Maybe a week or so early, but the start of college football and back to school days makes me nostalgic for those days of my youth when all was right with the world. Growing up in South Alabama we all knew Fall would eventually come, but we still had to suffer through the sweltering days of "Indian Summer".
Back in those days school started the day after Labor Day and the first high school football game was the Friday after Labor Day. It was an electric time after the slow days of summer, you were back in a routine, back with friends, and were eager to check out the new freshmen girls who seemed to have blossomed over the summer (I am sure y'all know what I really mean). If you played football it was even better, although summer practice was a real gut check. A new madras shirt, un-pleated khakis, weejuns, and white socks, it simply did not get any better than this. Just a few random thoughts.
Back in those days school started the day after Labor Day and the first high school football game was the Friday after Labor Day. It was an electric time after the slow days of summer, you were back in a routine, back with friends, and were eager to check out the new freshmen girls who seemed to have blossomed over the summer (I am sure y'all know what I really mean). If you played football it was even better, although summer practice was a real gut check. A new madras shirt, un-pleated khakis, weejuns, and white socks, it simply did not get any better than this. Just a few random thoughts.