"This is gonna SUCK!"

The Hitmen had our first mini-camp of the season on Sunday, and while I was looking forward to the practice, I knew the weather wouldn't make it much fun. So in the car ride down there, Willy and I are talking about movies, when he blurts out - "This is gonna SUCK!".... and I knew exactly what he meant.

I love playing football in the rain. I HATE practicing in the rain. And rain it did. We made it through over half the practice before the downpour started. And just to f*ck with us, Mother Nature had it pour on us for a good fifteen minutes before any lightning came around.

But despite the shower, and the cold - it was a good workout. There were alot of new faces around, including six of us that want the quarterback job. One thing I found out after this practice is that I now throw better in the rain than I used to. All that work on the mechanics might have helped, but we use a slightly smaller ball, and that made alot of difference.

Well, at least after the first throw it made a difference. The first one went slightly end-over-end. But AFTER that, it got better.

One more mini-camp next weekend. MAYBE it'll stop raining by then.