1)The deep sadness you feel when your alarm wakes you up from the best dream ever so you can walk up to practice.
2)The constant battle you have with keeping your eyes open during film
3)And trying to understand exactly what you’re watching because all you can see are tiny, blurry blobs
4)All is fun until you hear “clear the field”
5)Say goodbye strapless clothes and say hello to your traps
6)The dark thoughts that you think during conditionings are slightly concerning
7)Naps must be planned out flawlessly
8)There should be an escalator from Kimball to Hart
9)If you are one of those blessed girls that is a stick, save the larges for the rest of us please, you DON’T need a large
10)Big Blacks are the best thing since sliced bread
11)Praise Narp days
12)Going to captains practice hung over on Sunday is a group effort turned into gossip sessions
13)Practice in the rain is just never a good thing… don’t even get us started on the snow
14)Track workouts are a no
15)Timed anything is also a no
16)You might as well just not show up to practice if your running late with no excuse
17)Practice all depends on the mood of your coach…Good luck if they aren’t feeling too hot
18)Everyone immediately hates one person on the other team
19)Plugs on a bus make all the difference in the world, wifi is an added bonus
20)Warm ups in the weight room are avoided at all cost
21)There are too many nicknames to count
22)Website photos are depressing
23)6 am wake up calls can go die
24)You get dressed up for the first day of class then its back to yoga pants
25)Balancing school work and practice is a daily struggle
26)Partners lifts are a godsend
27)The person with the watch at practice is immediately the most popular
28)Tailgates, it is all about the tailgates, and yes you should take a to go box
29)Going out after a win is a lot easier then going out after a loss
30)FOMO during 48 hour rules
31)Learning to balance the water to Gatorade ratio in the Gatorade room
32)Getting gear is like Christmas morning unless you get womens cut
33)Formals are always interesting
34)You start to memorize everyones pregame rituals and knacks
35)There is always one suck up on the team, we know it, they know it, but the coach doesn’t.
36)Weight room: Fake it ’til ya make it
37)Cramming every piece of laundry you have on your loop is an art form
38)Warm ups without music are not real warm ups
39)Teammates are friends and friends are fam