First story in a 5-part series looking ahead to ODU's 2021 football season.
By Harry Minium
It didn't hit me until I pulled into the S.B. Ballard Stadium parking lot last month just how much I missed Old Dominion University football.
It was a Friday evening, the lights were on, the air was crisp and the field was covered with ODU players preparing for their last scrimmage of fall practice.
The event was closed to the public, meaning no cheering crowds, fireworks, fog horn, cannon firing or Ice Cream and Cake, nor Jack Ankerson saying "First Down, Monarchs.