All The Seasons!

Danny asked me to write something up for the blog. Since work was a little slower today, I agreed. The first thing I thought when I was thinking about what to write was, “What do I write about in the offseason?” That is when it hit me, what the hell is an offseason for PCTI. I kept thinking, and I have determined that I break down the year in 3 different seasons (I don’t have to specify PCTI since this is our life now).

• 1^st is the “offseason”. This is after the most recent PCTI has been played, but before the next draft. This is the hardest season for most of us, because we want to celebrate anything good we did in the most recent PCTI, but we also want to move forward and look to the new PCTI. The biggest thing we do is align ourselves with our team and talk shit to the other team. We like to point out the others flaws and hype up our own mediocre abilities. Except for those who played very well the last PCTI, all of us think that the next one we will play better (even though it’s probably not going to change). The “offseason” is kind of like seeing the same high school friends for a week during the summer; there is only so much to reminisce on from high school/ the last PCTI. The only thing that really happens for the future PCTI is a couple mock drafts. Otherwise, it’s what has happened in the past. This is why the draft always gets moved up.

• 2^nd is “Hype season”. Not sure if there is a better name, but that is one I came up with real quick. This is from the draft day until the next PCTI. I call it the “hype season” because this is where everyone gets on the blog and starts talking about how everyone is going to do. There are 100 different breakdowns and comparisons of each player and team from beers to NBA players. Most of the posts are done by a handful of people, but this is the season we will have an occasional person come out of their shell and bust out some PCTI literary. I also believe this blog would be a great source for an aspiring sports writer. The creative juices have to be on point to make a splash and the new angles need to be used. The closer PCTI gets, the more activity there is on the blog. This is what has taken PCTI to another level.

• 3^rd is the “THE season”. This is the actual weekend (soon to be week) of PCTI. The action packed 4 days are some of the best times of the year. Traveling to a new place, getting to see old faces, drinking, meeting new guys, spending time with people that you usually wouldn’t, drinking, hooping, eating, going out, going to the pool, drinking, hooping, hurting, and finally drinking. This is basically like a bachelor party without the dread of a marriage after it’s over. “THE season” is my favorite time of year. When it is over, you feel defeated for a couple weeks (even if you just swept the other team). I want “THE season” to be this weekend now that I’m talking about it.

Would love to hear if anyone else breaks it down differently.