Girls & Football? You betcha!!

Kit Maitland: Girl, Browns Fan, Football Lover

It's that time of the year again. Here up north where the seasons change...the days have begun to get milder...the nights have begun to get cooler...the leaves are starting to fall from the trees. It's the beginning of the end of summer...time to go back to school and to start thinking about preparing for the winter ahead. It also happens to be my very favorite time of year...not because I love the weather (though I do)...but because I love football. And I mean...I. LOVE. FOOTBALL. You can have your summer vacations & your holiday seasons...for me...this is as good as it gets. It's that magical time of the year when, to quote one of my favorite NFL Network commericials...we are all undefeated again...when anything can happen. It's *my* spring...and there is nothing in the world like the start of a new game...holding your breath as the ball floats through the air...not knowing what's going to happen next...but hoping...hoping...that it's going to end the way you want.

I come to my own love of football by way of being a life long fan of two teams: the Marshall University Thundering Herd...and the Cleveland Browns. If you know anything about either team...then you know both have dealt with adversity and heartbreak. When you live in Huntington...it doesn't really matter if you're a boy or a girl...it just matters that you're part of a community that's forged a bond with its football team like no other...and you love them...even when they suck (which was *MOST* of the time when I was growing up). Of course the trials of the Browns are legendary: Red Right 88...John effing Elway and his effing Broncos...Art effing Modell...The Helmet...Butch effing Davis...yeah...just keep throwing 'em at us...we can take it...and one day...ONE DAY!!!

So here I am...in my brand spanking new SL Browns outfit...and you might say...'Well Kit! Dot put on a Browns uniform...why didn't you put on a Pats one?'. And to that I'd say well...duh of course she did. I can't help it if *everyone* wants to flee to the Cleve. Can't say as I blame 'em. We have the awesomest fans in the world. Why would I wanna downgrade? ;)