Call me a curmudgeon, but I hate summer! The sun, the laziness, the endless days, and the lack of football make for a miserable season. A stubborn high-pressure system prevents any relief from the heat, but relief from the lack of football lies just around the corner. I write this while streaming the Jerry Jones, Wade Phillips press conference that officially signals the start of the Dallas Cowboys’ training camp in Oxnard, California. We’re still a couple of weeks away from preseason games and players won’t really start hitting for a few days, but at least it provides some mental relief to know we past summer’s steep hump and it should be all downhill from here. In a few weeks, high schools and colleges will begin their two-a-day practices. NFL preseason games get under way the first weekend in August. The last weekend in August we’ll get REAL high school and college games to watch and before you know it we’re chugging through September, heading towards October and the slightly cooler temperatures of autumn.
Yes my friends, today is a wonderful day, because it represents the beginning of the most wonderful time of year—FOOTBALL SEASON!
Tags: autumn, California, Dallas Cowboys, fall, football, football season, heat, Jerry Jones, Oxnard, summer, training camp, two-a-day practices, Wade Phillips
