Long December
11 
I have nothing. Nothing to do. Nothing to care about. Nothing.
Auburn was bad this year, very bad, and I have no bowl game to look forward to. Sure there is a coaching search and recruiting, but those just seem to depress me more after a bad season. The Tigers are playing basketball, but they aren’t very good either, and when it comes to hoops, I am as fair weather as they get.
I want to play golf. I brought my clubs in last night and cleaned them. They look great, but I have no time to use them. The sun has set by the time I get off work, and weekends this time of year are reserved for shopping and decorating and parties and other things besides golf.
Sure there’s pro sports, but if I’m being honest with you, and I have no reason not to be, then I’d tell you missing every NBA, MLB, NHL and NFL game from now till Kingdom Come would not upset me. I do enjoy watching golf, but they aren’t playing now, and even if they were, Tiger is still rehabbing his knee.
I tried to pick a soccer team to follow. After reading Nick Hornby’s Fever Pitch I became fascinated by the madness of it all. I keep up with Celtic FC, but living an ocean away makes it hard to really get in to it. I have watched a few games at work on a pirated feed from some Arab network. Did you know the Arabic word for goal is قصد
But January will be here soon, and my weekends will be spent playing cold golf. Then the grass will start to grow, and flowers will bloom, and Tiger will return to the Masters. And before long I’ll be back in Jordan-Hare Stadium, cheering on my Tigers with their new coach. But for now, I’m kind of bored.
Unless you can subscribe to Setanta Sports, supporting an SPL team like Celtic is really difficult. With Fox Soccer Channel broadcasting matches from England’s Barclay’s Premier League and Italy’s Serie A, perhaps a team from one of those leagues would be easier to follow? While they doesn’t have quite the history of Celtic vs Rangers, Inter vs AC Milan or Liverpool vs Man United (or even Tottenham vs Arsenal) are fascinating to watch.
December 11th, 2008 at 3:07 pmChad: Come north to Huntsville, where we have a great hockey program to root for. I’ll even teach you the fight song.
December 11th, 2008 at 3:38 pmGeof, I may have to take you up on that one day.
December 11th, 2008 at 3:47 pmLadies and Gentlemen…your Emo Post of the Year!
December 11th, 2008 at 4:03 pmAnytime, Chad. Anytime.
December 11th, 2008 at 10:09 pmDont say that about the lovelist village on the plains. Our womens basketball team is good, we have one of the top swimming programs out there, and in Janurary indoor track and field start.
December 12th, 2008 at 8:44 amWe have so many great choices in the U.S.A. and all you can get behind besides college football is golf and soccer? I’d be depressed to.
December 12th, 2008 at 8:48 amSorry Sam, it was more of a ‘woe is me’ post. Coach Fortner is doing a great job, and honestly, Lebo and the boys have as much chance to win the SEC West as anyone.
Nate, I spend way too much time watching, eating, and sleeping college football, and playing golf, to really care about any other sports. It’s just December is usually filled with the excitement of a bowl game and recruiting, this year it isn’t, so I mope.
I did watch a fifteen minute segment on Terrell Owens this morning on Sports Center. Ridiculous.
December 12th, 2008 at 9:40 amI’m with you on the difficulties of following proper football from the wrong side of the pond.
The thing is, I don’t really watch American sports much anymore because I don’t own a television. I end up watching American sports the same way I do the British Premiership and Champions League – following the stats on my computer screen and once in a while catching college football, college basketball or soccer on ESPN 360.
The good news is I have a lot more free time to hang out with my wife.
December 12th, 2008 at 1:54 pm