Well Sunday night was my last football game until next season. Usually my football season concludes with either a college bowl game or an NFL playoff game but this year was a little different. It ended not with a pro or college football game but a high school one.
Yes that's right my last game of the season was the Under Armor All-America High School Football game. It basically is a three-hour Under Armor clothing ad on ESPN but they like to call it a showcase of future talent. They bring in most of the nation's top high school recruits to play in an all-star game.
The big player of the game was quarterback Matt Barkely out of California. This kid could whiz the ball on a slant pass like you see in the SEC. Too bad he's staying home and playing for USC. As if they need another in a long procession of QBs at SC.
The game was long and at times boring like most all-star games. There was way too much passing which stopped the clock and dragged it out even longer. There were long TV timeouts (Hey ESPN has to make something out of it.) And there were breaks in the action where the TV cameras would show a player with his parents and give his oral commitment live on the air.
Last year the game was played at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex in the afternoon with a running clock. This year ESPN changed it up and held it at the dump we call the Florida Citrus Bowl and at night. Translation: long game under really bad lighting.
Most of the pictures that I shot were of individual players and mainly of them on the sidelines. I made some decent sales from last year's game which caused me to go out again this year. The bulk of my sales were just getting a lot of players in isolated areas or waist up with their helmet off. This is because most of the images out there of these players aren't great or clear. So if you have nice clean image of Matt Barkley it'll sell.
I just wish my football season would've ended in February. Oh well, on to basketball.
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