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front of me got No. 76”), how difficult it is for the unwashed to appreciate that football is a team game, and when one misses his assignment, the play collapses and 75,000 people think the play caller is an idiot. Fans don’t see the mistake that brought about failure.

Grange grew up at a time when everybody worked, giving the highest regard for the work ethic. This is the way it was for him when in his 7th- and 8th-grade years when he was assigned to work on his uncle’s farm.

“I got up at 5:00 a.m., went directly to the horse barn and fed the eight horses their hay and oats. Then I would (cross) over three fences and the pasture to the cow barn and milk four cows. Then have breakfast. Next, I would hitch up a horse, take six three-foothigh milk cans down to the dairy which was five miles away, and bring the empty cans home, unhitch the horse, and put him in the barn. Then I would take a shower and change my clothes and ride my bicycle five miles and be at the schoolhouse by 9:00 a.m. After school, I would clean the barns, feed the cows and horses, and milk the four cows again.”

After that, football was a breeze. He never complained about long practices.

Getting back on my spring training routine is a must. I need to catch another 25-pound snook, kill an Oceola turkey, and find an ole timer with whom to reminisce about yesteryear.