Friday – JohnKu – AKA TGIF

~ John W. Howell

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Friday is here again, and only one day left until the weekend. I am so glad football season is finally in full swing. Our house has several teams we follow. In the pros we are Pittsburgh Steelers fans. My wife was born and raised there and I was born in Detroit. If you want to call me a traitor to the Lions I accept. If you think I’ve turned my back on the Cowboys, you’re right. Say I am disloyal to the Texans. Damn straight. I like my wife and the Steelers.

In college ball my wife went to West Virginia University and I to Michigan State. We like both. I also went to Notre Dame so we like them too. (we have a very hard time when Notre Dame plays WVU and MSU). Our daughters went to Baylor University and Indiana University so we are fans of both unless they play WVU and MSU and then we have major problems)

In any case we are very glad the mayhem has begun. Today’s JohnKu talks about football.

Football by John W. Howell © 2015

Waiting all summer,

The spectacle called football. . .

Over in a flash.

28 thoughts on “Friday – JohnKu – AKA TGIF”

  1. Always interesting to see how people pick their favorite teams. Though college seems to be the easy one. The location one always throws me though. I know a few people that have switched allegiances whenever they move or even if they happen to be visiting during a game day.

    Who do you go against next?

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  2. You captured football well John. As you know, I am Steelers, WVU and Pitt (grad school). I spent my freshman year at Georgia, so even though I’m not a big SEC fan, I pull for them. I’ve stayed true to the Steelers while living in NYC and Seattle and New England with its three loud-mouth teams. For the longest time, I also found myself rooting for WVU and Pitt against UConn when they were all in the Big East. I’m glad those days are gone.

    I put some virtual WhiteOut over the Baylor and ND helmets…just saying

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  6. You’ve certainly got enough teams to keep your household entertained John. Last season I saw the Detroit Lions play at Wembley, as I think I mentioned previously. I recognised the Notre Dame helmet. The Rugby World Cup is keeping me busy on the sports front at the moment.

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  8. I am a Michigan State fan -Mark Dantonio was a neighbor of mine when he coached UC. We are huge Ohio State fans. We both went to UC, so naturally we have loyalties there. Oldest son went to grad school at U of I, so we are also Illini. Middle son went to Ohio State, grad school at GATech, Youngest went to grad school at Maryland – yup, we watch them all, plus Alabama. Shoot we watch football whenever it is on. Though not big fans of pro ball, but do watch the Bengals on occasion. I don’t watch every game, but I love the sound of football in the house. Best part of fall.

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  9. Ah, John, this one is a delight! I’m an Ole Miss grad (Go, Rebels!!), and my son is a Notre Dame grad (Go, Irish!!), so Fall really is the BEST time, especially since BOTH our teams are winning!!

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    1. I would rather lose every game than have Vick lead my team. He has shown me he is a person of poor quality. As a rescue volunteer I have seen the heartbreak of the maimed and beaten bait dogs used in dog fighting. No reasonable person would condone nor participate is such a brutal activity. Mr Vick is a non-person to me.

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