Quote from: ExTartanPlayer on November 18, 2014, 07:56:16 AM
I've relayed this anecdote previously: I was a senior on a 6-4 team that played in the ECACs after making the playoffs the season before. Coming down the stretch I wasn't really sure how I (or any of the seniors) would react at the prospect of an ECAC game - would some guys just want the season over with? Once we got word we had a game...unanimous excitement amongst the upperclassmen. We got a one week reprieve from being done with football for good. We got one more chance to suit up and play with our buddies. It was the most fun week of the season, really. Maybe one or two of the teams in this year's field share the Fisher apathy, but for Albright, Stevenson, Bethany, Waynesburg, Buffalo State, etc...I bet all those dudes are pretty excited to have one more game.
I agree - I can't imagine any senior not being excited for one more game. I could see underclassmen just wanting the season to be over with, but I think it would be really hard to find any senior that just wants their *career* to be over with. Football is unique in that once you're done at the collegiate level, you're pretty much done playing the sport. Basketball, soccer, lacrosse, etc. all can be pretty closely replicated in rec leagues or pickup games of all shapes and sizes, but there's really no equivalent for football. Flag football leagues just make one miss the real game even more (especially linemen...). Making that last game a "bowl game" honestly might the best way to end a career at the DIII level.