- November 16, 2024
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Yes, football season is just a week away. So, what does that actually mean? It means we all get to offer our fun and “knowledgeable” predictions, hoping they come true, so we can assert to our peers how much more we know about the game than they.
We get to forecast top players, top teams, championship contenders, how much teams will win by, how many games they will win and all of the other fun stuff. And, if our educated guesses fall short, then we won’t mind acknowledging that no one knows what’s going to happen, and we can revert to the truth of just what all of this preseason stuff really is: meaningless.
And who doesn’t love the trash talk before a game is played? Social media has already blown up with crosstown rivals tweeting their arch enemies how they are going to beat them because they’ve been dominating second- and third-string groups in preseason. Even the worst teams look like state championship contenders against those who will probably never see the field. But, that doesn’t stop the chatter. Let’s face it: Everyone is currently 0-0, right?
And then there is the cliche talk. Coaches and players will say things like, “We are going to give it 110% this year,” as if the regular maximum isn’t good enough. “We just want to get better every day” — which really indicates they’d be happy at the end of the season if they were 0-10 but were able to say they played better from the first game to the last.
No matter what the conversation may be, any football conversation is welcome, and that’s why we will have all the preseason talk for the football fanatics in our upcoming sports section. There will be multiple season predictions for the five teams we cover, the top players we advise everyone to look out for and much more.
So what role will all of this play a week from now? None. It doesn’t matter who wins the trash talk wars, who’s the projected best team in the area, who gives the greatest post-practice speeches and cliches or who looked the best against backup players. The only things that will matter are wins and losses. It all depends on the teams and how far they will go, not what I or anyone else thinks. (Yes, thinks.)
