I don't think I'm gonna make it.
The offseason hasn not been good to me thus far. Lest I suffer this affliction alone...I'm reaching out to you, the Bronco faithful to help me through.
Bronco Nation, I'm sick. Post-season malaise hit me like the Bird Flu, Swine Flu, and SARS combined this year. Why, oh why didn't I wear my surgical mask to the Co-Op?
Another perfect season wound down and so did I. LOI day and the Wilcox departure all occuring so swiftly after the Broncos epic Fiesta Bowl win that I had no time to decompress. Now, faced with another Graham-tastic season of mediocre Boise State basketball and ice dancing and two-man luge infiltrating my television set, I've gone from Orange and Blue to just blue.
What is there to talk about? Sure, Kevan still churns out daily think-pieces about conference realignment and NCAA regulations, but I feel the sadness behind each keystroke. Plus, I went to Kevan's Super Bowl party and had to restrain him from ending his post-season depression permanently with a crockpot of jalapeño cheddar. Football, at any level, is over...how are we to go on?
How can one's emotions be stirred when the Spring Ball, the NFL Draft, and Scrimmages are still weeks or months away? Even our common enemies have withdrawn to isolation and/or hibernation (shhh, nobody wake Mark May). Are we to ring our hands over the WAC swimming and diving championships? ARE WE?!
Speculation about injuries, championships, and 40 times this far out, like Ulysses Everett McGill once said, "will only rouse our hunger without bedding her back down"...making each day without live football more difficult to bear. Similarly, following Bronco players on twitter will bring more pain than joy. Each tweet about math tests and Taco Bell chalupas a sobering reminder that real football is months away.
Emo horse can't take it any more.
Where is the respite for a Bronco junkie? NCAA '10 binges or mainlining Mel Kiper live chats will leave you chasing the next high...a high cannot be achieved until Labor Day weekend. People have gone mad over less.
So here I sit, OBNUG faithful, tapping out this tragic tome in my ever-more-cluttered office. My walls covered, Beautiful Mind style, with stat sheets, season ticket renewal forms and Robb Akey mustache-grooming guides. Creed's hit single What's This Life For?* playing on a loop in iTunes and tears slowly wearing away my blue and orange facepaint. I'm going emo. I am a broken man.
Wait a sec...I just got my 2009 Bronco highlight tape in the mail. Things are gonna be allllright.
*This was written for dramatic effect...I've never been depressed enough to listen to Creed.
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I feel your pain Drew
I too have Bronco withdrawals. I too crave Bronco news every single day. I’m still in the habit of checking the Statesman a few times a day waiting for Cripe and Murphy to have new updates. They don’t come.
But then I remembered something. Doesn’t spring ball start March 8th? That’s less than two weeks away. Until then I can watch the combine on NFL.com.
Hang in there. Take it day-by-day. I know I am.
"Hell, I can get you a toe by 3 o'clock this afternoon... with nail polish."
Thanks, Jrig.
We’re gonna beat this, buddy.
by Drew Roberts on Feb 25, 2010 2:51 PM PST up reply actions
Wow, my reply sounded really depressing
Spring ball starts March 8th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Hell, I can get you a toe by 3 o'clock this afternoon... with nail polish."
I can't stand the offseason.
The second the Fiesta Bowl ended I began looking towards next season. It seems so far away. Especially this year considering we were undefeated last year and have a chance to win the national championship next year. The wait wasn’t so long the last two years because we had lost the bowl games and there was not as much hype for next season.
Hi, my name is Grindhouse...
…and i’m addicted to Boise State football.
it’s been almost 8 weeks since i last saw the Broncos rule on a football field. Even longer than that on the Blue.
I “get by” searching Youtube for Doug Martin, Austin Pettis, Titus Young and Fiesta Bowl highlights.
I get a quick “fix” by daring to go to the Bleacher Report and see fan-made articles either dissing or respecting the Broncos. then, in turn, getting mad at the haters and posting a nasty-gram.
I’m reaching out and my less than supportive wife could care less. She just doesn’t understand.
/sigh….
Dr. William Block: You gotta lose the arm, Joe.
Joe: Lose the arm? What do you mean, lose the arm? My arm?
by Grindhouse on Feb 25, 2010 4:27 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
video games, brother
I satiate my hunger for Bronco football by repeatedly winning the National Championship year after year on my XBox NCAA football game. It helps, trust me.
NCAA franchise sucks on the Wii
You guys go on without me.
by Drew Roberts on Feb 25, 2010 10:03 PM PST up reply actions
well, the Wii is the problem
XBox360 is the way to go. PS3 isn’t too bad either.
by CaptainBronco on Feb 26, 2010 3:24 PM PST up reply actions
Preachin' to the choir, pal.
The wife will only allow one gaming system at a time. She wants one she can play too.
by Drew Roberts on Feb 26, 2010 11:01 PM PST up reply actions
That Super Bowl party still sounds better than the last on of Kevan's that I went to
That was the 2008 game and let’s just say that it took awhile for Kevan to recover from the stupor of that game
rely on DVD's
I know exactly how you feel. I refer to this period of time as “The Dark Ages”. I desperately search all Bronco-related websites for any football news, no matter how trivial. Usually, I find nothing, which makes me feel even worse. My family wants me to move out, even though having me around during the season is almost as bad. My two dogs don’t want anything to do with me, and I basically have no life. I start wearing Bronco apparel everyday, as if this will ease the suffering. Actually, it helps a little bit! My drug of choice during this mournful time is replaying all my Bronco DVD’s. When I am through all of them, I do it again, and again, etc. I do take a brief break during spring ball; at least there is some Bronco information on the many websites I frequent. I also find some solace in becoming immersed in March Madness, even though I never win any of those damn pools I join. I think we should start a Bronco deprivation support group! Unfortunately, I couldn’t host any meetings at my house, as I live in Virginia. Well, I’ve got to close; it’s almost time to put on another DVD!!




















