Football Friday

The teenage kid at the fast food drive-thru window asked me if I went to the McNary football game tonight and that they lost 62-6.

"No I was at work but I probably went forty-three years ago tonight and my senior year the Celts were no wins and nine losses."

He seemed amazed at that thought. Not sure though if it was the futile won-loss record (There were such high hopes pre-season as I recall) or the fact that he was in the presence of an old dude who went to his high school almost half a century ago.

And I can still remember (and feel) those Autumn football Fridays like it was yesterday!! Especially on evenings at home, with the back door open. You can hear the school band playing and crowd emotions like they are a few hundred yards away even though it's closer to a mile. And in fact it suddenly feels a little sad that I haven't been to a high school football game since those long ago days.