- Every year the NFL hands out their awards during Super Bowl week. The Fed Ex Ground player of the year? Not Adrian Peterson. Not even Ladainian Tomlinson. Fred Taylor. Goodness. Too bad Fred won't be around anymore when the Jaguars are playing in L.A. ...
- Careful readers of my blog over the years know that I get EXTREMELY tired of the emphasis put on Boston and New York sports teams by the national sports media. Careful readers will have already surmised that there is little chance of me enjoying the Super Bowl, since it features two of my least favorite franchises in football. I resent the Patriots recent success. I've never liked the Giants much either, I guess. Maybe their thrilling last-second 41-0 win over the Vikings in the NFC Championship game several years back still sticks in my craw. It was only a 6 score game when the Vikes got the ball back ... oh, nevermind. Suffice it to say, unless the league rules that the game was so awful they're awarding the Lombardi trophy to Grand Valley State, I'm going to dislike the outcome.
- Prediction? Yeah, the game these two played in Week 17 was close. This one won't be. The Patriots have had two weeks to prepare and two weeks to heal. 38-17 New England.
- Most ridiculous quote I've heard during Super Bowl week - some random writer for some Boston fishwrap announcing that the Patriots really turned it up a notch after losing Adam Vinatieri. They "decided" to stop playing close games to let him win it at the end and started scoring in bunches so the outcome was not in doubt by the fourth quarter. The notion that their game plan went something like, "G** d*** it, Tom! Stop throwing touchdowns! No more points! You'll hurt A.V.'s feelings!" or "Yo! D! Another 3 and out and I swear to God I let A.V. pick who gets cut this week!" made me giggle. Unfortunately, it did NOT make the sportswriter giggle, as he was delivering this theory in earnest. Sportswriters are some of the worst people you'll ever meet, I think. Perspective has no place in their universe.
- Bring on the draft!
Friday, February 1, 2008
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