Football goes with Thanksgiving like gravy goes with turkey. Sure it is just a game but so much of what I am thankful for has a connection with football. So for my Thanksgiving eve post let’s talk about football and the people I am most thankful for this holiday.
My parents taught me a love for football. I associate my passion for football more with my dad than my mom. I think because when we sat around the TV watching football what my dad said seemed like it had to be correct because he was the guy. Seems silly now but I was little. All I really remember from the early years are that my mom hated the Cowboys. So I cheered for them. My dad took me to my first football game. I have a previous post about that amazing day here. While my love for football started as a father daughter thing my mom really should be given credit for how much she knows about football. She can hold her own in any conversations. Like mother like daughter.
My brother and I have followed the Colts for years. It is a love we share to this day. Now that my parents are in Indy, Michael is in Cincinnati and I am on the west coast there are many sundays of group text messages to talk about the latest Colts info. We call and chat about the team during the off season. We both showed up in Indy to go to attend a couple of the AFC Championship games. The first where the liquored up kicker missed the kick wide right to give the win to the Steelers. Then back to Indy for the game against the Jets that sent the Colts and my parents to the Super Bowl. That year when my parents go picked in the lottery to purchase tickets to the Super Bowl it all came down to that game. After going to the Super Bowl my dad said that if they get picked again Michael and I can have the tickets and go to the Super Bowl. A Colt’s Super Bowl with my brother, that would be a great day.
My husband might just take the cake though. He is a huge Ucla Bruins fan and was a Cowboy’s fan growing up. His love of the Bruins is so strong he hasn’t missed a Jim L. Mora press conference all season. I think growing up in Los Angeles in between teams you just had to pick someone. In a large family there are Cardinals fans, Steelers fans, 49ers fans and Tom was the Cowboys fan. He has since become very supportive of the Colts and my love for them. I don’t know if we can call him a fan just yet but a few more seasons and we can call him one of us. He is however the best commissioner fantasy football has seen.
I have played fantasy football for 8 seasons. Some have been more successful than others but none have been more fun than the Family Tree Fantasy Football League. A group that is nieces and nephews and a brother-in-law. There has been more chatter and smack talk in this league than any other. There are a lot of personalities in any family and this group is no exception. The biggest reason for it being the best is Tom’s dedication to the league. Without him the league wouldn’t exist and he has spent many hours fueling the fire.
For the first time this year I got to see a live football game with all of these people. It was a fun day to get to spend time at Lucas Oil with all of them. Go Colts!
You can’t see them but Maya brought out the blue tights to represent her Colt’s Pride.
My mom and Tom warming the bench
Tom and I in the end zone we are familystrong
Wish we were all together for Thanksgiving. Where ever you are tomorrow have a great Thanksgiving.
