Are you ready for some football?

The question was rhetorical, but if you answered no, then maybe this will get you pumped up.

If you haven't already done so, check out our football preview issue online. You can always order back copies through The Reporter, but if you are really, really nice to me, maybe I'll give you one. There is some web-only content available, including audio clips from our coaches roundtable discussion (click here to listen Fondy's three coaches talk about why they do it) and a really nifty photo gallery.

If you live in the general Fond du Lac area, I'll be making three different radio appearances today. At 11 a.m., I'll be on "The Focus" on KFIZ-AM 1450 chatting with host Bob Hoffmaster about the upcoming football season. I'll join Huffy and Wade Bates for their preview show later that night before the Fond du Lac-Oshkosh North game. I'll also be appearing on the "Coach's Playbook" on WFDL-AM 1170. That show starts at 5 p.m.

If you don't know who is playing, check out today's Reporter for the schedule. Aside from the games in the city, I'd recommend checking out Brodhead-Juda at Mayville. Matt Haass was featured on the cover of our preview issue. Brodhead-Juda is a perennial playoff team and finished the 2003 season as the Division 4 runners-up (it lost to Ripon).

After all the games are over tonight, be sure to check www.fdlreporter.com for updated scores and stories. Then, tomorrow morning, head out to a gas station or grocery store to grab Blink, our free weekly tabloid. For the first time ever we are able to provide Saturday morning game coverage, so there's no need to wait for Sunday's paper to read up on all your favorite teams.

Although, Sunday will be worth checking out anyway.

Enjoy.