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September 4th, 2021. The date where the ONU football team takes the field for the opening game of the 2021 campaign. This will be my first normal season of football since my senior year of high school. There is a lot of anticipation for this upcoming season with playing a full 10 game schedule. I am very excited for this season because I will have a chance to prove myself even more after my freshman season. I received honorable mention all-conference my freshman year, but I want to keep progressing my game and getting better. There are concerns however about Covid. There is still Covid testing and the possibility of Covid spreading around the team. If we get through all of our Covid threats I feel like we have a great chance to have a great year off the field and in the classroom. ONU football has one of the highest if not the highest team GPAs in our conference. My GPA has slowly gotten better but I want it to be even higher this year. Some of my goals for my sophomore year for the football season is to be first team all-conference and I want to be an All American one day. I also want to be a leader for the younger guys and be a role model for the guys that look up to me. The whole ONU community will be at our football games and I want to have the younger kids in the community have someone that they can look up to. I want to be that person. Being on the football team brings many opportunities that a normal student wouldn't necessarily have. One of these opportunities could be traveling across the state and playing at different stadiums and venues. If we make the national playoffs we have the chance to travel across the country and experience new things. We also have a chance to be a part of a brotherhood and a family that normal students wouldn't necessarily get. In conclusion, I am just beyond grateful to be a part of the ONU football program and be a part of the ONU community. I can't express how happy I am to be here. 

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  1. Garrett AllenAugust 29, 2021 at 9:28 PM

    I understand how you feel with being a leader on your team and wanting to make a difference. As a captain for the golf team, I need to be a leader and show the underclassmen how hard I work on the course and show them what I can also do for them on campus. Good luck in your first full season!

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  2. Annaleia AltstaetterSeptember 2, 2021 at 6:52 PM

    Noah, I am so happy for you to finally have a normal college football season! That was probably the number one thing I missed the most, last year, were the football games. Good luck with your season, can’t wait to go and cheer on a classmate!

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