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‘Twas the Day Before Training Camp — A Kyle Barber Rendition
Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images - ‘Twas the night before Training camp, when all through Mary land,
- Not a single fan was stirring, nor even The Band,
- The jerseys were hung by the trainers with care,
- In hopes that St. Harbaugh soon would be there;
- The fans were nestled in the stands on the sides,
- With visions of touchdown high-stepping, stride after stride,
- And Hollywood in his chain, and Andrews hand sign “Big Truzz,”
- Had settled our brains for a long season no fuss,
- When out on the field, there arose such applause,
- All fans standing in the bleachers, to see what the cause,
- Away to the endzone, it flew like a flash,
- Tore open the defense, and hauled in a deep pass,
- The sun overhead of the green grass so bright,
- Gave the lustre of scoreboard brilliance, the throw was airtight,
- When, what to fans wondering eyes should appear,
- But a new rookie class, eight Ravens first year,
- With a little old coach, known not to guffaw,
- I knew it a moment it must be Harbaugh,
- More rapid than trainers his coursers they came,
- And he whistled, and shouted, and call’d them by name:
- “Now!