Texas Football

I've always thought that Texas is the best state and have been thankful to be from here. I've moved all around the state and have found that for the most part, the people are friendly and helpful. There are lots of God-fearing people in Texas and that's a good thing. But another thing that I've noticed is that football is very important here. In highschool I was in the band and went to all the football games because I had to be there to march. I probably would've gone to all the home games even if I wasn't in the band, just because that's where everyone was on Friday nights in the fall. Then I married a basketball coach, but in Texas if you're a coach at a small school, you're a football coach too. So I spent the next 20 years or so going to football games on Friday nights, only if the weather was good or if it was at home, but found lots of good excuses to stay home many of those Friday nights. But I definitely went only to visit with my friends, not to watch the game, because besides a touchdown or interception, I knew nothing about football. I discovered that some Texas football coaches take this game so far as to deflate all basketballs during football season and run basketball players out of the gym. So I realized that football is important in Texas. It wasn't until 3 1/2 years ago that I got a different taste for this game. Its when my friend Amy moved to town and started asking me to pray for her nephew, Colt McCoy. Now praying...that's something I understand and can do. So I decided to watch Colt play one day soon after, because afterall, if I'm praying for someone, I'd like to see them and see how they're doing. Well, something happened to me, because I began wanting to watch all his games and even on occasion stood up and yelled at the TV....not sure what got into me, but I always looked forward to hearing Colt speak in his postgame interviews. It just made me proud to call him brother when I would hear him speak so humbly of our Lord and how he glorified Him everytime so sincerely.
I'm sure most everyone has heard of Colt McCoy by now and most of you have heard about or seen his emotional final postgame interview of his college career. I'm honored to have been praying for him these past few years and again am so proud of the Christian young man he is and the example that he continues to set for my sons and so many others. I pray that we all can be as bold as Colt in our faith and never be ashamed to speak out and give God glory for the things He does for us so generously. Colt hasn't proved to be one of those athletes that only gives God glory when things are going his way, but also when things don't go the way that he would've wanted. I learned a little more about football over the past few years, but I learned even more about living outloud for the Lord through the example of one young man, Colt McCoy.