A New Beginning...
by GreenInBaltimore on Jul 26, 2010 2:53 PM EDT
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PrintThe 2010 Season is upon us and WOW does it feel different.
I want to sum up a few thoughts that I have had over the past few weeks as I anxiously anticipate Football 2010.
- I am finally ready to face the fact that McNabb is gone. (Took me a bit.) I am a conservative person by nature. I dont like change, and McNabb had been the face of this franchise for so long, that the sentimental value of him on our team weighed heavily on me. I'm 28 years old, so McNabb has been the face of my Eagles for most of my football years. With that said...I'm also all about winning. I am very competitive, and I know that we did make a good move. It definitetly made sense. Hell I even cheered when we brought Baskett back. I just like Eagles to stay Eagles. Win, lose or draw (yes Donny, you can draw) I am now excited to get behind the new Eagles. So Yea........I am ready for King Kolb.
- Our 2010 Schedule is going to be brutal. I do like a few things about it though. The first being that we start our season at home. I think that putting Kolb on the road his first game as the full time starter would just add a ton of pressure. I think that works to our advantage. The second "bright spot" is playing Indy the week after our Bye, and at home. Indy also plays on a short week which is nice. Could we really draw it up better when playing against a team as good as Indy? And third....the final game of the season....at home. I like how the week 17 Matchup is becoming a tradition of Eagles vs Boys. It's meant something the last 2 years, and the home team has won it both times. I like having that game at home.
- Has there ever been a year where you've been this excited AND nervous? I cant think of a time I've felt the way I do now. NERVOUS:. 1. We have a ton of youth and unknown. That in itself is nerve racking...and exciting. 2. The injury bug. I just want to take a healthy team into this year. I dont think we got a fair crack at things last year. EXCITED: Has there ever been a team as young AND as skilled?
- BGN Bowl 2? July 30th was thrown around. But it doesnt seem like that will turn into anything. (Unless I've missed something.) I may just put my party planning hat on and get this this moving. I want to play again....and I want there to be A temperature. 0 just isnt comfortable.
- Lastly....I am really looking forward to another year here on BGN. I have learned a lot about the game, the Eagles, the NFL and the Philly fans because of this site. As a resident of Maryland since I was 8 years old, I dont have the comfort that some of you enjoy of living in the midst of Eagles Country. (I know more about the Ravens than I care to.) So I thank you, BGN. For giving me my Philly-Phaithful Oxygen that I need to continue my Eagles obsession.
Sorry for the Hodgepodge of thoughts. I've not been around as much to share these thoughts independantly!
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Awesome fanpost.
I’m good with week 17 tradition just so long as it means the Eagles don’t lose 24-0. What a hideous game that was.
by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Jul 26, 2010 2:56 PM EDT reply actions
are you ready for some footballlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
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its been a long offseason.
If you dont like Big Red, then F#%@ You!
-Ricky Bobby
by GreenInBaltimore on Jul 26, 2010 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Great post man
I couldn’t agree more with the anticipation for this upcoming year. So many changes, new looks everywhere and a healthy(lets hope it lasts!) team. I’m the same age as you and Don was the team for a long time (luckily I grew up watching them when I was young, go Gang Green!) but I think the change is for the better and fully believe in Kolb. There is always a lot of unknowns but I think if we mesh and have the timing our young guns can do this.
If I only lived near Philly, I would participate in the bowl, but like you I don’t live in Eagles country or anywhere near it. I was born and raised in California, Los Angeles to be exact, but Kelly green got the best of me (and really what Cali football teams are there to like, yes even in the hey day of the Niners, I just needed the grit of the Eagles). I have yet to catch a game at the Linc but hopefully and maybe this year I can catch the Eagles at home and smash the Cowgirls. I have been fortunate enough to catch them up where I live now when they played the Seahawks and what a great game. Ill have to post up a fan shot but the Green Legion was there and we managed to take over a whole restaurant before heading to the game. NO one has anything on Eagles fans.
All I can say is there are only a few things greater than being an Eagles fan but this year is going to be special and I look forward to seeing what our guys in green can do.
Go Eagles!
Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.-Oscar Wilde
I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.
I asked JasonB when he'll be up there
He said early next week.
If we can throw it together fast, I say let’s play. If we don’t have numbers, we can always just kick it and watch for the Na Brown/Hank Baskett of 2010.
Re: Nervous, I’m actually more calm for this season than I’ve ever been as I’m convinced the Eagles will eventually be pretty good, but I’m not obessing over them winning the Super Bowl this year. (though that’d be nice. And isn’t impossible)
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Still waiting for the Eagles to Bring It Home For Jerome
I kinda understand what you’re saying about the calmness. I think thats from the lowering of expectations during Kolbs first year. I dont think my nervousness stems from the typical “SuperBowl of bust” feelings i usually have. I think its more of…who is this team, and what are they actually capable of doing? A lot of our staples are gone….and new guys that we know nothing about have taken their places.
If you dont like Big Red, then F#%@ You!
-Ricky Bobby
by GreenInBaltimore on Jul 28, 2010 9:09 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, that's fun to me ...
… and since there are so many new guys, upwards of a dozen, it makes it so we don’t have to obsess about the small ups and downs with any single one of them. In a group of that size, some good things are bound to happen.
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Still waiting for the Eagles to Bring It Home For Jerome
Barring acceptance by my parents,
if you have BGN Bowl 2 sometime this year, me and Uda might be able to come to Philly for it
I am the Green Man of Middle Tennessee.
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