The Dave Campbell's Texas Football staff offers some thoughts on the first day of the 2021 Texas 7-on-7 State Tournament in College Station.
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The most remarkable thing about the the first day of the state 7-on-7 tournament is how unremarkable it felt, and how wonderful that is.
Walking around Veterans Park in College Station on Thursday, talking with fans and coaches, everything felt almost entirely normal. Players making incredible plays, celebrating with their teammates. Coaches — who can't actually coach their teams — pacing the sideline, temporarily relegated to the role of fan. Spectators hollering encouragement to the players and complaints to the officials. It was football, and it was...normal!
A year after the state 7-on-7 tournament was canceled due to COVID-19, it came back with a roar in the Brazos Valley, and a sense of relief hung over everything. Coaches are usually jovial, but were in an especially good mood because hey, here we are, watching football, and what can be better than that?
It was hot, it was humid, but by God, for the first time, football is back.
—Greg Tepper
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