn the rules (of which there are plenty), because my dear sweet boy is now a bear. No, not a carnivorous beast that makes caves or polar ice caps his home... I'm talking like "DA Bears". The Chicago Bears... or at least the Kingwood Football League's take on them.

As far as coaching goes... we hit the coaching jackpot. We have retired NFL players and a host of boys who played college ball helping fearlessly lead our very young, and very inexperienced team. Most of the parents feel like the opportunity to learn from this knowledge base is far more valuable than we imagined.

Our record, however, does not look so great at the moment. Remember, inexperienced? 13 of our 18 bear cubs have never played organized football before... Caleb belongs to that majority. As much football as the boy "knows", he is still inexperienced when it comes to field time. He's doing good though! He works hard, he fights hard, and he tries hard. What else could we ask for?

See all the days that end in Y....

MondaY - Practice 6-8
TuesdaY - study playbook and watch game video
WednesdaY - Practice 6-8
ThursdaY - Practice 6-8
FridaY - go to KHS or KPark games to watch our team "mentors"
SaturdaY - GAME TIME!
SundaY - You guessed it. The Cowboys. Or somebody...

Yep. It's the football channel at our house all day every day. No commercial interruptions or public service announcements. But, it's fun!

Here is some video of the last few weeks worth of practice and our first couple of games. Caleb is number 14 when you finally see the game footage (it's not much!) I'm still a video novice, so please forgive.