As a kid, you don't always realize at the time something happens the effects that they're likely to have on your life later on down the line.  Seeds get planted though and often take root forming the basis of our likes and dislikes later on in life.  Kids being what they are and living in the moment, hardly take notice at the time.

I can vaguely remember, as a young boy, gathering together in the living room in front of our TV, with my Dad, a couple of Uncles, and my older brothers, to watch Alabama take on Notre Dame.

I couldn't have been more than six or seven years old at the time and didn't fully understand the game of football itself, nor why it seemed to have such a significance to the adults in the room...

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