Season of Hope

[Gatorubet]

Your indulgence mods, if you please, as this is not a Buckeye football story, but then.... it is too.

It may not be a college football story, but then, it darn well should be one.

But it certainly is appropriate to the season.

Rick Reilly: Gainesville State high school football gets the best gift of all, hope - ESPN The Magazine

They played the oddest game in high school football history last month
down in Grapevine, Texas.

It was Grapevine Faith vs. Gainesville State School and everything about
it was upside down. For instance, when Gainesville came out to take the
field, the Faith fans made a 40-yard spirit line for them to run through.

Did you hear that? The other team's fans?

 

[osugrad21]

Great read...thank you

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

They're lookin' at us like we're criminals.

Uh, maybe it's because you are...

 

[DontHateOState]

Uh, maybe it's because you are...

You just had to ruin the "season of hope."

 

[Mike80]

What a horrific story from an overrated writer.

"You are just as valuable as any other person on planet Earth."

 

[BUCKYLE]

So...this is like the HS version of that team from Necessary Roughness?

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

You just had to ruin the "season of hope."

Don't get me wrong...I like to see some people get a second chance, and I realize some of these kids may have been caught up in some shit they may not have had much control over. However, they need to realize what they are now...that's a crucial part of overcoming what they are. So when a criminal says, "They look at me like I'm a criminal", I don't exactly feel a ton of sympathy.

 

[osugrad21]

So...this is like the HS version of that team from Necessary Roughness?

Schools like that are starting to pop up all over...more and more kids are getting caught up in the gangs and street life. They don't know any other way to get out...the lifestyle offers everything they are not getting what 99% of us knew as basic family. They find acceptance in the streets...and the consequences are irrelevant. Kids are making fortunes for grown men who simply sit back and collect. The schools are trying to teach these kids "normal".

 

[BUCKYLE]

Schools like that are starting to pop up all over...more and more kids are getting caught up in the gangs and street life. They don't know any other way to get out...the lifestyle offers everything they are not getting what 99% of us knew as basic family. They find acceptance in the streets...and the consequences are irrelevant. Kids are making fortunes for grown men who simply sit back and collect. The schools are trying to teach these kids "normal".

I'm sure that's the case for a lot of these kids. That being said, some are just peices of shit...not that I can speak on any of these kids, of course. I just have had experience with the peices of shit, and since I couldn't play football that year, I'd be fucking irate if they were able.

 

[osugrad21]

Don't get me wrong...I like to see some people get a second chance, and I realize some of these kids may have been caught up in some [censored] they may not have had much control over. However, they need to realize what they are now...that's a crucial part of overcoming what they are. So when a criminal says, "They look at me like I'm a criminal", I don't exactly feel a ton of sympathy.

The kid's point was that people constantly look down on them and this crowd did not. I don't see it as not realizing what they are but instead as an illustration of what these strangers did for them.

I'm sure that's the case for a lot of these kids. That being said, some are just peices of [censored]...not that I can speak on any of these kids, of course. I just have had experience with the peices of [censored], and since I couldn't play football that year, I'd be [censored]ing irate if they were able.

Well if that's how you want to see it, that is your choice. I've had some experience myself...strangely, many of those "pieces of [censored]" had an explanation and a solution.



Edit: t to w

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

Fuckin ' Capo...always makin' sense 'n shit.

 

[DontHateOState]

Don't get me wrong...I like to see some people get a second chance, and I realize some of these kids may have been caught up in some [censored] they may not have had much control over. However, they need to realize what they are now...that's a crucial part of overcoming what they are. So when a criminal says, "They look at me like I'm a criminal", I don't exactly feel a ton of sympathy.

Oh, no. I actually thought the same thing you wrote when I read the article.