Michael Barbuto College Writing October 2, 2013 Professor Eaton Descriptive Essay Last year playing high school football was probably one of the most entertaining and exciting things I have ever done in my entire life. The reasoning behind this is that we had an outstanding team which sent eighteen kids off to play college football. Therefore, eighteen out of twenty one people were sent off to play college football, which is pretty good in my eyes. When experiencing high school football, it is all about brotherhood and family throughout the whole entire team. This year playing football for Springfield is not the same as last year in high school because I’m not as close with the people on my college team.
"My Football Injury" I could not believe what had happened to me one summer day. All of my dreams shattered for that year and for my future. I was never able to really recover to be the best player, I had been. All I could think about back in those days was being successful at my skilled position; the roar of the crowd; the popularity; I thought I could play the sport I love until I was too old to play it. It was the summer of 1976, my nerves were raging, mainly in my stomach as the butterflies flutter till no end.
When I first arrived on the football team there were no expectations. It was the teams’ second year varsity and they just recovered from a defeated season (0-10). The year I played we went 4-6, this season I made the varsity team as a freshman. My role on the team was not important up until my junior year, but my sophomore year is what changed me the most. My sophomore year my team went 12-0(undefeated) we won the thing.
The main difference in my sophomore year to my junior year is the degree of difficulty for the classes I took. People often say their junior year has the hardest work and that their sophomore year pales in comparison. The degree of difficulty is much higher due to the fact that most colleges look at your junior year for the best reference point. Even though my sophomore year was hard at that moment, I felt like my junior year has been much harder up to this point. The reason for this was that I was not used to the concept of getting homework every day.
Sports were important at my high school, so athletics were very popular. In particular, Football was the most popular sport in the school that bought out the most people. My friends would talk me into tryout for sports they participated in. While in sports you will have to make difficult choices. As an incoming freshman in high school I never had a season where I did not participate in sports.
Bissinger soon finds out that football for the Panthers wasn’t ordinary. Football was life for the players, and reasonably so, they had won the past five state championships in a row. In my mind Friday Nigh Lights focuses on three major keys. It shows the dreams of the players, they pressure the athletes had with the community and their family, and also the commitment from the school. In Friday Night Lights, Shows how football was everything, even to teachers, and everyone who was affiliated with the school.
From my own experience, I played volleyball my freshman year and we lost almost every game because we didn’t play like a team. One Friday night before a Saturday tournament we went to the coaches house for a couple of hours and hung out like a team. On Saturday we won first place in the tournament and took home metals. It is a proven fact that hanging out like a team will help the players play like a
My first experience playing organized basketball began when I was in the fifth grade on an after school program in the old armory. We played every Saturday morning and I remember that this is where I became the best point guard ever. At least that was the mentality I had because I thought I knew where my basketball career was headed. Little did I know at that time, the odds of me becoming a professional NBA star were not in my favor. Nevertheless, I continued on with my dad’s support and mentoring to be the best player the Arkansas River Valley had ever laid eyes on.
They did not have too many players, but at the time Doug looked like he was seven feet tall. When we finally played them we were pretty worried because Drew was our biggest player and was short compared to Doug. We started off the game pretty solid and scored the first couple points, but by halftime we were down at least 30 points. People in the stands were not into the game at all and kids who were waiting for the next game left the gym. Mr. Johnson took Doug out for the third quarter, and by some stroke of luck everyone on our team caught fire.
The seemingly unbeatable Alabama walked 13-0 at halftime of the 2018 National College Football Championship, and the Georgia Bulldogs strolled in on clouds. Alabama starts their backup QB in the second causing many boggled minds. Yet if you recall the second half of the game, it was the most electrifying adrenaline-jolting football game ever to spectate. NCAA games are the best there is because they are so unpredictable and exciting. These universities participating in these games rake in boatloads of cash, yet the extremely diligent players do not earn a single cent, it is preposterous.