Go Big Blue

Superbowl week has started, well to be correct, Superbowl two week has started. Yesterday the division championship games were held. The AFC Champion is the New England Patriots, or as I like to call them, the New England Football Red Sox, are again heading to the big game. Facing the Pats will be the New York Giants of the NFC. Both games yesterday were exciting right down to the end but were both a bit sloppy. Baltimore Ravens kicker Billy Cundiff (not to confused with actor Billy Crudup, Almost Famous, Big Fish, Watchmen) did his best Scott Norwood imitation by missing a field goal in the waning seconds of a huge game. The Giants also were handed their win by the mishandling of not one but two punts by San Francisco 49er's punt return man, Kyle Williams. Now missed field goals and fumbles are just part of the game but when they happen on the big stage they just seem to stand out more, and are remembered forever (just ask Leon Lett, who's blunder in the snow on Thanksgiving day gave the victory to Miami ). Not withstanding Yesterday was a great day of football. I think that football is the kind of sport that you need to watch with a group of people. Super Bowl parties are the norm and places like Buffalo Wild Wings makes their living on football. The down side of watching football in a group is that there is always someone who knows more than the coach. Let me explain this, some moak who works for, let's say, the Dept. of Motor Vehicles, is watching the game and critiquing every play because he knows more about football then the highly paid professional coach.This folks is your sobriety check, if you are able to keep from smacking this loud mouth in the chops you're probably sober (this theory should not be usedas your defence in a court of law the same way the truck in the TV ad did not snowboard or do a barrel roll). This all adds to the fun of the game, at least if your team is winning. So all of you football fans out there, get ready, you have two weeks to study film, read charts and prepare yourself for the big game. I suggest you watch, Rudy, Any Given Sunday and The Replacements (come on football and stripper cheerleaders )so you can say all the right things before Joe Buck does and everyone will think you are the real football genius. And for all the baseball fans, pitchers and catchers are just four weeks away.