I met my wife, Jodie, over nine years ago while she was visiting her family in my hometown of Elizabethtown, K.Y.
When I saw her, I knew it was love at first sight. After getting to know her, I didn't think she could be any more perfect than she was … until I found out the love she had for football.
Kentucky is known for college basketball, and I was a football fan, but never had a team to root for. That was all about to change.
We started watching every Ravens game together that we could catch on the local channels, and her best friend even bought me my first Ed Reed jersey.