Enjoying my first chance this season to watch college football day games, although I admit it’s strange to not be playing. #
Watching Percy Harvin’s knee get explosioned might be the worst sight of the day. My knee hurt just watching it. #
No better time for a meltdown, in my opinion. RT @BurnsIsBurning: This #Chiefs team [...]

I figured this title would still be necessary after such a long in-season sabbatical from the blog. Coaches, parents, and various other admirers of my magnificence have given me endless grief for consistently avoiding my writing. I’d say it was mainly because as an English major, I’ve spent so much time writing papers this semester [...]

I should preface this post with a little history lesson. Monmouth College is excellent at football. For the last two seasons they’ve railroaded the conference, and they were predicted to win it once again this year by a country mile. Throughout the past years Monmouth has featured several All-Americans on their roster, most notably Alex Tanney [...]

Last Saturday had been on my calendar for quite some time.
Since the departure of Max Hawsey, our team’s entire focus has been on getting things going under our new head coach, Jeff Pedersen. We had developed our scone-eating abilities to near-inhuman levels, but after weeks of competing against ourselves in camp we weren’t sure how [...]

On August 12, I reported for camp, moved into my dorm room, and went to a nice little team BBQ. On August 13, I was unceremoniously hurled into a swirling vortex of football madness among with my Grinnell Football brethren.
Camp comes up on you fast. I spent my entire summer thinking about it, working for [...]