Rah-rah-sis-boom-bah … that old college spirit.

Posted on September 3, 2015 by Linda Schaub

On a sweltering hot day, interrupted by round one of what will be two rounds of volatile weather, we welcome in the college football season … U of M kicks off tonight and MSU tomorrow night.

But, it hardly feels like weather to be throwing around a pigskin.

Football is meant to be enjoyed in cozy sweats or swaddled by a stadium blanket, with numb hands curled around a hot drink – not the likes of what temps were out there today.

As Summer wanes (on the calendar anyway), I noticed in my trek this morning that the garden flags festooned with flowers or Summery sayings have been replaced with flags bearing Wolverine or Spartan logos. Even the mischievous (and sometimes evil-looking) garden gnomes are proudly wearing their favorite resin team gear.

I may have hit the ground running early, but the end of my journey today had me dragging my wagon a bit. Though my pedometer registered exactly four miles, it felt like I had logged in twice that amount.

Nevertheless … I’m happy with my result because I gave it the ol’ college try.

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About Linda Schaub

This is my first blog and I enjoy writing each post immensely. I started a walking regimen in 2011 and in 2013 I decided to create a blog as a means of memorializing the people, places and things seen on my daily walks. I have always enjoyed people watching, so my blog is peppered with folks I meet or reflections of characters I have known through the years. Often something piques my interest, or evokes a pleasant memory from my memory bank, so this becomes a “slice o’ life” blog post. I respect and appreciate nature and my interactions with Mother Nature’s gifts is also a common theme. Sometimes the most-ordinary items become fodder for points to ponder over and touch upon. I retired in March 2024 after a career in the legal field. I was a legal secretary for almost 45 years, primarily working in downtown Detroit, then working from my home. I graduated from Wayne State University with a degree in Mass Communications (print journalism) in 1978, though I’ve never worked in that field. I would like to think this blog is the writer in me finally emerging!! Walking and writing have met, shaken hands and the creative juices are flowing in Walkin’, Writin’, Wit & Whimsy. I hope you think so too. - Linda Schaub
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4 Responses to Rah-rah-sis-boom-bah … that old college spirit.

  1. Marge Aubin's avatar Marge Aubin says:
    September 3, 2015 at 5:27 pm

    Be careful of the humidity. My grandson played 3 years of football in Arizona. I thought it was a wrong game to play there and I still do. Something with a pool would be better.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar lindasschaub says:
      September 3, 2015 at 5:59 pm

      It was really humid out there. I’ll be glad when this heat wave is over. I thought we had only one more round tonight, but it is rumbling out there again. I would think Arizona is way too hot to be playing football – I agree with you. Good thing Frank pursued medicine and not professional football for his chosen career.

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  2. ann marie stevens's avatar ann marie stevens says:
    September 4, 2015 at 9:54 pm

    Miss Linda………………Rah-rah-sis boom-bah!
    annm

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