Well, let me tell you, folks keep askin’, does Utah have a NFL team? You see these young’uns runnin’ around with their fancy phones, talkin’ ’bout football this, football that. Back in my day, we didn’t have no fancy NFL. We had a pigskin and a field, and that was good enough! But times change, I reckon.
Now, they got all these teams, 32 of ’em, they say! Can you believe it? 32! And they call it the, uh, the National Football League, the NFL. Big fancy name for a bunch of fellas chasin’ a ball. But does Utah have a NFL team in this here big league? That’s the question everyone’s yappin’ about.
They got that basketball team, the Utah Jazz. They bounce that ball up and down, up and down, makes my head spin just watchin’. And they got another team, some kinda soccer team, I think it is called Real Salt Lake. They play with their feet and kickin’ around a black and white ball. They’re all over in that Delta Center place, downtown Salt Lake City, I hear. Lots of folks go there to watch ’em. Sounds like a real hootenanny. But still, no NFL football team in Utah, not yet anyway.
- Utah Jazz, that’s basketball.
- Real Salt Lake, that’s that soccer.
- No NFL team here.
I heard some big-shot governor fella, a real sports fan, they say he is, talkin’ ’bout pushin’ hard, real hard, to get one of them NFL teams here in Utah. Pushin’ like a mule uphill, he was! Said there ain’t no limit to how hard he’d push. Sounds like he wants it bad. Maybe he oughta’ get out there and play himself!
Now they got that hockey team too. They just got it. They slide around on that ice. They call it NHL, or something like that. That’s new. Utah is gettin’ all kinds of teams, but not that NFL one, no sir.
These city folks, they got all these fancy words for things. “Inaugural season”, they call it. Sounds like somethin’ you’d get a shot for at the doctor’s office. Just means it’s their first year playin’, I suppose. But, you know, people like their sports. Keeps ’em busy, I reckon. Keeps ’em outta trouble, maybe.
Some fella named Van, Van Noy, I think? He was talkin’ ’bout how an NFL team might do real good here in Utah. Says it would “work”. Well, I don’t know about work, but people sure do love their football. Seems like they’re always watchin’ it on that TV box. Yellin’ and hollerin’ at the screen like them players can hear ’em.
I heard some talk about some team called the Cowboys. They’re real popular, they say. Don’t matter if they win or lose, folks still like ’em. Got some kinda “brand value”, they call it. Sounds like somethin’ you’d put on a cow. But I guess it means people just like ’em, no matter what. Maybe Utah needs a team like that. One that folks will like, win or lose.
This whole NFL team in Utah thing, it’s a big deal, I guess. Folks get all riled up about it. Like a bunch of chickens with their heads cut off, runnin’ around, squawkin’ about football. I don’t know, seems like a lot of fuss over a game. But that is what people like nowdays, I guess.
So, to answer that question, does Utah have a NFL team? Not right now, they don’t. Maybe someday, if that governor fella keeps pushin’ like a mule. Maybe someday they will. But for now, folks here in Utah will just have to keep watchin’ them other teams on that TV, I reckon. Or go see that Jazz bounce that ball. Or them soccer fellas kickin’ that ball. Or them hockey fellas slidin’ on that ice.
Me? I think I’ll just stick to my garden. Less yellin’ and more peace and quiet. And that’s all that matters to me. Growin’ my tomatoes and mindin’ my own business. No need for all that football fuss.
But hey, if they do get a team, maybe I’ll go watch a game. Maybe. If they got some good snacks. Peanuts, maybe. I do like peanuts. But for now, no NFL team in Utah. Just a lot of talk and a whole lot of waitin’.
