Famous last words

"Why hasn't the game started? It has to be 5:00 by now," said one of the wives at the first Galloping Ghosts football game of the season.

"It's only 4:50," said another, checking her watch. "It just feels like 5:00 because we've already been here for an hour."

"Well," I said, "Getting here early gives Chad time to warm up, so I guess that's worth it if it will keep him from getting hurt." (Besides, it was a nice night. If it was raining or cold, I would have been less tolerant.)

And on the second play of the game, Chad stopped, spun...and did something to his knee. It took him out of the game completely, and Chad never leaves the game completely. (We have no idea what's wrong, exactly, but if it's still bad on Tuesday, he promised he'd get it checked out.)

About 45 minutes later, Nick took a knee to the face. Rumor has it he's looking pretty splendid, too.