So, here we are once again. Another NFL season has come and gone - and this time, we don't even have the crappy Pro-Bowl to wave good bye too.
I always liked the pro-bowl. It was so brutally boring and misguided, it actually made me glad football season was over. Ah well. So, anyway, while I was watching the Saints improbable victory over the Colts, I started thinking. This is always a highly dangerous proposition.
Hmm...maybe the pro bowl ain't so bad...
Here are some of my thoughts from Superbowl Sunday...
This is an oddly disjointed Superbowl. It just seems like something is/was missing. I know! Drama and tension. If anyone, after watching the 2nd quarter, thought the deck wasn't stacked completely against the Colts, they were smoking something. Something really good. Like crack.
I said, Colts are gonna win, bitches!
Now, I'm not saying the Colts threw the superbowl and I'm not sayin' they didn't....but somewhere, Shoeless Joe Jackson is kicking his feet, screaming, "Not fair!"
Screw you, Peyton. I know what you did.
Look, what city needed a championship more? New Orleans or Indianapolis? Clearly, the city raped by a hurricane and then FEMA clearly needed a reason to let down their beads and party. And with Bush out of office, I think our current leadership put the word out that it was time to do a little nice-by New Orleans.
Go Saints.
How else do you explain the inexplicable Pierre Garcon drop midway through the 2nd quarter that completely changed the game?
Or how about the absurdly bad gambles by Sean Payton - going for it on 4th down at the goal line instead of taking a sure 3 points and then calling for a stunning on-sides kick that went into and out of the hands of 5th string Indy wideout Hank Baskett - that somehow worked to perfection?
Yeah, he looks ready for the superbowl.
Seriously, how hard would it be to pay off guys like Garcon and Baskett - especially Baskett. Kendra is used to living with Hugh Hefner. Those are some pretty big...uh...shoes...that Baskett has to fill.
Hef would've caught that ball. Then he would have had sex with it, a basketball and a volleyball.
Oh and don't forget the refs. That 2 point conversion call, I've seen that call go either way - but it usually goes the way of the team the NFL wants to win.
And, there was the hit from behind on Manning after he threw the pick. This non-call clip could have changed the entire complexion of the 4th quarter if it'd been called. But it wasn't. See for yourself:
I'm not sure who to blame for the Peyton throw for an INT. It was either the worst throw of Manning's career, or Reggie Wayne got his feet tangled and was out of position. Or it could have been both. Either way, I do know Peyton Manning kills snitches.
I'm not sayin he has...and I'm not sayin' he hasn't...
On the plus side, the Saints onside kick made a playmate cry.
I'm pretty sure Hef only made her cry during sex.
And whether I agree with him or not, Sean Payton's got balls as big as churchbells
Sean Payton. Well, parts of him.
Tell me again, did Drew Brees save New Orleans or did New Orleans save Drew Brees?
And for his next trick, Drew Brees will cure cancer, AIDS and succussfully sue for world peace. All this with a funky thing on his face.
Alright, so you won. At least I don't have a skidmark on my face.
6 days til pitchers and catchers
By the way...Drew Brees didn't throw an INT the entire playoffs...and has beaten Brett Favre, Kurt Warner and Peyton Manning. Right now, he's the best QB in the NFL. Tho, he still hasn't beaten Tony Romo.
The Who played every CSI theme song. I didn't think they would...but then, BAM! they did. Awesome.
I think they released this one right after Quadraphenia, right?
The Letterman/Leno/Oprah ad was funny...but I enjoyed the Betty White-Abe Vigoda commercial best of all. If for nothing else, it reminded me that Abe Vigoda was still alive.
Hint: He's alive.
So, I'm confused...Tim Tebow beats his mom? Is that right?
Enjoy 2010, because in 2011, there's a good chance there will be an NFL players strike and an NBA lockout. So..no football, no basketball. Go Manchester United?
Not lookin' forward to 2011. Nope.
Don't look now, but Kevin Durant is approaching records in the NBA
How the hell did the New Jesey Devils trade for Ilya Kovalchuk? Curse the cap-strapped Rangers. Curse them right in the ass.
The Milwaukee Brewers will put a statue of Bud Selig outside of Miller Park. I'm guessing that's the first erection Bud's had in quite some time.
Anybody got a little blue pill?
What's next? An 12-foot tall statue of Jeff Suppan?
Hopefully, by the all-star game, Brewer fans will rally together, Iraqui style, and tear that mutha down.
Danica Patrick will make her NASCAR debut this weekend at Daytona International Speedway in Florida. She's be driving the #11 car and will be sponsored by...of course...Go Daddy.com. Someone tell me why I should take NASCAR serious again?
Nascar is so cool. What a great 'sport.'
That's really just an excuse for me to put a picture of Danica Patrick in this article.
Some people complain I don't write enough about NASCAR. Ok, here's some tidbits for you ..uh...car fans...out there. To make it's 'sport' better, NASCAR should:
1. Shorten the schedule. The 36-race Cup schedule runs between Feb 7th and November 21s with three - THREE - weekends off. This is simply too much product for the casual fan. We just stop caring. And even most hardcore fans only really start caring in September.
2. Limit your organizations to four cars only. End satellite shenanigans. In 2009, drivers supported by Rick Hendrick and Joe Gibbs combined to win 27 of 36 races. Not only is the balance of power centralized, but it's making everyone friends. This is good for a sitcom. Not for NASCAR, which is built on drama, not comedy. Much as I argue otherwise.
3. Give more incentive to win. I'm not even a casual fan, but nearly all casual fans and neutral observors are completely incensed by the fact that a driver can win more races than any of the other drivers and not even make the playoffs, much less win the championship. This is absurd. NASCAR can scream til it's blue in the face that the object is to win the races, but this is bullshit. The real object is points racing, where drivers settle for a top 5 or top 10 finish rather than racing hard to win. Right now, the difference between 10th and 1st is only 51 points and coasting to a 10th place finish is more desirable than risking the major points loss for a wreck. If first place paid 50 more points than 2nd and 100 more than 10th, you'd see drivers fighting more for the win.
Also, this is just me, but Spy Hunter cars with deploy-able oil slicks, smoke screens and hood mounted machine guns would add tremendously to the enjoyment of driving really fast in a circle, and would probably propel NASCAR into our new national pastime. Think about it. Side and rear mounted machine guns. Total awesomeness.
This...i would watch.
LeBron and Kobe are on a collision course - if Kobe can get - and stay - healthy. But for my money, there's no better show in the NBA right now that the New Jersey Nets. I think their new slogan should be, "We're 4-46. Come watch us play - be a part of history. You can tell you grandkids you saw us live. And we were even more hilarious in person." Or something like that.
The 'Aints may be gone, but we'll always have the Nets.
So....is Mike Vick going to be the starting QB for the Philadelphia Eagles next year? As I Cowboy fan, oh boy do I hope this is true.
Tim Tebow can make it to the NFL. As an H-back. Not a QB. Of course, someone is going to draft him. Probably Jacksonville in the 2nd round. They still have carnival sideshows down there, don't they?
And Tim Tebow...
The Washington Capitals are for real. Damn. And Alex Ovechkin is the NHL MVP. Meanwhile, the Rangers are proving that if you have 1 superstar player (Gaborik) and an all-star Goalie (Lundqvist), and absolutely nothing else...you probably won't even make the playoffs.
So, how bout that Christina Hendricks?
No comment.
We're about three weeks away from March - and March means March Madness....but right now, the only sane pick in college hoops is Kansas. Boy, are they GOOD! And at 23-1, they look like they're going to cruise to the NCAA Championship. Of course, anything can - and often does - happen in the big dance...but boy..right now..the Jayhawks are smokin'.
You know you're sports team is in trouble when their biggest acquisition of 2010 is Mookie Wilson.
Mookie!
David Sills, a 13-year old kid from Delaware, verbally committed to USC this past week. It's February 2010. That means Sills won't be playing for USC for another SIX years. Kid hasn't even played HIGH SCHOOL football yet. And he's been guaranteed a scholarship by USC. This is bad parenting at it's worst. And it's deplorable that an (alleged) institute of high learning (USC) would guarantee a football scholarship to a 13-year old kid
USC football under Lane Kiffin = Total awesomeness.
In other news, Jake Minucci has just signed a letter of intent to play linebacker for UF in 2028.
