If I Could Be Any Thing

[SWVA-Football]

*Salutes*

Well said.. awesome post.

[imported_DAWG]

couldnt have said it better, LPDFTBL.
From the time I was old enough to walk, I was carrying a football around, and wearing a bulldog shirt. I grew up watching my brother play, and win a state championship on the 1989 team. All I wanted was a chance to one day, be a dawg, and play for Coach Turner. And last, but definatly not least, to win a state title. I remember the first day I walked in the dawghouse in 7th grade for weightlifting. I was starstruck. Seeing all the State Championship pictures, all of the team awards, and especially all of Coach Turners awards. I'd have to say that walking down those steps on friday night for the first time, is still the most exciting time of my life. And although there was no state championship, I can say that I was , and will always be a dawg. Along the way, I also got to play for whom I consider the best coach in the state of VA.

To you current dawgs, dont take it for granted. Its something special to wear that blue and gold.Its an honor, and a privledge. Its not something given to you, you've worked your butts off to be out there on friday nights. You represent yourself, your school, your community, and also all of the former dawgs.

[Unchained]

The thing that impresses me most is that I have several friends who are former Dawg players, and when they hit rough spot in their lives, and you start to worry about em, they tell you "This ol Dawg wil be fine", and you know it. These fellers know that it's a never-ending thing, not just when you hang em up. The lessons that Tom taught them carries over to teir lives as they get along in years. I would be lying if I said that I didn't envy that.