December 22, 2024:
2023 Panini Instant #39 Dare Ogunbowale (#/87)
If you've followed me in other spaces, you might have heard that when I was student-teaching back in the fall of 2001, Dare was a student in my class. He was a really nice, smart kid. It was a little disappointing to learn that he went to the all-boys Marquette High School, a silver spoon institution in the city if there ever was one, and an athletic powerhouse. Fortunately, he chose to go to Wisconsin to play football. He's not a big dude, but he gets the job done. This card commemorates the game last year when he, a running back, kicked a go-ahead field goal in the fourth quarter against the Buccaneers. Baker Mayfield and Tampa Bay came back to retake the lead, but C.J. Stroud marched Houston down the field for the game-winning touchdown with under a minute left. Dare also did the kickoffs during this game after the regular kicker had to leave the field due to injury. It's always cool when a player succeeds outside of his or her usual position, and doubly cool when you used to teach that kid math and reading and shit. I also recall several spirited games of paper football (the folded triangle thingy and finger goalposts) during some indoor recesses that semester.
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