Tell me you don’t feel the same way.

I’m definitely ready for football to start. I’ve ridden the high from Division III basketball as much as I can. I love major league baseball, but that’s not the same. But it’s been almost five months since the Stagg Bowl, and football needs to start.

It’s the worst time of the year. The NFL Draft is done. Schedules are basically finished. Graduations litter the May schedule … and it’s still more than three months until kickoff!

Don’t get me wrong — I enjoy the opportunity to spend extra time with my kids, especially with the newborn taking up a lot of our time. The lawn needs to be cut. The kids like to play outside. I need to get the brakes checked and some tires replaced after putting another umpteen hundred miles on the cars during the football and basketball season. But it’s a long time until kickoff and I’m sitting here ready to go.

Let’s skip June and July and get it on.