Jacob
During the training season, we trained every day. We had to get back into peak condition. Me, more than anyone else.
Coach Rudi let us run plays on Wednesday.
“Don’t do it until you get it right,” he told us all the time. “Do it until you can’t get it wrong.”
So, we ran the plays repeatedly until we couldn’t think about anything else anymore.
I liked running plays. Liked that I didn’t have to think about them. Football was second nature to me. It was the one thing that kept my mind off all the s**t that happened in my life. Ironic, then, that the most s**t in my life revolved around football right now.
“Again!” Coach shouted, and the guys groaned. We had run the same play about a hundred times now.
We ran back to our positions. I was ready when the ball was supposed to come to
