And so it begins.  The 2021 High School football season.  I am glad to be back around the game.  Thanks to Coach Williamson for saying, “Come on!”

I get to practice when I can.  I have no title.  I just want to help kids swing their legs when I can and be whatever sounding board I can be.  Other than that, I just keep my mouth shut and soak it all in.

Most of what can be done with kickers in mind is similar to the mentality of the free throw shooter.  It is called repitition.  And for a kicker the best time to work on that is in the summer on a lonely field with a bag of balls and a great deal of repetition.

I still get a shiver up the spine when we line up to kick a point or a field goal in practice. And I hope I can one night carry a North Harrison kicker off the field when he connects on a field goal that is longer than 38 yards.  I had the best view of that one in 1985.

No, I did not expect to be in this position.  I have said it before and I say it again, if you want to make God laugh, tell him what your plans are.  But it is a good time.  The days are a little long, especially when I come home and record a video lesson to be sent out to students that are quarantined due to this pesky Covid.  It is awful.

Games will be cancelled, I am afraid.  I know of some junior high games that have already been.  That is sad.

In the meantime, we will enjoy what we are given of Friday Night Lights.

Go Cougars!

Speaking the rights…

Danny Johnson