Fresh Perspectives

If I had to choose one thing I miss most about being away from Carolina this Fall, it would without a doubt be FOOTBALL season!!!

I’ll tell you one thing – I’m just longing for a good tailgating session, the 2001 entrance, a stadium full of garnet and black, and of course…seeing our Gamecocks devour the opponent.  I’m not going to reminisce too much more, because it will only make me homesick.

But out here in Hawaii, I promise I’m keeping up with all the football news back in Columbia.  I watch all of the games that come on TV! Speaking of….two weekends ago, when we beat Georgia, I’m surprised you couldn’t hear me cheering clear across the Pacific Ocean.  I was SO excited to see us beat the Bulldogs!  My roommate and I ordered pizza and pigged out as we watched the game, eyes glued to the TV.  As for the games not televised, I keep up with them online, getting a play by play report.  And believe me, I scream and holler at the computer just as much as the television set!

Then, without fail, I call my parents Sunday afternoon for a full report.  My stepdad, David, is probably the biggest USC fan I know, so I get all my inside scoop from him.  How the quarterbacks played?  Who missed a tackle?  How Spurrier reacted? … You get the point!  It’s great; he knows EVERYTHING.  He’s the guy at the games who not only watches but wears the high-tech headphones to listen to commentary.  Gotta love those hardcore Gamecock fans!

I must also admit that I’m extremely jealous of David right now, who will be flying down to Baton Rouge Friday night.  He has front row (in the end zone) tickets for the USC vs. LSU game this weekend.  Now, even though pulling out a win is going to be nearly impossible….he’ll be there amidst all the excitement while I’m getting up extra early (because of the 6 hour time difference) to watch from thousands of miles away.