This Weekend

I would normally come on today and blog about what is going to be happening this weekend in college football, like the Florida/ Georgia game or FSU taking on NC State this weekend but today is different. Today I'm not really going to talk college football but about something that is more important to me.

On October 29, 1994. I married the woman of my dreams and this Friday we will celebrating of 15th wedding anniversary. By no means am I the perfect husband, I have my flaws. Our marriage has produced six wonderful children, three biological and three adopted. Our marriage has been a challenge every day, like any marriage, and we work at it everyday. As in any marriage it has had it's up and downs. We have persevered through the good times and bad times. We have laughed and cried together. Through all that time the one thing that has always bonded us together and helped us overcome any obstacle as husband and wife, is that she is my best friend and supports me in what ever I do as I do with her.

Yes, sometimes she will roll her eyes at me and chuckle and say, "Really", when I'm so concerned about college football, my Noles and the season but she is always beside me while watching on television or at a game. Does she like college football? I don't know, she's never said she doesn't, I hope so, because if not she's sacrificed many a night or day for my love of the game. Lord knows I think she could be doing something that interests her more but the game is our time together. Our time to hang out and forget about life's little problems for awhile and we do it together. She helps me with blog ideas and will e-mail me stories she thinks I might not have seen. She even started proofing my blog posts more often to cut down on my mistakes. (if this blog isn't correct it is because she didn't proof it). She even didn't mind that, actually her idea, that our basement has a sports theme and is more of man's den than a family tv room. The walls are even garnet and gold and Seminole propaganda adorns most of the walls with other sports memorabilia.

I have a serious addicting to college football. I watch games on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and all day Saturday. I scour websites for news and information. I read the trade papers, sports page and sports news magazines to gather information. I watch the pre-game shows and post game wrap-ups on television. I watch the coaches shows when I can to get insight and reaction.I pour over stats on the teams websites looking at the match-ups and to do the comparisons. I spend hours on the Internet researching. I get on facebook and talk college football. I spend time working on this blog and in photobucket for the blog. I attend games and practices when I can. College football season is my favorite time of year and I spend countless hours related to the game.

Throw into the mix that I have four active children who play sports year round and I work full time my slate is pretty full during the season.

I want to take this time to say thank you and I love you to my wife who puts up with a lot of stuff during this time of year and who sacrifices her time and our alone time for my love of college football.

To be honest, after all these years I don't think I could make it through the season with seeing my wife sitting next to me or hearing my wife telling me to "sit down", "be quiet", "quit being so loud", ""calm down it's just a game, "quit jumping around like that the kids are trying to sleep", "what is wrong with you" or "are you serious", on game days. It wouldn't be the same.

I love you and Happy Anniversary and, oh can't forget, "GO NOLES".