With spring practice now completed, I can now begin the weekly ritual of informing my wife of how many weeks remain until the Hawks open the 2010 football season. Her indifference to my anticipation and excitement is troubling, but we remain married anyway.

It would be difficult to find many Hawk fans who aren’t excited about the upcoming season and aren’t still pumped about the last two seasons that produced many thrilling moments and two impressive January bowl victories. But,...