Are We Having Fun Yet Falcon Fans?

As you can probably deduce for yourself, I sometimes struggle in finding a topic to blog about. My Cubs were basically done in May, the Bears are woefully under performing, and Jim Cotter covers the Illini for our little station, so the choices are kind of few and far between. I guess we could talk about the GCMS football Falcons couldn't we? YOU BET YOUR LIFE WE CAN!!!
To borrow a phrase from former Dallas Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson, "How 'bout them Falcons?" This has been quite the ride Falcon nation. To look across the field this past Saturday in Kewanee and see hundreds upon hundreds of GCMS fans dressed up in all their red and black garb was honestly quite the site. In fact, if you haven't visited our local sports page and perused all the pictures on wgcyradio.com yet, take a minute to do so. In my best estimate, I would venture to say that the Falcons may have had more supporters on the road than the home team did. It just goes to show you how strongly our community backs our youngster's. And let's be honest, this is rare territory for a Gibson City football team.
The 1998 Falcons under then Head Coach Vic Jennings reached the quarter-final round, but unfortunately fell to a pretty good Stillman Valley team and future Illini lineman Bucky Babcock. But you get the feeling that this version .2009 of the Falcons are different. It's as if Mike Allen's boys don't know they aren't supposed to get this far. Never before have I seen a more mature, confident bunch of teenage boys. Lauded for their professionalism, their class, and thier superior play, football fans may one day be speaking of the '09 team as old timer's now do about the vaunted 1957 Greyhounds.
We're (and I use that pronoun because I believe "we're" all in this together) only one victory away from playing at Memorial Stadium. Yup, should GCMS defeat the #1 team in the state this Saturday in Morrison, Falcon fans might be able to give a whole new meaning to the term "Black Friday" the day after Thanksgiving in Champaign-Urbana. I understand that will be the theme this weekend on the road against the Mustangs. That the Falcons want a "blackout" at Morrison. All GCMS fans are encouraged to dress in black. And how fitting is that? It's like a black storm is headed your way opponents.
So sit back and enjoy ladies and gentleman, this run is not yet over. There's still business to attend to according to the guys. Michael Romshek, Stephan Birt, the Seneca brothers, Ross Perkins, Cody Gaessar and the rest of this senior class want to play ball where the big boys do. Could it be that the best football of 2009 to be played at Memorial Stadium won't be by guys named Juice or Arrelious, but kids like Alex Kemmer and J.J. Gardner? I don't see why not.