4 Hard Downs: Tiers, School, Pool & Piano

This has been the most insane 10 day span of my life and we're not close to done

First and foremost, sorry for not delivering last week. No excuse, just an explanation. I feel like I work at my kid’s school and pool; between Field Day, End of Year Party, Awards Day and the start of “swim season.”

Oh and piano.

Not gonna waste time, let’s go ahead and like a spread-tempo offense, let’s go ahead and SPOT THE BALL!!!

1st Down: Tiers is out tomorrow talking UGA, Ohio State and ND

We can’t expect anything from these QBs we have barely seen.

We can hope, for sure. Hope is good for the first three guys. However in the words of my dad, “Hope in one hand and shit in the other and see which one fills up first.”

I’m rooting for all these guys but this might be where Drew Allar has a leg up on the bulk of college football because if he can improve as a passer and expand his run game while these guys are playing catch-up to become full-time starters.

2nd Down: Piano Was Super Sweet

My wife and kid:

Very cool moment.

I don’t know anything about music or specifically piano but I’m proud that they got to have this memory that will last a lifetime.

3rd Down: Parents On Demand

Parents are in high demand! You gotta volunteer. We had two different families bring a total of 10 pizzas to a 17 kid class.

AFTER THEY HAD ALREADY HAD LUNCH!

Plus a mini-baby shower where we brought in diapers for the teacher.

A lot going on.

Spending so many days at the school when we all have jobs, summer sports, music or dance feels wild. Also, the public vs year round vs private school schedule makes it wild to have a swim meet that ends at 10pm for kids who get to school at 7:30 and are 7 years old.

I’m tired. They’re tired.

Totally unrelated issue but a wild veer in the school situation:

These kids don’t even know you’re supposed to get your yearbooks signed at these events.

The teachers do a great job. The specials do a great job. The assistants and support staff do a great job. I love our principal, she’s amazing.

4th Down: Arch Manning

I didn’t forget Arch. I am sitting down today to watch more Arch because he is in this grey area where we know more about him than Stockton, Carr, Sayin but not as much as Allar. The pieces he loses are more intriguing and how Steve Sarkisian handles that will be a big part of the story.

People have called him a “more athletic Eli” and that is a problem in every game for every opponent; if the supporting cast of Quentrevion, Wingo, Livingstone, Lockett etc bring the smoke.

This man got his own down and an entire afternoon of watching every play from his 10 games.

Cheers!!!