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It was so hot to start and sometimes so cold to finish!
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Last week, I spoke about “FALL, when a young man’s thoughts turn to LOVE and FOOTBALL!” I will continue and conclude this week from a little different perspective, and, yes, I am still a ”semi-old” man, who sometimes tries to forget he is not “23.”

Memories: Catching passes from Jimmy Duckworth during the “off-season” and knowing he would be a “PRO.” Pledging to stay in shape all summer so that “two-a-days” would not be “killers.” Starting to run and get into shape one or two weeks before “two-adays” began.

100 degrees days! The dreaded “Cowboy Mile.” (Only some of you know what that was.) Salt tablets. Limited water breaks to “make you a man.” Drinking from puddles at the side of the field if it rained! Freshmen “pulling” Seniors’ jerseys.

 

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