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Personal Narrative: Spartan Football

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I never really had a true passion for football in my early years of my life. I thought of it as a pointless game where a bunch of giant fat men fought over a brown pointy ball. My dad on the other hand, took football to a whole new level. Spartan football was and still is his life.
My dad was eager to teach my brother and I football, and eventually we accepted our fate of learning the complex game. Eventually I was able to identify the running backs, linebackers, and lineman in a “dogpile.” My dad taught us how to analyze the game as if we were the coaches on the sideline calling the plays and pointing out penalties before the referees could throw out their yellow flags that represent an infraction by a player. More importantly, to my dad, …show more content…

After a few days of brainstorming, my dad came up with an idea that was complex and simple simultaneously. We stayed up all night making the sign.
The drive took about an hour and a half, but it was all worth it when we stepped onto the campus. Once we entered the campus my dad yelled, “Go Green!” at the top of his lungs and got a huge response of, “Go white!” My brother and I were part of the …show more content…

That didn’t stop the Michigan State offense from coming back on their next drive and having three 10-yard runs, two 10-yard pass plays, and a final 6-yard run for the touchdown. My brother and I conducted our infamous ritual-and this time an extra chest bump for the extra point as we heard the MSU fight song played in the background. On the first play after the kickoff, a wide receiver for Penn State caught a pass but then was tackled by a Spartan who also stripped the ball. Demetrius Cox, keen and experienced, noticed the mistake by the receiver and scrambled for the ball. After juking a few Nittany Lions out, and receiving good blocks from his teammates, walked right into the endzone. Ryan and I conducted our ritual for the third time that

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