What traditions do you guys do for football season? I grew up in Florida, South Carolina and Ohio, so football is kind of a big deal for me. And was always a HUGE deal growing up.
I have three things that I usually do (may be more as this goes on):
1 – We go all out for the first game with junk food. We go to the grocery store and the kids just buy what they want. If I am going to brain wash them into being Utah fans (especially living here in Duck country), I’ll get my foot in the door with sugar. We set up tables in the living room and line them with sugar and salt. The kids are young, but they sit there and cheer with mouths full of future decay watching the Utes play.
2 – Every Friday (or Thursday if it is a game day), I wear my red scrubs, my Utah shirt underneath and my Darth Vader underwear. It is what it is. On game day I wear my red underwear. Yes, I am a grown ass man, but if they are going to sell Darth Vader and Utah Utes underwear for grown ass men then I am going to wear them.
3 – The Flag ceremony. We hang the Utah flag. My neighborhood is a fun one. There are a lot of Duck flags, but a lot of transplants as well. Michigan State, Nebraska, Stanford, USC, even a Georgia flag. And my Utah flag flies among them with the salty sea air gently waving it for all to see.
4 – (see I told you there was more). If you guys know me from other websites, I completely believe 100% that my facial hair is imperative to Utah’s success. For those who don’t know, my backstory:
I would always grow a fall camp goatee, much like the one Whitt wears every fall camp. Well, I graduated from school and decided that I needed to look respectable searching/working in a real job and didn’t wear it two seasons…2012 and 2013. The 5 win years.
I grew it back, but never let is really gain it’s full strength, trimming and cutting and clipping all throughout the next three seasons.
Well, last year I wanted to test its true strength. So, I grew out the beard during fall camp and into the season. W, W, W, W. For the Stanford game, I trimmed it up a little. Just a titch. Boom, close loss to Stanford. Nah, it wasn’t the beard. Trim it down more to a nice, tight professional look for the next week. Close loss to USC.
Now, I’m intrigued. So, I shave it off except for the mustache for the ASU game. 20 point loss. What the….
For Oregon, I go baby face. Clean shaven, respectable adult. 21 point loss. Holy….
So, I put the razor away. WSU, a week’s worth of stubble, 8 point loss. Trending in the right direction. The next week, more hair, a three point loss to a great Washington team. The razor is now safely stored away. 21 point win against Colorado, 16 point win in terrible weather vs West Virginia.
The power is real. So, I vow to not cut the beard this fall. My last day shaving was the day before Fall Camp opened up. I have not shaved it yet.
Iowa State @ 
Utah .
