Nov 08 2007
Fully Invested
I’m about to tell you something about myself that I think will surprise the dickens out of ya.
I’m sitting here watching College Football with my cute hubby. Not because he likes it, though he does, but because I like it. In fact, I’m obsessed with it.
Surprised? Oh, it gets weirder, I promise.
Who, do you suppose, is my team of choice? The team for whom I bleed blue?
That’s right. The BYU Cougars. Yup. The school that I had a full-ride scholarship to, until they threw me out on my duff for allowing my best friend to make out with my boyfriend. Ummm…
I know, you’d think I’d be running away screaming. I was treated so completely unfairly there, and while I realize that a lot of people have great experiences there, I didn’t!
But it doesn’t matter. I’m a die-hard fan. I don’t miss a game. I bought the cable package that lets me see every single game. I schedule my life around this team.
All three of my children who talk (because one, you know, doesn’t) all yell “GO COUGS!!!” when I tell them that the time is appropriate. :-D See, I just call that responsible parenting.
Tonight, I’m blessed with a Thursday game. Ahhhh, I love Thursday games. The kids are in bed, so I can actually WATCH the whole game. AND, it leaves Saturday free for all the other important games. Because, um, (and now I’m feeling sheepish) I’m kind of obsessed with college football in general, not just my team. Hubby couldn’t be prouder. I know more about this sport and all the big name teams than any of his guy friends. Hahahaha. I will even confess that occasionally I spend an entire Saturday watching various football games while Hubby cleans the house. Hahahahahaha.
I know that this seems incongruent with everything you know about me, and I really couldn’t agree more. But I can’t examine that just now, because half-time’s over! Gotta run! Go Cougs!!!
Go COUGS!! And go Harvey! This is one of the ONLY games we get here in Arizona and I’m blissfully happy sitting here watching it AND playing on the computer.
And your best friend is still very sorry for that whole . . . boyfriend, BYU thing. And still glad we share a BYU Football obsession, though yours is probably greater than mine because also?
GO BUCKEYES!!
Did they win?
Ok, so I searched your archives and didn’t find anything there about being thrown out of BYU. I must know more of this scandal! If you haven’t posted, please share!!
Yeah, give us the goss’. Soap it, then I might actually remember to add mine.
While I don’t share your enthusiasm, I understand it, as my baseball obsession runs pretty deep. You go, girl.
I heart college football and college basketball. Did they win last night?! I also love love love Thursday night games…we had ours early in the season (UMD/Terrapin Fan) so I spend most saturdays on the couch.
pfff football. I’ll never get football, I don’t get it.
AMEN TO THAT! And what an awesome game it was…
I’m a U of O duck fan, even though I transferred to another university and finished elsewhere.
Have you told the BYU story before? I know they have a strict moral code (which is great) but how, HOW did you get kicked out for “letting” the make-out happen between two other people?
Well, even though I’m right up their with Goofball, ENJOY!
Go Cougs!
I love you. I don’t understand you, but I love you.
lmao my hubby is the same with the NFL and the NHL..he is totally insane I say…TOTALLY! GO LEAFS GO!!
so, maybe you could come over my house and sit on the couch next to my husband when he watches the football games? he wouldn’t notice. he would be glad that there was a woman sitting next to him, enjoying these games as much as he does. he would probably assume, seeing as how engrossed he is in the game, that it was me. so, you could sit here, pretend you’re me and i could be out say…shopping.
ok, thanks in advance for your cooperation
[…] Brillig put an intriguing blog post on Fully Invested.Here’s a quick excerpt:Because, um, (and now I’m feeling sheepish) I’m kind of obsessed with college football in general, not just my team. Hubby couldn’t be prouder. I know more about this sport and all the big name teams than any of his guy friends. … […]
Everyone needs a passion love! Go team!
Nope, doesn’t suprise me at all because I am a huge NFL fan…well Seahawks anyway. Now I may not be as much of a guru as you - I still have a lot to learn about the game but I’m known to be absolutely glued to a game and B & J also know how to yell “Go, Hawks”.
Nope this fact about you simply makes me adore you even more.
‘Occasionally I spend an entire Saturday watching various football games while Hubby cleans the house. Hahahahahaha.’
Fantastic home life, Brillig!
I have to say…ummm…(yawns)…I am SO not a Football fa…(zzzz)
(sorry)
catherine
Wow… I did not see that coming. I mean, the things I know about you could fit on the head of a pin, but I’m still surprised. I don’t know a thing about football, but I confess I am a college basketball GEEK of the worst kind.
Wow! I’m impressed! Way to be REALLY well-rounded, Brill! hahah!
I’m a bandwagon sports fan, I have to admit. I love any sport when our team is doing well. I just don’t have the time to devote to being an all-the-time fan. (Sorry, Vikes, I’m a fake!)
I think you got my missing sports gene.
NEVER. WOULD. HAVE. GUESSED.
Unbelievable. Really. You are full of surprises…
GO GATORS!
(i hear you! i’ve been in gville for only about three and a half years, but i bleed orange and blue now…)
Didn’t they just win their conference championships? Congrats!