This is a call to action—a call to all people from all walks in life, whether you are female, male, vegetarian, charismatic or boring.

This column is for the casual sports follower—you know who you are. You’ll be channel surfing, looking for your guilty pleasure on HGTV because no one else is around. Or maybe you’re looking to stuff your face with the ever-dense Adam Richman on “Man vs. Food.”

Instead of indulging, you find a football game and call it good while you mourn that fat guy.
This is a column meant for the fans who go to DU sports and a drinking game breaks out. And if you’re at a hockey game, you’re only there because the person who brought you there will shower you in expensive mediocre beer.

This column is for the fanatic, who will eventually name their sons George and their daughters Gwozdecky, and even the people who would give up those same kids just to be able to just taste John Elway.

It’s even for you people who consider slacklining a sport.

This is a call to all you. There’s an actual reason for you to go to sports games now!
DU plays good sports!

Women’s soccer has a record of 12-1-1. To me, that’s twelve solid reasons to go support the Lady Pios. Oh, and in case you needed another reason to go, they’re ranked No. 16 in the nation, so they chances are there will be things worth cheering about.

After struggling early in the season, the men’s soccer team opened Summit League play with a 5-0 shutout of the Fort Wayne Mastodons followed by a 4-0 romp of the IUPUI Jaguars. Why wouldn’t you want to watch your Pioneers win in a showdown against a prehistoric monster that has been extinct for 10,000 years and the Tyra Banks of the rainforest? I didn’t think one could simply defeat Tyra Banks.

The hockey team has opened the season with two shutout wins, a feat never witnessed until now (in DU history). The excitement surrounding the team is palpable, in part because there are still so many questions that need answering. Will this young roster meet the high expectations? Can Sam Brittain continue to dominate between the pipes? Can Head Coach Jim Montgomery turn hockey stank into a championship? If he had a beard, would he be the messiah? And there’s always the question of what do I have to do in order to gain unlimited access to that big tractor on the ice?

It doesn’t matter who you are, what you are, when you are, or how you are, there is no excuse for not going to at least a few athletic events this year.
Are you with me or are you with me?