Head Games - Wow!

My nephew Matt has been all over channel 7 and on the radio lately.  He's the community outreach person for the St. Luke's Concussion Clinic.  My family turned out on Saturday night to support him in a community event at the Egyptian Theater.  I really wanted to see Matt in action.  He's an impressive young man, but I was worried about spending 3 hours listening to stuff about concussions.  As it ended up, we were there 4 1/2 hours there, and it was amazing. 

The theater was almost full, more than 600 people.  They showed a documentary Head Games, which was stunning.  Everyone with kids that play sports needs to see it, also every coach, PE teacher, and young athlete.  After an intermission, Dee Sarton moderated a panel discussion with questions from the audience.  The panel consisted of Matt, an NFL player, 2 doctors, the legislator sponsored the concussion legislation last year, and the head trainers from BSU and Boise High.  They were all informative, funny, and sharp.  It was fascinating.  It was so good to be there as a family.  We all learned a lot, and Matt was amazing.    

BSU - New Season - New Team

We went over and watched the game with Terry's parents.  We don't get over often enough to visit.  They have cable and a big TV, but they have to turn it up real loud.  I needed some sort of discreet ear plugs.  Felice also fixed dinner (including fish sticks) which was simple and good.  After the long first week of school, I couldn't even come up with game snacks.  I needed to weigh in at WW in the morning so it was all for the best.

Our Broncos didn't look the same.  I thought by third quarter they were okay, not good, not exciting, but okay.  For a little while I even thought they might hold on and win.  As it turns out, we were just fortunate that the Michigan State coach was classy enough not to tack on another touchdown at the end of the fourth quarter which would have made us feel worse.  The final score was 17-13.  This will be a rebuilding year.  We'll have a lot of fun games and no stress.  When you're Boise State, if you don't win the first game, your (BCS) season is over.