A Good Old Drubbing

I think this was the point of the game where I muttered out loud "this is getting ridiculous".

Don't get me wrong, I was pulling for Seattle, as much as any New York Football Giants fan could, but man.... that just got ridiculous.

Fancy A Little Footeyball

NFL logos re-imagined as British footeyballers

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Logos I Go For

This dude Max O'Brien redesigned all the NFL team logos, and I gotta say, some of them are way better than the ones they're using now. I will take that Giants logo any day, and the I really like Jets, Browns, and the 49ers too. Classy.

This Is Getting Ugly

Icebreakers Be Damned

P.S. - for future reference, it's a brilliant idea to start a new job the day after an Super Bowl, especially one like last nights. Instant conversation piece and not a single awkward moment all day. Now tomorrow, tomorrow will be different I'm sure.

One more, with Peyton on his butt.

I Meant 4teen

I think that's the first game that went the way I wanted it to all season. That was fun. Would've been better if Laura had been home for the whole thing. She likes it more than she lets on. Don't tell her I told you but during the Viking-Saints game she actually jumped off the couch when Favre threw that last interception and it takes a lot for that girl to jump anywhere, especially off the cozy couch.

Get Up Buddy, Time To Go Home

Just rubbing it in one more time.

Woe Is Us

Okay....

So my one of my external drives that I planned to work with today just crashed and I'm trying not to be freaked out. I'm not actually. I've come to expect it. That'll be two crashes in three months. My luck couldn't be better. But I guess I'm going to start my Super Bowl celebration a little early. Not going to be all that fun since Laura's at work, and not having a good day by any means either. Oh woe is us.

Anyhow...

Should be a good game. I got the Saints up by 4, but it's probably just wishful thinking. Was gonna maybe get a pizza and drink some beer, but it's not me, so why force it. Probably go make some soup and take a nap. Tomorrow is coming fast.

Oh hey! The hard drive works again! It's a Super Bowl miracle! Now the Saints are definitely gonna win!!

Winner Winner Gumbo Dinner

I don't necessarily like finding so much pleasure in someone else's pain, but man was I satisfied by last nights NFC Championship outcome. I was worried for a couple minutes there towards the end of the 4th quarter but, they pulled it out with the luck of a coin toss and sent the Saints to their first Super Bowl ever. Good for them. Now I'm gonna be able to sit back and simply enjoy the game without having to be concerned with the outcome. I'd like to see the Saints win their first ever, but I enjoy the thought of the Colts winning again since I think Peyton Manning deserves it. He's good. But that's all two weeks off, so we got some time. For now, in honor of the Saints win, I'm making myself some Zatarain's red beans & rice for dinner. Best I could do on short notice.

Missing The Championships

Gonna miss both games this weekend. Might be able to catch most of the NFC show on the ride home, undoubtedly battling static every turn of the way. Damn mountain pass. Hoping for a Jets/Saints thing. For a gaggle of reasons but mainly because it's always nice to see underdogs win and new teams in the bowl. But if I were a betting man my cash'd be on Manning and Favre. What will be will be. At this point I'm just hoping to be able to watch the Super Bowl. I think I'd like to see the Saints win it all. Manning's been there, lord knows Favre doesn't need any encouragement and Sanchez winning would be too much too soon.

Put simply:

Our Drew, who art in New Orleans, hallowed be thy name. Thy bowl will come, it will be won, in Miami as it is in the Dome. Give us this next game, our weekly win and give us many touchdown passes, but do not let others pass against us. Lead us not into frustration, but deliver us to the Super Bowl.

Big Marketing Push

While I would like to see a Jets vs. Saints Super Bowl, I think it's a little early to be selling their respective conference championship gear on their website til, saaaayyyy, they actually play and win the game. But it's not only them, the Colts and Vikings have their versions up on their website for pre-order too. What's the big frigin hurry?! I wouldn't buy one before the game out of fear I'd jinks my team. I guess it's kinda like how they're already selling Valentine's Day cards in the stores on January 22nd, as if anybody buys one of those before February 13th. Someone should kill that thing already.

Good Mood Day

We wake up with animals all over us every morning. Sometimes earlier than morning. It's usually little Fawsja or Obladi, or sometimes it's Alps who is humongous. This morning it was Gabukobiwe. They were all in there somewhere tho. That's gonna have to change real soon.

I was gone all weekend. Short weekend tho. Saturday morning to Sunday evening with 6 hours of drive time in there.

The gang did well and I think I may have broken my previous record for amount staged in one weekend, but I can only take so much credit. Be back next weekend to finish it off and start to clean it up, because it is a mess. Oh is it a mess.

Got home last night to catch the last couple minutes of the Jets/Chargers game. I was listening on the radio but I must drive thru some kinda of Bermuda triangle area because every 10 minutes my radio became nothing but intense static and I had to search the airwaves for another station carrying the broadcast. Annoying only because every time I got back to the game I had missed an interception or the score had changed, but I expected to miss the game so... something's better than nothing. Hope I'll be so lucky next weekend. And I'm not gonna even talk about who I want to win for fear of jinxing it. If you know me, you know.

But it was all good because I came home to a rested wife, some Manwiches and some delicious blueberry themed dessert. Followed by my previously mentioned night of kitten cuddling, how could I not be in a good mood today.

Go! Anyone Else

Okay so maybe the Giants bit it and didn't make it into the playoffs, and after starting 5-0, that's a pretty big blow to a team that not too long ago was feared by most of the NFL. Now that is a memory.

So what do I have here? At this point I could really care less who wins. I could go home with a home team and root for the Jets, which I may enjoy doing. I liked watching them rail the Bengals or whoever they played last weekend. That could be nice. And nothing beats a story of the west coast boy coming to the big city and his rookie year taking his team all the way. Plus I know it would burn Favre & Mangini, two guys who thought they had it in the bag last year and couldn't even make the playoffs. So far I like that scenario.

I'd really like to see the Patriots and Vikings get eliminated this weekend tho. Brett Favre makes me ill and his actions need not be encouraged by any hopes of a championship. He'll just keep coming back, and nobody wants to see that. And I think myself and everyone in this country have had enough Tom Brady to last them a lifetime last decade, we don't need to be starting off this one with more pretty boy heroics. Cardinals too. They were there last year and I'm all about equal opportunity.

So how about the Colts. If this was a couple weeks ago and they were still undefeated I would be pulling for them hard, because it'd be cool to see a team achieve that whole "perfect season" thing and I think a team like the Colts is a good team to do it. A humble yet phenomenal quarterback and the rest of the team really follows his lead. When have you heard anything about anybody on that team this season. Quiet killers. But also it would be nice to finally shut up the '72 Dolphins, as if anyone cared anymore, I wasn't even born, and I know it would just kill Bill Belichick to see someone achieve what he was so close to just a couple years back, even tho he pretended not to notice. I see you Bill. Back to my point... Now that the Colts have lost that chance I don't know that I'm interested in seeing them win. Yeah I just decided I'm not.

The Saints same thing kinda. I liked them when they were playing well. How fickle am I? But it ain't my team I don't have to be loyal. I would like to see an NFC team win tho, and if it's gotta be them, I'm okay with it. Give Shockey the Super Bowl he just missed out on with the Giants. That's be nice for him. Maybe he can play without that chip on his shoulder then. Probably won't happen.

In the Giants division we got two teams who we can automatically eliminate, simply because they beat out the Giants to get into the playoffs. I cannot stand the Cowboys and the last thing I would ever want to see is that idiot half dead owner of theirs cheering his team on in the Super Bowl. Or maybe he gets so excited he falls out of that VIP box he sits in and tumbles into the stands where the drunken fans tear him to pieces and BBQ him in the parking lot. Is that morbid?

And the Eagles, I guess I could stand to see them win. I don't hate them quite as much and I think I have a little sympathy for McNabb & Reid. I could see it being their turn, finally. I just don't know if I can take more Philadelphia bandwagons. Their all full people. Move along.

Who else is there? The Bengals? They've had a season to commiserate with. The death of the coaches wife and the death of starting wide receiver, a season no one expected them to be a factor yet here they are. And who doesn't like the smack talk of Ochocinco. He makes the games worth watching. But they play the Jets this weekend and I'd rather see them advance, so... no tearjerkers this year.

How about the Packers? The only reason I can think of pulling for them is how that would probably drive Favre immediately into retirement for good. That'd kill him. Ha! I don't think they have it in them but what do I know?

And the Ravens. Eh, I don't care. I wouldn't be upset, but I'm hard pressed to think of a scenario where I'd actually be rooting for them. But word on the street is that they play dirty and who doesn't like to see a little bit of that in the postseason.

San Diego tho, I could get behind a team like that. As much as I don't care for anger-management-bound Philip Rivers, they're a team that seems on the right trajectory to get the job done, convincingly winning their last 11 games... honestly it's gonna be a surprise if they don't win.

So my horrible prediction is:

AFC Championship Game - San Diego Chargers vs. New York Jets

NFC Championship Game - New Orleans Saints vs. Philadelphia Eagles

Super Bowl - New York Jets vs. New Orleans Saints

Jets win 24-21

How ya like that? I don't even know that those games are possible with all this seeding nonsense but that just shows you how uneducated I am on the whole thing. I think everyone should play each other at the same time. One ball, twelve teams. Last one standing kind of thing. Whatcha think?

I Got The 23!

Good game. Had all the bells & whistles that come along with a Super Bowl, the longest run back in Bowl history with James Harrisons goal line interception, a great 4th quarter comeback by the Cardinals, two great passing games, and a safety to boot. Even tho the team I was rooting for did not come away with it, the game was still quite entertaining and I predicted half right, Cardinals did score 23. Not as good as last year... let's not get crazy now. I usually rely on most of the nights enjoyment to come from the infamous Bowl commercials, but nothing blew me away. A chuckle or two, I may have zoned out a few times tho.

Some of the evenings highlights:

• the tonedeaf vocals, tuneless guitar solo, and cross stage knee slide resulting in a camera crotch close-up for the ages, all adding up to the best Super Bowl performance I've ever seen


• movie previews for Year One (Jack Black & Michael Cera) & Land Of The Lost (Will Ferrel)


• the gall of Pepsi insinuating that this Will.I.Am is the modern day Bob Dylan


• the idiocy of Coke, using their million dollar spot to remind us why not to bring their saccharine beverage to a picnic


• I was really enjoying the commercial starring David Abernathy, seemed almost like a movie trailer, possibly something I may see someday, until I realized it was just a commercial for an online car dealership


• the episode of The Office that followed
  

And thus comes to an end another season of the NFL. See ya in September. Go Mets!

Super Bowl XLIII

Official Prediction

Cardinals 23 - - - - - - - - Steelers 17

any takers?

Well, What's Left?

[sigh]

The inevitable. How miserable. I'm already over it, so I won't go sit in the corner and pout. I'll just pick out of what's left and rout for them. So let's see...

the Baltimore Ravens

This is the team to hate, but I kinda love them. They're defense is sick and when the Giants were in the race I was hoping the Ravens would lose so we'd never have to face them, but nowwwww.... it is kinda fun to watch offenses get pummeled. Plus how could you not like a rookie QB story like Joe Flacco's? You can't! that's how.

the Arizona Cardinals

I think this is the team that's gonna receive most of my support, mainly by elimination of the others, but I do like the Kurt Warner story and how he's all but made a distant memory of ass-faced Matt Leinart, but also Anquon Boldin & Larry Fitzgerald are quite enjoyable to watch fly down the field. So Cardinals it is! Of course this means they will lose next weekend.

the Philadelphia Eagles

Probably the most likely candidate to receive my vote for a championship, geographically speaking anyhow, but how do you rout for the team that just knocked yours out of the playoffs. I like Donovan McNabb and most of the players but, I won't make it thru a summer working with Philadelphia natives if both the Phillies and the Eagles win it big.

the Pittsburgh Steelers

Could be the safest choice as far as a team that has the defense, offense & momentum going into the finals games but I still can't get over that weasel Ben Rothlisberger and his antics from Super Bowl 40, which they won so, c'mon, give someone else a chance. Plus, Polamalu still hasn't cut that mop.

Take It Personally

Giants ran all over your defense yesterday buddy and pretty much made you look stupid. On to Arizona.

A Giant Versus A Cowboy

Fran & I engaged in a bona fide conversation last night over who would really win a fight between the actual mascots these teams represent during the Giants/Cowboys game.

I said Cowboy would win. Reasoning: Cowboy would be riding a horse, naturally, and be using a gun or lasso of some sort. He'd be equipped. Maybe not specifically for batling with Giant but definitely ready for a tussle of some sort. From what I understand about Giants he'd (or she'd) most likely be fairly clumsy and generally confused by Cowboys instinctive sense of violence. And not to mention how slow he'd be moving in comparison to Cowboy. Cowboy would be galloping rings around this dude. I'm envisioning Cowboy having Giants arms and legs roping and tied down in a matter of minutes. Then he'd build an amusement park around Giant, encorporating a rollercoaster that wrapped around the head of the fallen beast and maybe some swing hanging from his arms and a pool at his feet that carnival-goers could leap off the tips of the boot into some grande dive or cannonball.

Fran defiantly stated that Giant would win because he'd just smash the Cowboy, & his horse, and be done with it, but I didn't see the profit in that.

Either way, Giants crushed the Cowboys last night in a laughable 35-14 pillaging of both sides of Dallas' effort. Owens got the ball, like he always complains about, and subsequently blew easy catches and fumbled. Jerry Jones had to put in two quarterbacks, one worst than the other. I had to laugh out loud. A dream for Giants fans. A nightmare for fans of "Team America". 'Bout time.

Next week we philosophize over who would win between a Seahawk & Dolphin and a more interesing matchup of a Saint versus a Falcon. Sounds messy.

Hairy Helmets

Relieved the Giants pulled it out last night. I can't stand the Steelers and that Roethlisberger ever since they phonied their way into a Super Bowl ring. And there was plenty of acting last night too, and the refs were eating it up. I cannot stand this new "defenseless receiver" penalty. Does that mean I can run down the field backwards, or with my eyes shut, and no one can hit me? This is football. Wimps. They were just giving the Steelers 15 yard all game. Maybe it was those nances with the long hair. Haha the NFL should make a rule about that. Cut it off Ms. Polamalu and before this turns into a pillowfight.

Either way, the Giants won.

Eat it Pittsburgh.

Sidenote: ya ever notice that all of Pittsburghs professional sports teams are black & gold? Even their CBA team The Pittsburgh Xplosion. Black & Gold. How can this be?

It Starts Tonight

Giants play the Redskins for the first official game of the 2008 NFL season. Lots of talk about defending the title, but with Strahan staying retired and Umenyiora out for the season, I'm not too optimistic the G-Men can stop people from scoring on them. But I didn't think they'd even make the playoffs last year and look what happened. I will watch every game.