My Love For Camden Football

Becoming a cheerleader at such a young age, being on the cheer mat became a happy place for me. I spent thirteen out of my eighteen years of my life cheerleading and it is definitely something that means a lot to me. Being on the cheer mat whether at practice or at competition has taught me many life lessons that I will cherish for the rest of my life. Having such caring and dedicated coaches made my experience so special and unique. My passion for cheerleading shows tremendously as soon as I step on the mat, and learning many life lessons from cheer has shaped me into the person I am today.

Although football is not my favorite, Baltimore Raven is not my favorite team, I do heavily respect and look up to a former. Former Middle line backer, Ray Lewis, has inspired me to keep pushing forward.

Football isn’t just about going on the field and playing 4 quarters against another team every week. It’s not just those Friday nights going to watch your high school team play. Football is a brotherhood, it’s your second family. It’s making memories that you will have with you for the rest of your life. It’s the hours of preparation, sweat, tears, blood, bumps and bruises and going back out everyday just to give it your all. Football isn’t just a game that i’ve played it’s something that has shaped me into the person I am today.

It’s a brisk fall morning, as I walk down the hill to the athletic center. The sun is just beginning to rise and there is dew on the cut grass. I am heading to a meeting with my coach, letting him know that I will be done playing collegiate baseball, my first love.

We were use to playing in the outfield of a middle school baseball field with many ditches and potholes that were ankle sprains waiting to happen. Aberdeen’s stadium even had an announcer who called on all of our names. Bryant, my best friend and star safety on our team, and I had never been so excited to play an away game even against the number one team in the league. We all ran out to the field one by one, doing handshakes and chest bumps that almost injured a couple of us before the game even started. We didn't care. We were full of adrenaline. We were ready to win a football game. The game was a defensive show out, and we had managed to hold their star running back under fifty yards rushing through three quarters of

Before coming to UGA, I was a huge LSU fan. My mother went to LSU, so I was exposed to LSU football at an early age. I loved watching LSU football on Saturdays, and still do. I would spend most of my Saturdays during the fall on the couch with my dad and brother watching LSU play. I remember how nervous I was for the 2008 BCS National Championship between LSU and Ohio State. That night was one of my most memorable nights. With my love of LSU football, I felt as if I could never learn to like another team.

It was September 17th, 2016. There I am sitting in the student section, next to some of the most school-spirited people I have ever seen in my entire life. Everywhere I looked, Syracuse fans were dressed in orange representing their school. I watched as students, and families, like I had mentioned were all gathered in this enclosed dome to celebrate the Homecoming Football Game on that surprisingly hot day in Syracuse, New York.

As a military brat, I was born and raised in Jacksonville, North Carolina; and have lived here for most of my life. Recently our family was stationed in San Diego, California, and the move was a great eye-opener for me. When I moved to San Diego, I was surprised by the diversity of cultures, the abundance of activities, and how the crowds of people never stopped. It is an excellent place for people who enjoy being amongst other people; there is never a lack of entertainment day or night. Jacksonville, North Carolina on the other hand, is more for people who like a relaxed and quiet family oriented lifestyle.

New Jersey is the fourth smallest state in our country and being raised in New Jersey assumed all looked the same. Most people outside of New Jersey know few things about our great state as the New Jersey Turnpike, Atlantic City, and that The Sopranos being filmed here. Two cities that I grew up in New Jersey that are important to me personally are Hopewell and Newark. Growing up my father traveled our family in these two very distinct but two different cities for job opportunities. In Hopewell, he was a migrant worker making a living working in the fields and in Newark he worked in the factories as a sewing machine operator. Although Hopewell and Newark are from the same state, Hopewell is a preferred city by its space, scenery, and people.

but it was a great place to grow up as a kid. For a start it was safe. We rode our bikes to school or walked,

I especially like when they are playing a game and it’s a really close one. Secondly, the author at times might explain a little about the characters, but he doesn’t usually explain much about them unless it’s during a game when they give a little bit of background knowledge about them. The plot moves fast and slow. When there are games it feels like it goes a little bit faster than it does when there isn’t a game and they are just visiting or talking about the games. The imagery in this book did keep me interested because I could relate to several different circumstances that the players, fans, or coaches were going through. One example was when one of the Navy players had intercepted the football and then it was called back on a penalty. The coach, players and the fans were irradiated and the coach even said to the ref, “Is it written into your contract that you have to make sure Notre Dame wins?” I could just see that coach saying that because as a fan, I have been in that same position even though I’m not a coach. Finally, the tone of the author sometimes changes in this book. Sometimes it might be that the author shows frustration or the author might show excitement. One example of frustration was when one of Navy’s players intercepted the ball and scored. One example when the author showed excitement was after Navy had won a game and they were in the locker room. The author

Clearly, I love football; but what I love most about it is that it is something I get to share with my dad. Overall, G-Allens will always have a special place in my heart—not only because that is where it was broken eight years ago—but because it is what brought me my best

It all started when I was about three years old when my good friend Anthony Williams and I became friends when he ran his bike into my sand box. Football has been an event in my life since I was three years old and it still is today. “The key to life is not what life gives to you but what you take from life. It’s not how life treats you but how you treat life. You have a choice in life. You can either thrive or survive.”_ Coach London. Football has made me into the person I am today, hard working, and determined.

Dating back to my early childhood; football at the time was my only love. I breathed, slept and ate football. It started off as just a friendly hobby around my neighborhood up until my tenth-birthday when I joined a little league football team. Over the years I continued to play, it got even more exciting for me when my friends from the neighborhood start joining the team as well. Things suddenly changed for me moving forward into my high school career. Although this was once a fun stress reliever it was becoming the only thing that stressed me out.

The vast majority of people think football is just a sport. However, to me it has been one of the greatest things I have yet to do. It has given me a surplus of life skills I can carry to my adulthood. The time I have so far spent on the sport is time I would not want back, because of how useful it is to me. Throughout the past couple of years, which I have spent playing the sport, I have gained a love for football. The love is so massive, that I want to pursue a career that affiliates with the sport.