I’m a sports fan in limbo. College football season is over, and the National Football League season is down to its final three games.
Sure, there’s college basketball, the National Basketball Association and the National Hockey League, but I just can’t do the power viewing for those sports that I can with football.
I love Sunday afternoons when I get home from church and enjoy my version of brunch while watching the NFL game. And Saturday at my bachelor pad might as well be a holiday. There’s nothing I love more in sports than college football.
I’m usually watching if a Southeastern Conference team is on TV. And, with the SEC Network and other cable outlets, an SEC team is almost always on the air from 11 a.m. Saturday until close to midnight.
Yes, there is college basketball’s March Madness and the Road to the Final Four. There is SEC baseball and Major League Baseball.
And there are still ways for the diehard college football fan to get a fix. I follow the recruiting cycle of my beloved Tennessee Volunteers online. I try to stay informed as to who is interested in playing football in Knoxville and what they would bring to the Vols.
The recruiting hype ends Feb. 3 with National Signing Day, at which time I’ll start thinking about spring football around the Southeastern Conference.
The Super Bowl will be played Feb. 7, and there won’t be any more real football for the fall.
Sure, I’ll have plenty to keep my sports cycle going on the local scene. Our winter sport seasons are almost over, but baseball, softball, tennis and track seasons aren’t too far away.
High school spring football will be held throughout May, but that's not the same as the college game.
I’ll bide my time during the summer watching Major League Baseball, but longing for the start of football season.
Yes, like so many of you out there, I am a football fan. I know what it’s like to impatiently wait for the fall.
In the meantime, you might find me watching one of the many football videos in my collection.
I guess I’m always ready for some football.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: DICKSON: I already miss football