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Even Cows Go In When It Rains
Another week of practice and preparation is all done and the team is ready for the biggest game of the year. You may ask yourself, why is this the biggest game of the year? Is it to stay undefeated? Or because it would extend our lead in the west division? Or because our former QB is coming back to town? No, no and no. It’s the biggest game of the year because it’s the next game, simple as that. This team has the great ability to live for the next game, to live for that next play in the game and not try and do everything at once, just do your job on the next play and trust the guys next to you to do the same. That’s why we’ve been able to pull together at the end of games this season, that’s what competition is all about. As you may imagine, players are very competitive, both on and off the field. A good example of that competitiveness happened to me this past Wednesday night. My gorgeous girlfriend (Leslie) and I went to play mini-golf at the Paradise Entertainment Center. It started off with a friendly wager: loser buys our next sushi dinner (are you all that surprised the wager was for food?). The game started and like a pro golfer I examined the terrain of each hole to see all its curves and bumps. On the other hand, Leslie would take one look at the hole, laugh about the obstacles on it, and hit the ball as hard as she could without any particular aiming point. When we tallied up the point half way through, she was beating by 4 strokes! What???? How could this happen??? Needless to say, the competitive juices started flowing and in true Rider fashion I pulled out the victory on the last 2 holes. That story just goes to show you that if this innocent game of mini-golf got me all fired up, imagine how it is during a football game when 30,000 people are cheering you on and the time is running out. Every team, every year, has to establish an identity for themselves and so far this year we’re establishing that we are going to play hard for all 60 minutes, whistle to whistle until they tell us the game is over.
The long week gave some our players a chance to heal up. Chris Szarka will be making is debut for the season after being sideline for the past month. Last week’s bumps and bruises are healing up. The reality of football is that something is going to be hurt/jammed/bruised/strained all season long. On the offensive line you can always count on a few jammed fingers all year long, some weekly neck and lower back soreness and let’s not forget the usual getting kicked or stepped on in practice (Stop wearing metal studs in practice January!!) Cold tubs are daily rituals for some to get all that inflammation out. And in case you’re wondering, a cold tub is basically like taking a bath in the coldest water your faucet will pour out. Then add about 8-10 giant size ice bags. Then sit in there for 15 minutes. Fun right?
Some of you may have notice the few storms we had early on this week, and by notice I mean you saw the hail bouncing off your car. So towards the end of Wednesday’s practice, the rain started pouring down on Mosaic stadium. And it was coming down fast and hard. As a few of us on the oline sat on the bench, we talked about random stuff such as Mike Abou’s fence building abilities, which rivals Bob Villa quality (he’s an even better blogger, check him out on globalregina.com). All of a sudden it started to rain extremely hard. It got quiet for a few seconds, then Mike said “what other job would employees actually stay out in the rain until someone told them to go in????”. Wayne Smith followed that by saying “Even cows go inside when it rains, they know better!”. Which made me wonder, are cows smarter than me???...and I tell you my friends, I’m not making this stuff up…
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