Its that horrible time of year, the worst time of year, the most dreadful time of year....hope that gets the point across. It's the lag time in sports in between the NBA Finals and the NFL & College Football season. From mid June to the beginning of September a portion of sports fans are left to wonder about their summer without saying the phrase "are you watching the game." My friends and I even found ourselves watching a soccer match because sadly it was the best thing on. Nothing against soccer by the way. I even sat through an inning of Baseball....almost. But mostly I've been locked into NFL Network trying to catch a glimpse of any football activity. It's mid July and NFL training camp is on the horizon so stories should be brewing from trades, injuries and position battles. Also August 9th marks the date of the 1st Preseason NFL game, often an anticlimactic event. You find yourself so amped up that the pigskins being thrown around and 3 minutes into it you realize the players are going half speed and the 2nd half is full of no namers. Real action doesn't officially kick off unitl September 3rd when the South Carolina Gamecocks meet the North Carolina State Wolfpack for the opening game of the college football season. Even though I'm not a fan of either I can't wait for that one to get started. The NFL season doesn't start until September 13th when the defending super bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers start their title defense against the Tennessee Titans. I get excited just typing that. However thats more than a month away so we're left to sit through World Series of poker re-runs and whatever sitcom we've halfway gotten attached to over the past few months. NFL & College Football Live will just have to keep us holding on.
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