A Post about Post Post Season Depression—And Post Raisin Bran

Ok, well first of all, this post doesn’t have anything to do with Post Raisin Bran. I just added it because I wanted to make an excuse to put “Post” in the title one more time.

Now that we have that out of the way, I would like to write about a serious epidemic that is about to plague this country. If you couldn’t guess by the title, the epidemic I am referring to is officially known as “Post Post Season Depression.”  You might be thinking to yourself, “Why would anyone have post post season depression? It’s the middle of the NBA season, it just doesn’t make sense.” If you thought that, you would be wrong—dead wrong.

Post post season depression isn’t just about having sports on TV that are deemed watchable (and, no, baseball, golf, and NASCAR do not count—I’d rather scratch my eyes out), it’s about the end to a way of life. Football season is a life unto itself. There aren’t 340,000 regular season games like in baseball, or even 82 like in the NBA; there are only 12 regular season games in college and 16 in the pros. That means that every game matters. The hype around every game creates a lot of excitement. Also, having only one game a week, gives you 7 days to think about the next game, study out all the things you think your team needs to do to win, and, most importantly, have adequate time to trash talk.

All of this adds up to make football season the best season of the year. It is a time of year when you spend time outside with family and 45,016 of your best friends in the whole wide world.

But now it is all over. There are still 204 days until kick-off. So I’ve included my list of things to hold any football fan over.

• Watch games that you have recorded and saved over the years (may I recommend the 2009 Sugar Bowl?)
• Watch highlights from past years’ games.
• Go to espn.com/collegefootball at least once daily and read all updates about college football. (Hint: the best stuff is in the blog section.)
• Talk to family or friends about your favorite memories from last season.
• Review pictures that you took of all the games you attended.
• Work on perfecting new tailgate BBQing techniques.
• Watch all the scouting videos posted online of the new recruits coming in.
• Make a paper chain counting down to next football season.

These are just a few of my best ideas, many of which I rely on to get me through the worst part of the year—the part often referred to as “non-football season.” So if you have any friends or family that are showing signs of depression, please step in before it’s too late.