It’s official.

I’ve gotten caught up in football fever.

I usually don’t get too excited about football until late October or November. Sure, I actively watch the beginning of the college and pro seasons Saturdays and Sundays, but I’m usually engulfed in the baseball pennant races and playoffs.

I always get a little bit excited about the college football season when the newest edition of the NCAA Football series is released for all of the gaming systems. I typically pick up a copy for my system (formerly PS2 but now XBox360 after I won one from Mountain Dew) in the first or second week, if not the first or second day, of the game’s release. This year I had to wait due to financial restrictions, and the eagerness to procure the game probably is also contributing to my growing football fever.

But usually the game’s release creates just a blip on my sports radar due to baseball. This year, however, the beginning of the football seasons are taking precedence, at least for now.

The change of heart likely comes from a myriad of different factors:

  • The Atlanta Braves’ abysmal play
  • Not having gone to a Braves’ game since May
  • Not currently playing baseball more than once a week
  • The Georgia Bulldogs’ preseason hype
  • The Atlanta Falcons starting afresh with a new posterboy (even though I wanted them to draft Glenn Dorsey)
  • And the trip to Yankee Stadium was pretty much the pinnacle of the baseball season short of going to the World Series.

Regardless of the reasoning, I’ve gotten caught up in the football fever as we impatiently wait for the first official week of blindside blitzes, one-handed grabs, last second field goals, and upsets galore. I will stay up-to-date on the baseball pennant races, mainly just because my American League team, the Tampa Bay (no longer Devil) Rays, is battling to overthrow the two evil empires of the AL East, but I can’t wait until I’m able to watch 5 or 6 games on a Saturday and a couple more the next day.

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