Playoff Recap and Predictions, the Armchair Edition
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I've spent most of the weekend watching football, because football is a sacred tradition in the O'Reilly household, only deigned more sacred when the weather is really, really cold and we get to have a fire in the fireplace, and honestly, it's too freaking cold to do much else other than huddle under the throw and watch big screen TV.
So, on Saturday was the Saints vs. the 49ers and the Broncos vs. the Patriots (yay, Sherri!). I started watching the Saints and the 49ers, not even realizing that the 49ers were in the Playoffs. The last time I kept track of the 49ers, it was Montana and Jerry Rice, and then they seemed to go downhill, oh, yeah, except for Steve Young, who was really good. So the last time I kept track of the 49ers it was Steve Young and whoever the heck he threw to, and then they seemed to go downhill… and now they have this dude at QB, Alex Smith, which I don't think is much of a QB name. It didn't have the pizazz of a "Drew Brees" for instance, which makes me think of fabric softeners. So, I was expecting the Saints to gold-rush all over the 49ers, but the whole game was pretty much a yawner. So I turned it off, and then later watched the news, and realized that it had turned into the Thrilla in San Franscilla. Sigh.
However, the game I really wanted to watch was the Broncos and the Pats. Mainly because I'd never watched this Teebow dude, and also because I usually hate the Patriots (because they're always really good and always beat my times, and after awhile you have to hate a team like that, much like many people used to hate the Cowboys when they were good, which isn't now). In the beginning, I was really rooting for the Broncos. I thought they were underdogs, I wanted Teebow to have another day of divine intervention, and yes, I'm sorry, Sherri, I really didn't want the Pats to win. They've had their due. Last time the Broncos were in the Super Bowl was… heck, I don't remember, which tells you that either my memory is fading fast, or else it's been a really long time. I'm standing with, 'it's been a really long time'.
So, the first quarter ended 14-0, Patriots, and I was PRIMED for a Teebow Jesus moment in the second quarter, but then halftime came and it was 35-7, Patriots, which still wasn't a huge deficit for any team with God on their side. I sat on the edge of my recliner (not really, I was actually huddled under the throw, legs outstretched), and waited for the Hail Mary pass, (actually it would have to have been 4 Hail Mary's) but it never happened. In the end, the score was 45-10, and I'm not sure about Tom Brady's faith, but maybe God plays for the team that is, you know, actually the *better* team. That's what I'm thinking. Anyway, I was pretty sad for Teebow, because he seems like a good kid who got thrown into the spotlight, and then God sort of threw him under a bus, (or maybe the Pats defensive line threw him under a bus, or maybe it just felt like he was thrown under a bus, I don't know, but the whole game looked very painful.
So, after a night of rest and recuperation, we settled in for today's games. I watched a good bit of the Ravens vs. the Texans, which should be called the Colts vs. the Houston Oilers, because that's the proper name for that team from Houston. It's like calling the Giants, the New York, New Yorkers. Hello, redundancy, much? And the Ravens? Really? Come on Baltimore, let's show a little more imagination. So this was a game in which I did want the Oilers to win, mainly because they were the Texas team, but it was a total yawner, probably because the teams didn't think they should be named the Ravens or the Texans, either. Not sure. Anyway, the Ravens won, big whoop.
And last afternoon's game was the Giants. vs. The Pack. This was a game I wanted to watch. It was old-school. Two well-established, equally matched team, and it turned out to be a contest of who can outshoot the other. I was thinking the Pack might take this game. The Giants have been sort of *meh* recently, and Aaron Rodgers is supposed to be one of the best QB's in the league these days, but wow. Just wow. He went 26 of 46, which is really a mundane sort of average, even if it is a gazillion times better than I can throw, but hey, if I was paid thirty million dollars, I'd have decent passing percentages, too. And the Giants had this great HAIL MARY pass at the end of the first half, because I guess God had decided that he was betting on the Giants, and yes, it showed. The Giants took charge in the end and took the game 37-20.
So next week, it'll be the Giants vs. the 49ers (minus Steve Young and Joe Montana) and the Pats vs. the Baltimore 'Not The Colts' Ravens. I'm thinking the Giants are probably going to beat the 49ers, and the Pats are going to kick the Ravens all the way back to NeverMore, which means Giants and Pats in the Super Bowl, which means a total WhineSisters football smackdown.
Did anyone else watch football this weekend? Can the Ravens win? Why did they call a football team the Ravens? Do you think the Texans is a stupid name for a Texas team? Are you a cheesehead? And who is going to be in the Super Bowl? Who do you want to be in the Super Bowl?
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