Football Season

So college football season here (and I'm beginning to understand in the entire SEC) is something fervently followed and zealously analyzed. Age does not matter; little babies in paraphernalia along with alumni who graduated decades ago are all at the games. Players are spoken about in reverend tones as the brilliant plays they pulled off are broken down step by step, and when people walk by them on campus, well, there are probably quite a few cell phone pictures being taken.

I did have a bit of a shock, and okay I still have some, when it comes to people and college football. My only experience with this much passion for a team was with the World Cup where it is a thing of national pride, not like here where there is that much emotion for a school! And while the stadium I was at for a World Cup match was pretty big, I have to admit that some of the college football stadiums are much bigger. 

These are just a few of the college football related things I have managed to photograph -

GIANT College mascot on a grocery store sign. Our beloved Gamecock can be found in between the BI and the LO on one very busy road. This is how you know you are in Gamecock Country.

This on the other hand is how you know you're in Tiger Territory. The orange paws I understand, but the tail made me do a double take. To me it looks like the tiger's tail got caught.....Ouch. I know that we would never treat our mascot that way :)

Standing. The ENTIRE game. This is how I realized that football here was not just a passive event to sit down and chat with friends, but something to participate very actively in. Whether it be by standing the whole game, or dancing along to all of the music at time-outs, or waving our towels and cheering and chanting, I now understand that during the football games I'll be just about as active as the players on the field! Go Cocks!