Hello to whoever happens to find themselves on this blog of mine. I never thought that I would start a blog because I rarely find myself sitting on my computer, but here I am for my graduate class so I am going to make the most of it!
I am Riley Lovingood and I am in my 5th year of playing college football for the University of Tennessee. I am in graduate school for communications and also am working on a global securities certification. My goal for this blog is to share my thoughts on the things that I am passionate about which includes my faith, football, marketing, politics, and other areas.
College is a time where everyone has plenty of learning experiences, and when you add into that being a college football player it turns into a completely different experience. It is something that I would not trade in for anything because the experience is priceless. You get to learn how to make a schedule while having a list of responsibilities each day and having 60+ hours a week of work with football, and then squeezing in school. It teaches you a lot. You also learn how to deal with a lot of different valuable areas in life, as in dealing with adversity, media, different people, and many more different ways that I will go into with this blog. One of these areas is social media.
Social media: It can take 10 years to build your brand but only 10 seconds to tear it all down. This is one of the earliest lessons that I learned, and I will relate a lot of this blog with. You always want to air on the safe side when it comes to posting on social media. I will leave you with the rule that I always use for social media from Oswald Chambers which is, “If in doubt, don’t”.
Thoughts from an Athlete 